Yuki Fukushima

Yuki Fukushima (福島 由紀, Fukushima Yuki, born 6 May 1993) is a Japanese badminton player.[1][2] She and her partner Sayaka Hirota won the 2017 Most Improved Player of the Year award.[3] The duo were ranked as world No. 1 at the BWF World Ranking in 21 June 2018.[4]

Yuki Fukushima 福島由紀
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	6 May 1993 Kumamoto, Japan
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Handedness	Right
Women's doubles
Highest ranking	1 (21 June 2018)
Current ranking	2 (17 March 2020)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Japan World Championships 2017 Glasgow Women's doubles 2018 Nanjing Women's doubles 2019 Basel Women's doubles Sudirman Cup 2019 Nanning Mixed team Uber Cup 2018 Bangkok Women's team Asian Games 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Women's team 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Women's doubles Asian Championships 2018 Wuhan Women's doubles 2019 Wuhan Women's doubles Asia Team Championships 2018 Alor Setar Women's team 2020 Manila Women's team
BWF profile

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland	Sayaka Hirota	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	18–21, 21–17, 15–21	Silver
2018	Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park, Nanjing, China	Sayaka Hirota	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	21–19, 19–21, 20–22	Silver
2019	St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland	Sayaka Hirota	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	11–21, 22–20, 21–23	Silver

Asian Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia	Sayaka Hirota	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	17–21, 8–21	Bronze

Asian Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Sayaka Hirota	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	21–18, 18–21, 21–15	Gold
2019	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Sayaka Hirota	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	16–21, 24–26	Bronze

BWF World Tour (11 titles, 2 runners-up)

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 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.[6]

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	German Open	Super 300	Sayaka Hirota	Huang Dongping Zheng Yu	18–21, 21–14, 21–6	Winner
2018	All England Open	Super 1000	Sayaka Hirota	Christinna Pedersen Kamilla Rytter Juhl	19–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2018	Indonesia Open	Super 1000	Sayaka Hirota	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	21–14, 16–21, 21–14	Winner
2018	Japan Open	Super 750	Sayaka Hirota	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	21–15, 21–12	Winner
2018	Korea Open	Super 500	Sayaka Hirota	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	11–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2018	Denmark Open	Super 750	Sayaka Hirota	Shiho Tanaka Koharu Yonemoto	21–19, 21–16	Winner
2018	Hong Kong Open	Super 500	Sayaka Hirota	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	21–18, 21–17	Winner
2019	Malaysia Masters	Super 500	Sayaka Hirota	Greysia Polii Apriyani Rahayu	18–21, 21–16, 21–16	Winner
2019	Australian Open	Super 300	Sayaka Hirota	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	21–10, 21–16	Winner
2019	Indonesia Open	Super 1000	Sayaka Hirota	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	21–16, 21–18	Winner
2019	Fuzhou China Open	Super 750	Sayaka Hirota	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	21–17, 21–15	Winner
2020	All England Open	Super 1000	Sayaka Hirota	Du Yue Li Yinhui	21–13, 21–15	Winner
2020	Denmark Open	Super 750	Sayaka Hirota	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	21–10, 16–21, 21–18	Winner

BWF Superseries (1 title, 1 runner-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[7] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels are Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consists of twelve tournaments around the world that have been introduced since 2011.[8] Successful players are invited to the Superseries Finals, which are held at the end of each year.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Malaysia Open	Sayaka Hirota	Huang Yaqiong Tang Jinhua	21–17, 18–21, 21–12	Winner
2017	Dubai World Superseries Finals	Sayaka Hirota	Shiho Tanaka Koharu Yonemoto	16–21, 15–21	Runner-up

  BWF Superseries Finals tournament

  BWF Superseries Premier tournament

  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

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

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	New Zealand Open	Sayaka Hirota	Xia Huan Zhong Qianxin	21–17, 22–24, 19–21	Runner-up
2015	Scottish Open	Sayaka Hirota	Samantha Barning Iris Tabeling	21–14, 14–11 Retired	Winner
2016	New Zealand Open	Sayaka Hirota	Chang Ye-na Lee So-hee	21–13, 21–16	Winner
2016	Chinese Taipei Masters	Sayaka Hirota	Shiho Tanaka Koharu Yonemoto	11–10, 11–5, 11–7	Winner
2017	German Open	Sayaka Hirota	Huang Dongping Li Yinhui	15–21, 21–17, 21–15	Winner

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 3 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Sydney International	Kana Ito	14–21, 21–13, 19–21	Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Singapore International	Yui Miyauchi	Asumi Kugo Megumi Yokoyama	21–12, 16–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2014	Sydney International	Sayaka Hirota	Sylvina Kurniawan Susan Wang	11–5, 11–5, 11–2	Winner
2015	Osaka International	Sayaka Hirota	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	17–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2016	Vietnam International	Chiharu Shida	Shiho Tanaka Koharu Yonemoto	28–26, 21–15	Winner
2016	Spanish International	Chiharu Shida	Sayaka Hirota Nao Ono	14–21, 21–13, 19–21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

Performance timeline

National team

• Senior level

Team events	2018	2019	2020
Asia Team Championships	Gold	N/A	Gold
Asian Games	Gold	N/A
Uber Cup	Gold	N/A
Sudirman Cup	N/A	Silver	N/A

Individual competitions

• Senior level

Event	2016	2017	2018	2019
Asian Championships	R2	R1	Gold	Bronze
Asian Games	N/A		Bronze	N/A
World Championships	N/A	Silver	Silver	Silver

Tournament	2018	2019	2020	Best
BWF World Tour
Malaysia Masters	SF	W	R2	W (2019)
Indonesia Masters	A	R1	R2	R2 (2012, 2020)
German Open	W	SF	N/A	W (2017, 2018)
All England Open	F	SF	W	W (2020)
Singapore Open	A	SF	N/A	SF (2019)
Australian Open	A	W	N/A	W (2019)
Korea Open	F	R2	N/A	F (2018)
China Open	QF	SF	N/A	SF (2019)
Japan Open	W	QF	N/A	W (2018)
Denmark Open	W	SF	W	W (2018, 2020)
French Open	R2	SF	N/A	SF (2019)
New Zealand Open	A	SF	N/A	W (2016)
Fuzhou China Open	R2	W	N/A	W (2019)
Hong Kong Open	W	R2	N/A	W (2018)
Indonesia Open	W	W	N/A	W (2018, 2019)
Malaysia Open	R2	QF	N/A	W (2017)
Thailand Open	QF	R2	w/d	QF (2018)
			w/d
BWF World Tour Finals	DNQ	SF	DNQ	F (2017)
Year-end Ranking[9]	1	2		1
Tournament	2018	2019	2020	Best

Tournament	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	Best
BWF Super Series
All England Open	A					QF	QF (2017)
India Open	A	R2	A		R1	SF	SF (2017)
Malaysia Open	A					W	W (2017)
Singapore Open	A				R2	R1	R2 (2016)
Australian Open	GPG		A			SF	SF (2017)
Indonesia Open	A					QF	QF (2017)
Korea Open	A					R2	R2 (2017)
Japan Open	R1 (WS)	R1	R1	R1	R2	SF	SF (2017)
Denmark Open	A					R2	R2 (2017)
French Open	A					R2	R2 (2017)
China Open	A					QF	QF (2017)
Hong Kong Open	A		R2	A		QF	QF (2017)
BWF Super Series Finals	DNQ					F	F (2017)
Year-end Ranking	262 (WS) 77 (WD)	84 (WD)	189 (WS) 61 (WD) 190 (XD)	334 (WS) 23 (WD) 180 (XD)	20 (WD) 213 (XD)	4	4
Tournament	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	Best

Tournament	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	Best
BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold
Malaysia Masters	SF	A	QF (WS) R1 (WD)	R1	QF	A	SF (2012)
German Open	A				R2	W	W (2017)
Swiss Open	A	R1	A				R1 (2013)
Australian Open	A	QF	SS				QF (2013)
New Zealand Open	N/A	R2	SF (WD) R2 (XD)	F	W (WD) QF (XD)	A	W (2016)
Chinese Taipei Open	A			R2	A		R2 (2015)
China Masters	SS		A		QF	A	QF (2016)
U.S. Open	A				QF	A	QF (2016)
Vietnam Open	A				R2	A	R2 (2016)
Chinese Taipei Masters	N/A			SF (WD) R2 (XD)	W	N/A	W (2016)
Scottish Open		A		QF (WS) W (WD)	A		W (2015)
Korea Masters	A	QF	QF (WD) R1 (XD)	SF (WD) R2 (XD)	R1	A	SF (2015)
Macau Open	R2	A		SF	A		SF (2015)
Indonesian Masters	R2	A				N/A	R2 (2012)

References

1. "Players: Yuki Fukushima". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
2. "選手・スタッフ紹介: 福島　由紀 フクシマ・ユキ" (in Japanese). Saishunkan Co.Ltd. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
3. "最も成長した選手」は福島・廣田組が受賞／バドミントン" (in Japanese). Sanspo. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
4. "【世界ランキング】福島＆廣田が初の世界ランク１位に輝く！" (in Japanese). Badminton Spirit. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
5. Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". bwfbadminton.com. 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!". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
7. "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
8. "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". www.ibadmintonstore.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
9. "BWF World Rankings". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 4 February 2016.

External links

• Yuki Fukushima at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com