Yu Hirayama

Yu Hirayama (平山 優, Hirayama Yū; born 25 July 1985) is a Japanese badminton player. She was born in Shiogama city, in Miyagi prefecture, and graduated from St. Ursula High School. She is now a sophomore at the School of Social Sciences. She won the first prize of the inter-high school athletic meet when she was a second grade high school student, and the next year, she won the all-Japan second prize. She joined the Unisys badminton team in 2008, and was part of the Japanese team which played in the World Ladies' Championship (Uber Cup) and other worldwide tournaments.^[1]

Yū Hirayama

Personal information
Born	(1985-07-25) 25 July 1985 (age 40) Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Badminton
Handedness	Right
Women's singles
Highest ranking	28 (19 August 2010)
BWF profile
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Japan Uber Cup 2010 Kuala Lumpur Women's team Asian Junior Championships 2002 Kuala Lumpur Girls' team

Achievements

BWF Grand Prix

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 singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2007	Vietnam Open	Zhu Jingjing	10–21, 10–21	Runner-up	[2]
2009	Bitburger Open	Juliane Schenk	18–21, 10–21	Runner-up	[3]

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Swedish International	Anita Raj Kaur	21–15, 21–14	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament