| 2012 Japan Super Series | |
| Dates: | 18–23 September |
| Level: | 2B |
| Prize Money: | 200,000 |
| Venue: | Yoyogi National Gymnasium |
| Location: | Tokyo, Japan |
| Ms: | Lee Chong Wei |
| Country Ms: | MAS |
| Ws: | Tai Tzu-ying |
| Country Ws: | TPE |
| Country Md1: | KOR |
| Md2: | Kim Sa-rang |
| Country Md2: | KOR |
| Wd1: | Poon Lok Yan |
| Country Wd1: | HKG |
| Wd2: | Tse Ying Suet |
| Country Wd2: | HKG |
| Xd1: | Chan Peng Soon |
| Country Xd1: | MAS |
| Xd2: | Goh Liu Ying |
| Country Xd2: | MAS |
The 2012 Japan Super Series was the eighth super series tournament of the 2012 BWF Super Series in badminton. The tournament was held in Tokyo, Japan, from 18 to 23 September 2012 and had a total purse of $200,000.[1] Draw was released on 4 September 2012.[2] China withdrew all its players from this tournament because of safety fears.[3]
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Sung Ji-hyun (semifinals) Ratchanok Inthanon (quarterfinals) Bae Youn-joo (quarterfinals) Porntip Buranaprasertsuk (semifinals) Ai Goto (quarterfinals) Hiroyuki Endo / Kenichi Hayakawa (quarterfinals) Hirokatsu Hashimoto / Noriyasu Hirata (quarterfinals) Naoki Kawamae / Shoji Sato (quarterfinals) Bodin Issara / Maneepong Jongjit (first round) Kim Gi-jung / Kim Sa-rang (champion) Mizuki Fujii / Reika Kakiiwa (second round)
Bao Yixin / Zhong Qianxin (withdrew) Miyuki Maeda / Satoko Suetsuna (semifinals) Shizuka Matsuo / Mami Naito (final) Misaki Matsutomo / Ayaka Takahashi (second round) Eom Hye-won / Jang Ye-na (quarterfinals) Poon Lok Yan / Tse Ying Suet (champion) Duanganong Aroonkesorn / Kunchala Voravichitchaikul (quarterfinals) Shintaro Ikeda / Reiko Shiota (semi-finals) Shoji Sato / Shizuka Matsuo (second round) Maneepong Jongjit / Savitree Amitrapai (second round) Songphon Anugritayawon / Kunchala Voravichitchaikul (second round) Tao Jiaming / Bao Yixin (withdrew)