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Miyuki Maeda

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Miyuki Maeda
Miyuki Maeda at the 2013 French Super Series.
Personal information
Born (1985-10-14) 14 October 1985 (age 40)
Kirishima, Kagoshima, Japan
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
CountryJapan
SportBadminton
HandednessRight
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking2 (WD with Satoko Suetsuna, 11 November 2010)
20 (XD with Hirokatsu Hashimoto, 6 March 2014)
BWF profile
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Japan
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2011 LondonWomen's doubles
Bronze medal – third place2014 CopenhagenWomen's doubles
Sudirman Cup
Silver medal – second place2015 DongguanMixed team
Uber Cup
Silver medal – second place2014 New DelhiWomen's team
Bronze medal – third place2010 Kuala LumpurWomen's team
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place2006 DohaWomen's team
Bronze medal – third place2014 IncheonWomen's team
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place2009 SuwonMixed doubles

Miyuki Maeda (前田 美順, Maeda Miyuki; born 14 October 1985) is a Japanese international badminton player from the Renesas badminton club and later affiliated with Saishunkan team. She participated at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games,[1] and also in three Asian Games editions from 2006 to 2014.[2]

Career

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Maeda's first major success was at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. With her women's doubles partner Satoko Suetsuna they finished fourth, the 2nd best performance to date by Japanese badminton players at the Olympics. The two have continued to compete together after the Olympics and have maintained a top six ranking since March 2010.[3] On the national level they won their first doubles title in 2010.

In the mixed doubles Maeda competed with Noriyasu Hirata, winning the national championships in 2009 and 2010.

Awards

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In 2010, she received the Valuable Player Award with her partner Satoko Suetsuna at the 2010 Badminton Nihon League.[2]

Achievements

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World Championships

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Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2011 Wembley Arena, London, England Japan Satoko Suetsuna China Wang Xiaoli
China Yu Yang		 8–21, 15–21 Bronze Bronze
2014 Ballerup Super Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark Japan Reika Kakiiwa China Wang Xiaoli
China Yu Yang		 8–21, 13–21 Bronze Bronze [4]

Asian Championships

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Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2009 Suwon Indoor Stadium, Suwon, South Korea Japan Noriyasu Hirata South Korea Yoo Yeon-seong
South Korea Kim Min-jung		 15–21, 15–21 Bronze Bronze [5]

BWF Superseries

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The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[6] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels are Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consists of twelve tournaments around the world that have been introduced since 2011.[7] Successful players are invited to the Superseries Finals, which are held at the end of each year.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2008 Indonesia Open Japan Satoko Suetsuna Indonesia Vita Marissa
Indonesia Liliyana Natsir		 15–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2009 Japan Open Japan Satoko Suetsuna China Ma Jin
China Wang Xiaoli		 19–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010 Swiss Open Japan Satoko Suetsuna China Tian Qing
China Yu Yang		 16–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010 Denmark Open Japan Satoko Suetsuna Japan Shizuka Matsuo
Japan Mami Naito		 21–17, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [8]
2011 India Open Japan Satoko Suetsuna Japan Mizuki Fujii
Japan Reika Kakiiwa		 26–24, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [9]
2012 China Open Japan Satoko Suetsuna China Wang Xiaoli
China Yu Yang		 19–21, 7–14 retired 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 India Open Japan Satoko Suetsuna Denmark Christinna Pedersen
Denmark Kamilla Rytter Juhl		 12–21, 23–21, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [10]
2014 Japan Open Japan Reika Kakiiwa Japan Misaki Matsutomo
Japan Ayaka Takahashi		 13–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [11]
  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix

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The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2007 U.S. Open Japan Satoko Suetsuna Japan Aki Akao
Japan Tomomi Matsuda		 16–21, 21–14, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2008 German Open Japan Satoko Suetsuna South Korea Lee Hyo-jung
South Korea Lee Kyung-won		 17–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2008 India Open Japan Satoko Suetsuna Chinese Taipei Cheng Wen-hsing
Chinese Taipei Chien Yu-chin		 17–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2011 Malaysia Grand Prix Gold Japan Satoko Suetsuna Japan Shizuka Matsuo
Japan Mami Naito		 21–18, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 India Grand Prix Gold Japan Satoko Suetsuna Singapore Shinta Mulia Sari
Singapore Yao Lei		 17–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [12]

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2007 U.S. Open Japan Keita Masuda United States Howard Bach
United States Eva Lee		 19–21, 21–11, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

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Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2007 Osaka International Japan Keita Masuda South Korea Cho Gun-woo
South Korea Hong Soo-jung		 21–10, 21–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [13]
  BWF International Challenge tournament

Record against selected opponents

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Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.[14]

Satoko Suetsuna

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References

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  1. ↑ "Miyuki Maeda Biography and Olympic Results | Olympics". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Maeda Miyuki". Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Badminton World Federation – BWF World Ranking – BWF世界排名榜". Bwfbadminton.org. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  4. ↑ Sukumar, Dev (31 August 2024). "Li-Ning BWF World Championships 2014 – Day 6: Disappointment for Denmark". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 19 April 2026. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  5. ↑ Matsuda, Keita (13 April 2009). "2009 Asian Badminton Championships | Reports". Nippon Badminton Association (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 27 December 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
  6. ↑ "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
  7. ↑ "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". www.ibadmintonstore.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  8. ↑ "Denmark take three, Yihan back in the groove". Badminton World Federation. 1 November 2010. Archived from the original on 13 December 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  9. ↑ "Maeda-Suetsuna win second Superseries title of their career". Badminton World Federation. 1 May 2011. Archived from the original on 9 November 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  10. ↑ Wigri, Altania Cut (28 April 2013). "INDIA OPEN 2013 Finals – Intanon becomes youngest ever Superseries winner". Badzine. Archived from the original on 5 August 2025. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
  11. ↑ Sukumar, Dev (15 June 2014). "Yonex Open Japan – Day 6: Lee Back in Business". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 7 December 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
  12. ↑ "No repeat champions in India". Badminton World Federation. 26 December 2011. Archived from the original on 9 January 2012.
  13. ↑ "Reports: Osaka International Challenge 2007". Nippon Badminton Association (in Japanese). 8 April 2007. Archived from the original on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  14. ↑ "Miyuki Maeda head to Head". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
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