Nozomi Okuhara

The native form of this personal name is Okuhara Nozomi. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Nozomi Okuhara
奥原 希望
おくはら のぞみ
Okuhara at 2017 Australia Open.
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1995-03-13) 13 March 1995 (age 28)
Ōmachi, Nagano, Japan[1]
Height1.56 m (5 ft 1 in)[2]
Weight52 kg (115 lb)[2]
HandednessRight[2]
Women's singles
Career record347 wins, 119 losses
Highest ranking1 (29 October 2019)
Current ranking26 (26 December 2023)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Women's singles
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Glasgow Women's singles
Silver medal – second place 2019 Basel Women's singles
Sudirman Cup
Silver medal – second place 2015 Dongguan Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Nanning Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Gold Coast Mixed team
Uber Cup
Gold medal – first place 2018 Bangkok Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Kunshan Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Bangkok Women's team
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Women's team
Asia Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Alor Setar Women's team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Hyderabad Women's team
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Chiba Girls' singles
Silver medal – second place 2012 Chiba Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Taipei Girls' singles
Asian Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Gimcheon Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2012 Gimcheon Girls' singles
BWF profile

Nozomi Okuhara (奥原 希望, Okuhara Nozomi, born 13 March 1995) is a Japanese badminton player. A former World's number 1 in the BWF rankings for the women's singles, she is well known for her speed, agility and endurance. She won a bronze at the 2016 Summer Olympics,[3] and gold medal at the 2017 World Championships.[4]

Career

Okuhara started playing badminton in 2002. Eight years later, in 2010, she joined the Japanese national team. The 2010 Osaka International Challenge became her international debut.

2010–2012

In 2010, Okuhara reached the final of Lao International which she lost to Nitchaon Jindapol.[5] The 16-year-old Okuhara became the youngest women's singles champion ever at the Japanese National Championships in 2011.[6] Additionally, she won the Austrian title by defeating her teammate Mayu Sekiya and a bronze medal at World Junior Championships.

Okuhara was a runner-up at the Asian Junior Championships,[7] and helped her team in winning the mixed team title. She later clinched the gold medal at the World Junior Championships,[8] having won bronze one year earlier at the 2011 BWF World Junior Championships. In July, she won her first Grand Prix title at the Canada Open.

2013–2014

In 2013, while competing in her quarterfinal match against Saina Nehwal at Malaysia Open, she suffered a severe knee injury in the 3rd game and remained out of International circuit for almost an year.[9] On her way to returning to elite competition, she participated in her first tournament in November since her last in January 2013 at the China Premier event.

In 2014, she won the New Zealand Open beating Kana Ito in final.[10] She also won the Vietnam Open[11] and Korean Grand Prix titles.[12] She reached her first Superseries final at the Hong Kong Open in year end. On her way to the final, she defeated Reigning World Champion Carolina Marín in the semifinal in 2 very one-sided games. However, she finished second to Tai Tzu-ying in the finals.[13]

2015

Okuhara won two Grand Prix Gold titles at Malaysia[14] and United States.[15] In both occasions, she got the better of her compatriots Sayaka Takahashi and Sayaka Sato respectively. She also won China International event.[16] At the Malaysian Superseries event, she played the longest ever Women's singles match against Wang Shixian in quarterfinal which lasted for whopping 111 minutes.[17] Okuhara lost that match and was cramping heavily at the end. Scorecard was 21–19, 15–21, 20–22 in favour of Shixian. She won her first Superseries title at Japan Open in the final defeating her colleague Akane Yamaguchi with score of 21–18, 21–12.[18] At the World Championships in Jakarta seeded 9th, she failed to get past Thai Porntip Buranaprasertsuk in 1st round having lost to her twice before.[19] Just like previous season, Okuhara again reached the final of Hong Kong Open. She lost a very difficult encounter to Carolina Marín there, a contest of 3 games with very tight scoreline.[20] At the end of the 2015 BWF season, she won the Dubai World Superseries final. On her path through without dropping a single game, she defeated all of her opponents namely Saina Nehwal, Tai Tzu-ying and top seed Carolina Marín. She defeated Marín twice, first in the preliminary round and again in semifinals with very one-sided scores. In the final she beat Wang Yihan 22–20, 21–18.[21]

2016–2017

In 2016, she won the prestigious All England Open on her Birthday after defeating Wang Shixian in the final with score 21–11, 16–21, 21–19, and thereby became the first Japanese women's singles player to lift this title in 39 years since Hiroe Yuki's triumph back in 1977.[22] She was seeded 6th for Rio Olympic Games. She defeated Akane Yamaguchi in quarterfinal 11–21, 21–17, 21–10 and reached the semis. Her opponent for semifinal was No. 9 seed P. V. Sindhu. Okuhara had no answers to Indian's attacking play and she went down in 2-straight games 19–21, 10–21.[23] In the bronze medal match she was given walkover against Li Xuerui of China as her opponent was injured. In the process, she became Japan's first ever Badminton Women's singles player to win an Olympic medal. In the China Superseries in November, she developed shoulder issues which forced her to withdraw from Hong Kong Open and her chance of defending the Dubai Superseries Finals title was thwarted.[24]

In 2017, Okuhara claimed her first ever Australian Open title with a win over Akane Yamaguchi.[25] Continuing her good form, she participated at the World Championships seeded 7th. After defeating Canada's Rachel Honderich and teammate Aya Ohori, she had an uphill task against Carolina Marín of Spain in the quarterfinals. She beat Marín, the two-time reigning Champion in a gruelling battle of an hour and 33 minutes. She also claimed hard-fought victory over Saina Nehwal in the semifinals, having lost the opening game. For the final, she faced opposition from P. V. Sindhu. She managed to edge a 21–19, 20–22, 22–20 victory over the Indian in one of the classics of Badminton history. Match stretched for 1:50 hours, making it the 2nd longest match in Women's singles badminton ever. Ironically enough, the longest one was also played by Okuhara; in 2015 against Shixian at the Malaysian Superseries, which she lost. With Okuhara's victory, she became the first ever Japanese to win the World title since 1977.[4] After her triumph at the World stage, she also reached the final of Korean Open Premier Superseries, in which P. V. Sindhu managed to beat Okuhara.[26] However afterwards she suffered knee injury and her performance dipped. She opted not to participate at the Dubai Superseries Finals, so as not to aggravate her knee problems.

2018

In May, Okuhara helped Japan to win the Uber Cup again after 37 years. Japan beat Thailand by 3–0 in the final and Okuhara didn't lose any of her matches.[27] She went to World Championships in Nanjing as defending champion but lost to the player she beat in the 2017 final, P. V. Sindhu, in 2 straight games in the quarterfinals.[28] She won her first ever World Tour Title, the Thailand Open Super 500 by defeating P. V. Sindhu 21–15 and 18.[29] In addition, she reached five more finals and won 2 of them in Korea[30] and Hong Kong,[31] both Super 500 events. Her final finishes were in Japan Super 750 (lost to Carolina Marín)[32] Fuzhou Super 750 events (lost to Chen Yufei)[33] and World Tour Finals in Guangzhou to P. V. Sindhu.[34]

2019–20

Okuhara reached the final of Singapore Open, but lost it to Tai Tzu-ying.[35] Also, she reached the final of Australia Open[36] & Japan Open[37] but lost to Chen Yufei and Akane Yamaguchi respectively. In the World Championships, she was seeded 3rd. She defeated He Bingjiao and Ratchanok Intanon; reached the final of this tournament once more and set her encounter with P. V. Sindhu. In a repeat clash of 2017 World Championships final, she was defeated 7–21, 7–21 by the Indian player, henceforth settled for the silver medal.[38] She succeeded in occupying the Ranking 1 of the world shifting Tai Tzu-ying on 29 October 2019.[39] She also contested the Denmark Open final, which she lost to Tai Tzu-ying with 17–21, 14–21 scores.[40] She was the runner-up in 6th straight tournament, after her defeat in the hands of Chen Yufei in Fuzhou China Open with the scores 21–9, 12–21, 18–21.[41] She took part in World Tour Finals in Guangzhou where she had best of starts; defeating all her opponents of group stage. But in semi finals, she was beaten by Tai Tzu-ying whom she has beaten in group stage earlier. Okuhara won 2020 Denmark Open tournament after surpassing 3rd seed Carolina Marín in 2 games with scores 21–19, 21–17. This was the first time in 2 years that she won a World Tour title since her last at Hong Kong Open in 2018.[42]

2021

She won her second England Open title after her last in 2016 by beating Pornpawee Chochuwong from Thailand. She defeated her opponent in two games 21–12, 21–16.[43]

Achievements

Olympic Games

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2016 Riocentro – Pavilion 4, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil China Li Xuerui Walkover Bronze

BWF World Championships

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2017 Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland India P. V. Sindhu 21–19, 20–22, 22–20 Gold Gold
2019 St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland India P. V. Sindhu 7–21, 7–21 Silver Silver

BWF World Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2011 Taoyuan Arena, Taoyuan, Taiwan Thailand Ratchanok Intanon 16–21, 16–21 Bronze Bronze
2012 Chiba Port Arena, Chiba, Japan Japan Akane Yamaguchi 21–12, 21–9 Gold Gold

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2012 Gimcheon Indoor Stadium, Gimcheon, South Korea India P. V. Sindhu 21–18, 17–21, 20–22 Silver Silver

BWF World Tour (7 titles, 8 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[44] 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.[45]

Women's singles

Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result
2018 Thailand Open Super 500 India P. V. Sindhu 21–15, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Japan Open Super 750 Spain Carolina Marín 19–21, 21–17, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 Korea Open Super 500 United States Beiwen Zhang 21–10, 17–21, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Fuzhou China Open Super 750 China Chen Yufei 10–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 Hong Kong Open Super 500 Thailand Ratchanok Intanon 21–19, 24–22 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 BWF World Tour Finals World Tour Finals India P. V. Sindhu 19–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Singapore Open Super 500 Chinese Taipei Tai Tzu-ying 19–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Australian Open Super 300 China Chen Yufei 15–21, 3–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Japan Open Super 750 Japan Akane Yamaguchi 13–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Denmark Open Super 750 Chinese Taipei Tai Tzu-ying 17–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Fuzhou China Open Super 750 China Chen Yufei 21–9, 12–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2020 Denmark Open Super 750 Spain Carolina Marín 21–19, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2021 All England Open Super 1000 Thailand Pornpawee Chochuwong 21–12, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Syed Modi International Super 300 Denmark Line Kjærsfeldt 21–19, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Odisha Masters Super 100 Hong Kong Lo Sin Yan 21–7, 21–23, 22–20 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

BWF Superseries (4 titles, 3 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[46] was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011.[47] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2014 Hong Kong Open Chinese Taipei Tai Tzu-ying 19–21, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Japan Open Japan Akane Yamaguchi 21–18, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Hong Kong Open Spain Carolina Marín 17–21, 21–18, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Dubai World Superseries Finals China Wang Yihan 22–20, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 All England Open China Wang Shixian 21–11, 16–21, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Australian Open Japan Akane Yamaguchi 21–12, 21–23, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Korea Open India P. V. Sindhu 20–22, 21–11, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Superseries Finals tournament
  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (6 titles)

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 singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2012 Canada Open Japan Sayaka Takahashi 21–8, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 New Zealand Open Japan Kana Ito 21–15, 21–3 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Vietnam Open Japan Aya Ohori 21–15, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Korea Grand Prix Japan Sayaka Sato 21–17, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Malaysia Masters Japan Sayaka Takahashi 21–13, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 U.S. Open Japan Sayaka Sato 21–16, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2010 Lao International Thailand Nitchaon Jindapol 16–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2011 Austrian International Japan Mayu Sekiya 21–6, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 China International China Chen Yufei 21–19, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament

Performance timeline

Key
W F SF QF #R RR Q# A G S B NH N/A DNQ
(W) won; (F) finalist; (SF) semi-finalist; (QF) quarter-finalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze medal; (NH) not held; (N/A) not applicable; (DNQ) did not qualify.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Career overview

National team

Junior level

Events 2011 2012
Asian Junior Championships QF G
World Junior Championships 5th S

Senior level

Team events 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Asia Team Championships NH S NH G NH A NH A
Asian Games NH G NH
Uber Cup NH B NH G NH DNP NH B
Sudirman Cup S NH B NH S NH DNP NH

Individual competitions

Junior level

Girls' singles

Events 2011 2012
Asian Junior Championships 2R S
World Junior Championships B G

Girls' doubles

Events 2011
Asian Junior Championships 2R
World Junior Championships 2R

Senior level

Women's singles
Events 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Asian Championships 1R A 3R QF 1R 1R QF NH 1R A
Asian Games NH A NH QF NH NH
World Championships NH DNQ 2R NH G QF S NH w/d w/d QF
Olympic Games DNQ NH B NH QF NH
Tournament BWF Superseries / Grand Prix BWF World Tour Best Ref
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Malaysia Open A QF A QF 2R SF 2R SF NH QF 1R SF ('17, '19) [9][17]
India Open A QF w/d QF A NH A 1R QF ('15, '17)
Indonesia Masters A 2R 2R A NH QF 1R 2R A 1R QF ('18)
German Open A SF SF A SF SF NH w/d w/d SF ('15, '16, '18, '19)
All England Open A 1R W 1R QF SF SF W QF 1R W ('16, '21)
Swiss Open A NH A 2R 2R ('23)
Malaysia Masters A QF A SF W A w/d QF QF NH QF A W ('15)
Thailand Open A 1R QF A NH A W w/d w/d NH 2R A W ('18)
w/d
Singapore Open A QF 2R 1R A F NH A A F ('19)
Indonesia Open A 1R QF 2R 2R QF NH A QF 1R QF ('16, '19, '22)
Chinese Taipei Open A 1R QF A NH A A QF ('15)
Canada Open A SF W A NH A w/d W ('12)
U.S. Open A W A NH A W ('15)
Korea Open A QF w/d F W QF NH A W ('18)
Japan Open A 2R 2R A W QF SF F F NH w/d 1R W ('15)
Australian Open A 1R 1R W A F NH QF A W ('17)
Indonesia Masters Super 100 NH A NH A QF QF ('23)
China Open A 1R 1R A QF 1R 1R SF 1R NH A SF ('18)
Hong Kong Open A Q2 F F w/d A W QF NH 1R W ('18)
Vietnam Open A 2R A W A NH A W ('14)
Korea Masters 1R A W A NH A W ('14)
Arctic Open A NH A NH 1R 1R ('23)
Denmark Open A 2R QF w/d QF F W A 2R 1R W ('20)
French Open A QF w/d A 2R 2R NH A 2R 1R QF ('15)
Hylo Open Q3 A QF A SF A SF ('22)
New Zealand Open NH A NH A W A NH W ('14)
Japan Masters NH 1R 1R ('23)
China Masters A 2R A F F NH QF F ('18, '19)
Syed Modi International A SF NH A NH A W W ('23)
Super Series / Tour Finals DNQ W DNQ w/d F SF DNQ W ('15)
Russian Open A SF A NH SF ('14)
Year-end ranking 198 83 31 180 25 7 11 7 2 4 4 5 13 26 1
Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Best Ref
Mixed doubles
Tournament BWF Superseries / Grand Prix Best
2011
Japan Open Q1 Q1 ('11)
Canada Open 2R 2R ('11)
Year-end ranking 273 261

Record against selected opponents

Record against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 7 November 2023.

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