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player from

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Career

She competed at the 2005 World Badminton Championships in

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. In the women's singles event she reached the third round before losing to Wang Chen of Hong Kong. At the same year, she won the women's singles bronze medal at the Asian Championships after lose to her compatriot Kaori Mori in the semi-final. In the 2010 BWF World Championship, she caused an upset over the world number one ranking player,

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in the third round but lost to Wang Lin in the quarterfinals. In the 2011 All England Open, she came second in the women's singles, losing in the final to China's Wang Shixian. Hirose spent 23 years career in badminton and announced her retirement at the end of

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in December 2014. She then started a career as a coach in Japan National B Team.

Achievements

Asian Games

''Women's singles''

Asian Championships

''Women's singles''

Asian Junior Championships

''Girls' singles''

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in

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, was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by

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(BWF). BWF Superseries had two level such as Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries featured twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end. ''Women's singles'' : BWF Superseries Finals tournament : BWF Superseries Premier tournament : BWF Superseries tournament

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983. ''Women's singles''

BWF International Challenge/Series

''Women's singles'' :

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tournament :

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tournament

Record against selected opponents

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

References

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hirose, Eriko 1985 births Living people Sportspeople from Hyōgo Prefecture Japanese female badminton players Badminton players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for Japan Badminton players at the 2006 Asian Games Badminton players at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Asian Games medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games 20th-century Japanese women 21st-century Japanese sportswomen