Ayako Sakuramoto
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1995-08-19) 19 August 1995 (age 28)
Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
HandednessLeft
Women's doubles
Highest ranking9 (with Yukiko Takahata, 5 February 2019)
11 (with Rena Miyaura, 23 January 2024)
Current ranking11 (with Rena Miyaura, 23 January 2024)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Japan
Asia Mixed Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Hong Kong Mixed team
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2012 Chiba Mixed team
Asia Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Gimcheon Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Lucknow Girls' doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Kota Kinabalu Mixed team
BWF profile

Ayako Sakuramoto (櫻本 絢子, Sakuramoto Ayako, born 19 August 1995) is a Japanese badminton player from the Yonex team.[1][2]

Career

Sakuramoto who educated at the Kyushu International University High School, won the girls' doubles bronze medal at the 2011 Asian Junior Badminton Championships.[3] She also won 2012 gold and 2013 bronze in the mixed team event.[4][5] In 2017, she became the women's doubles runner-up at the Osaka International tournament partnered with Yukiko Takahata.[6] She won her first senior international title at the Spanish International tournament with Takahata.[7]

Achievements

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium,
Lucknow, India 		Japan Ayano Torii Indonesia Suci Rizky Andini
Indonesia Tiara Rosalia Nuraidah 		15–21, 15–21 Bronze Bronze

BWF World Tour (11 titles, 2 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[8] 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.[9]

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Swiss Open Super 300 Japan Yukiko Takahata Bulgaria Gabriela Stoeva
Bulgaria Stefani Stoeva 		19–21, 21–15, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 New Zealand Open Super 300 Japan Yukiko Takahata China Cao Tongwei
China Zheng Yu 		21–9, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Australian Open Super 300 Japan Yukiko Takahata South Korea Baek Ha-na
South Korea Lee Yu-rim 		23–21, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Canada Open Super 100 Japan Yukiko Takahata Germany Isabel Herttrich
Germany Carla Nelte 		21–13, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Singapore Open Super 500 Japan Yukiko Takahata Japan Nami Matsuyama
Japan Chiharu Shida 		16–21, 24–22, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Akita Masters Super 100 Japan Yukiko Takahata Japan Nami Matsuyama
Japan Chiharu Shida 		23–21, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Spain Masters Super 300 Japan Yukiko Takahata Japan Mayu Matsumoto
Japan Wakana Nagahara 		17–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 Indonesia Masters Super 100 Japan Yukiko Takahata Japan Nami Matsuyama
Japan Chiharu Shida 		11–21, 21–19, 22–20 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Akita Masters Super 100 Japan Yukiko Takahata Indonesia Nita Violina Marwah
Indonesia Putri Syaikah 		21–17, 14–21, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2022 Canada Open Super 100 Japan Rena Miyaura Japan Rui Hirokami
Japan Yuna Kato 		21–13, 21–8 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2022 Indonesia Masters Super 100 Japan Rena Miyaura Japan Rui Hirokami
Japan Yuna Kato 		21–23, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 Swiss Open Super 300 Japan Rena Miyaura Japan Yuki Fukushima
Japan Sayaka Hirota 		Walkover 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Orléans Masters Super 300 Japan Rena Miyaura China Liu Shengshu
China Tan Ning 		21–19, 16–21, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

BWF Grand Prix (1 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 New Zealand Open Japan Yukiko Takahata Malaysia Vivian Hoo
Malaysia Woon Khe Wei 		21–18, 16–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 titles, 3 runners-up)

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Osaka International Japan Yukiko Takahata South Korea Kim So-yeong
South Korea Yoo Hae-won 		21–16, 17–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Spanish International Japan Yukiko Takahata Japan Misato Aratama
Japan Akane Watanabe 		21–10, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Osaka International Japan Yukiko Takahata Japan Naoko Fukuman
Japan Kurumi Yonao 		21–17, 19–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2022 Mexico International Japan Hinata Suzuki Japan Rui Hirokami
Japan Yuna Kato 		21–15, 19–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

  1. ^ "Players: Ayako Sakuramoto". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  2. ^ "ヨネックス バドミントンチーム 選手紹介" (in Japanese). Yonex. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  3. ^ "China bags 5-gold again while Japan defends 1-bronze only" (in Japanese). BadPaL. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Asian Juniors 2012 Team Final – Japan wins first team title". Badzine.net. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  5. ^ "China regains No.1 in Asia,recovers from last year's loss to Japan" (in Japanese). BadPaL. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  6. ^ "ヨネックス大阪インターナショナルチャレンジ2017" (in Japanese). Yonex. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  7. ^ "バドミントンスペインインターナショナル2017" (in Japanese). Nippon Badminton Association. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

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