Nami Matsuyama

Japanese badminton player

Badminton player

Nami Matsuyama

Personal information
Country| Japan
Born|  (1998-06-28) 28 June 1998 (age 27)
Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
Height| 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Handedness| Right
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking| 2 (WD with Chiharu Shida, 8 November 2022)
182 (XD with Takuro Hoki, 30 November 2021)
Current ranking| 2 (WD with Chiharu Shida, 15 April 2025)

Medal record

Women's badminton
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
| 2024 Paris | Women's doubles
Sudirman Cup
| 2021 Vantaa | Mixed team
| 2023 Suzhou | Mixed team
| 2025 Xiamen | Mixed team
Uber Cup
| 2020 Aarhus | Women's team
| 2022 Bangkok | Women's team
| 2024 Chengdu | Women's team
Asian Championships
| 2025 Ningbo | Women's doubles
Asian Games
| 2022 Hangzhou | Women's team
Asia Team Championships
| 2020 Manila | Women's team
| 2024 Selangor | Women's team
World Junior Championships
| 2016 Bilbao | Girls' doubles
| 2015 Lima | Girls' doubles
| 2016 Bilbao | Mixed team
Asian Junior Championships
| 2015 Bangkok | Girls' doubles
| 2015 Bangkok | Mixed team
| 2016 Bangkok | Mixed team

BWF profile

Nami Matsuyama (松山 奈未, Matsuyama Nami; born 28 June 1998) is a Japanese badminton player affiliated with the Saishunkan team.[1][2] She is the bronze medalist at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[3] Matsuyama helps the national team won the 2020 Asia Team Championships.[4] She reached a career high as world number 2 in the BWF World rankings on 8 November 2022 with her current partner Chiharu Shida.

Matsuyama is the girls' doubles gold medalist at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Bilbao, Spain partnered with Sayaka Hobara.[5] Matsuyama won her first senior international title in Thailand at the 2017 Smiling Fish International tournament with Chiharu Shida.[6]

## Career

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### 2018–2020: Chinese Taipei Open–first World Tour title

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Matsuyama began the 2018 season as a semi-finalists in the Swiss Open in the women's doubles with Shida.[7] She reached her first final in the BWF World Tour in the Singapore Open, but she and her partner Shida were defeated by their teammate Ayako Sakuramoto and Yukiko Takahata.[8] Matsuyama and Shida also suffered defeat to Sakuramoto and Takahata in the final of the Akita and Bangka Belitung Indonesia Masters,[9][10] while in the Vietnam Open they lose to Misato Aratama and Akane Watanabe.[11] Matsuyama and Shida claimed their first ever World Tour title in the Chinese Taipei Open by beating Ayane Kurihara and Naru Shinoya.[12] They ended the season ranked as world number 13.

In 2019 Matsuyama and Shida winning two title in the U.S. Open and Korea Masters,[13][14] as well as finalists in the Spain Masters and Swiss Open.[15][16][17] In 2020, Matsuyama eleceted to Japan squad for the Asia Women's Team Championships, and won the gold medal after Japan beat South Korea in the final.[4] Matsuyama and Shida best result in the World Tour were the semi-finalists in the Malaysia Masters.[18]

### 2021: Two title in the Indonesia badminton festival

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous tournaments on the BWF World Tour were either cancelled or rescheduled since 2020. Matsuyama was then included in the Japanese squad for the Sudirman and Uber Cup held in Denmark, where the team won the silver medals in both competitions. The pair of Matsuyama and Shida proved their prowess by winning two tournaments at the Indonesia badminton festival, the Indonesia Masters and Indonesia Open,[19][20] and becoming runners-up at the BWF World Tour Finals held in Bali at the end of 2021.[21] Shida made her debut in the World Championships in Spain together with Matsuyama, reaching the quarter-finals. For their achievements, they entered top 10 in the BWF world ranking.

### 2022–2023: All England Open title, and world #2

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Started the 2022 season as world number 7, Matsuyama and Shida won the All England Open title beating Zhang Shuxian and Zheng Yu in the final.[22] They competed in the Asian Championships, but were eliminated in the quarter-finals to Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan.[23] The pair won their second title of the year in the Thailand Open by defeating Mayu Matsumoto and Wakana Nagahara in the final.[24] Their good performance continue in the Indonesia Open triumph over Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota. [25][26] They also made a history as the first ever women's doubles to win three consecutive BWF World Tour Super 1000 event.[26] The duo then reached the finals in the Malaysia Masters, but have not been able to beat the world number 1 women's doubles pairing Chen and Jia.[27] They qualified to compete in the World Championships, but their pace were stopped in the quarter-finals to Kim So-yeong and Kong Hee-yong.[28] Matsuyama and Shida reached their career high as world number 2 in the BWF world ranking in November 2022.

In the beginning of the 2023 season, Matsuyama and Shida took an easy win over Chen and Jia to claimed the India Open title, due to ill-health suffered by Chen.[29] Matsuyama and Shida then suffered five consecutive defeats from the South Korean new pairing Baek Ha-na and Lee So-hee; in the finals of the German Open,[30] quarter-finals of the Malaysia Masters and Singapore Open,[31][32] second round of the All England Open,[33] and also in the first round of the Asian Championships.[34] They then finally topped the podium at the Canada Open after won the final against Matsumoto and Nagahara.[35] Chen and Jia are still too tough for Matsuyama and Shida. They have lost all of five meetings in the second half of the season; in the quarter-finals of the Japan Open,[36] World Championships,[37] and Asian Games;[38] semi-finals of the China Open; and then in the final of the Denmark Open.[39] The duo then won their third title of the year in the China Masters.[40] Matsuyama and Shida qualified to compete in the year-end finals tournament, the BWF World Tour Finals,[41] reaching to the semi-finals, where they were defeated again by Baek and Lee.[42]

### 2024–2025: Olympic bronze, second All England title

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Matsuyama reached the finals in the French and Singapore Opens with Shida, but were defeated by Chen and Jia.[43][44] They lost to Baek and Lee in the All England Open in a close rubber game.[45] Matsuyama and Shida qualified to compete in the 2024 Summer Olympics. In their debut at the Olympics, the duo managed to win a bronze medal.[3] In the end of the season they were nominated as women's doubles player of the year by the Badminton World Federation.[46] The duo also reached the World Tour Finals after beating their arch-rivals Chen and Jia in the semi-finals,[47] but lost the title to Baek and Lee.[48]

In 2025, Matsuyama clinched her second All England Open title with Shida, after beating new pairing Yuki Fukushima and Mayu Matsumoto.[49] They then made their first finals in the Asian Championships and won the silver medal.[50]

On July 8, Matsuyama announced a split with Shida after a decade-long partnership ending with the 2025 BWF World Championships in Paris, France.[51]

## Awards and nominations

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Award  | Year  | Category  | Result  | Ref.

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BWF Awards | 2024  | Women’s Doubles Player of the Year with Chiharu Shida | Nominated  | [46]

## Achievements

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### Olympic Games

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Women's doubles

Year  | Venue  | Partner  | Opponent  | Score  | Result  | Ref

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2024 | Porte de La Chapelle Arena, Paris, France  |  Chiharu Shida |  Pearly Tan
Thinaah Muralitharan | 21–11, 21–11  |  Bronze | [3]

### Asian Championships

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Women's doubles

Year  | Venue  | Partner  | Opponent  | Score  | Result  | Ref

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2025 | Ningbo Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Ningbo, China  |  Chiharu Shida |  Liu Shengshu
Tan Ning | 15–21, 19–21  |  Silver | [50]

### World Junior Championships

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Girls' doubles

Year  | Venue  | Partner  | Opponent  | Score  | Result  | Ref

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2015 | Centro de Alto Rendimiento de la Videna, Lima, Peru  |  Chiharu Shida |  Du Yue
Li Yinhui | 17–21, 21–14, 12–21  |  Bronze |
2016 | Bilbao Arena, Bilbao, Spain  |  Sayaka Hobara |  Du Yue
Xu Ya | 25–23, 19–21, 21–14  |  Gold |

### Asian Junior Championships

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Girls' doubles

Year  | Venue  | Partner  | Opponent  | Score  | Result  | Ref

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2015 | CPB Badminton Training Center, Bangkok, Thailand  |  Chiharu Shida |  Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan | 11–21, 16–21  |  Bronze |

### BWF World Tour (12 titles, 14 runners-up)

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The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[52] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[53]

Women's doubles

Year  | Tournament  | Level  | Partner  | Opponent  | Score  | Result  | Ref

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2018 | Singapore Open | Super 500  |  Chiharu Shida |  Ayako Sakuramoto
Yukiko Takahata | 21–16, 22–24, 13–21  |  Runner-up | [8]
2018 | Akita Masters | Super 100  |  Chiharu Shida  |  Ayako Sakuramoto
Yukiko Takahata  | 21–23, 11–21  |  Runner-up | [9]
2018 | Vietnam Open | Super 100  |  Chiharu Shida  |  Misato Aratama
Akane Watanabe | 18–21, 19–21  |  Runner-up | [11]
2018 | Indonesia Masters | Super 100  |  Chiharu Shida  |  Ayako Sakuramoto
Yukiko Takahata  | 21–11, 19–21, 20–22  |  Runner-up | [10]
2018 | Chinese Taipei Open | Super 300  |  Chiharu Shida  |  Ayane Kurihara
Naru Shinoya | 21–10, 21–17  |  Winner | [12]
2019 | Spain Masters | Super 300  |  Chiharu Shida  |  Kim So-yeong
Kong Hee-yong | 21–23, 21–15, 17–21  |  Runner-up | [15]
2019 | Swiss Open | Super 300  |  Chiharu Shida  |  Chang Ye-na
Jung Kyung-eun | 16–21, 13–21  |  Runner-up | [17]
2019 | U.S. Open | Super 300  |  Chiharu Shida  |  Baek Ha-na
Jung Kyung-eun  | 21–16, 21–16  |  Winner | [13]
2019 | Korea Masters | Super 300  |  Chiharu Shida  |  Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi | 15–21, 21–17, 21–18  |  Winner | [14]
2021 | Indonesia Masters | Super 750  |  Chiharu Shida  |  Jeong Na-eun
Kim Hye-jeong | 21–9, 21–11  |  Winner | [19]
2021 | Indonesia Open | Super 1000  |  Chiharu Shida  |  Greysia Polii
Apriyani Rahayu | 21–19, 21–19  |  Winner | [20]
2021 | BWF World Tour Finals | World Tour Finals  |  Chiharu Shida  |  Kim So-yeong
Kong Hee-yong  | 14–21, 14–21  |  Runner-up | [21]
2022 | All England Open | Super 1000  |  Chiharu Shida  |  Zhang Shuxian
Zheng Yu | 21–13, 21–9  |  Winner | [22]
2022 | Thailand Open | Super 500  |  Chiharu Shida  |  Mayu Matsumoto
Wakana Nagahara | 17–21, 21–15, 26–24  |  Winner | [24]
2022 | Indonesia Open  | Super 1000  |  Chiharu Shida  |  Yuki Fukushima
Sayaka Hirota | 18–21, 21–14, 21–17  |  Winner | [25]
2022 | Malaysia Masters | Super 500  |  Chiharu Shida  |  Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan | 11–21, 12–21  |  Runner-up | [27]
2023 | India Open | Super 750  |  Chiharu Shida  |  Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan  | Walkover  |  Winner | [29]
2023 | German Open | Super 300  |  Chiharu Shida  |  Baek Ha-na
Lee So-hee | 19–21, 15–21  |  Runner-up | [30]
2023 | Canada Open | Super 500  |  Chiharu Shida  |  Mayu Matsumoto
Wakana Nagahara  | 22–20, 21–16  |  Winner | [35]
2023 | Denmark Open | Super 750  |  Chiharu Shida  |  Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan  | 16–21, 13–21  |  Runner-up | [39]
2023 | China Masters | Super 750  |  Chiharu Shida  |  Yuki Fukushima
Sayaka Hirota  | 21–18, 21–11  |  Winner | [40]
2024 | French Open | Super 750  |  Chiharu Shida  |  Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan  | 12–21, 21–19, 22–24  |  Runner-up | [43]
2024 | All England Open  | Super 1000  |  Chiharu Shida  |  Baek Ha-na
Lee So-hee  | 19–21, 21–11, 17–21  |  Runner-up | [45]
2024 | Singapore Open  | Super 750  |  Chiharu Shida  |  Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan  | 15–21, 12–21  |  Runner-up | [44]
2024 | BWF World Tour Finals  | World Tour Finals  |  Chiharu Shida  |  Baek Ha-na
Lee So-hee  | 19–21, 14–21  |  Runner-up | [48]
2025 | All England Open  | Super 1000  |  Chiharu Shida  |  Yuki Fukushima
Mayu Matsumoto  | 21–16, 14–21, 21–17  |  Winner | [49]

### BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title)

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Women's doubles

Year  | Tournament  | Partner  | Opponent  | Score  | Result  | Ref

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2017  | Smiling Fish International |  Chiharu Shida |  Chisato Hoshi
Naru Shinoya | 21–19, 21–14  |  Winner | [54]

BWF International Challenge tournament

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## External links

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* Nami Matsuyama at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (archived, alternate link)
* Nami Matsuyama at BWFBadminton.com
* Nami Matsuyama at Olympics.com
* Nami Matsuyama at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics

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All England Open badminton women's doubles champions

* 1899:  Meriel Lucas & Mary Graeme (ENG)
* 1900:  Meriel Lucas & Mary Graeme (ENG)
* 1901:  Daisy St. John & E. Moseley (ENG)
* 1902:  Ethel Thomson & Meriel Lucas (ENG)
* 1903:  Mabel Hardy & Dorothea Douglass (ENG)
* 1904:  Ethel Thomson & Meriel Lucas (ENG)
* 1905:  Ethel Thomson & Meriel Lucas (ENG)
* 1906:  Ethel Thomson & Meriel Lucas (ENG)
* 1907:  G. L. Murray & Meriel Lucas (ENG)
* 1908:  G. L. Murray & Meriel Lucas (ENG)
* 1909:  G. L. Murray & Meriel Lucas (ENG)
* 1910:  Muriel Bateman & Meriel Lucas (ENG)
* 1911:  Dorothy Cundall & Alice Gowenlock (ENG)
* 1912:  Dorothy Cundall & Alice Gowenlock (ENG)
* 1913:  Hazel Hogarth & Muriel Bateman (ENG)
* 1914:  Eveline Peterson & Margaret Tragett (ENG)
* 1920:  Lavinia Radeglia & Violet Elton (ENG)
* 1921:  Kathleen McKane & Margaret Stocks (ENG)
* 1922:  Hazel Hogarth & Margaret Tragett (ENG)
* 1923:  Hazel Hogarth & Margaret Tragett (ENG)
* 1924:  Kathleen McKane & Margaret Stocks (ENG)
* 1925:  Hazel Hogarth & Margaret Tragett (ENG)
* 1926:  Violet Elton (ENG) & A. M. Head (IRE)
* 1927:  Hazel Hogarth & Margaret Tragett (ENG)
* 1928:  Marjorie Barrett & Violet Elton (ENG)
* 1929:  Marjorie Barrett & Violet Elton (ENG)
* 1930:  Marjorie Barrett & Violet Elton (ENG)
* 1931:  Marian Horsley & Betty Uber (ENG)
* 1932:  Marjorie Barrett & Leoni Kingsbury (ENG)
* 1933:  Marje Henderson & Thelma Kingsbury (ENG)
* 1934:  Marje Henderson & Thelma Kingsbury (ENG)
* 1935:  Marje Henderson & Thelma Kingsbury (ENG)
* 1936:  Marje Henderson & Thelma Kingsbury (ENG)
* 1937:  Diana Doveton & Betty Uber (ENG)
* 1938:  Diana Doveton & Betty Uber (ENG)
* 1939:  Tonny Ahm & Ruth Dalsgaard (DEN)
* 1947:  Tonny Ahm & Kirsten Thorndahl (DEN)
* 1948:  Tonny Ahm & Kirsten Thorndahl (DEN)
* 1949:  Queenie Allen & Betty Uber (ENG)
* 1950:  Tonny Ahm & Kirsten Thorndahl (DEN)
* 1951:  Tonny Ahm & Kirsten Thorndahl (DEN)
* 1952:  Tonny Ahm & Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen (DEN)
* 1953:  Iris Cooley & June White (ENG)
* 1954:  Judy Devlin & Susan Devlin (USA)
* 1955:  Iris Cooley & June White (ENG)
* 1956:  Judy Devlin & Susan Devlin (USA)
* 1957:  Anni Hammergaard Hansen & Kirsten Thorndahl (DEN)
* 1958:  Margaret Varner (USA) & Heather Ward (ENG)
* 1959:  Iris Rogers & June Timperley (ENG)
* 1960:  Judy Devlin & Susan Devlin (USA)
* 1961:  Judy Hashman (USA) & Sue Peard (IRE)
* 1962:  Judy Hashman (USA) & Tonny Holst-Christensen (DEN)
* 1963:  Judy Hashman (USA) & Sue Peard (IRE)
* 1964:  Karin Jørgensen & Ulla Rasmussen (DEN)
* 1965:  Karin Jørgensen & Ulla Strand (DEN)
* 1966:  Judy Hashman (USA) & Sue Peard (IRE)
* 1967:  Imre Rietveld (NED) & Ulla Strand (DEN)
* 1968:  Retno Kustijah & Minarni (INA)
* 1969:  Margaret Boxall & Susan Whetnall (ENG)
* 1970:  Margaret Boxall & Susan Whetnall (ENG)
* 1971:  Noriko Takagi & Hiroe Yuki (JPN)
* 1972:  Machiko Aizawa & Etsuko Takanaka (JPN)
* 1973:  Machiko Aizawa & Etsuko Takanaka (JPN)
* 1974:  Margaret Beck & Gillian Gilks (ENG)
* 1975:  Machiko Aizawa & Etsuko Takanaka (JPN)
* 1976:  Gillian Gilks & Susan Whetnall (ENG)
* 1977:  Etsuko Toganoo & Emiko Ueno (JPN)
* 1978:  Mikiko Takada & Atsuko Tokuda (JPN)
* 1979:  Imelda Wiguna & Verawaty Wiharjo (INA)
* 1980:  Gillian Gilks & Nora Perry (ENG)
* 1981:  Nora Perry & Jane Webster (ENG)
* 1982:  Lin Ying & Wu Dixi (CHN)
* 1983:  Wu Jianqiu & Xu Rong (CHN)
* 1984:  Lin Ying & Wu Dixi (CHN)
* 1985:  Han Aiping & Li Lingwei (CHN)
* 1986:  Chung Myung-hee & Hwang Hye-young (KOR)
* 1987:  Chung Myung-hee & Hwang Hye-young (KOR)
* 1988:  Chung So-young & Kim Yun-ja (KOR)
* 1989:  Chung Myung-hee & Chung So-young (KOR)
* 1990:  Chung Myung-hee & Hwang Hye-young (KOR)
* 1991:  Chung So-young & Hwang Hye-young (KOR)
* 1992:  Lin Yanfen & Yao Fen (CHN)
* 1993:  Chung So-young & Gil Young-ah (KOR)
* 1994:  Chung So-young & Gil Young-ah (KOR)
* 1995:  Gil Young-ah & Jang Hye-ock (KOR)
* 1996:  Ge Fei & Gu Jun (CHN)
* 1997:  Ge Fei & Gu Jun (CHN)
* 1998:  Ge Fei & Gu Jun (CHN)
* 1999:  Chung Jae-hee & Ra Kyung-min (KOR)
* 2000:  Ge Fei & Gu Jun (CHN)
* 2001:  Gao Ling & Huang Sui (CHN)
* 2002:  Gao Ling & Huang Sui (CHN)
* 2003:  Gao Ling & Huang Sui (CHN)
* 2004:  Gao Ling & Huang Sui (CHN)
* 2005:  Gao Ling & Huang Sui (CHN)
* 2006:  Gao Ling & Huang Sui (CHN)
* 2007:  Wei Yili & Zhang Yawen (CHN)
* 2008:  Lee Hyo-jung & Lee Kyung-won (KOR)
* 2009:  Zhang Yawen & Zhao Tingting (CHN)
* 2010:  Du Jing & Yu Yang (CHN)
* 2011:  Wang Xiaoli & Yu Yang (CHN)
* 2012:  Tian Qing & Zhao Yunlei (CHN)
* 2013:  Wang Xiaoli & Yu Yang (CHN)
* 2014:  Wang Xiaoli & Yu Yang (CHN)
* 2015:  Bao Yixin & Tang Yuanting (CHN)
* 2016:  Misaki Matsutomo & Ayaka Takahashi (JPN)
* 2017:  Chang Ye-na & Lee So-hee (KOR)
* 2018:  Christinna Pedersen & Kamilla Rytter Juhl (DEN)
* 2019:  Chen Qingchen & Jia Yifan (CHN)
* 2020:  Yuki Fukushima & Sayaka Hirota (JPN)
* 2021:  Mayu Matsumoto & Wakana Nagahara (JPN)
* 2022:  Nami Matsuyama & Chiharu Shida (JPN)
* 2023:  Kim So-yeong & Kong Hee-yong (KOR)
* 2024:  Baek Ha-na & Lee So-hee (KOR)
* 2025:  Nami Matsuyama & Chiharu Shida (JPN)

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Asian badminton women's team champions

* 2016:  Chen Yufei, He Bingjiao, Luo Ying, Luo Yu, Sun Yu, Tang Yuanting, Tian Qing, Wang Shixian, Yu Yang, Zhao Yunlei (CHN)
* 2018:  Yuki Fukushima, Sayaka Hirota, Misaki Matsutomo, Aya Ohori, Nozomi Okuhara, Sayaka Sato, Ayaka Takahashi, Shiho Tanaka, Akane Yamaguchi, Koharu Yonemoto (JPN)
* 2020:  Yuki Fukushima, Riko Gunji, Sayaka Hirota, Mayu Matsumoto, Nami Matsuyama, Wakana Nagahara, Aya Ohori, Chiharu Shida, Sayaka Takahashi, Akane Yamaguchi (JPN)
* 2022:  Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma, Nita Violina Marwah, Lanny Tria Mayasari, Jesita Putri Miantoro, Saifi Rizka Nurhidayah, Bilqis Prasista, Amalia Cahaya Pratiwi, Gregoria Mariska Tunjung, Putri Kusuma Wardani, Stephanie Widjaja (INA)
* 2024:  Ashmita Chaliha, Tanisha Crasto, Gayatri Gopichand, Treesa Jolly, Anmol Kharb, Priya Konjengbam, Shruti Mishra, Ashwini Ponnappa, Tanvi Sharma, P. V. Sindhu (IND)

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World rankings: Top ten badminton players as of 24 June 2025

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1. Vitidsarn
2. Antonsen
3. Shi
4. Christie
5. Li
6. Chou
7. Naraoka
8. Lanier
9. Axelsen
10. Loh

1. An
2. Wang
3. Yamaguchi
4. Han
5. Chen
6. Miyazaki
7. Chochuwong
8. Tunjung
9. Katethong
10. Intanon

1. Goh / Izzuddin
2. Chia / Soh
3. Astrup / Rasmussen
4. Kim / Seo
5. Alfian / Ardianto
6. Liang / Wang
7. Man / Tee
8. Gutama / Isfahani
9. Carnando / Maulana
10. Fikri / Marthin

1. Liu / Tan
2. Matsuyama / Shida
3. Tan / Thinaah
4. Baek / Lee
5. Iwanaga / Nakanishi
6. Li / Luo
7. Kim / Kong
8. Fukushima / Matsumoto
9. Jia / Zhang
10. Kusuma / Pratiwi

1. Feng / Huang
2. Jiang / Wei
3. Tang / Tse
4. Chen / Toh
5. Puavaranukroh / Paewsampran
6. Goh / Lai
7. Gicquel / Delrue
8. Toft / Magelund
9. Midorikawa / Saito
10. Guo / Chen

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