Nami Matsuyama

Nami Matsuyama (松山 奈未, Matsuyama Nami, born 28 June 1998) is a Japanese badminton player affiliated with the Saishunkan team.^[1][2] She is the bronze medalist at the 2024 Summer Olympics.^[3] Matsuyama helps the national team won the 2020 Asia Team Championships.^[4] She reached a career high as world number 2 in the BWF World rankings on 8 November 2022 with her current partner Chiharu Shida.

Nami Matsuyama
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	(1998-06-28) 28 June 1998 (age 26) Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Handedness	Right
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	2 (WD with Chiharu Shida, 8 November 2022) 182 (XD with Takuro Hoki, 30 November 2021)
Current ranking	2 (WD with Chiharu Shida, 15 April 2025)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Japan Olympic Games 2024 Paris Women's doubles Sudirman Cup 2021 Vantaa Mixed team 2023 Suzhou Mixed team Uber Cup 2020 Aarhus Women's team 2022 Bangkok Women's team 2024 Chengdu Women's team Asian Championships 2025 Ningbo Women's doubles Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou Women's team Asia Team Championships 2020 Manila Women's team 2024 Selangor Women's team World Junior Championships 2016 Bilbao Girls' doubles 2015 Lima Girls' doubles 2016 Bilbao Mixed team Asian Junior Championships 2015 Bangkok Girls' doubles 2015 Bangkok Mixed team 2016 Bangkok Mixed team
BWF profile

Matsuyama is the girls' doubles gold medalist at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Bilbao, Spain partnered with Sayaka Hobara.^[5] Matsuyama won her first senior international title in Thailand at the 2017 Smiling Fish International tournament with Chiharu Shida.^[6]

Career

2018–2020: Chinese Taipei Open–first World Tour title

Matsuyama began the 2018 season as a semi-finalists in the Swiss Open in the women's doubles with Shida.^[7] She reached her first final in the BWF World Tour in the Singapore Open, but she and her partner Shida were defeated by their teammate Ayako Sakuramoto and Yukiko Takahata.^[8] Matsuyama and Shida also suffered defeat to Sakuramoto and Takahata in the final of the Akita and Bangka Belitung Indonesia Masters,^[9][10] while in the Vietnam Open they lose to Misato Aratama and Akane Watanabe.^[11] Matsuyama and Shida claimed their first ever World Tour title in the Chinese Taipei Open by beating Ayane Kurihara and Naru Shinoya.^[12] They ended the season ranked as world number 13.

In 2019 Matsuyama and Shida winning two title in the U.S. Open and Korea Masters,^[13][14] as well as finalists in the Spain Masters and Swiss Open.^[15][16][17] In 2020, Matsuyama eleceted to Japan squad for the Asia Women's Team Championships, and won the gold medal after Japan beat South Korea in the final.^[4] Matsuyama and Shida best result in the World Tour were the semi-finalists in the Malaysia Masters.^[18]

2021: Two title in the Indonesia badminton festival

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous tournaments on the BWF World Tour were either cancelled or rescheduled since 2020. Matsuyama was then included in the Japanese squad for the Sudirman and Uber Cup held in Denmark, where the team won the silver medals in both competitions. The pair of Matsuyama and Shida proved their prowess by winning two tournaments at the Indonesia badminton festival, the Indonesia Masters and Indonesia Open,^[19][20] and becoming runners-up at the BWF World Tour Finals held in Bali at the end of 2021.^[21] Shida made her debut in the World Championships in Spain together with Matsuyama, reaching the quarter-finals. For their achievements, they entered top 10 in the BWF world ranking.

2022–2023: All England Open title, and world #2

Started the 2022 season as world number 7, Matsuyama and Shida won the All England Open title beating Zhang Shuxian and Zheng Yu in the final.^[22] They competed in the Asian Championships, but were eliminated in the quarter-finals to Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan.^[23] The pair won their second title of the year in the Thailand Open by defeating Mayu Matsumoto and Wakana Nagahara in the final.^[24] Their good performance continue in the Indonesia Open triumph over Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota. ^[25][26] They also made a history as the first ever women's doubles to win three consecutive BWF World Tour Super 1000 event.^[26] The duo then reached the finals in the Malaysia Masters, but have not been able to beat the world number 1 women's doubles pairing Chen and Jia.^[27] They qualified to compete in the World Championships, but their pace were stopped in the quarter-finals to Kim So-yeong and Kong Hee-yong.^[28] Matsuyama and Shida reached their career high as world number 2 in the BWF world ranking in November 2022.

In the beginning of the 2023 season, Matsuyama and Shida took an easy win over Chen and Jia to claimed the India Open title, due to ill-health suffered by Chen.^[29] Matsuyama and Shida then suffered five consecutive defeats from the South Korean new pairing Baek Ha-na and Lee So-hee; in the finals of the German Open,^[30] quarter-finals of the Malaysia Masters and Singapore Open,^[31][32] second round of the All England Open,^[33] and also in the first round of the Asian Championships.^[34] They then finally topped the podium at the Canada Open after won the final against Matsumoto and Nagahara.^[35] Chen and Jia are still too tough for Matsuyama and Shida. They have lost all of five meetings in the second half of the season; in the quarter-finals of the Japan Open,^[36] World Championships,^[37] and Asian Games;^[38] semi-finals of the China Open; and then in the final of the Denmark Open.^[39] The duo then won their third title of the year in the China Masters.^[40] Matsuyama and Shida qualified to compete in the year-end finals tournament, the BWF World Tour Finals,^[41] reaching to the semi-finals, where they were defeated again by Baek and Lee.^[42]

2024–2025: Olympic bronze, second All England title

In the first half of the 2024 season, Matsuyama and her partner Shida, not at all won a single title. They only reached the finals in the French and Singapore Opens defeteated by Chen and Jia,^[43][44] and also in the All England Open defeated by Baek and Lee in a close rubber game.^[45] Matsuyama and Shida qualified to compete in the 2024 Summer Olympics. In their debut at the Olympics, the duo managed to win a bronze medal.^[3] In the end of the season they were nominated as women's doubles player of the year by the Badminton World Federation.^[46] The duo also played in the World Tour Finals, reaching the finals after beating their arch-rivals Chen and Jia in the semi-finals,^[47] but had to be satisfied with the runner-up after losing the final match to Baek and Lee.^[48]

In 2025, Matsuyama clinched her second All England Open title with Shida, after beating new pairing Yuki Fukushima and Mayu Matsumoto.^[49] They then made their first finals in the Asian Championships and won the silver medal.^[50]

Awards and nominations

Award	Year	Category	Result	Ref.
BWF Awards	2024	Women’s Doubles Player of the Year with Chiharu Shida	Nominated	[46]

Achievements

Olympic Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2024	Porte de La Chapelle Arena, Paris, France	Chiharu Shida	Pearly Tan Thinaah Muralitharan	21–11, 21–11	Bronze	[3]

Asian Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2025	Ningbo Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Ningbo, China	Chiharu Shida	Liu Shengshu Tan Ning	15–21, 19–21	Silver	[50]

BWF World Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2015	Centro de Alto Rendimiento de la Videna, Lima, Peru	Chiharu Shida	Du Yue Li Yinhui	17–21, 21–14, 12–21	Bronze
2016	Bilbao Arena, Bilbao, Spain	Sayaka Hobara	Du Yue Xu Ya	25–23, 19–21, 21–14	Gold

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2015	CPB Badminton Training Center, Bangkok, Thailand	Chiharu Shida	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	11–21, 16–21	Bronze

BWF World Tour (12 titles, 14 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[51] 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.^[52]

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2018	Singapore Open	Super 500	Chiharu Shida	Ayako Sakuramoto Yukiko Takahata	21–16, 22–24, 13–21	Runner-up	[8]
2018	Akita Masters	Super 100	Chiharu Shida	Ayako Sakuramoto Yukiko Takahata	21–23, 11–21	Runner-up	[9]
2018	Vietnam Open	Super 100	Chiharu Shida	Misato Aratama Akane Watanabe	18–21, 19–21	Runner-up	[11]
2018	Indonesia Masters	Super 100	Chiharu Shida	Ayako Sakuramoto Yukiko Takahata	21–11, 19–21, 20–22	Runner-up	[10]
2018	Chinese Taipei Open	Super 300	Chiharu Shida	Ayane Kurihara Naru Shinoya	21–10, 21–17	Winner	[12]
2019	Spain Masters	Super 300	Chiharu Shida	Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong	21–23, 21–15, 17–21	Runner-up	[15]
2019	Swiss Open	Super 300	Chiharu Shida	Chang Ye-na Jung Kyung-eun	16–21, 13–21	Runner-up	[17]
2019	U.S. Open	Super 300	Chiharu Shida	Baek Ha-na Jung Kyung-eun	21–16, 21–16	Winner	[13]
2019	Korea Masters	Super 300	Chiharu Shida	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	15–21, 21–17, 21–18	Winner	[14]
2021	Indonesia Masters	Super 750	Chiharu Shida	Jeong Na-eun Kim Hye-jeong	21–9, 21–11	Winner	[19]
2021	Indonesia Open	Super 1000	Chiharu Shida	Greysia Polii Apriyani Rahayu	21–19, 21–19	Winner	[20]
2021	BWF World Tour Finals	World Tour Finals	Chiharu Shida	Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong	14–21, 14–21	Runner-up	[21]
2022	All England Open	Super 1000	Chiharu Shida	Zhang Shuxian Zheng Yu	21–13, 21–9	Winner	[22]
2022	Thailand Open	Super 500	Chiharu Shida	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	17–21, 21–15, 26–24	Winner	[24]
2022	Indonesia Open	Super 1000	Chiharu Shida	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	18–21, 21–14, 21–17	Winner	[25]
2022	Malaysia Masters	Super 500	Chiharu Shida	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	11–21, 12–21	Runner-up	[27]
2023	India Open	Super 750	Chiharu Shida	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	Walkover	Winner	[29]
2023	German Open	Super 300	Chiharu Shida	Baek Ha-na Lee So-hee	19–21, 15–21	Runner-up	[30]
2023	Canada Open	Super 500	Chiharu Shida	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	22–20, 21–16	Winner	[35]
2023	Denmark Open	Super 750	Chiharu Shida	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	16–21, 13–21	Runner-up	[39]
2023	China Masters	Super 750	Chiharu Shida	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	21–18, 21–11	Winner	[40]
2024	French Open	Super 750	Chiharu Shida	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	12–21, 21–19, 22–24	Runner-up	[43]
2024	All England Open	Super 1000	Chiharu Shida	Baek Ha-na Lee So-hee	19–21, 21–11, 17–21	Runner-up	[45]
2024	Singapore Open	Super 750	Chiharu Shida	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	15–21, 12–21	Runner-up	[44]
2024	BWF World Tour Finals	World Tour Finals	Chiharu Shida	Baek Ha-na Lee So-hee	19–21, 14–21	Runner-up	[48]
2025	All England Open	Super 1000	Chiharu Shida	Yuki Fukushima Mayu Matsumoto	21–16, 14–21, 21–17	Winner	[49]

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title)

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2017	Smiling Fish International	Chiharu Shida	Chisato Hoshi Naru Shinoya	21–19, 21–14	Winner

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