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Character Introduction
Sayaka Takahashi (born July 29, 1992) is a Japanese badminton player with a left-handed grip. Formerly affiliated with Panasonic Badminton Division, she joined Unisys Japan in February 2013 and is currently a member of the Japan national badminton team. She is a member of the Japan national badminton team. Her sister is fellow badminton player Reika Takahashi.
In 2012, Takahashi won her first international professional title at the Badminton International Challenge in Austria, defeating Hong Kong’s Chen Zhijia 2-0 (21-11, 21-19) in the women’s singles final. She went on to play in the Malaysian Badminton Grand Prix and reached the final of the women’s singles again, but lost to Thailand’s Bussanran Embrupon and finished second.
In August 2013, Takahashi competed in the Women’s Singles event at the World Badminton Championships in Guangzhou, China. After defeating a Malaysian in the first round, she advanced to the second round with a 2-0 win over her teammate, 12th-seeded Miurazu Mitani, but lost 0-2 (19-21, 17-21) in the third round against 13th-seeded Yeonsu Bae of South Korea to stop in the round of 16.
In the women’s singles final of the 2014 WBF German Open, Sayaka Takahashi performed well and won the title after a three-set thriller against top-seeded South Korean player Sung Ji Hyun, 21-17, 8-21 and 21-12.
In July 2018, Sayaka Takahashi played in the Singapore Open Badminton Championships and won the Super 500 Women’s Singles title with a 2-0 (25-23, 21-14) victory over the tournament’s 7th seed, Gao Fangjie of China, in the Women’s Singles final.
On October 17, 2021, she won the second place in the 2021 Uber Cup World Women’s Badminton Team Championships.
Equipment Used
ARCSABER 11 Metallic Red; Li-Ning 1; ASTROX 77; SHB65ZMEX Momota; TECTONIC 7; SHBAZLEX; NANORAY 700FX; SHBA2LEX
Major Achievements
- Member of the third place of Uber Cup 2022
- 2021 French Badminton Open Women’s Singles Runner-up
- Uber Cup Runner-up 2021
- Member of 2021 Sudirman Cup Runner-up
- 2020 Asian Badminton Championships Women’s Team Champion
- 2019 China Badminton Open Women’s Singles Quarterfinals
- 2019 Thailand Badminton Open Women’s Singles Quarter-finals
- 2019 Asian Badminton Championships Mixed Team Runner-up
- 2018 Akita Badminton Masters Women’s Singles Champion
- 2018 Canadian Badminton Open Women’s Singles Runner-up
- 2018 Singapore Badminton Open Women’s Singles Champion
- 2018 Uber Cup Women’s Team Champion
- 2018 New Zealand Badminton Open Women’s Singles Champion
- 2018 Swiss Open Badminton Women’s Singles Champion
- 2017 Vietnam Badminton Grand Prix Women’s Singles Champion
- 2017 Canadian Badminton Grand Prix Women’s Singles Quarterfinals
- 2017 Osaka Badminton International Challenge Women’s Singles Champion
- 2017 Portugal Badminton International Women’s Singles Champion
- 2016 Malaysia Badminton International Challenge Women’s Singles Champion
- 2015 Canadian Badminton Open Women’s Singles Quarterfinals
- 2015 USA Badminton Golden Grand Prix Women’s Singles Quarterfinals
- 2015 Osaka Badminton International Challenge Women’s Singles Champion
- 2015 Swiss Badminton Golden Grand Prix Women’s Singles Quarterfinals
- 2015 Portugal Badminton International Women’s Singles Champion
- 2015 Germany Badminton Golden Grand Prix Women’s Singles Quarter-finals
- 2015 Malaysia Badminton Masters Women’s Singles Runner-up
- 2014 Incheon Asian Games Badminton Women’s Team 3rd Runner-up
- 2014 Uber Cup Women’s Team Runner-up
- 2014 Asian Badminton Championships Women’s Singles Quarter-finals
- 2014 German Badminton Open Women’s Singles Champion
- 2013 Germany Badminton Open Women’s Singles Quarter-finals
- 2013 China Badminton Masters Women’s Singles Quarter-finals
- 2013 Badminton Asia Championships Women’s Singles Quarter-finals
- 2013 Badminton Australia Golden Grand Prix Women’s Singles Champion
- 2012 Austria Badminton International Challenge Women’s Singles Champion
- 2012 Canada Badminton Grand Prix Women’s Singles Runner-up
- 2012 Malaysia Badminton Golden Grand Prix Women’s Singles Runner-up
