Wakana Nagahara

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Wakana Nagahara
永原 和可那
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1996-01-09) 9 January 1996 (age 28)
Hokkaido, Japan
ResidenceAkita, Akita, Japan
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
HandednessRight
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking1 (WD 30 April 2019)
19 (XD 9 July 2019)
Current ranking3 (WD), 25 (XD) (17 March 2020)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Nanjing Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Basel Women's doubles
Sudirman Cup
Silver medal – second place 2019 Nanning Mixed team
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Wuhan Women's doubles
Asia Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2020 Manila Women's team
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Alor Setar Mixed team
Asian Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Kota Kinabalu Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Taipei Mixed team
BWF profile

Wakana Nagahara (永原 和可那, Nagahara Wakana, born 9 January 1996) is a Japanese badminton player.[1] She is a two-time world champion in the women's doubles. Nagahara who educated at the Aomori Yamada High School, was part of the Japanese national junior team that won the bronze medals at the 2013, 2014 Asian and 2014 World Junior Championships. She won her first senior international title at the 2014 Smiling Fish International in the women's doubles event partnered with Mayu Matsumoto.[2] In national events, she plays for the Hokuto Bank team.[3] Nagahara was awarded as the 2018 Most Improved Player of the Year by the BWF together with her partner Mayu Matsumoto. They obtained the honour after winning the 2018 BWF World Championships title and improving their ranking from 14 to 3 in the world.[4] On 30 April 2019, she reached a career high as the women's doubles world No. 1.

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park,
Nanjing, China 		Japan Mayu Matsumoto Japan Yuki Fukushima
Japan Sayaka Hirota 		19–21, 21–19, 22–20 Gold Gold
2019 St. Jakobshalle,
Basel, Switzerland 		Japan Mayu Matsumoto Japan Yuki Fukushima
Japan Sayaka Hirota 		21–11, 20–22, 23–21 Gold Gold

Asian Championships

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China 		Japan Mayu Matsumoto China Chen Qingchen
China Jia Yifan 		21–19, 14–21, 19–21 Silver Silver

BWF World Tour (3 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 Tours are 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.[6]

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Indonesia Open Super 1000 Japan Mayu Matsumoto Japan Yuki Fukushima
Japan Sayaka Hirota 		14–21, 21–16, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 Spain Masters Super 300 Japan Mayu Matsumoto Japan Ayako Sakuramoto
Japan Yukiko Takahata 		21–17, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 China Open Super 1000 Japan Mayu Matsumoto Japan Misaki Matsutomo
Japan Ayaka Takahashi 		16–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 French Open Super 750 Japan Mayu Matsumoto Bulgaria Gabriela Stoeva
Bulgaria Stefani Stoeva 		21–14, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Fuzhou China Open Super 750 Japan Mayu Matsumoto South Korea Lee So-hee
South Korea Shin Seung-chan 		21-23, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 All England Open Super 1000 Japan Mayu Matsumoto China Chen Qingchen
China Jia Yifan 		21–18, 20–22, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Singapore Open Super 500 Japan Mayu Matsumoto South Korea Kim Hye-jeong
South Korea Kong Hee-yong 		21–17, 22–20 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Japan Open Super 750 Japan Mayu Matsumoto South Korea Kim So-yeong
South Korea Kong Hee-yong 		12–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 BWF World Tour Finals World Tour Finals Japan Mayu Matsumoto China Chen Qingchen
China Jia Yifan 		14–21, 10–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2020 Denmark Open Super 750 Japan Mayu Matsumoto Japan Yuki Fukushima
Japan Sayaka Hirota 		10–21, 21–16, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix (2 titles, 4 runners-up)

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

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Russian Open Japan Mayu Matsumoto Japan Yuriko Miki
Japan Koharu Yonemoto 		17–21, 7–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 U.S. Open Japan Mayu Matsumoto Japan Shiho Tanaka
Japan Koharu Yonemoto 		22–20, 15–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Thailand Open Japan Mayu Matsumoto Thailand Puttita Supajirakul
Thailand Sapsiree Taerattanachai 		12–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Canada Open Japan Mayu Matsumoto Japan Chisato Hoshi
Japan Naru Shinoya 		21–16, 16–21, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 U.S. Open Japan Mayu Matsumoto South Korea Lee So-hee
South Korea Shin Seung-chan 		16–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 U.S. Open Japan Yugo Kobayashi Poland Robert Mateusiak
Poland Nadiezda Zieba 		21–16, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title)

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Smiling Fish International Japan Mayu Matsumoto Thailand Pacharapun Chochuwong
Thailand Chanisa Teachavorasinskun 		21–17, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

Performance timeline

National team

  • Junior level
Team events 2013 2014
Asian Junior Championships Bronze Bronze
World Junior Championships 4th Bronze
  • Senior level
Team events 2019 2020
Asia Team Championships — Gold
Sudirman Cup Silver Silver —

Individual competitions

  • Senior level
Events 2018 2019
Asian Championships A Silver (WD)
R2 (XD)
World Championships Gold (WD) Gold (WD)
R3 (XD)
Tournament 2018 2019 2020 Best
BWF World Tour
Malaysia Malaysia Masters A SF (WD)
R2 (XD) 		w/d (WD)
QF (XD) 		SF (2019)
Indonesia Indonesian Masters A SF (WD)
QF (XD) 		R2 (WD)
R1 (XD) 		SF (2019)
Spain Spain Masters W (WD) A W (2018)
Germany German Open R2 (WD) SF (WD)
R1 (XD) 		— SF (2019)
England All England Open SF (WD) F (WD)
R1 (XD) 		QF (WD)
R1 (XD) 		F (2019)
Singapore Singapore Open A W (WD)
R1 (XD) 		— W (2019)
Australia Australian Open A QF (WD)
R2 (XD) 		— QF (2019)
South Korea Korea Open QF (WD) R2 (WD)
R1 (XD) 		— QF (2017, 2018)
China China Open F (WD) R2 (WD)
R1 (XD) 		— F (2018)
Japan Japan Open QF (WD) F (WD)
R1 (XD) 		— F (2019)
Denmark Denmark Open R1 (WD)
R1 (XD) 		SF (WD)
R2 (XD) 		F (WD)
w/d (XD) 		F (2020)
France French Open W (WD)
QF (XD) 		SF (WD)
QF (XD) 		— W (2018)
New Zealand New Zealand Open A QF (WD) — QF (2019)
China Fuzhou China Open F (WD)
R2 (XD) 		SF (WD)
R1 (XD) 		— F (2018)
Hong Kong Hong Kong Open R1 (WD)
QF (XD) 		SF (WD)
R2 (XD) 		— SF (2019)
Indonesia Indonesia Open F (WD) QF (WD)
R1 (XD) 		— F (2018)
Malaysia Malaysia Open QF (WD) QF (WD)
R1 (XD) 		— QF (2018, 2019)
Thailand Thailand Open QF (WD) QF (WD)
R1 (XD) 		w/d (WD)
w/d (XD) 		F (2016)
w/d (WD)
w/d (XD)
China BWF World Tour Finals SF (WD) F (WD) DNQ F (2019)
Year-end Ranking[7] 3 (WD)
64 (XD) 		3 (WD)
25 (XD) 		1 (WD)
19 (XD)
Tournament 2018 2019 2020 Best
Tournament 2015 2016 2017 Best
BWF Super Series
South Korea Korea Open A QF (WD) QF (2017)
Japan Japan Open R1 (WD) R1 (WD)
R1 (XD) 		R1 (WD)
R1 (XD) 		R1 (2015, 2016, 2017)
France French Open A SF (WD) SF (2017)
Hong Kong Hong Kong Open A QF (WD) QF (2017)
Year-end Ranking 94 (WD) 32 (WD)
122 (XD) 		14 (WD)
94 (XD)
Tournament 2014 2015 2016 2017 Best
BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold
Malaysia Malaysia Masters A R1 (WD) A R1 (2016)
China China Masters A R2 (WD) R1 (WD)
R1 (XD) 		R2 (2016)
New Zealand New Zealand Open A R2 (WD) R2 (WD) R2 (2016, 2017)
Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei Open R2 (WD) R1 (WD) A SF (WD) SF (2017)
United States U.S. Open A R1 (WD) F (WD)
W (XD) 		F (WD)
SF (XD) 		W (2016)
Canada Canada Open A QF (WD) A W (WD)
SF (XD) 		W (2017)
Russia Russian Open F (WD) w/d A F (2014)
Thailand Thailand Open — A F (WD) A F (2016)
South Korea Korea Masters A QF (WD) A QF (2016)
Macau Macau Open A QF (WD) QF (2017)
Year-end Ranking 101 (WD) 94 (WD) 32 (WD)
122 (XD) 		14 (WD)
94 (XD)

References

  1. ^ "Players: Wakana Nagahara". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  2. ^ "永原 和可那/ Wakana Nagahara". www.smash-net.tv (in Japanese). TMONY Japan Corporation. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Wakana Nagahara 永原 和可那 No. 2". hokutobadmintonclub.jp (in Japanese). Hokuto Bank. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  4. ^ Hearn, Don (11 December 2018). "Big winners awarded on BWF's 'Night of Nights'". Badzine.net. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  5. ^ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". bwfbadminton.com. 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!". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  7. ^ "BWF World Rankings". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 4 February 2016.

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