Miyu Takahashi

Miyu Takahashi (高橋 美優, Takahashi Miyū, born 15 May 2002) is a Japanese badminton player from Inami, Hyōgo Prefecture.^[1][2] She graduated from the Aomori Yamada High School, and joined BIPROGY badminton team on 1 April 2021.^[3] Takahashi won her first BWF World Tour title at the Vietnam Open.^[4]

Miyū Takahashi
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	(2002-05-15) 15 May 2002 (age 22) Inami, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Handedness	Left
Coach	Kei Nakashima [zh] Mizuki Fujii
Women's doubles
Career record	52 wins, 16 losses (76.47%)
Highest ranking	58 (with Mizuki Otake, 19 November 2024)
Current ranking	63 (with Mizuki Otake, 25 February 2025)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Japan World Junior Championships 2018 Markham Mixed team
BWF profile

Career

Junior career

Takahashi began playing in elementary school. In her third year at Aomori Yamada High School, she placed third in the singles and won doubles competition at the Singapore Youth International.^[5] She was part of Japan's Bronze Medal winning team at the 2018 BWF World Junior Championships.^[6]

In 2019, she won the All Japan Junior Badminton Championship as a singles player.^[7] She began partnering with Mizuki Otake in fall 2018 and the pair were described as top talents in their generation.^[5] They won the National High School Inter-High Badminton Tournament.^[8]

2022

Takahashi partnered with Chisato Hoshi in women's doubles, winning all three tournaments they entered: India International (I), India International (II), and Maldives International.^[9][10][11]

2023

Takahashi partnered with Mizuki Otake winning her first championship at the All Japan Members Badminton Championships.^[12]

2024: First BWF World Tour title

Takahashi and Mizuki Otake competed in the 2024 Taipei Open in September. It was their first time reaching the quarterfinals of a tournament at this level. They started by defeating fifth seeds Sung Shuo-yun and Yu Chien-hui of Chinese Taipei.^[13] Their winning streak continued in the next round with a win over the Indonesian duo of Lanny Tria Mayasari and Rachel Allessya Rose.^[14] However, their run ended in the quarterfinals against the second seeds Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma and Amallia Cahaya Pratiwi of Indonesia after a hard-fought 72-minute, three-game match.^[15]

Takahashi and Otake were finalists in two Super 100 tournaments. They were runner-up at the 2024 Indonesia Masters Super 100 I, losing to Jesita Putri Miantoro and Febi Setianingrum.^[16] They then won the 2024 Vietnam Open, defeating Tidapron Kleebyeesun and Nattamon Laisuan, to claim their first BWF World Tour title.^[17]

Takahashi and Otake debuted in a Super 500 tournament at the Japan Masters in November, but lost in the first round to the sixth-seeded Chinese pair Jia Yifan and Zhang Shuxian.^[18]

They re-entered the All Japan Members Badminton Championships again in 2024, falling in the semi-finals (2-1 (16-21, 21-19, 21-15)) to the pair of Chiharu Shida and Nami Matsuyama, who had won bronze in the Paris Olympics.^[19]

2025

Takahashi has been selected as a 2025 Japan National Team member in the women's doubles with Otake, coached by Kei Nakashima [zh] and Mizuki Fujii.^[20]

Achievements

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

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[21] 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.^[22]

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2024 (I)	Indonesia Masters	Super 100	Mizuki Otake	Jesita Putri Miantoro Febi Setianingrum	15–21, 13–21	Runner-up	[23]
2024	Vietnam Open	Super 100	Mizuki Otake	Tidapron Kleebyeesun Nattamon Laisuan	19–21, 22–20, 21–7	Winner	[4]

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2022 (I)	India International	Chisato Hoshi	Miho Kayama Kaho Osawa	21–18, 19–21, 21–16	Winner	[9]
2022 (II)	India International	Chisato Hoshi	Pooja Dandu Arathi Sara Sunil	12–21, 21–12, 21–7	Winner	[10]
2022	Maldives International	Chisato Hoshi	Kaho Osawa Kaoru Sugiyama	21–16, 21–15	Winner	[11]
2023	Osaka International	Mizuki Otake	Lee Yu-lim Shin Seung-chan	23–21, 21–13	Runner-up	[24]
2024	Northern Marianas Open	Mizuki Otake	Miki Kanehiro Rui Kiyama	21–4, 21–10	Winner	[25]

  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.

National team

Junior level

Team events	2018	Ref
World Junior Championships	B	[26]

Individual competitions

• Junior level

Events	2018	Ref
World Junior Championships	2R	[27]

• Senior level

Tournament	BWF World Tour			Best	Ref
	2023	2024	2025
German Open	A		Q	('25)	[28]
Orléans Masters	A		Q	('25)
Ruichang China Masters	A	2R	A	2R ('24)
Kaohsiung Masters	QF	A		QF ('23)
Indonesia Masters Super 100	A	F		F ('24)	[23]
		A
Taipei Open	A	QF		QF ('24)	[15]
Vietnam Open	1R	W		W ('24)	[4]
Japan Masters	A	1R		1R ('24)	[18]
Year-end ranking	148	59		58
Tournament	2023	2024	2025	Best	Ref