Asuka Takahashi

Asuka Takahashi
Takahashi at the 2023 Kaohsiung Masters
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1999-11-13) 13 November 1999
Ashikaga, Tochigi, Japan[1]
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
HandednessRight
Women's singles
Highest ranking47 (19 April 2022)
Current ranking63 (8 July 2025)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Japan
Uber Cup
2020 Aarhus Women's team
World Junior Championships
2016 Bilbao Mixed team
2017 Yogyakarta Mixed team
Asian Junior Championships
2016 Bangkok Mixed team
BWF profile

Asuka Takahashi (髙橋 明日香, Takahashi Asuka; born 13 November 1999) is a Japanese badminton player from Yonex team.[2] She won her first international title at the Estonian International tournament in 2019.[3]

Achievements

BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[4] 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 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[5]

Women's singles

Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result Ref
2019 Vietnam Open Super 100 Zhang Yiman 18–21, 11–21 Runner-up [6]

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 5 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref
2018 Vietnam International Dinar Dyah Ayustine 21–13, 16–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2019 Estonian International Hirari Mizui 8–21, 21–17, 21–11 Winner [7]
2019 Swedish Open Mako Urushizaki 21–23, 19–21 Runner-up
2019 Indonesia International Hirari Mizui 21–16, 21–15 Winner [8]
2019 Malaysia International Wang Zhiyi 21–12, 17–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2023 Thailand International Nguyễn Thùy Linh 21–17, 21–17 Winner [9]
2023 Vietnam International Nguyễn Thùy Linh 7–21, 21–15, 12–21 Runner-up [10]
2024 Saipan International Riko Gunji 14–21, 21–14, 16–21 Runner-up [11]
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

  1. ^ "髙橋 明日香/ Asuka Takahashi" (in Japanese). Smash and Net.Tv. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  2. ^ "選手プロフィール 髙橋 明日香 たかはし あすか" (in Japanese). Nippon Badminton Association. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  3. ^ "ヨネックスバドミントンチームの髙橋明日香がASTROX 88 Sでチーム加入後初の国際大会優勝！ヨネックス エストニアインターナショナル" (in Japanese). Yonex. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  4. ^ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  5. ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  6. ^ Zhang, Kevin (15 September 2019). "Sourabh Verma, Zhang Yi Man win Vietnam Open". BadmintonPlanet.com. Archived from the original on 4 July 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  7. ^ Matsuda, Keita (13 January 2019). "Result: Estonia International 2019". Nippon Badminton Association (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 19 April 2025. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  8. ^ "(CAFFINO Indonesia International Challenge 2019) Fachrikar/Amri Finish as Runners-up". Badminton Association of Indonesia (in Indonesian). 27 October 2019. Archived from the original on 23 May 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  9. ^ "Top badminton player ranks second at Thailand International Challenge". Nhân Dân. 14 March 2023. Archived from the original on 10 June 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  10. ^ "Thuy Linh wins Vietnam International Challenge 2023". Voice of Vietnam. 27 March 2023. Archived from the original on 16 June 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  11. ^ Gases, Leigh (16 July 2024). "Gunji fires through 3-set thriller for women's title". Saipan Tribune. Archived from the original on 19 July 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
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