Wakana Nagahara

Wakana Nagahara
永原和可那
Wakana Nagahara; 永原和可那
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	9 January 1996; Hokkaido, Japan
Residence	Akita, Akita, Japan
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Handedness	Right
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	1 (WD 30 April 2019); 19 (XD 9 July 2019)
Current ranking	3 (WD), 25 (XD) (17 March 2020)
Women's badminton
Representing Japan
World Championships
Sudirman Cup
Asian Championships
Asia Team Championships
World Junior Championships
Asian Junior Championships
	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
2019	St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland	Mayu Matsumoto	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	21–11, 20–22, 23–21	Gold
2018	Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park, Nanjing, China	Mayu Matsumoto	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	19–21, 21–19, 22–20	Gold

Asian Championships

Women's doubles

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

BWF World Tour (3 titles, 6 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[5] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely 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
2019	BWF World Tour Finals	World Tour Finals	Mayu Matsumoto	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	14–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2019	Japan Open	Super 750	Mayu Matsumoto	Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong	12–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2019	Singapore Open	Super 500	Mayu Matsumoto	Kim Hye-jeong Kong Hee-yong	21–17, 22–20	Winner
2019	All England Open	Super 1000	Mayu Matsumoto	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	21–18, 20–22, 11–21	Runner-up
2018	Fuzhou China Open	Super 750	Mayu Matsumoto	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	21–23, 18–21	Runner-up
2018	French Open	Super 750	Mayu Matsumoto	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	21–14, 21–19	Winner
2018	China Open	Super 1000	Mayu Matsumoto	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	16–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2018	Spain Masters	Super 300	Mayu Matsumoto	Ayako Sakuramoto Yukiko Takahata	21–17, 21–13	Winner
2018	Indonesia Open	Super 1000	Mayu Matsumoto	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	14–21, 21–16, 14–21	Runner-up

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

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	U.S. Open	Mayu Matsumoto	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	16–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2017	Canada Open	Mayu Matsumoto	Chisato Hoshi Naru Shinoya	21–16, 16–21, 21–18	Winner
2016	Thailand Open	Mayu Matsumoto	Puttita Supajirakul Sapsiree Taerattanachai	12–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2016	U.S. Open	Mayu Matsumoto	Shiho Tanaka Koharu Yonemoto	22–20, 15–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2014	Russian Open	Mayu Matsumoto	Yuriko Miki Koharu Yonemoto	17–21, 7–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	U.S. Open	Yugo Kobayashi	Robert Mateusiak Nadiezda Zieba	21–16, 21–18	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	Mayu Matsumoto	Pacharapun Chochuwong Chanisa Teachavorasinskun	21–17, 21–11	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	N/A	Gold
Sudirman Cup	Silver	N/A

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 Masters	A	SF (WD) R2 (XD)	w/d (WD) QF (XD)	SF (2019)
Indonesian Masters	A	SF (WD) QF (XD)	R2 (WD) R1 (XD)	SF (2019)
Spain Masters	W (WD)	A		W (2018)
German Open	R2 (WD)	SF (WD) R1 (XD)	A	SF (2019)
All England Open	SF (WD)	F (WD) R1 (XD)	QF (WD) R1 (XD)	F (2019)
Malaysia Open	QF (WD)	QF (WD) R1 (XD)	Q (WD) Q (XD)	QF (2018, 2019)
Singapore Open	A	W (WD) R1 (XD)		W (2019)
New Zealand Open	A	QF (WD)		QF (2019)
Australian Open	A	QF (WD) R2 (XD)		QF (2019)
Indonesia Open	F (WD)	QF (WD) R1 (XD)		F (2018)
Japan Open	QF (WD)	F (WD) R1 (XD)		F (2019)
Thailand Open	QF (WD)	QF (WD) R1 (XD)		F (2016)
China Open	F (WD)	R2 (WD) R1 (XD)		F (2018)
Korea Open	QF (WD)	R2 (WD) R1 (XD)		QF (2017, 2018)
Denmark Open	R1 (WD) R1 (XD)	SF (WD) R2 (XD)		SF (2019)
French Open	W (WD) QF (XD)	SF (WD) QF (XD)		W (2018)
Fuzhou China Open	F (WD) R2 (XD)	SF (WD) R1 (XD)		F (2018)
Hong Kong Open	R1 (WD) QF (XD)	SF (WD) R2 (XD)		SF (2019)
BWF World Tour Finals	SF (WD)	F (WD)		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
Korea Open	A		QF (WD)	QF (2017)
Japan Open	R1 (WD)	R1 (WD) R1 (XD)	R1 (WD) R1 (XD)	R1 (2015, 2016, 2017)
French Open	A		SF (WD)	SF (2017)
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 Masters	A		R1 (WD)	A	R1 (2016)
China Masters	A		R2 (WD)	R1 (WD) R1 (XD)	R2 (2016)
New Zealand Open	A		R2 (WD)	R2 (WD)	R2 (2016, 2017)
Chinese Taipei Open	R2 (WD)	R1 (WD)	A	SF (WD)	SF (2017)
U.S. Open	A	R1 (WD)	F (WD) W (XD)	F (WD) SF (XD)	W (2016)
Canada Open	A	QF (WD)	A	W (WD) SF (XD)	W (2017)
Russian Open	F (WD)	w/o	A		F (2014)
Thailand Open	N/A	A	F (WD)	A	F (2016)
Korea Masters	A		QF (WD)	A	QF (2016)
Macau Open	A			QF (WD)	QF (2017)
Year-end Ranking	101 (WD)	94 (WD)	32 (WD) 122 (XD)	14 (WD) 94 (XD)

gollark: ***nebulae***

gollark: What's your naming scheme?

gollark: I have lots of CB coppers, one because fish is very nice and superhuman at egg-getting and most because I catch unbreedables oddly frequently.

gollark: I saw fewer coppers than golds/silvers, but at this sample size it's basically entirely flukes.

gollark: I saw them for less than a second, obviously.

References

"Players: Wakana Nagahara". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
"永原和可那/ Wakana Nagahara". www.smash-net.tv (in Japanese). TMONY Japan Corporation. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
"Wakana Nagahara 永原和可那 No. 2". hokutobadmintonclub.jp (in Japanese). Hokuto Bank. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
Hearn, Don (11 December 2018). "Big winners awarded on BWF's 'Night of Nights'". Badzine.net. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
"BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. 29 November 2017.
"Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. 15 January 2018.
"BWF World Rankings". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 4 February 2016.

External links

Wakana Nagahara at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
Wakana Nagahara at BWFbadminton.com

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[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] "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. 29 November 2017.

[6] "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. 15 January 2018.

[7] "BWF World Rankings". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 4 February 2016.

Asian Badminton Champions in Women's Team
2010s	2016: Chen Yufei & He Bingjiao & Luo Ying & Luo Yu & Sun Yu & Tang Yuanting & Tian Qing & Wang Shixian & Yu Yang & Zhao Yunlei (CHN) 2018: Yuki Fukushima & Sayaka Hirota & Misaki Matsutomo & Aya Ohori & Nozomi Okuhara & Sayaka Sato & Ayaka Takahashi & Shiho Tanaka & Akane Yamaguchi & Koharu Yonemoto (JPN)
2020s	2020: Yuki Fukushima & Riko Gunji & Sayaka Hirota & Mayu Matsumoto & Nami Matsuyama & Wakana Nagahara & Aya Ohori & Chiharu Shida & Sayaka Takahashi & Akane Yamaguchi (JPN)