Ayane Kurihara

Badminton player

Ayane Kurihara
栗原文音

Personal information

Country

Japan

Born

(1989-09-27) 27 September 1989 (age 34)
Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan

Height

1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)

Weight

59 kg (130 lb)

Retired

23 December 2019

Handedness

Right

Women's singles & doubles

Highest ranking

26 (WS 3 November 2011)
22 (WD 19 March 2015)
11 (XD 9 March 2017)

Medal record

Women's badminton

Representing Japan
Sudirman Cup
	2015 Dongguan	Mixed team
	2017 Gold Coast	Mixed team
Asia Mixed Team Championships
	2017 Ho Chi Minh	Mixed team
	2019 Hong Kong	Mixed team
Asian Junior Championships
	2007 Kuala Lumpur	Mixed team

BWF profile

Ayane Kurihara (栗原文音, born 27 September 1989) is a Japanese former badminton player. She began playing badminton at age 9, and played competitively from then on. She became a member of the Japan national badminton team at the age of 19.^[1] Her current partner is Naru Shinoya for women's doubles and Kohei Gondo for mixed doubles. Kurihara competed with her former partner Kenta Kazuno in the mixed doubles at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.^[2]

Kurihara announced her retirement through her Twitter account on 23 December 2019.^[3]

Achievements

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

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[4] 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 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[5]

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Chinese Taipei Open	Super 300	Naru Shinoya	Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida	10–21, 17–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Akita Masters	Super 100	Kohei Gondo	Alfian Eko Prasetya Angelica Wiratama	21–9, 21–23, 21–17	Winner

BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 3 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 singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Russian Open	Ella Diehl	21–19, 21–19	Winner
2011	German Open	Liu Xin	13–21, 21–15, 9–21	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Swiss Open	Naru Shinoya	Bao Yixin Tang Yuanting	19–21, 21–14, 17–21	Runner-up
2015	U.S. Open	Naru Shinoya	Yu Yang Zhong Qianxin	14–21, 10–21	Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 3 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Malaysia International	Masayo Nojirino	21–15, 18–21, 21–10	Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Polish Open	Naru Shinoya	Anastasia Chervyakova Nina Vislova	21–15, 17–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2014	Malaysia International	Naru Shinoya	Maretha Dea Giovani Rosyita Eka Putri Sari	21–14, 21–17	Winner
2015	China International	Naru Shinoya	Ou Dongni Yu Xiaohan	21–14, 18–21, 21–23	Runner-up
2015	Portugal International	Naru Shinoya	Carola Bott Jennifer Karnott	21–13, 21–16	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	South Australia International	Kohei Gondo	Terry Hee Citra Putri Sari Dewi	20–22, 18–21	Runner-up
2018	Indonesia International	Kohei Gondo	Adnan Maulana Shella Devi Aulia	21–17, 23–21	Winner
2018	Yonex / K&D Graphics International	Kohei Gondo	Natchanon Tulamok Natcha Saenghote	21–7, 21–16	Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Future Series tournament

References

^ "Players: Ayane Kurihara". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
^ "Ayane Kurihara". Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
^ "栗原文音退役后深夜发推坚持到最后所以不后悔" (in Chinese). Sina Sports. 25 December 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
^ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.