Wakana Nagahara

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.

Wakana Nagahara
永原 和可那
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1996-01-09) 9 January 1996
Hokkaido, Japan
ResidenceAkita, Akita, Japan
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
HandednessRight
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking1 (WD 30 April 2019)
19 (XD 9 July 2019)
Current ranking3 (WD), 25 (XD) (17 March 2020)
BWF profile

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park,
Nanjing, China
Mayu Matsumoto Yuki Fukushima
Sayaka Hirota
19–21, 21–19, 22–20 Gold
2019 St. Jakobshalle,
Basel, Switzerland
Mayu Matsumoto Yuki Fukushima
Sayaka Hirota
21–11, 20–22, 23–21 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, 7 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[5] 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.[6]

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Indonesia Open Super 1000 Mayu Matsumoto Yuki Fukushima
Sayaka Hirota
14–21, 21–16, 14–21 Runner-up
2018 Spain Masters Super 300 Mayu Matsumoto Ayako Sakuramoto
Yukiko Takahata
21–17, 21–13 Winner
2018 China Open Super 1000 Mayu Matsumoto Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi
16–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2018 French Open Super 750 Mayu Matsumoto Gabriela Stoeva
Stefani Stoeva
21–14, 21–19 Winner
2018 Fuzhou China Open Super 750 Mayu Matsumoto Lee So-hee
Shin Seung-chan
21-23, 18–21 Runner-up
2019 All England Open Super 1000 Mayu Matsumoto Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan
21–18, 20–22, 11–21 Runner-up
2019 Singapore Open Super 500 Mayu Matsumoto Kim Hye-jeong
Kong Hee-yong
21–17, 22–20 Winner
2019 Japan Open Super 750 Mayu Matsumoto Kim So-yeong
Kong Hee-yong
12–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2019 BWF World Tour Finals World Tour Finals Mayu Matsumoto Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan
14–21, 10–21 Runner-up
2020 Denmark Open Super 750 Mayu Matsumoto Yuki Fukushima
Sayaka Hirota
10–21, 21–16, 18–21 Runner-up

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

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Russian Open Mayu Matsumoto Yuriko Miki
Koharu Yonemoto
17–21, 7–21 Runner-up
2016 U.S. Open Mayu Matsumoto Shiho Tanaka
Koharu Yonemoto
22–20, 15–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2016 Thailand Open Mayu Matsumoto Puttita Supajirakul
Sapsiree Taerattanachai
12–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2017 Canada Open Mayu Matsumoto Chisato Hoshi
Naru Shinoya
21–16, 16–21, 21–18 Winner
2017 U.S. Open Mayu Matsumoto Lee So-hee
Shin Seung-chan
16–21, 13–21 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 events20132014
Asian Junior Championships Bronze Bronze
World Junior Championships 4th Bronze
  • Senior level
Team events20192020
Asia Team Championships N/A Gold
Sudirman Cup Silver N/A

Individual competitions

  • Senior level
Events20182019
Asian Championships A Silver (WD)
R2 (XD)
World Championships Gold (WD) Gold (WD)
R3 (XD)
Tournament201820192020Best
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)
N/A SF (2019)
All England Open SF (WD) F (WD)
R1 (XD)
QF (WD)
R1 (XD)
F (2019)
Singapore Open A W (WD)
R1 (XD)
N/A W (2019)
Australian Open A QF (WD)
R2 (XD)
N/A QF (2019)
Korea Open QF (WD) R2 (WD)
R1 (XD)
N/A QF (2017, 2018)
China Open F (WD) R2 (WD)
R1 (XD)
N/A F (2018)
Japan Open QF (WD) F (WD)
R1 (XD)
N/A F (2019)
Denmark Open R1 (WD)
R1 (XD)
SF (WD)
R2 (XD)
F (WD)
w/d (XD)
F (2020)
French Open W (WD)
QF (XD)
SF (WD)
QF (XD)
N/A W (2018)
New Zealand Open A QF (WD) N/A QF (2019)
Fuzhou China Open F (WD)
R2 (XD)
SF (WD)
R1 (XD)
N/A F (2018)
Hong Kong Open R1 (WD)
QF (XD)
SF (WD)
R2 (XD)
N/A SF (2019)
Indonesia Open F (WD) QF (WD)
R1 (XD)
N/A F (2018)
Malaysia Open QF (WD) QF (WD)
R1 (XD)
N/A QF (2018, 2019)
Thailand Open QF (WD) QF (WD)
R1 (XD)
w/d (WD)
w/d (XD)
F (2016)
w/d (WD)
w/d (XD)
BWF World Tour Finals SF (WD) F (WD) DNQ F (2019)
Year-end Ranking[7] 3 (WD)
64 (XD)
3 (WD)
25 (XD)
1 (WD)
19 (XD)
Tournament201820192020Best
Tournament201520162017Best
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)
Tournament2014201520162017Best
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/d 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)

References

  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. Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  6. Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  7. "BWF World Rankings". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 4 February 2016.


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