Yuki_Fukushima Knowpia

Yuki Fukushima
福島由紀
Yuki Fukushima; 福島由紀
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	6 May 1993 (age 30); Yatsushiro, Kumamoto, Japan
Residence	Gifu, Gifu, Japan
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Handedness	Right
Women's doubles
Highest ranking	1 (with Sayaka Hirota 21 June 2018)
Current ranking	8 (with Sayaka Hirota 16 April 2024)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Japan
World Championships
Sudirman Cup
Uber Cup
Asian Games
Asian Championships
Asia Team Championships
	BWF profile

Yuki Fukushima (福島由紀, Fukushima Yūki, born 6 May 1993) is a Japanese badminton player affiliated with Marusugi Bluvic.^[1]^[2] She and her partner Sayaka Hirota won the 2017 Most Improved Player of the Year award.^[3] The duo were ranked as world No. 1 at the BWF World Ranking in 21 June 2018.^[4]

Achievements edit

BWF World Championships edit

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland	Sayaka Hirota	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	18–21, 21–17, 15–21	Silver
2018	Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park, Nanjing, China	Sayaka Hirota	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	21–19, 19–21, 20–22	Silver
2019	St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland	Sayaka Hirota	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	11–21, 22–20, 21–23	Silver

Asian Games edit

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia	Sayaka Hirota	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	17–21, 8–21	Bronze
2022	Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China	Sayaka Hirota	Baek Ha-na Lee So-hee	14–21, 12–21	Bronze

Asian Championships edit

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Sayaka Hirota	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	21–18, 18–21, 21–15	Gold
2019	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Sayaka Hirota	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	16–21, 24–26	Bronze
2022	Muntinlupa Sports Complex, Metro Manila, Philippines	Sayaka Hirota	Rin Iwanaga Kie Nakanishi	21–16, 15–21, 19–21	Bronze
2023	Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Indoor Hall, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Sayaka Hirota	Baek Ha-na Lee So-hee	21–7, 21–14	Gold

BWF World Tour (11 titles, 8 runners-up) edit

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 Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[6]

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	German Open	Super 300	Sayaka Hirota	Huang Dongping Zheng Yu	18–21, 21–14, 21–6	Winner
2018	All England Open	Super 1000	Sayaka Hirota	Christinna Pedersen Kamilla Rytter Juhl	19–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2018	Indonesia Open	Super 1000	Sayaka Hirota	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	21–14, 16–21, 21–14	Winner
2018	Japan Open	Super 750	Sayaka Hirota	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	21–15, 21–12	Winner
2018	Korea Open	Super 500	Sayaka Hirota	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	11–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2018	Denmark Open	Super 750	Sayaka Hirota	Shiho Tanaka Koharu Yonemoto	21–19, 21–16	Winner
2018	Hong Kong Open	Super 500	Sayaka Hirota	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	21–18, 21–17	Winner
2019	Malaysia Masters	Super 500	Sayaka Hirota	Greysia Polii Apriyani Rahayu	18–21, 21–16, 21–16	Winner
2019	Australian Open	Super 300	Sayaka Hirota	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	21–10, 21–16	Winner
2019	Indonesia Open	Super 1000	Sayaka Hirota	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	21–16, 21–18	Winner
2019	Fuzhou China Open	Super 750	Sayaka Hirota	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	21–17, 21–15	Winner
2020	All England Open	Super 1000	Sayaka Hirota	Du Yue Li Yinhui	21–13, 21–15	Winner
2020	Denmark Open	Super 750	Sayaka Hirota	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	21–10, 16–21, 21–18	Winner
2021	All England Open	Super 1000	Sayaka Hirota	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	18–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2022	Indonesia Open	Super 1000	Sayaka Hirota	Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida	21–18, 14–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2023	Indonesia Masters	Super 500	Sayaka Hirota	Liu Shengshu Zhang Shuxian	20–22, 19–21	Runner-up
2023	Swiss Open	Super 300	Sayaka Hirota	Rena Miyaura Ayako Sakuramoto	Walkover	Runner-up
2023	Indonesia Open	Super 1000	Sayaka Hirota	Baek Ha-na Lee So-hee	20–22, 10–21	Runner-up
2023	China Masters	Super 750	Sayaka Hirota	Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida	18–21, 11–21	Runner-up

BWF Superseries (1 title, 1 runner-up) edit

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,^[7] 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.^[8] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Malaysia Open	Sayaka Hirota	Huang Yaqiong Tang Jinhua	21–17, 18–21, 21–12	Winner
2017	Dubai World Superseries Finals	Sayaka Hirota	Shiho Tanaka Koharu Yonemoto	16–21, 15–21	Runner-up

BWF Superseries Finals tournament

BWF Superseries Premier tournament

BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (4 titles, 1 runner-up) edit

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
2015	New Zealand Open	Sayaka Hirota	Xia Huan Zhong Qianxin	21–17, 22–24, 19–21	Runner-up
2015	Scottish Open	Sayaka Hirota	Samantha Barning Iris Tabeling	21–14, 14–11 Retired	Winner
2016	New Zealand Open	Sayaka Hirota	Chang Ye-na Lee So-hee	21–13, 21–16	Winner
2016	Chinese Taipei Masters	Sayaka Hirota	Shiho Tanaka Koharu Yonemoto	11–10, 11–5, 11–7	Winner
2017	German Open	Sayaka Hirota	Huang Dongping Li Yinhui	15–21, 21–17, 21–15	Winner

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 3 runners-up) edit

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Sydney International	Kana Ito	14–21, 21–13, 19–21	Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Singapore International	Yui Miyauchi	Asumi Kugo Megumi Yokoyama	21–12, 16–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2014	Sydney International	Sayaka Hirota	Sylvina Kurniawan Susan Wang	11–5, 11–5, 11–2	Winner
2015	Osaka International	Sayaka Hirota	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	17–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2016	Vietnam International	Chiharu Shida	Shiho Tanaka Koharu Yonemoto	28–26, 21–15	Winner
2016	Spanish International	Chiharu Shida	Sayaka Hirota Nao Ono	14–21, 21–13, 19–21	Runner-up

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

Performance timeline edit

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.

National team edit

Senior level

Team events	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Asia Team Championships	G	NH	G	NH	A	NH
Asian Games	G	NH				NH
Uber Cup	G	NH	S	NH	B	NH
Sudirman Cup	NH	S	NH	A	NH	B

Individual competitions edit

Senior level

Women's singles edit

Tournament	BWF Superseries / Grand Prix				Best
Tournament	2012	2013	2014	2015	Best
Malaysia Masters	A		QF	A	QF ('14)
Japan Open	1R	A			1R ('12)
Scottish Open	A			QF	QF ('15)
Year-end ranking	262	427	189	334	163

Women's doubles edit

Event	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Asian Championships	2R	1R	G	B	NH		B	G
Asian Games	NH		B	NH				NH
World Championships	NH	S	S	S	NH	A	w/d	QF
Olympic Games	DNQ	NH			QF	NH

Tournament	BWF Superseries / Grand Prix						BWF World Tour							Best
Tournament	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	Best
Malaysia Open	A					W	2R	QF	NH		w/d	1R	A	W ('17)
India Open	A	2R	A		1R	SF	A		NH		A	2R	A	SF ('17)
Indonesia Masters	2R	A				NH	A	1R	2R	A		F	A	F ('23)
German Open	A				2R	W	W	SF	NH		A	QF	A	W ('17, '18)
All England Open	A					QF	F	SF	W	F	1R	2R	QF	W ('20)
Swiss Open	A	1R	A						NH	A		F		F ('23)
Malaysia Masters	SF	A	1R	1R	QF	A	SF	W	2R	NH	2R	QF		W ('19)
Thailand Open	A		NH	A			QF	2R	w/d	NH	QF	A		QF ('18, '22)
Thailand Open	A		NH	A			QF	2R	w/d	NH	QF	A		QF ('18, '22)
Singapore Open	A				2R	1R	A	SF	NH		A	2R		SF ('19)
Indonesia Open	A					QF	W	W	NH	A	F	F		W ('18, '19)
Chinese Taipei Open	A			2R	A				NH		A			2R ('15)
Canada Open	A								NH		A	SF		SF ('23)
U.S. Open	A				QF	A			NH			A		QF ('16)
Korea Open	A					2R	F	2R	NH		A	2R		F ('18)
Japan Open	A	1R	1R	1R	2R	SF	W	QF	NH		w/d	SF		W ('18)
Australian Open	A	QF	A			SF	A	W	NH		QF	SF		W ('19)
China Open	A					QF	QF	SF	NH			QF		SF ('19)
Hong Kong Open	A		2R	A		QF	W	2R	NH			2R		W ('18)
Vietnam Open	A				2R	A			NH		A			2R ('16)
Denmark Open	A					2R	W	SF	W	2R	QF	1R		W ('18, '20)
French Open	A					2R	2R	SF	NH	SF	SF	QF	2R	SF ('19, '21, '22)
Korea Masters	A	QF	QF	SF	1R	A			NH		A			SF ('15)
Japan Masters	NH											1R		1R ('23)
China Masters	A				QF	A	2R	W	NH			F		W ('19)
Syed Modi International	A	NH	A						NH		A	SF		SF ('23)
BWF Superseries / World Tour Finals	DNQ					F	DNQ	SF	DNQ					F ('17)
Chinese Taipei Masters	NH			SF	W	NH								W ('16)
Macau Open	2R	A		SF	A				NH					SF ('15)
New Zealand Open	NH	2R	SF	F	W	A		SF	NH					W ('16)
Scottish Open	A			W	A			N/A	NH	N/A	NH	N/A		W ('15)
Year-end ranking	77	84	61	23	20	4	1	2	2	4	13	5		1
Tournament	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	Best

Mixed doubles edit

Tournament	BWF Superseries / Grand Prix			Best
Tournament	2014	2015	2016	Best
New Zealand Open	2R	A	QF	QF ('16)
Korea Masters	1R	2R	A	2R ('15)
Chinese Taipei Masters	NH	2R	A	2R ('15)
Year-end ranking	190	180	213	95
Tournament	2014	2015	2016	Best

References edit

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