Naru Shinoya

Naru Shinoya (篠谷 菜留, Shinoya Naru, born 18 March 1994) is a Japanese badminton player.^[2] She is affiliated with the NTT East team.^[3]

Naru Shinoya
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	(1994-03-18) 18 March 1994 (age 30) Ōbu, Aichi, Japan[1]
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Handedness	Right
Coach	Jeremy Gan (XD)
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	22 (WD with Ayane Kurihara, 19 March 2015) 13 (XD with Kyohei Yamashita, 27 December 2022)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Japan World Championships 2021 Huelva Mixed doubles Sudirman Cup 2023 Suzhou Mixed team Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou Women's team
BWF profile

Career

2021

Shinoya, together with her partner Kyohei Yamashita, won the mixed doubles bronze medal at the 2021 World Championships after losing in the semifinals to compatriots Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino, 13–21, 8–21.^[4]

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2021	Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain	Kyohei Yamashita	Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino	13–21, 8–21	Bronze

BWF World Tour (2 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[5] 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.^[6]

Women's doubles

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

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Akita Masters	Super 100	Kyohei Yamashita	Ko Sung-hyun Eom Hye-won	10–21, 17–21	Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix (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 doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Swiss Open	Ayane Kurihara	Bao Yixin Tang Yuanting	19–21, 21–14, 17–21	Runner-up
2015	U.S. Open	Ayane Kurihara	Yu Yang Zhong Qianxin	14–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2017	Canada Open	Chisato Hoshi	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	16–21, 21–16, 18–21	Runner-up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (8 titles, 5 runners-up)

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Polish Open	Ayane Kurihara	Anastasia Chervaykova Nina Vislova	21–15, 17–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2014	Malaysia International	Ayane Kurihara	Maretha Dea Giovani Rosyita Eka Putri Sari	21–14, 21–17	Winner
2015	China International	Ayane Kurihara	Ou Dongni Yu Xiaohan	21–14, 18–21, 21–23	Runner-up
2015	Portugal International	Ayane Kurihara	Carola Bott Jennifer Karnott	21–13, 21–16	Winner
2016	Brazil International	Chisato Hoshi	Setyana Mapasa Gronya Somerville	21–13, 21–19	Winner
2016	Peru International Series	Chisato Hoshi	Cemre Fere Ebru Yazgan	21–5, 21–7	Winner
2017	Portugal International	Chisato Hoshi	Emilie Juul Moller Mai Surrow	21–13, 21–6	Winner
2017	Finnish Open	Chisato Hoshi	Misato Aratama Akane Watanabe	18–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2017	Smiling Fish International	Chisato Hoshi	Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida	19–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2019	Indonesia International	Natsu Saito	Anggia Shitta Awanda Pia Zebadiah Bernadet	19–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2019	Malaysia International	Natsu Saito	Yulfira Barkah Agatha Imanuela	21–15, 21–23, 21–9	Winner
2024	Malaysia International	Nao Yamakita	Hinata Suzuki An Uesugi	21–13, 12–21, 21–17	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Malaysia International	Hiroki Okamura	Yogendran Khrishnan Prajakta Sawant	21–10, 24–22	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

References

1. "篠谷 菜留/ Naru Shinoya" (in Japanese). Smash and Net Tv. Archived from the original on 18 February 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
2. "Players: Naru Shinoya". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
3. "篠谷 菜留 Naru Shinoya". NTT East. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
4. "Japanese Players Reach Three Finals at Badminton World Championships". The Japan Times. 19 December 2021. Archived from the original on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
5. 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.
6. 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

• Naru Shinoya at BWFBadminton.com
• Naru Shinoya at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link) (archived)