Ayane Kurihara

Ayane Kurihara
Ayane Kurihara
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	27 September 1989 (age 35); Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	59 kg (130 lb)
Retired	23 December 2019
Handedness	Right
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	26 (WS 3 November 2011); 22 (WD 19 March 2015); 11 (XD 9 March 2017)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Japan
Sudirman Cup
Asia Mixed Team Championships
Asian Junior Championships
	BWF profile

Ayane Kurihara (栗原文音, born 27 September 1989) is a Japanese former badminton player. She began playing badminton at age 9, and played competitively from then on. She became a member of the Japan national badminton team at the age of 19.^[1] Her current partner is Naru Shinoya for women's doubles and Kohei Gondo for mixed doubles. Kurihara competed with her former partner Kenta Kazuno in the mixed doubles at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.^[2]

Kurihara announced her retirement through her Twitter account on 23 December 2019.^[3]

Achievements

BWF World Tour (1 title, 1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[4] 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.^[5]

Women's doubles

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

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Akita Masters	Super 100	Kohei Gondo	Alfian Eko Prasetya Angelica Wiratama	21–9, 21–23, 21–17	Winner

BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 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 singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Russian Open	Ella Diehl	21–19, 21–19	Winner
2011	German Open	Liu Xin	13–21, 21–15, 9–21	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Swiss Open	Naru Shinoya	Bao Yixin Tang Yuanting	19–21, 21–14, 17–21	Runner-up
2015	U.S. Open	Naru Shinoya	Yu Yang Zhong Qianxin	14–21, 10–21	Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 3 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Malaysia International	Masayo Nojirino	21–15, 18–21, 21–10	Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Polish Open	Naru Shinoya	Anastasia Chervyakova Nina Vislova	21–15, 17–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2014	Malaysia International	Naru Shinoya	Maretha Dea Giovani Rosyita Eka Putri Sari	21–14, 21–17	Winner
2015	China International	Naru Shinoya	Ou Dongni Yu Xiaohan	21–14, 18–21, 21–23	Runner-up
2015	Portugal International	Naru Shinoya	Carola Bott Jennifer Karnott	21–13, 21–16	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	South Australia International	Kohei Gondo	Terry Hee Citra Putri Sari Dewi	20–22, 18–21	Runner-up
2018	Indonesia International	Kohei Gondo	Adnan Maulana Shella Devi Aulia	21–17, 23–21	Winner
2018	Yonex / K&D Graphics International	Kohei Gondo	Natchanon Tulamok Natcha Saenghote	21–7, 21–16	Winner