Shiho Tanaka

Shiho Tanaka
Sayaka Takahashi (left) and Tanaka (right) at Australia Open Super Series 2017
Personal information
Born (1992-09-05) 5 September 1992
Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
CountryJapan
SportBadminton
HandednessRight
Retired29 January 2021
Women's doubles
Highest ranking4 (with Koharu Yonemoto 14 June 2018)
BWF profile
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Nanjing Women's doubles
Sudirman Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Gold Coast Mixed team
Uber Cup
Gold medal – first place 2018 Bangkok Women's team
Asia Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Ho Chi Minh Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Hong Kong Mixed team
Asia Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Alor Setar Women's team
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Gwangju Women's singles

Shiho Tanaka (田中志穗, Tanaka Shiho; born 5 September 1992) is a Japanese retired badminton player who affiliates with Hokuto Bank team.[1][2] She was the bronze medalists at the 2018 World Championships in the women's doubles, and at the 2015 Summer Universiade in the women's singles. She won the year-end tournament Superseries Finals in 2017. Tanaka was part of Japanese winning team at the 2017 Asia Mixed Team Championships, 2018 Uber Cup, and at the 2018 Asia Women's Team Championships.

Career

In 2011, she won Osaka International tournament in women's doubles event with her partner Miri Ichimaru.[3] In 2012, she participated at the World University Badminton Championships and won the women's doubles event after beating Chinese Taipei pairs Tai Tzu-ying and Pai Hsiao-ma 22–20, 21–11.[4] In 2015, she became the runner-up of Chinese Taipei Masters tournament partnered with Koharu Yonemoto.[5] In 2016, she won the US Open, and became the runner-up of Vietnam International tournaments.[6][7]

Tanaka announced her retirement from the badminton tournament at the press conference in the Akita Prefectural office on 29 January 2021. She will continue her career in badminton as a coach in the Hokuto Bank.[8] Tanaka leaves Hokuto Bank and takes on a new role as coach of Hiroshima Gas starting in the 2025 season.[9]

Achievements

World Championships

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2018 Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park,
Nanjing, China 		Japan Koharu Yonemoto Japan Yuki Fukushima
Japan Sayaka Hirota 		19–21, 15–21 Bronze Bronze [10]

Summer Universiade

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref
2015 Hwasun Hanium Culture Sports Center, Hwasun, South Korea South Korea Sung Ji-hyun 13–21, 12–21 Bronze Bronze [11]

World University Championships

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2012 Yeomju Gymnasium,
Gwangju, South Korea 		Japan Miri Ichimaru Chinese Taipei Pai Hsiao-ma
Chinese Taipei Tai Tzu-ying 		22–20, 21–11 Gold Gold [4]

BWF World Tour (1 title, 1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[12] 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.[13]

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2018 Denmark Open Super 750 Japan Koharu Yonemoto Japan Yuki Fukushima
Japan Sayaka Hirota 		19–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [14]
2019 Thailand Open Super 500 Japan Koharu Yonemoto China Du Yue
China Li Yinhui 		21–19, 14–21, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [15]

BWF Superseries (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[16] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels are Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consists of twelve tournaments around the world that have been introduced since 2011.[17] Successful players are invited to the Superseries Finals, which are held at the end of each year.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2017 India Open Japan Koharu Yonemoto Japan Naoko Fukuman
Japan Kurumi Yonao 		16–21, 21–19, 21–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [18]
2017 Denmark Open Japan Koharu Yonemoto South Korea Lee So-hee
South Korea Shin Seung-chan 		13–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [19]
2017 Dubai World Superseries Finals Japan Koharu Yonemoto Japan Yuki Fukushima
Japan Sayaka Hirota 		21–16, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [20]
  BWF Superseries Finals tournament
  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 2 runners-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 Ref
2015 Chinese Taipei Masters Japan Koharu Yonemoto Indonesia Anggia Shitta Awanda
Indonesia Ni Ketut Mahadewi Istarani 		19–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [5]
2016 U.S. Open Japan Koharu Yonemoto Japan Mayu Matsumoto
Japan Wakana Nagahara 		20–22, 21–15, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [6]
2016 Chinese Taipei Masters Japan Koharu Yonemoto Japan Yuki Fukushima
Japan Sayaka Hirota 		10–11, 5–11, 7–11 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [21]
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2011 Osaka International Japan Miri Ichimaru Japan Yuriko Miki
Japan Koharu Yonemoto 		19–21 21–18 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [22]
2016 Vietnam International Japan Koharu Yonemoto Japan Yuki Fukushima
Japan Chiharu Shida 		26–28, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [7]
  BWF International Challenge tournament

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