Akane Yamaguchi
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Career
Akane has been called a badminton prodigy from a very young age. She held a racquet for the first time at the age of three and started playing seriously at the age of five. She joined the Japanese national team at the age of 15, the youngest athlete to ever join. The following year in 2013, she won the singles title at the YONEX Open Japan making her the youngest player and first Japanese athlete to ever win the tournament.
She continued to add titles to her name including the YONEX Denmark Open where she beat London Olympic Gold Medalist, Carolina Marin. In 2018, she became the first Japanese athlete to reach the world No. 1 ranking.
Akane has been called a badminton prodigy from a very young age. She held a racquet for the first time at the age of three and started playing seriously at the age of five. She joined the Japanese national team at the age of 15, the youngest athlete to ever join. The following year in 2013, she won the singles title at the YONEX Open Japan making her the youngest player and first Japanese athlete to ever win the tournament.
She continued to add titles to her name including the YONEX Denmark Open where she beat London Olympic Gold Medalist, Carolina Marin. In 2018, she became the first Japanese athlete to reach the world No. 1 ranking.
ACHIEVEMENTS
- 2x DAIHATSU YONEX Japan Open Champion (2013, 2019)
- 2x YONEX German Open Champion (2018, 2019)
- 2022 YONEX All England Open Champion
- 2021 Denmark Open (Super1000) Champion
- 2021 BWF World Championships Champion
- 2020 Princess Sirivannavari Thailand Masters Champion
- 2019 Blibli Indonesia Open Champion
- 2018 YONEX French Open Champion
- 2017 Dubai BWF World Superseries Finals Champion
- 2017 China Open Champion
- 2016 YONEX Denmark Open Champion
- 2016 Korea Open Champion
- 2014 China Open Finalist