Yuki Fukushima
福島由紀
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1993-05-06) 6 May 1993 (age 30)
Yatsushiro, Kumamoto, Japan
ResidenceGifu, Gifu, Japan
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
HandednessRight
Women's doubles
Highest ranking1 (with Sayaka Hirota, 21 June 2018)
Current ranking4 (with Sayaka Hirota, 3 May 2023)
546 (with Mayu Matsumoto, 21 March 2023)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Glasgow Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2018 Nanjing Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2019 Basel Women's doubles
Sudirman Cup
Silver medal – second place 2019 Nanning Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Suzhou Mixed team
Uber Cup
Gold medal – first place 2018 Bangkok Women's team
Silver medal – second place 2020 Aarhus Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Bangkok Women's team
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Women's doubles
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Wuhan Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2023 Dubai Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Wuhan Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Manila Women's doubles
Asia Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Alor Setar Women's team
Gold medal – first place 2020 Manila Women's team
BWF profile

Yuki Fukushima (福島 由紀, Fukushima Yuki, born 6 May 1993) is a Japanese badminton player affiliated with Marusugi Bluvic.[1][2] She and her partner Sayaka Hirota won the 2017 Most Improved Player of the Year award.[3] The duo were ranked as world No. 1 at the BWF World Ranking in 21 June 2018.[4]

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland Japan Sayaka Hirota China Chen Qingchen
China Jia Yifan 		18–21, 21–17, 15–21 Silver Silver
2018 Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park, Nanjing, China Japan Sayaka Hirota Japan Mayu Matsumoto
Japan Wakana Nagahara 		21–19, 19–21, 20–22 Silver Silver
2019 St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland Japan Sayaka Hirota Japan Mayu Matsumoto
Japan Wakana Nagahara 		11–21, 22–20, 21–23 Silver Silver

Asian Games

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia Japan Sayaka Hirota China Chen Qingchen
China Jia Yifan 		17–21, 8–21 Bronze Bronze

Asian Championships

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China 		Japan Sayaka Hirota Japan Misaki Matsutomo
Japan Ayaka Takahashi 		21–18, 18–21, 21–15 Gold Gold
2019 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China 		Japan Sayaka Hirota Japan Mayu Matsumoto
Japan Wakana Nagahara 		16–21, 24–26 Bronze Bronze
2022 Muntinlupa Sports Complex,
Metro Manila, Philippines 		Japan Sayaka Hirota Japan Rin Iwanaga
Japan Kie Nakanishi 		21–16, 15–21, 19–21 Bronze Bronze
2023 Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Indoor Hall,
Dubai, United Arab Emirates 		Japan Sayaka Hirota South Korea Baek Ha-na
South Korea Lee So-hee 		21–7, 21–14 Gold Gold

BWF World Tour (11 titles, 7 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[5] 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.[6]

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 German Open Super 300 Japan Sayaka Hirota China Huang Dongping
China Zheng Yu 		18–21, 21–14, 21–6 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 All England Open Super 1000 Japan Sayaka Hirota Denmark Christinna Pedersen
Denmark Kamilla Rytter Juhl 		19–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 Indonesia Open Super 1000 Japan Sayaka Hirota Japan Mayu Matsumoto
Japan Wakana Nagahara 		21–14, 16–21, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Japan Open Super 750 Japan Sayaka Hirota China Chen Qingchen
China Jia Yifan 		21–15, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Korea Open Super 500 Japan Sayaka Hirota Japan Misaki Matsutomo
Japan Ayaka Takahashi 		11–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 Denmark Open Super 750 Japan Sayaka Hirota Japan Shiho Tanaka
Japan Koharu Yonemoto 		21–19, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Hong Kong Open Super 500 Japan Sayaka Hirota South Korea Lee So-hee
South Korea Shin Seung-chan 		21–18, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Malaysia Masters Super 500 Japan Sayaka Hirota Indonesia Greysia Polii
Indonesia Apriyani Rahayu 		18–21, 21–16, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Australian Open Super 300 Japan Sayaka Hirota China Chen Qingchen
China Jia Yifan 		21–10, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Indonesia Open Super 1000 Japan Sayaka Hirota Japan Misaki Matsutomo
Japan Ayaka Takahashi 		21–16, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Fuzhou China Open Super 750 Japan Sayaka Hirota South Korea Lee So-hee
South Korea Shin Seung-chan 		21–17, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2020 All England Open Super 1000 Japan Sayaka Hirota China Du Yue
China Li Yinhui 		21–13, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2020 Denmark Open Super 750 Japan Sayaka Hirota Japan Mayu Matsumoto
Japan Wakana Nagahara 		21–10, 16–21, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2021 All England Open Super 1000 Japan Sayaka Hirota Japan Mayu Matsumoto
Japan Wakana Nagahara 		18–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2022 Indonesia Open Super 1000 Japan Sayaka Hirota Japan Nami Matsuyama
Japan Chiharu Shida 		21–18, 14–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 Indonesia Masters Super 500 Japan Sayaka Hirota China Liu Shengshu
China Zhang Shuxian 		20–22, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 Swiss Open Super 300 Japan Sayaka Hirota Japan Rena Miyaura
Japan Ayako Sakuramoto 		Walkover 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 Indonesia Open Super 1000 Japan Sayaka Hirota South Korea Baek Ha-na
South Korea Lee So-hee 		20–22, 10–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

BWF Superseries (1 title, 1 runner-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[7] was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011.[8] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Malaysia Open Japan Sayaka Hirota China Huang Yaqiong
China Tang Jinhua 		21–17, 18–21, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Dubai World Superseries Finals Japan Sayaka Hirota Japan Shiho Tanaka
Japan Koharu Yonemoto 		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 (4 titles, 1 runner-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
2015 New Zealand Open Japan Sayaka Hirota China Xia Huan
China Zhong Qianxin 		21–17, 22–24, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Scottish Open Japan Sayaka Hirota Netherlands Samantha Barning
Netherlands Iris Tabeling 		21–14, 14–11 Retired 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 New Zealand Open Japan Sayaka Hirota South Korea Chang Ye-na
South Korea Lee So-hee 		21–13, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Chinese Taipei Masters Japan Sayaka Hirota Japan Shiho Tanaka
Japan Koharu Yonemoto 		11–10, 11–5, 11–7 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 German Open Japan Sayaka Hirota China Huang Dongping
China Li Yinhui 		15–21, 21–17, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

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

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2014 Sydney International Japan Kana Ito 14–21, 21–13, 19–21 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Singapore International Japan Yui Miyauchi Japan Asumi Kugo
Japan Megumi Yokoyama 		21–12, 16–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2014 Sydney International Japan Sayaka Hirota Indonesia Sylvina Kurniawan
Australia Susan Wang 		11–5, 11–5, 11–2 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Osaka International Japan Sayaka Hirota China Chen Qingchen
China Jia Yifan 		17–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Vietnam International Japan Chiharu Shida Japan Shiho Tanaka
Japan Koharu Yonemoto 		28–26, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Spanish International Japan Chiharu Shida Japan Sayaka Hirota
Japan Nao Ono 		14–21, 21–13, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

Performance timeline

Key
W F SF QF #R RR Q# A G S B NH N/A DNQ
(W) won; (F) finalist; (SF) semi-finalist; (QF) quarter-finalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze medal; (NH) not held; (N/A) not applicable; (DNQ) did not qualify.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

National team

Team events 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Asia Team Championships G NH G NH A NH
Asian Games G NH NH
Uber Cup G NH S NH B NH
Sudirman Cup NH S NH A NH B

Individual competitions

Women's singles

Tournament BWF Superseries / Grand Prix Best
2012 2013 2014 2015
Malaysia Masters A QF A QF ('14)
Japan Open 1R A 1R ('12)
Scottish Open A QF QF ('15)
Year-end ranking 262 427 189 334 163

Women's doubles

Event 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Asian Championships 2R 1R G B NH B G
Asian Games NH B NH NH
World Championships NH S S S NH A w/d
Olympic Games DNQ NH QF NH
Tournament BWF Superseries / Grand Prix BWF World Tour Best
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Malaysia Open A W 2R QF NH w/d 1R W ('17)
India Open A 2R A 1R SF A NH A 2R SF ('17)
Indonesia Masters 2R A NH A 1R 2R A F F ('23)
German Open A 2R W W SF NH A QF W ('17, '18)
All England Open A QF F SF W F 1R 2R W ('20)
Swiss Open A 1R A NH A F F ('23)
Malaysia Masters SF A 1R 1R QF A SF W 2R NH 2R QF W ('19)
Thailand Open A NH A QF 2R w/d NH QF A QF ('18, '22)
w/d
Singapore Open A 2R 1R A SF NH A 2R SF ('19)
Indonesia Open A QF W W NH A F F W ('18, '19)
Chinese Taipei Open A 2R A NH A 2R ('15)
Canada Open A NH A SF SF ('23)
U.S. Open A QF A NH A QF ('16)
Korea Open A 2R F 2R NH A 2R F ('18)
Japan Open A 1R 1R 1R 2R SF W QF NH w/d SF W ('18)
Australian Open A QF A SF A W NH QF W ('19)
China Open A QF QF SF NH SF ('19)
Hong Kong Open A 2R A QF W 2R NH W ('18)
Vietnam Open A 2R A NH A 2R ('16)
Denmark Open A 2R W SF W 2R QF W ('18, '20)
French Open A 2R 2R SF NH SF SF SF ('19, '21, '22)
Korea Masters A QF QF SF 1R A NH A SF ('15)
Fuzhou China Open A QF A 2R W NH W ('19)
Superseries /
World Tour Finals 		DNQ F DNQ SF DNQ F ('17)
Chinese Taipei Masters NA SF W NA W ('16)
Macau Open 2R A SF A NH NA SF ('15)
New Zealand Open NH 2R SF F W A SF NH NA W ('16)
Scottish Open A W A N/A NH N/A W ('15)
Year-end ranking 77 84 61 23 20 4 1 2 2 4 13 1
Tournament 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Best

Mixed doubles

Tournament BWF Superseries / Grand Prix Best
2014 2015 2016
New Zealand Open 2R A QF QF ('16)
Korea Masters 1R 2R A 2R ('15)
Chinese Taipei Masters NH 2R A 2R ('15)
Year-end ranking 190 180 213 95
Tournament 2014 2015 2016 Best

References

  1. ^ "Players: Yuki Fukushima". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  2. ^ "丸杉バドミントン部　女子チーム" (in Japanese). Marusugi Badminton. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  3. ^ "最も成長した選手」は福島・廣田組が受賞／バドミントン". Sanspo (in Japanese). Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  4. ^ "【世界ランキング】福島＆廣田が初の世界ランク１位に輝く！". Badminton Spirit (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  7. ^ "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
  8. ^ "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". IBadmintonstore. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.

External links

Uber Cup badminton women's team champions
All England Open badminton women's doubles champions
Asian Games badminton women's team champions
Asian badminton women's doubles champions
Asian badminton women's team champions
World rankings: Top ten badminton players as of 11 July 2023
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