is a Japanese

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...

player affiliated with the Saishunkan team. She is the bronze medalist at the

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. Shida was part of the Japan winning team in the 2020 Asia Team Championships. She reached a career high as world number 2 in the BWF World rankings on 8 November 2022 with her current partner Nami Matsuyama. Shida is the bronze medalist at the Asian and World Junior Championships in 2014 and 2015. Shida won her first international title at the 2016 Vietnam International, and claimed her first BWF World Tour at the

2018 Chinese Taipei Open The 2018 Chinese Taipei Open (officially known as the Yonex Chinese Taipei Open 2018 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament that took place at the Taipei Arena in Taipei, Taiwan, from 2 to 7 October 2018 and had a total prize of $500 ...

Career

2018–2020: Chinese Taipei Open–first World Tour title

Shida starterd the 2018 season as a semi-finalists in the Swiss Open in the women's doubles with Matsuyama. She then reached the mixed doubles final with Yunosuke Kubota in the Osaka International, losing to

Kim Won-ho Kim Won-ho (; born 2 June 1999) is a South Korean badminton player. He was the silver medalists in the Badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Mixed doubles, mixed doubles at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2022 Asian Games – M ...

and Lee Yu-rim. She for the first time reached the final in the BWF World Tour, the Singapore Open, but she and her partner Matsuyama were defeated by their teammate Ayako Sakuramoto and Yukiko Takahata. Shida and Matsuyama also suffered defeat to Sakuramoto and Takahata in the final of the Akita and Bangka Belitung Indonesia Masters, while in the Vietnam Open they lose to Misato Aratama and Akane Watanabe. Shida and Matsuyama claimed their first ever World Tour title in the

Chinese Taipei Open The Taipei Open (), formerly named the Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold (2007–2017) and Chinese Taipei Open (2018–2019), is an open badminton international championships held in Taiwan since the 1970s, but they took place only in irregula ...

by beating

Ayane Kurihara is a Japanese former badminton player. She began playing badminton at age 9, and played competitively from then on. She became a member of the Japan national badminton team at the age of 19. Her current partner is Naru Shinoya for women's double ...

and

Naru Shinoya is a Japanese badminton player. She is affiliated with the NTT East team. Career 2021 Shinoya, together with her partner Kyohei Yamashita, won the mixed doubles bronze medal at the 2021 World Championships after losing in the semifinals ...

. They ended the season ranked as world number 13. In 2019 Shida and her partner, winning two title in the U.S. Open and

Korea Masters The Korea Masters () is an international badminton tournament that usually held in November or December every year of BWF event calendar in South Korea. The total prize money in 2016 was US$120,000. Before 2010, the level of the tournament was an ...

, as well being a finalists in the

Spain Masters The Spain Masters () is an annual badminton tournament held in Spain. This tournament is part of the BWF World Tour tournaments and is leveled in BWF World Tour Super 300. Venue & host city * 2018–2020: Pavelló de la Vall d'Hebron, Barcelon ...

and Swiss Open. In 2020, Shida joined Japan squad for the Asia Women's Team Championships, and won the gold medal after Japan beat South Korea in the final. Shida and Matsuyama best result in the World Tour were the semi-finalists in the

Malaysia Masters The Malaysia Masters () is an annual badminton tournament held in Malaysia that began in 2009. The total prize money is currently US$475,000. Until 2017, the tournament was part of the Grand Prix Gold series. BWF categorised Malaysia Masters ...

2021: Two title in the Indonesia badminton festival

Due to the

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, numerous tournaments on the BWF World Tour were either cancelled or rescheduled since 2020. Shida was included in the Japanese squad for the

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and

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held in Denmark, where the team won the silver medals in both competition. The pair of Shida and Matsuyama proved their prowess by winning two tournaments at the Indonesia badminton festival, the

Indonesia Masters The Indonesia Masters is an international badminton tournament in BWF World Tour Super 500. Formerly known as the Indonesia Open Grand Prix Gold, it was first held in 2010 in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, and change its venue in different cities ev ...

and Indonesia Open, and becoming runners-up at the

BWF World Tour Finals The BWF World Tour Finals, officially HSBC BWF World Tour Finals, which succeeds BWF Super Series Finals, is an annual season finale badminton tournament which is held every December of a year where the players with the most points from that cale ...

held in Bali at the end of 2021. Shida made her debut in the

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in Spain together with Matsuyama, reaching the quarter-finals. For their achievements, they entered top 10 in the BWF world ranking.

2022–2023: All England Open title, and world #2

Started the 2022 season as world number 7, Shida and Matsuyama won the

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title beating

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and

Zheng Yu Zheng Yu (; born 7 February 1996) is a Chinese badminton player from the Jiangsu province team. She started playing badminton in 2003, claimed the Jiangsu province title in the singles and doubles category in 2006 and 2007, then was selected to ...

in the final. They competed in the

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, but were eliminated in the quarter-finals to

Chen Qingchen Chen Qingchen (; born 23 June 1997) is a Chinese badminton player who specializes in doubles. She is an Olympic champion, four-time World Champion, two-time Asian Games gold medalist, and two-time Asian Champion. With partner Jia Yifan, Che ...

and

Jia Yifan Jia Yifan (; ; born 29 June 1997) is a Chinese badminton player and Olympic champion. With partner Chen Qingchen, Jia won silver in women's doubles at the 2020 Summer Olympics and gold in the same event at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Jia won f ...

. The pair won their second title of the year in the Thailand Open by defeating

Mayu Matsumoto is a Japanese badminton player. Born in Hokkaido, she graduated from Shiritsu Towanomorisanai High School. She was part of the Hokuto Bank team. Matsumoto was awarded as the 2018 Most Improved Player of the Year by the BWF together with her pa ...

and

Wakana Nagahara is a Japanese badminton player. She is a two-time world champion in the women's doubles. Nagahara attended Aomori Yamada High School, and was part of the Japanese national junior team that won the bronze medals at the 2013, 2014 Asian and 2014 ...

in the final. Their good performance continue in the Indonesia Open triumph over

Yuki Fukushima is a Japanese badminton player affiliated with Gifu Bluvic. She and her partner Sayaka Hirota won the 2017 Most Improved Player of the Year award. The duo were ranked as world No. 1 at the BWF World Ranking in 21 June 2018. Awards and nominati ...

and

Sayaka Hirota is a Japanese badminton player affiliated with Gifu Bluvic team. She and her partner Yuki Fukushima won the 2017 Most Improved Player of the Year award. Hirota and Fukushima were ranked world No. 1 at the BWF World Ranking on 21 June 2018. Awa ...

. They also made a history as the first ever women's doubles to win three consecutive BWF World Tour Super 1000 event. The duo also reached the finals in the

, but have not been able to beat the world number 1 women's doubles pairing Chen and Jia. The duo qualified to compete in the

, but their pace were stopped in the quarter-finals to

Kim So-yeong Kim So-yeong (; born 9 July 1992) is a South Korean badminton player. Kim, who attended the University of Incheon, was the triple crowns at the 2013 Summer Universiade, by winning the gold medals in the women's doubles, mixed doubles and team ...

and

Kong Hee-yong Kong Hee-yong (; born 11 December 1996) is a South Korean badminton player. In 2013, she won the mixed team gold at the BWF World Junior Championships. In 2014, Kong who was educated at the Daesung girls' high school competed at the Asian Junio ...

. Shida and Matsuyama reached their career high as world number 2 in the BWF world ranking in November 2022. In the beginning of the 2023 season, Shida and Matsuyama took an easy win over Chen and Jia to claimed the

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title, due to ill-health suffered by Chen. Shida and Matsuyama then suffered five consecutive defeats from the new South Korean pairing

Baek Ha-na Baek Ha-na (; born 22 September 2000) is a South Korean badminton player who attended Cheongsong Girls' High School. She started playing badminton in 2009 after being recommended by her brother, and was selected to join the national team in 2017 ...

and

Lee So-hee Lee So-hee (; ; born 14 June 1994) is a South Korean badminton player. She won the women's doubles title at the 2017 All England Open tournament. She also helped the Korean national team to win the world team championships at the 2017 Sudirm ...

; in the finals of the German Open, quarter-finals of the

and Singapore Open, second round of the

, and also in the first round of the

. They then topped the podium at the

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after won the final against Matsumoto and Nagahara. Chen and Jia are still too tough for Shida and Matsuyama. They have lost all of five meetings in the second half of the season; in the quarter-finals of the Japan Open,

, and

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; semi-finals of the

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; and then in the final of the

Denmark Open The Denmark Open, or formerly known as Danish Open, is an annual badminton tournament held in Denmark and organized by Badminton Denmark. The Denmark Open was part of the BWF Super Series Premier from 2011 to 2017. BWF categorised it as one ...

. The duo then won their third title of the year in the

China Masters The China Masters (), formerly known as Fuzhou China Open, is an annual badminton tournament held in China. It became part of the BWF Super Series tournaments in 2007. In 2014 the level of the tournament was downgraded to BWF Grand Prix Gold beca ...

. Shida and Matsuyama qualified to compete in the year-end finals tournament, the

, reaching to the semi-finals, where they were defeated by Baek and Lee.

2024–2025: Olympic bronze, second All England title

In the first half of the 2024 season, Shida and her partner Matsuyama, never won a single title. They only reached the finals in the

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and Singapore Opens defeteated by Chen and Jia, and also in the

defeated by Baek and Lee in a close rubber game. Shida and Matsuyama

qualified Qualification may refer to: Processes * Qualifications-Based Selection (QBS), a competitive contract procurement process established by the United States Congress * Process qualification, ensures that manufacturing and production processes can ...

to compete in the

. In their debut at the Olympics, the duo managed to win a bronze medal. In the end of the season they were nominated as women's doubles player of the year by the Badminton World Federation. The duo also played in the World Tour Finals, reaching the finals after beating their arch-rivals Chen and Jia in the semi-finals. Shida and Matsuyama had to be satisfied with the runner-up after losing the final match to Baek and Lee again. In 2025, Shida clinched her second

title with Matsuyama after beating Japanese new pairing Yuki Fukushima and Mayu Matsumoto. They later won the silver medal at the

Awards and nominations

Achievements

Olympic Games

''Women's doubles''

Asian Championships

''Women's doubles''

World Junior Championships

''Girls' doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

Asian Junior Championships

''Girls' doubles''

BWF World Tour (12 titles, 14 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

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(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''

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 2 runners-up)

''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' :

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tournament

References

External links

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Chiharu Shida
at the

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