Rena Miyaura

Rena Miyaura (宮浦 玲奈, Miyaura Rena, born 25 July 1995) is a Japanese badminton player.^[3]

Rena Miyaura 宮浦 玲奈
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	(1995-07-25) 25 July 1995 (age 29)[1] Saitama Prefecture, Japan[2]
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)[1]
Weight	53 kg (117 lb)[1]
Retired	6 June 2024
Women's doubles
Highest ranking	11 (with Ayako Sakuramoto, 23 January 2024)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Japan Uber Cup 2024 Chengdu Women's team Asian Team Championships 2024 Selangor Women's team Summer Universiade 2017 Taipei Mixed team
BWF profile

Career

She won her first World Tour title at the 2022 Canada Open partnering with Ayako Sakuramoto, defeating compatriots Rui Hirokami and Yuna Kato in straight games in the final.^[4]

Rena Miyaura announced her retirement on 6 June 2024. The 2024 Uber Cup was her last tournament.^[5]

Achievements

BWF World Tour (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[6] 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.^[7]

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Canada Open	Super 100	Ayako Sakuramoto	Rui Hirokami Yuna Kato	21–13, 21–8	Winner
2022	Indonesia Masters	Super 100	Ayako Sakuramoto	Rui Hirokami Yuna Kato	21–23, 18–21	Runner-up
2023	Swiss Open	Super 300	Ayako Sakuramoto	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	Walkover	Winner
2023	Orléans Masters	Super 300	Ayako Sakuramoto	Liu Shengshu Tan Ning	21–19, 16–21, 21–12	Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2020	Estonian International	Saori Ozaki	Vimala Hériau Margot Lambert	21–18, 21–18	Winner
2020	Jamaica International	Sayaka Hobara	Daniela Macías Dánica Nishimura	21–3, 21–7	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Sydney International	Tadayuki Urai	Danny Bawa Chrisnanta Crystal Wong	21–16, 21–17	Winner
2020	Estonian International	Tadayuki Urai	Yujiro Nishikawa Saori Ozaki	18–21, 14–21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

References

1. "台北ユニバーシアード競技大会2017" (PDF) (in Japanese). Japanese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
2. "選手名鑑一覧 宮浦 玲奈/ Miyaura Rena" (in Japanese). Smash-net.tv. Archived from the original on 5 January 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
3. "Players: Rena Miyaura". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
4. "Michelle Li wins at home in women's individual". Wire Service Canada. 2 October 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
5. @miyauraura (6 June 2024). "Retirement announcement". Retrieved 16 August 2024 – via Instagram.
6. 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.
7. Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

External links

• Rena Miyaura at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com