Naru Shinoya

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
CoachJeremy Gan (XD)
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking22 (WD with Ayane Kurihara, 19 March 2015)
13 (XD with Kyohei Yamashita, 27 December 2022)
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

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]

Career

2021

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

BWF World Championships

Mixed doubles

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

BWF World Tour (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 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 Japan Ayane Kurihara Japan Nami Matsuyama
Japan Chiharu Shida 		10–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Akita Masters Super 100 Japan Kyohei Yamashita South Korea Ko Sung-hyun
South Korea Eom Hye-won 		10–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix (3 runners-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 Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Swiss Open Japan Ayane Kurihara China Bao Yixin
China Tang Yuanting 		19–21, 21–14, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 U.S. Open Japan Ayane Kurihara China Yu Yang
China Zhong Qianxin 		14–21, 10–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Canada Open Japan Chisato Hoshi Japan Mayu Matsumoto
Japan Wakana Nagahara 		16–21, 21–16, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

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

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Polish Open Japan Ayane Kurihara Russia Anastasia Chervaykova
Russia Nina Vislova 		21–15, 17–21, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2014 Malaysia International Japan Ayane Kurihara Indonesia Maretha Dea Giovani
Indonesia Rosyita Eka Putri Sari 		21–14, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 China International Japan Ayane Kurihara China Ou Dongni
China Yu Xiaohan 		21–14, 18–21, 21–23 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Portugal International Japan Ayane Kurihara Germany Carola Bott
Germany Jennifer Karnott 		21–13, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Brazil International Japan Chisato Hoshi Australia Setyana Mapasa
Australia Gronya Somerville 		21–13, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Peru International Series Japan Chisato Hoshi Turkey Cemre Fere
Turkey Ebru Yazgan 		21–5, 21–7 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Portugal International Japan Chisato Hoshi Denmark Emilie Juul Moller
Denmark Mai Surrow 		21–13, 21–6 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Finnish Open Japan Chisato Hoshi Japan Misato Aratama
Japan Akane Watanabe 		18–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Smiling Fish International Japan Chisato Hoshi Japan Nami Matsuyama
Japan Chiharu Shida 		19–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Indonesia International Japan Natsu Saito Indonesia Anggia Shitta Awanda
Indonesia Pia Zebadiah Bernadet 		19–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Malaysia International Japan Natsu Saito Indonesia Yulfira Barkah
Indonesia Agatha Imanuela 		21–15, 21–23, 21–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2024 Malaysia International Japan Nao Yamakita Japan Hinata Suzuki
Japan An Uesugi 		21–13, 12–21, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Malaysia International Japan Hiroki Okamura Malaysia Yogendran Khrishnan
India Prajakta Sawant 		21–10, 24–22 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  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.


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