Naru Shinoya (篠谷 菜留, Shinoya Naru, born 18 March 1994) is a Japanese badminton player.[2] She is affiliated with the NTT East team.[3]

Naru Shinoya
篠谷 菜留
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1994-03-18) 18 March 1994 (age 30)
Ōbu, Aichi, Japan[1]
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
HandednessRight
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking22 (WD with Ayane Kurihara 19 March 2015)
13 (XD with Kyohei Yamashita 27 December 2022)
Current ranking20 (XD with Kyohei Yamashita 2 April 2024)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Huelva Mixed doubles
Sudirman Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Suzhou Mixed team
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou Women's team
BWF profile

Shinoya, together with her partner Kyohei Yamashita, won the mixed doubles bronze medal at the 2021 World Championships after losing in the semifinals to compatriots Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino, 13–21, 8–21.[4]

Achievements edit

BWF World Championships edit

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2021 Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín,
Huelva, Spain
  Kyohei Yamashita   Yuta Watanabe
  Arisa Higashino
13–21, 8–21   Bronze

BWF World Tour (2 runners-up) edit

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[5] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (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.[6]

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Chinese Taipei Open Super 300   Ayane Kurihara   Nami Matsuyama
  Chiharu Shida
10–21, 17–21   Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Akita Masters Super 100   Kyohei Yamashita   Ko Sung-hyun
  Eom Hye-won
10–21, 17–21   Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix (3 runners-up) edit

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

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Swiss Open   Ayane Kurihara   Bao Yixin
  Tang Yuanting
19–21, 21–14, 17–21   Runner-up
2015 U.S. Open   Ayane Kurihara   Yu Yang
  Zhong Qianxin
14–21, 10–21   Runner-up
2017 Canada Open   Chisato Hoshi   Mayu Matsumoto
  Wakana Nagahara
16–21, 21–16, 18–21   Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (7 titles, 5 runners-up) edit

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Polish Open   Ayane Kurihara   Anastasia Chervaykova
  Nina Vislova
21–15, 17–21, 20–22   Runner-up
2014 Malaysia International   Ayane Kurihara   Maretha Dea Giovani
  Rosyita Eka Putri Sari
21–14, 21–17   Winner
2015 China International   Ayane Kurihara   Ou Dongni
  Yu Xiaohan
21–14, 18–21, 21–23   Runner-up
2015 Portugal International   Ayane Kurihara   Carola Bott
  Jennifer Karnott
21–13, 21–16   Winner
2016 Brazil International   Chisato Hoshi   Setyana Mapasa
  Gronya Somerville
21–13, 21–19   Winner
2016 Peru International Series   Chisato Hoshi   Cemre Fere
  Ebru Yazgan
21–5, 21–7   Winner
2017 Portugal International   Chisato Hoshi   Emilie Juul Moller
  Mai Surrow
21–13, 21–6   Winner
2017 Finnish Open   Chisato Hoshi   Misato Aratama
  Akane Watanabe
18–21, 13–21   Runner-up
2017 Smiling Fish International   Chisato Hoshi   Nami Matsuyama
  Chiharu Shida
19–21, 14–21   Runner-up
2019 Indonesia International   Natsu Saito   Anggia Shitta Awanda
  Pia Zebadiah Bernadet
19–21, 18–21   Runner-up
2019 Malaysia International   Natsu Saito   Yulfira Barkah
  Agatha Imanuela
21–15, 21–23, 21–9   Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Malaysia International   Hiroki Okamura   Yogendran Khrishnan
  Prajakta Sawant
21–10, 24–22   Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References edit

  1. ^ "篠谷 菜留/ Naru Shinoya" (in Japanese). Smash and Net Tv. Archived from the original on 18 February 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Players: Naru Shinoya". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  3. ^ "篠谷 菜留 Naru Shinoya". NTT East. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Japanese players reach three finals at badminton world championships". The Japan Times. 19 December 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  5. ^ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  6. ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

External links edit