is a Japanese

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player affiliated with the Biprogy team. She won the silver medal at the 2022 Asian Championships with her partner Rin Iwanaga. The duo reached a career-high ranking of world number 5 on 5 November 2024. Kie was part of the Japanese women's team that won the bronze medal at the 2024 Asia Team Championships.

Career

2021

In 2021, Nakanishi and Iwanaga reached their first Super 500 final at the

Hylo Open The Hylo Open, formerly known as the BMW Badminton Cup, BMW Open International, Bitburger Masters, Bitburger Open and SaarLorLux Open, is an international badminton tournament held at the Saarlandhalle in Saarbrücken, Germany, since 1988. It was ...

in November. They were defeated by their compatriots, Chisato Hoshi and

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, securing runner-up position. Earlier that year, the pair won the

Belgian International The Belgian International is an international badminton open tournament, held since 1958 but in irregular periods. Since 2005, Yonex has become title sponsor of the event, which also become an International Challenge tournament within the Badminto ...

. They also competed in 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 ...

(Super 750) and the Indonesia Open (Super 1000) at the Indonesia Badminton Festival in Bali but were eliminated in the early rounds of both tournaments. In December, they made their

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debut held in Huelva, reaching the quarterfinals. By the end of the year, they entered the top 30 world rankings, reaching world No. 26.

2022

In 2022, Nakanishi and Iwanaga won a silver medal at the Asian Championships held in Manila, losing to the then-World No. 1 pair

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and Jia Yifan of China in the final. In August, they participated in the

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held in Tokyo, where they were eliminated in the third round. Throughout their 2022 World Tour campaign, Nakanishi and Iwanaga experienced early-round losses for all tournaments they competed. They reached a new career-high ranking of world No. 15 as of 24 October.

2023

In 2023, Nakanishi and Iwanaga won their first

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title together at the Syed Modi International (Super 300) in November. The duo also reached the semifinals of the Arctic Open and the

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. At the Denmark Open, they defeated two Chinese pairs— Liu Shengshu and Tan Ning in the second round and

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and Zheng Yu in the quarterfinals—before they were defeated by

and Jia Yifan in the semifinals. They also reached the quarterfinals in five other tournaments: the

India Open The India Open is an annual badminton event which has been held in India since 2008 and is a BWF World Tour Super 750 international badminton tournament. Its first three editions were designated as Grand Prix Gold events. In 2011, it was upgr ...

, the Thailand Open, the Singapore Open, the Korea Open, and the Australia Open. They finished the year ranked world No. 15, having dropped to No. 26 earlier in the year.

2024

In 2024, Nakanishi and Iwanaga reached the quarterfinals of the Malaysia Open in January by defeating third seeds,

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and Kong Hee-yong, marking their first quarterfinal appearance at a Super 1000 tournament. They won their first Super 750 title at the

in October. This was their fifth consecutive title in 2024, giving them an undefeated record in finals for the year, with previous victories at the Spain Masters,

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, U.S. Open, and

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. En route to the Denmark Open title, they defeated Baek Ha-na and Lee So-hee in the semifinals, achieving their first win against that pair. In the final, they beat the Paris 2024 Olympic silver medalists and then-world No. 1 pair Liu Shengshu and Tan Ning (21–18, 21–14). This victory solidified their position as the second-ranked pair in the BWF World Tour Finals rankings and was their second win over Liu and Tan in three encounters. They also competed in 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 ...

in December but were eliminated in the round-robin stage. They reached a new career-high ranking of world No. 5 as of 4 November.

2025

Nakanishi's 2025 season began while her partner Iwanaga was recovering from injuries sustained in late 2024, including a right shoulder injury and a torn abdominal muscle. Despite this setback to the start of their season, the pair reached the final of the Singapore Open (Super 750) in June, finishing as runners-up to Kim Hye-jeong and Kong Hee-yong of South Korea. They also reached the quarterfinals at the All England Open in March, the Asian Championships in April, and the Indonesia Open in June. Nakanishi and Iwanaga achieved a new career-high ranking of World No. 4 on 11 March. Nakanishi was also part of the Japanese teams that won bronze medals at the Asia Mixed Team Championships in February and the

Sudirman Cup The Sudirman Cup is an international badminton mixed team competition contested by member countries of the Badminton World Federation, the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every two years since the inaugural tourn ...

in April.

Achievements

Asian Championships

''Women's doubles''

BWF World Tour (7 titles, 3 runners-up)

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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 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100. ''Women's doubles''

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles)

''Women's doubles'' :

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tournament

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nakanishi, Kie 1995 births Living people Sportspeople from Sagamihara Japanese female badminton players 21st-century Japanese sportswomen