Reika Kakiiwa
Reika Kakiiwa at the 2013 French Super Series.
Personal information
Country Japan
Born (1989-07-19) July 19, 1989 (age 34)
Kami-Amakusa, Kumamoto, Japan
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)[1]
HandednessRight
Women's doubles
Highest ranking3 (5 January 2012)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Women's doubles
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Copenhagen Women's doubles
Sudirman Cup
Silver medal – second place 2015 Dongguan Mixed team
Uber Cup
Silver medal – second place 2014 New Delhi Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Wuhan Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Kuala Lumpur Women's team
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Incheon Women's team
Asian Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team
BWF profile

Reika Kakiiwa (垣岩 令佳, Kakiiwa Reika, born 19 July 1989) is a Japanese badminton player from Renesas badminton club.[2] Reika Kakiiwa has gained prominence in the badminton community because of her success in women's doubles. She has reached a career high ranking of third in the world with her partner Mizuki Fujii. She has also competed in mixed doubles reaching a peak ranking of 51st with her partner Kenta Kazuno.

Awards

In 2012, she and her partner Mizuki Fujii received the Kumamoto Prefecture Citizen Honour's Award. She also received the Sports Special Award by Otsu City.[3]

Achievements

Olympic Games

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Wembley Arena, London, Great Britain Japan Mizuki Fujii China Tian Qing
China Zhao Yunlei 		10–21, 23–25 Silver

BWF World Championships

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Ballerup Super Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark Japan Miyuki Maeda China Wang Xiaoli
China Yu Yang 		8–21, 13–21 Bronze Bronze

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries has two level such as Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Japan Open Japan Miyuki Maeda Japan Misaki Matsutomo
Japan Ayaka Takahashi 		13–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2011 India Open Japan Mizuki Fujii Japan Miyuki Maeda
Japan Satoko Suetsuna 		24–26, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2011 All England Open Japan Mizuki Fujii China Wang Xiaoli
China Yu Yang 		2–21, 9–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010 Korea Open Japan Mizuki Fujii China Cheng Shu
China Zhao Yunlei 		16–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Superseries Finals tournament
  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels: Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 Bitburger Open Japan Mizuki Fujii Sweden Emelie Lennartsson
Sweden Emma Wengberg 		21–8, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 German Open Japan Mizuki Fujii South Korea Ha Jung-eun
South Korea Kim Min-jung 		21–6, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2010 Dutch Open Japan Mizuki Fujii Russia Valeria Sorokina
Russia Nina Vislova 		19–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Osaka International Japan Mizuki Fujii Japan Misaki Matsutomo
Japan Ayaka Takahashi 		21–19, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2009 Austrian International Japan Mizuki Fujii Japan Shizuka Matsuo
Japan Mami Naito 		15–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2008 Canadian International Japan Mizuki Fujii Japan Aki Akao
Japan Tomomi Matsuda 		21–15, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

Record against selected opponents

Women's doubles results with Mizuki Fujii against Super Series finalists, Worlds Semi-finalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists.[4]

References

  1. ^ "選手 垣岩 令佳 （かきいわ れいか）" (in Japanese). Japanese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  2. ^ "選手・スタッフ紹介 垣岩 令佳 カキイワ・レイカ" (in Japanese). Saishunkan Co.Ltd. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Kakiiwa Reika". Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 12 July 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Reika Kakiiwa Head to Head". Badminton World Federation. 20 June 2017.

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