Character Introduction
Matsuyama Nami (Japanese: まつやま なみ, June 28, 1998) is a Japanese female badminton player and an active member of the Japan national badminton team (A team). She and Saicha Hohara won the 2017 World Youth Championships women’s doubles title winners and were the first ever Japanese women’s doubles team to win the World Youth Championships.
In June 2015, Naomi Matsuyama represented Japan at the Asian Junior Badminton Championships in Bangkok, Thailand, helping her team win third place in the mixed team.
In November 2016, Naomi Matsuyama helped her team win third place in the mixed team at the World Junior Badminton Championships in Bilbao, Spain; in addition, she teamed up with Saicha Hohara to reach the final of the women’s doubles tournament and won the title by defeating the Chinese pair 2-1 (25-23, 19-21, 21-14).
In May 2017, Naomi Matsuyama and Chiyo Shida appeared in the Rakugo Badminton International Challenge and defeated the tournament’s No. 4 seeded Hoshi Chiji/Shinoa Naryu 2-0 (21-19, 21-14) in the women’s doubles final, with the pair claiming their first international professional title.
In October 2018, Naomi Matsuyama and Chiyo Shida competed in the Chinese Taipei Badminton Open, sweeping teammates Bunny Kurihara/Shinoa Naryu 2-0 (21-10, 21-17) in the women’s doubles final to win the adult tournament title and her first Super 300 women’s doubles title.
In November 2021, Naomi Matsuyama and Chiyo Shida competed in the Indonesia Masters Badminton Tournament, winning the Super 750 women’s doubles title by defeating Korea’s Jung Na-Yin/Kim Hye-Jeong 2-0 (21-9, 21-11) in the women’s doubles final. They went on to compete in the Indonesia Open Badminton Championships, winning the Super 1000 Women’s Doubles title by defeating Olympic champions Gracia Poli/Apriliani Rahayu of Indonesia 2-0 (21-19, 21-19) in the Women’s Doubles final.
In March 2022, Naomi Matsuyama and Chiyo Shida competed in the 2022 All England Open Badminton Championships, defeating China’s promising new duo Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu in the Women’s Doubles Final 2-0 (21-13, 21-9), making them the fourth Japanese women’s doubles pair to win the Super 1000 Women’s Doubles title in the UK, following senior sisters Misaki Matsumoto/Takahashi Rikae, Yuki Fukushima/Saikana Hirota, and Asahisa Matsumoto/ Kazukina Nagahara.
World Ranking – Women’s Doubles 4, Week 31, 2024
Olympic Points – Women’s Doubles 4, 88485 points
Finals Ranking – Women’s Doubles 8, 44550 points
Equipment Used
AC-102C; ASTROX 88S; NANOGY 95; NANOFLARE 700; NANOFLARE 700 New Color; NANOGY 98; SHB65Z3 C-90; SHB65Z3LEX; SHB65Z3LEX; BA31WAP/E EX
Major Achievements
- 2024 Singapore Open Badminton Women’s Doubles Runner Up
- 2024 Uber Cup Women’s Team 3rd Runner-up Member
- 2024 All England Open Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2024 French Open Badminton Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2024 Asian Badminton Championships Women’s Team 3rd Runner-up
- 2023 Badminton World Finals Women’s Doubles Quarter-finalist
- 2023 China Shenzhen Badminton Masters Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2023 Denmark Open Badminton Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games Badminton Women’s Team 3rd Runner-up Member
- 2023 China Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Quarter-finalist
- 2023 Canadian Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2023 Sudirman Cup Mixed Team Championships Third Runner-up
- 2023 Germany Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2023 India Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2022 Denmark Badminton Open Women’s Doubles quarter-finalist
- 2022 Malaysia Badminton Masters Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2022 Indonesia Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2022 Thailand Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2022 All England Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2021 Badminton World Federation Year-end Finals Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2021 Indonesia Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2021 Indonesia Badminton Masters Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2021 French Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Final Four
- 2020 Uber Cup Women’s Team Runner-up Member
- 2021 Sudirman Cup Mixed Team Runner-up Member
- 2021 All England Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Quarter-finalist
- 2020 Badminton Asia Championships Women’s Team Champion
- 2020 Malaysia Badminton Masters Women’s Doubles Quarterfinals
- 2019 Korea Badminton Masters Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2019 Indonesia Malang Badminton Masters Women’s Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2019 Korea Open Badminton Women’s Doubles Final Four
- 2019 U.S. Open Badminton Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2019 Swiss Open Badminton Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2019 Spain Badminton Masters Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2018 China Macau Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Quarterfinals
- 2018 China Taipei Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2018 Indonesia Bunga Belitung Badminton Masters Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2018 Vietnam Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2018 Akita Badminton Masters Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2018 Singapore Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2018 Canadian Open Badminton Women’s Doubles Quarterfinals
- 2018 Swiss Open Badminton Women’s Doubles Quarterfinals
- 2017 Layfish Badminton International Challenge Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2016 World Junior Badminton Championships Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2016 World Junior Badminton Championships Mixed Team Third Place
- 2015 World Junior Badminton Championships Women’s Doubles Third Place
- 2015 Asian Youth Badminton Championships Women’s Doubles Third Place
- 2015 Asian Junior Badminton Championships Mixed Team Third Place
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