Hina Akechi Explained

Hina Akechi
明地陽菜
Country:Japan
Birth Date:2005 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Height:1.55 m [1]
Handedness:Left
Coach:Tatsuya Watanabe
Event:Women's singles
Career Record:106 wins, 13 losses
Highest Ranking:50
Date Of Highest Ranking:2 July 2024
Current Ranking:78
Date Of Current Ranking:13 August 2024
Bwf Id:152090E9-FAEA-4AA7-9658-60AA0360ED0A

is a Japanese badminton player from Osaka prefecture.She was world number 1 in BWF World Junior Ranking for Women's singles on 9 May 2023. She is the 2019 Asian Junior U-17 champion and the 2018 Asian Junior U-15 champion in the Girls' singles sector. She graduated from the Yanai Commercial & Technical High School, and join Saishunkan Pharmaceutical Badminton Team on April 1, 2023.[2]

Achievements

BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[3] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are 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.[4]

Women's singles

BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 3 runners-up)

Women's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResultRef
2022Slovenia Future Series Tomoka Miyazaki14–21, 19–21 Runner-up[6]
2023Osaka International Shiori Saito15–21, 13–21 Runner-up[7]
2023Luxembourg Open Chiang Ying-li18–21, 21–15, 21–12 Winner[8]
2023Swedish Open Lo Sin Yan Happy21–12, 21–14 Winner[9]
2023Mauritius International Aditi Bhatt21–13, 21–17 Winner[10]
2023Réunion Open Kaoru Sugiyama22–20, 21–10 Winner[11]
2024Luxembourg Open Riko Gunji21–16, 21–14 Winner[12]
2024Denmark Challenge Riko Gunji22–20, 16–21, 11–21 Runner-up[13]

Women's doubles

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International (3 titles)

Girls' singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResultRef
2016Singapore Youth International Thamonwan Nithiittikrai21–12, 21–19 Winner[15]
2022Croatia Junior Open Sora Ishioka17–21, 21–13, 21–14 Winner[16]
2022Bulgaria Junior Open Sora Ishioka21–16, 21–14 Winner[17]

BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament

BWF Junior International Challenge tournament

BWF Junior International Series tournament

BWF Junior Future Series tournament

Performance timeline

National team

Team events 2022
Asian Junior Championshipsstyle=color:#ccc NH
World Junior Championshipsbgcolor=CD7F32 B
Team events 2022 2023 2024
Asia Team Championshipsbgcolor=CD7F32 Bstyle=color:#ccc NH
Asia Mixed Team Championshipsstyle=color:#ccc NHstyle=color:#ccc NH
Asian Gamesstyle=color:#ccc NHstyle=color:#ccc NH
Uber Cupstyle=color:#ccc NH
Sudirman Cupstyle=color:#ccc NHstyle=color:#ccc NH

Individual competitions

Events 2022
Asian Junior Championshipsstyle=color:#ccc NH
World Junior Championshipsbgcolor=FFEBCD QF
TournamentBWF World TourBest
20232024Result Year
Orléans Mastersbgcolor=D8BFD8 Fbgcolor=D8BFD8 Fbgcolor=D8BFD8 '24
U.S. Openbgcolor=FFFF00 SFbgcolor=FFFF00 SFbgcolor=FFFF00 '24
Macau Openstyle=color:#ccc NH'24
Indonesia Masters Super 100QQF'23
bgcolor=FFEBCD QF
align=left Year-end ranking10250
Tournament 2023 2024 Best

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 明地陽菜 . 12 June 2024 . saishunkan-badminton.jp . ja .
  2. Web site: 2023年度新加入 明地 陽菜選手、木山 琉聖選手のお知らせ . . ja .
  3. Web site: Alleyne . Gayle . BWF Launches New Events Structure . bwfbadminton.com . . 19 March 2017 . 29 November 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20171201164159/http://bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2017/03/19/bwf-launches-new-event-structure/ . 1 December 2017.
  4. Web site: Sukumar . Dev . Action-Packed Season Ahead! . bwfbadminton.com . Badminton World Federation . 10 January 2018 . 15 January 2018 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180113162925/http://bwfworldtour.com/news-single/2018/01/10/action-packed-season-ahead/ . 13 January 2018.
  5. Web site: Matches - Orleans Masters Badminton presented by VICTOR 2024 | BWF .
  6. Web site: Matches - YONEX Slovenia Future Series 2022 | BWF .
  7. Web site: Matches - Osaka International Challenge 2023 | BWF .
  8. Web site: Matches - YONEX Luxembourg Open 2023 | BWF .
  9. Web site: Matches - VICTOR Swedish Open 2023 | BWF .
  10. Web site: Matches - Mauritius International 2023 | BWF .
  11. Web site: Matches - ST DENIS Reunion Open 2023 | BWF .
  12. Web site: Matches - YONEX Luxembourg Open 2024 | BWF .
  13. Web site: Matches - STATE Denmark Challenge 2024 presented by RSL | BWF .
  14. Web site: Matches - YONEX Slovenia Future Series 2022 | BWF .
  15. Web site: Matches - OUE Singapore Youth International Series 2016 | BWF .
  16. Web site: Matches - Croatia VALAMAR Junior Open 2022 | BWF .
  17. Web site: Matches - LI-NING Bulgaria Junior Open Championship 2022 | BWF .