is a retired Japanese

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player who was affiliated with the BIPROGY (formerly Unisys) team. A women's doubles specialist, Hoshi won two

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titles. Her first World Tour title was the 2018 Russian Open Super 100, with partner

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. Her biggest career victory came in 2021 when she partnered with

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to win the Super 500 title at the

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. Hoshi also reached the final of the 2017 Canada Open, a BWF Grand Prix tournament, and secured eight titles on the BWF International Challenge/Series circuit. She officially retired from the sport on 31 March 2023.

Career

Junior career

Hoshi represented Japan in junior team competitions, securing a mixed team silver medal at the

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in Chiba. She also earned mixed team bronze medals at the Asian Junior Championships in Gimcheon in 2012 and Kota Kinabalu in 2013.

Senior career

Hoshi competed in women's singles and women's doubles on the BWF circuit. In her early senior career, she primarily focused on singles, achieving three runner-up finishes in BWF International Challenge/Series events: the 2014 Polish Open, the 2016 Brazil International, and the 2017 Portugal International. Hoshi's career was highlighted by her achievements in women's doubles. Partnering with

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, she secured three International Challenge titles: the

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and Brazil International in 2016, followed by the Portugal International in 2017. In 2017, they also reached the final of the BWF Grand Prix

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, where they finished as runners-up to compatriots

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and

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. Additionally, they were finalists at the 2017 Finnish Open and the

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. This partnership propelled Hoshi to her career-high women's doubles ranking of world No. 27 on 26 October 2017. With the introduction of the

in 2018, Hoshi formed a new partnership with

, winning the

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and claiming their first World Tour title at the Russian Open, a Super 100 event. She then partnered with

in 2019, winning the Polish Open. Their biggest victory came in 2021 with their win at the

, a Super 500 tournament. On their path to the title, they defeated the top-seeded Thai pair

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and

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in the semifinals before overcoming Japanese compatriots

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and

in the final. Towards the end of her career in 2022, Hoshi partnered with Miyu Takahashi, winning three consecutive International Challenge titles at the India International (I), the India International (II), and the Maldives International. On 3 April 2023, her team, BIPROGY, announced Hoshi's retirement from professional badminton, effective 31 March 2023.

Achievements

BWF World Tour (2 titles)

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(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. ''Women's doubles''

BWF Grand Prix (1 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

(BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. ''Women's doubles'' : BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (8 titles, 5 runners-up)

''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' :

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tournament :

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tournament

References

External links

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Chisato Hoshi
at BWFWorldTourFinals.BWFBadminton.com

at

Nippon Badminton Association Nippon Badminton Association (NBA, 日本バドミントン協会; ''Nippon Badominton Kyōkai'') is the national sport governing body, governing body for the sport of badminton in Japan. History Badminton competition in Japan started as early a ...

Chisato Hoshi
at BIPROGY
Chisato Hoshi
at Smash and Net TV {{DEFAULTSORT:Hoshi, Chisato 1995 births Living people People from Hakusan, Ishikawa Badminton players from Ishikawa Prefecture Japanese female badminton players 21st-century Japanese sportswomen