Ayako Sakuramoto
Ayako Sakuramoto (櫻本 絢子, Sakuramoto Ayako,
born 19 August 1995) is a Japanese badminton player Ayako Sakuramoto
from the Yonex team.[2][3]
Career
Sakuramoto who educated at the Kyushu International
University High School, won the girls' doubles bronze
medal at the 2011 Asian Junior Badminton Personal information
Championships.[4] She also won 2012 gold and 2013 Country Japan
bronze in the mixed team event.[5][6] In 2017, she
Born 19 August 1995
became the women's doubles runner-up at the Osaka
Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
International tournament partnered with Yukiko
Takahata.[7] She won her first senior international title Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
at the Spanish International tournament with Handedness Left
Takahata.[8] Coach Takeshi Kamura[1]
Women's doubles
Highest 9 (with Yukiko Takahata, 5
Achievements ranking February 2019)
11 (with Rena Miyaura, 23
January 2024)
Asian Junior Championships
Current 79 (with Arisa Igarashi, 11
Girls' doubles ranking February 2025)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Japan
Uber Cup
2024 Chengdu Women's team
Asia Mixed Team Championships
2019 Hong Kong Mixed team
2025 Qingdao Mixed team
Asia Team Championships
2024 Selangor Women's team
World Junior Championships
2012 Chiba Mixed team
Asia Junior Championships
2012 Gimcheon Mixed team
2011 Lucknow Girls' doubles
2013 Kota Kinabalu Mixed team
BWF profile (https://bwfbadminton.com/player/
83211)
Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Suci Rizky Andini
Ayano 15–21, 15–
2011 Stadium, Tiara Rosalia
Torii 21 Bronze
Lucknow, India Nuraidah
BWF World Tour (12 titles, 2 runners-up)
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[9] 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.[10]
Women's doubles
Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
Gabriela
Super Yukiko Stoeva 19–21, 21–
2018 Swiss Open
300 Takahata Stefani 15, 21–18 Winner
Stoeva
Cao
New Zealand Super Yukiko
2018 Tongwei 21–9, 21–19
Open 300 Takahata Winner
Zheng Yu
Baek Ha-
Australian Super Yukiko 23–21, 21–
2018 na
Open 300 Takahata 18 Winner
Lee Yu-lim
Isabel
Super Yukiko 21–13, 21–
2018 Canada Open Herttrich
100 Takahata 15 Winner
Carla Nelte
Nami
Singapore Super Yukiko Matsuyama 16–21, 24–
2018
Open 500 Takahata Chiharu 22, 21–13 Winner
Shida
Nami
Super Yukiko Matsuyama 23–21, 21–
2018 Akita Masters
100 Takahata Chiharu 11 Winner
Shida
Mayu
Super Yukiko Matsumoto 17–21, 13–
2018 Spain Masters Runner-
300 Takahata Wakana 21
up
Nagahara
Nami
Indonesia Super Yukiko Matsuyama 11–21, 21–
2018
Masters 100 Takahata Chiharu 19, 22–20 Winner
Shida
Nita Violina
Super Yukiko Marwah 21–17, 14–
2019 Akita Masters
100 Takahata Putri 21, 21–15 Winner
Syaikah
Rui
Super Rena
2022 Canada Open Hirokami 21–13, 21–8
100 Miyaura Winner
Yuna Kato
Rui
Indonesia Super Rena 21–23, 18–
2022 Hirokami Runner-
Masters 100 Miyaura 21
Yuna Kato up
Yuki
Super Rena Fukushima
2023 Swiss Open Walkover
300 Miyaura Sayaka Winner
Hirota
Liu
Orléans Super Rena 21–19, 16– [11]
2023 Shengshu
Masters 300 Miyaura 21, 21–12 Winner
Tan Ning
2025 India Open Super Arisa Kim Hye- 21–15, 21– [12]
750 Igarashi jeong 13 Winner
Kong Hee-
yong
BWF Grand Prix (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
Vivian Hoo
New Zealand Yukiko 21–18, 16–21, Runner-
2017 Woon Khe
Open Takahata 19–21 up
Wei
BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 3 runners-up)
Women's doubles
Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
Kim So-
Osaka Yukiko 21–16, 17–21, Runner-
2017 yeong
International Takahata 19–21 up
Yoo Hae-won
Misato
Spanish Yukiko Aratama Winner
2017 21–10, 21–15
International Takahata Akane
Watanabe
Naoko
Osaka Yukiko Fukuman 21–17, 19–21, Runner-
2018
International Takahata Kurumi 16–21 up
Yonao
Mexican Hinata Rui Hirokami 21–15, 19–21, Runner-
2022
International Suzuki Yuna Kato 17–21 up
BWF International Challenge tournament
References
1. "Yonex Badminton Team Coach" (https://www.yonex.co.jp/badminton/yonex-badminton-tea
m/#:~:text=Takeshi%20Kamura-,嘉村%20健士,-コーチ) (in Japanese). Yonex. Retrieved
19 January 2025.
2. "Players: Ayako Sakuramoto" (http://bwfbadminton.com/player/83211/ayako-sakuramoto).
Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
3. "ヨネックス バドミントンチーム 選手紹介" (http://www.yonex.co.jp/badminton/yonex-badmi
nton-team/) (in Japanese). Yonex. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
4. "China bags 5-gold again while Japan defends 1-bronze only" (https://badpal.net/2016/07/1
8/china-bags-5-gold-again-while-japan-defends-1-bronze-only/) (in Japanese). BadPaL.
Retrieved 19 June 2017.
5. "Asian Juniors 2012 Team Final – Japan wins first team title" (http://www.badzine.net/2012/0
7/asian-juniors-team-final-japan-wins-first-team-title/). Badzine.net. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
6. "China regains No.1 in Asia, recovers from last year's loss to Japan" (https://badpal.net/201
3/07/10/china-regains-no-1-in-asia-recovers-from-last-years-loss-to-japan/) (in Japanese).
BadPaL. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
7. "ヨネックス大阪インターナショナルチャレンジ2017" (http://www.yonex.co.jp/badminton/ne
ws/2017/04/1704031700.html) (in Japanese). Yonex. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
8. "バドミントンスペインインターナショナル2017" (https://www.badminton.or.jp/2017/esp/ind
ex.htm#day4) (in Japanese). Nippon Badminton Association. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
9. Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure" (https://web.archiv
e.org/web/20171201164159/http://bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2017/03/19/bwf-launches
-new-event-structure/). Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original (http://bwfba
dminton.com/news-single/2017/03/19/bwf-launches-new-event-structure/) on 1 December
2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
10. Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!" (http://bwfworldtour.com/
news-single/2018/01/10/action-packed-season-ahead/). Badminton World Federation.
Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20180113162925/http://bwfworldtour.com/news-singl
e/2018/01/10/action-packed-season-ahead/) from the original on 13 January 2018.
Retrieved 15 January 2018.
11. "3rd women's doubles title for Japan" (https://archive.today/20250119145312/https://orleans
masters.com/en/3rd-womens-double-title-for-japan/). Orléans Masters Badminton. 9 April
2023. Archived from the original (https://orleansmasters.com/en/3rd-womens-double-title-for
-japan/) on 19 January 2025. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
12. "[Badminton] "Sakugashi" Ayako Sakuramoto and Arisa Igarashi win India Open after only
four and a half months together" (https://www.nikkansports.com/sports/news/202501190000
927.html) (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports. 19 January 2025. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
External links
Ayako Sakuramoto (https://bwfbadminton.com/player/83211) at BWFBadminton.com
Ayako Sakuramoto (https://web.archive.org/web/1/https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/playe
r-profile/5FF313BF-486D-424C-9DE9-0855406B3B28) at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com
(alternate link (https://web.archive.org/web/1/https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/find.aspx?
a=8&oid=209B123F-AA87-41A2-BC3E-CB57133E64CC&q=83211)) (archived)
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