World Champion vs Olympic Champion | Akane Yamaguchi vs Chen Yufei | Badminton Japan Akane Yamaguchi (Yamaguchi Akane, born June 6, 1997) is a Japanese women’s badminton player. She is from Fukui prefecture. Her highest BWF world ranking is No. 1 (April 19, 2018).Katsuyama Municipal Heisenji Elementary School[2]Katsuyama Municipal Katsuyama Nanbu Junior High School[3]Graduated from Fukui Prefectural Katsuyama High School[4]. She picked up a racket for the first time at the age of three[1], In 2012, when he was in his third year of junior high school, he won the gold medal in the team competition at the Asia Youth U19 Badminton Championships. She won silver medals in women’s singles and mixed team events at the World Junior Badminton Championships held at Chiba Port Arena.In December of the same year, she was the first junior high school student to win the first round of the All Japan General Badminton Championships, and on December 20, she became the youngest Japanese badminton representative in history.[5].After entering high school, in August 2013, when she was in her first year, she won the women’s singles at the All Japan High School Inter-High School Badminton Tournament.[1]At the 2nd Asian Youth Games held in Nanjing, China, she paired with Ho Koga (Fukushima Prefectural Tomioka High School) and won the gold medal in mixed doubles.[6]. At the Yonex Open Japan in September, he was ranked 145th in the world and participated in the qualifying round. advanced to the final. In the finals, she defeated Shizuka Uchida (Nihon Unisys) 2-0 (21-15, 21-19) to become the first Japanese to win the tournament. At 16 years, 3 months and 16 days, he became the youngest ever to win the BWF Super Series.[7]. She advanced to the finals for the second year in a row at the World Junior Championship Singles held in Bangkok in November, and won the gold medal by winning the Japanese confrontation with Aya Ohori. She went on to win the All Japan Badminton Championships in December, making her the youngest player ever to win, but she lost in the semi-finals to Eriko Hirose (Yonex). At the Asian Youth U19 Championships held in Taipei, Taiwan from February 16 to 23, 2014, she defeated the Chinese national team 2-0 in straight sets in the women’s individual final. It was her first individual victory in the competition. Following Aya Ohori the previous year, she is the second Japanese to win the same event. She won singles and third place in doubles at the 2013 42nd National High School Invitational Badminton Tournament held in Nagano Prefecture from March 20 to 24. After her sophomore year in high school, she won her second straight singles title at the 2014 World Junior Championships held in Malaysia from April 7-18. At the Inter-High School Championships held in Chiba Prefecture from August 1 to 6, she won her second straight singles title, and she made it to the top 4 in both the team and doubles. She served as the flag bearer for the Japanese team at the opening ceremony of the 2nd Youth Olympic Games, which opened on August 16.[8]finished runner-up in the women’s singles[9]. In November, he won the second place at the China Open of the BWF Super Series Premier. She won her first championship at the All Japan General Championships in December, beating her defending champion Minatsu Mitani 2-0. At the age of 17 years and 6 months, she became the second youngest player in the history of the tournament to win her first title. In December, she competed in the BWF Super Series Finals in Dubai, UAE, where she won three straight matches against Wang Yihan, Ratchanok Inthanon and Dai Zhiyi in the first league match to advance to the semi-finals in first place. She finished third in the semi-finals where she lost to Hyun Narike.When she was in her third year of high school, she withdrew from her world championships in August and prioritized the inter-high school championships held at the same time. became the rank[10].After graduating from adult high school, he decided to join Saishunkan Pharmaceutical without going on to higher education.[4]. In the world ranking announced on April 19, 2018, he rose to No. 1.It is the first time for a Japanese player, male or female, to be number one in the world in singles.[11]. He lost to Sindhu Pusarla in the quarterfinals of the Tokyo Olympics in July 2021.
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