| Arisa Higashino 東野 有紗 | |
| Full Name: | Arisa Igarashi 五十嵐 有紗 |
| Country: | Japan |
| Birth Date: | 1996 8, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Iwamizawa, Hokkaido, Japan |
| Height: | 1.60 m |
| Weight: | 54 kg[1] |
| Handedness: | Right |
| Coach: | Jeremy Gan |
| Event: | Women's & mixed doubles |
| Highest Ranking: | 65 (WD with Ayane Kurihara, 13 July 2017) 1 (XD with Yuta Watanabe, 8 November 2022) |
| Current Ranking: | 172 |
| Date Of Current Ranking: | WD with Ayako Sakuramoto, 26 November 2024 |
| Bwf Id: | 9342D20B-1A31-4C8F-8D66-FC03EFD25E5A |
is a Japanese badminton player.[2] [3] She won bronze in the mixed team at the Asian Junior Championships in 2013 and 2014, and competed at the 2014 World Junior Championships, winning two bronzes in the mixed doubles and team event.
Higashino won her maiden Super 1000 tournament at the 2018 and 2021 All England Open in the mixed doubles event, partnering with Yuta Watanabe,[4] and had also won 2 consecutive bronze medals in mixed doubles at the 2020[5] and 2024 Summer Olympics.[6]
Higashino was born in Iwamizawa, graduated from the Tomioka Senior High School, and joined the Unisys team in 2015.[7]
Together with Watanabe, they reached the 2018 All England Open final beating the top three seeds, and clinched the title after beating the fifth seeded pair from China Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong in the rubber game.[8] This was their first World Tour title.
In March 2021, Higashino and Watanabe won the mixed doubles title in the All England Open.[9] In July, she and Watanabe competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics,[5] and clinched a bronze medal after winning the bronze medal game against Tang Chun Man and Tse Ying Suet in straight games.[10]
On 28 August 2024, she announced her marriage to former badminton player, Yu Igarashi.[11]
Mixed doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, Tokyo, Japan |  Yuta Watanabe |  Tang Chun Man Tse Ying Suet | 21–17, 23–21 | Bronze | |
| 2024 | Porte de La Chapelle Arena, Paris, France | Yuta Watanabe |  Seo Seung-jae Chae Yoo-jung | 21–13, 22–20 | Bronze |
Mixed doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland | Yuta Watanabe |  Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong | 11–21, 15–21 | Bronze | |
| 2021 | Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain | Yuta Watanabe |  Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai | 13–21, 14–21 | Silver | |
| 2022 | Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan | Yuta Watanabe | Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong | 13–21, 16–21 | Silver | |
| 2023 | Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark | Yuta Watanabe | Seo Seung-jae Chae Yoo-jung | 15–21, 13–21 | Bronze |
Mixed doubles
Mixed doubles
Mixed doubles
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[12] 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.[13]
Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Level | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | All England Open | Super 1000 | Yuta Watanabe | Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong | 15–21, 22–20, 21–16 | Winner | |
| 2018 | Hong Kong Open | Super 500 | Yuta Watanabe | Wang Yilyu Huang Dongping | 21–18, 21–14 | Winner | |
| 2019 | Malaysia Masters | Super 500 | Yuta Watanabe | Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai | 21–18, 21–18 | Winner | |
| 2019 | All England Open | Super 1000 | Yuta Watanabe | Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong | 17–21, 20–22 | Runner-up | |
| 2019 | Thailand Open | Super 500 | Yuta Watanabe | Wang Yilyu Huang Dongping | 22–24, 21–23 | Runner-up | |
| 2019 | Hong Kong Open | Super 500 | Yuta Watanabe | He Jiting Du Yue | 22–20, 21–16 | Winner | |
| 2021 | All England Open | Super 1000 | Yuta Watanabe | Yuki Kaneko Misaki Matsutomo | 21–14, 21–13 | Winner | |
| 2021 | Denmark Open | Super 1000 | Yuta Watanabe | Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai | 21–18, 21–9 | Winner | |
| 2021 | French Open | Super 750 | Yuta Watanabe | Mathias Christiansen Alexandra Bøje | 21–8, 21–17 | Winner | |
| 2021 | Indonesia Open | Super 1000 | Yuta Watanabe | Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai | 12–21, 13–21 | Runner-up | |
| 2021 | BWF World Tour Finals | World Tour Finals | Yuta Watanabe | Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai | 19–21, 11–21 | Runner-up | |
| 2022 | All England Open | Super 1000 | Yuta Watanabe | Wang Yilyu Huang Dongping | 21–19, 21–19 | Winner | |
| 2022 | Indonesia Open | Super 1000 | Yuta Watanabe | Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong | 14–21, 16–21 | Runner-up | |
| 2022 | Japan Open | Super 750 | Yuta Watanabe | Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai | 21–16, 21–23, 18–21 | Runner-up | |
| 2023 | Malaysia Open | Super 1000 | Yuta Watanabe | Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong | 19–21, 11–21 | Runner-up | |
| 2023 | India Open | Super 750 | Yuta Watanabe | Wang Yilyu Huang Dongping | Walkover | Winner | |
| 2023 | Singapore Open | Super 750 | Yuta Watanabe | Mathias Christiansen Alexandra Bøje | 14–21, 22–20, 16–21 | Runner-up | |
| 2023 | Indonesia Open | Super 1000 | Yuta Watanabe | Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong | 14–21, 11–21 | Runner-up | |
| 2023 | Japan Open | Super 750 | Yuta Watanabe | Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai | 17–21, 21–16, 21–15 | Winner | |
| 2024 | Malaysia Open | Super 1000 | Yuta Watanabe | Kim Won-ho Jeong Na-eun | 21–18, 21–15 | Winner | |
| 2024 | All England Open | Super 1000 | Yuta Watanabe | Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong | 16–21, 11–21 | Runner-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.
Mixed doubles
BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
BWF Grand Prix tournament
Mixed doubles
BWF International Challenge tournament
BWF International Series tournament
BWF Future Series tournament