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Kaoru Sugiyama

Kaoru Sugiyama
Sugiyama at the 2024 Taipei Open
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (2003-06-06) 6 June 2003 (age 22)
Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
HandednessRight
CoachTakako Ida
Shōji Satō
Women's singles
Highest ranking31 (18 February 2025)
Current ranking37 (5 August 2025)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Japan
Asia Mixed Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2025 Qingdao Mixed team
BWF profile

Kaoru Sugiyama (杉山 薫, Sugiyama Kaoru; born 6 June 2003) is a Japanese badminton player affiliated with BIPROGY team since April 2022.[1] She is a member of the Japan national badminton team (team B).[2]

Achievements

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BWF World Tour (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

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The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[3] 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.[4]

Women's singles

Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result
2024 Ruichang China Masters Super 100 Chinese Taipei Chiu Pin-chian 21–14, 14–21, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2024 Vietnam Open Super 100 Vietnam Nguyễn Thùy Linh 15–21, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2024 Malaysia Masters Super 100 Japan Manami Suizu 21–18, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 2 runners-up)

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Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2022 Peru Challenge Spain Clara Azurmendi 15–13 retired 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Réunion Open Japan Hina Akechi 20–22, 10–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 Peru Challenge Peru Inés Castillo 21–3, 21–6 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2024 Northern Marianas Open Japan Sakura Masuki 21–17, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2022 Maldives International Japan Kaho Osawa Japan Chisato Hoshi
Japan Miyu Takahashi 		16–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [5][6]
  BWF International Challenge tournament

Record against selected opponents

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Record against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 22 July 2025.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Kaoru Sugiyama's Profile | BIPROGY". Biprogy (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Kaoru Sugiyama's Profile | NBA". Nippon Badminton Association. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  5. ^ Oshima, Kazuaki (23 October 2022). "Results: Maldives International Challenge 2022" (in Japanese). Nippon Badminton Association. Archived from the original on 20 May 2025. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  6. ^ "Maldives International Challenge 2022: Women's Doubles Chisato Hoshi and Miyu Takahashi win IC titles for the third consecutive tournament!" (in Japanese). BIPROGY. 24 October 2022. Archived from the original on 13 July 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  7. ^ "Kaoru SUGIYAMA head to head". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
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