Yuna Kato

Yuna Kato (加藤 佑奈, Kato Yuna, born 26 June 2002) is a Japanese badminton player.^[2]

Yuna Kato 加藤 佑奈
Yuna Kato
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	(2002-06-26) 26 June 2002 (age 22) Gifu, Japan[1]
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Women's doubles
Highest ranking	18 (WD with Rui Hirokami) (23 May 2023)
Current ranking	30 (WD with Rui Hirokami) (9 April 2024)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Japan Asia Team Championships 2022 Selangor Women's team
BWF profile

Career

She reached the finals at the 2022 Taipei Open^[3][4] and the 2022 Canada Open partnering Rui Hirokami,^[5] and finally won her first World Tour title at the 2022 Indonesia Masters Super 100.^[6]

Achievements

BWF World Tour (1 title, 4 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[7] 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.^[8]

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Taipei Open	Super 300	Rui Hirokami	Ng Tsz Yau Tsang Hiu Yan	15–21, 21–18, 19–21	Runner-up
2022	Canada Open	Super 100	Rui Hirokami	Rena Miyaura Ayako Sakuramoto	13–21, 8–21	Runner-up
2022	Indonesia Masters	Super 100	Rui Hirokami	Rena Miyaura Ayako Sakuramoto	23–21, 21–18	Winner
2023	Korea Masters	Super 300	Rui Hirokami	Jeong Na-eun Kim Hye-jeong	12–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2024	Orléans Masters	Super 300	Rui Hirokami	Meilysa Trias Puspita Sari Rachel Allessya Rose	12–21, 18–21	Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles)

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Mexican International	Rui Hirokami	Ayako Sakuramoto Hinata Suzuki	15–21, 21–19, 21–17	Winner
2022[9]	Belgian International	Rui Hirokami	Chang Ching-hui Yang Ching-tun	21–7, 21–15	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

References

1. "選手・スタッフ紹介". Saishunkan-badminton.com. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
2. "Players: Yuna Kato". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
3. Chui, Shirley (2022-07-24). "Doubles delight for Yoyo Ng at Taipei Open, as Hong Kong badminton player takes mixed and women's titles". SCMP. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
4. "Taipei Open: Malaysian Duo stun Olympic champions". BWF. 2022-07-24. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
5. "Michelle Li wins at home in women's individual". Wire Service Canada. 2 October 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
6. "KB Financial Group Indonesia Masters 2022". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
7. 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.
8. Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
9. Martinez, Sara Gonzalez (2022-09-19). "YONEX Belgian International 2022: Asia wins all the titles". badmintoneurope.com. Retrieved 2023-04-02.

External links

• Yuna Kato at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com