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Ayako Sakuramoto
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	(1995-08-19) 19 August 1995 (age 29) Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Handedness	Left
Women's doubles
Highest ranking	9 (with Yukiko Takahata, 5 February 2019) 11 (with Rena Miyaura, 23 January 2024)
Current ranking	172 (with Arisa Higashino, 26 November 2024)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Japan Uber Cup 2024 Chengdu Women's team Asia Mixed Team Championships 2019 Hong Kong Mixed team Asia Team Championships 2024 Selangor Women's team World Junior Championships 2012 Chiba Mixed team Asia Junior Championships 2012 Gimcheon Mixed team 2011 Lucknow Girls' doubles 2013 Kota Kinabalu Mixed team
BWF profile

Ayako Sakuramoto (櫻本 絢子, Sakuramoto Ayako, born 19 August 1995) is a Japanese badminton player from the Yonex team.

Career

Sakuramoto who educated at the Kyushu International University High School, won the girls' doubles bronze medal at the 2011 Asian Junior Badminton Championships. She also won 2012 gold and 2013 bronze in the mixed team event. In 2017, she became the women's doubles runner-up at the Osaka International tournament partnered with Yukiko Takahata. She won her first senior international title at the Spanish International tournament with Takahata.

Achievements

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium, Lucknow, India	Ayano Torii	Suci Rizky Andini Tiara Rosalia Nuraidah	15–21, 15–21	Bronze

BWF World Tour (11 titles, 2 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, 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, and the BWF Tour Super 100.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Swiss Open	Super 300	Yukiko Takahata	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	19–21, 21–15, 21–18	Winner
2018	New Zealand Open	Super 300	Yukiko Takahata	Cao Tongwei Zheng Yu	21–9, 21–19	Winner
2018	Australian Open	Super 300	Yukiko Takahata	Baek Ha-na Lee Yu-rim	23–21, 21–18	Winner
2018	Canada Open	Super 100	Yukiko Takahata	Isabel Herttrich Carla Nelte	21–13, 21–15	Winner
2018	Singapore Open	Super 500	Yukiko Takahata	Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida	16–21, 24–22, 21–13	Winner
2018	Akita Masters	Super 100	Yukiko Takahata	Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida	23–21, 21–11	Winner
2018	Spain Masters	Super 300	Yukiko Takahata	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	17–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2018	Indonesia Masters	Super 100	Yukiko Takahata	Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida	11–21, 21–19, 22–20	Winner
2019	Akita Masters	Super 100	Yukiko Takahata	Nita Violina Marwah Putri Syaikah	21–17, 14–21, 21–15	Winner
2022	Canada Open	Super 100	Rena Miyaura	Rui Hirokami Yuna Kato	21–13, 21–8	Winner
2022	Indonesia Masters	Super 100	Rena Miyaura	Rui Hirokami Yuna Kato	21–23, 18–21	Runner-up
2023	Swiss Open	Super 300	Rena Miyaura	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	Walkover	Winner
2023	Orléans Masters	Super 300	Rena Miyaura	Liu Shengshu Tan Ning	21–19, 16–21, 21–12	Winner

BWF Grand Prix (1 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 doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	New Zealand Open	Yukiko Takahata	Vivian Hoo Woon Khe Wei	21–18, 16–21, 19–21	Runner-up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 3 runners-up)

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Osaka International	Yukiko Takahata	Kim So-yeong Yoo Hae-won	21–16, 17–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2017	Spanish International	Yukiko Takahata	Misato Aratama Akane Watanabe	21–10, 21–15	Winner
2018	Osaka International	Yukiko Takahata	Naoko Fukuman Kurumi Yonao	21–17, 19–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2022	Mexican International	Hinata Suzuki	Rui Hirokami Yuna Kato	21–15, 19–21, 17–21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

References

1. "Players: Ayako Sakuramoto". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
2. "ヨネックス バドミントンチーム 選手紹介" (in Japanese). Yonex. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
3. "China bags 5-gold again while Japan defends 1-bronze only" (in Japanese). BadPaL. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
4. "Asian Juniors 2012 Team Final – Japan wins first team title". Badzine.net. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
5. "China regains No.1 in Asia, recovers from last year's loss to Japan" (in Japanese). BadPaL. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
6. "ヨネックス大阪インターナショナルチャレンジ2017" (in Japanese). Yonex. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
7. "バドミントンスペインインターナショナル2017" (in Japanese). Nippon Badminton Association. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
8. 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.
9. Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

External links

• Ayako Sakuramoto at BWFBadminton.com
• Ayako Sakuramoto at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)

• Living people
• 1995 births
• Sportspeople from Fukuoka Prefecture
• Japanese female badminton players
• 21st-century Japanese sportswomen