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Akane Yamaguchi (山口茜, Yamaguchi Akane, born 6 June 1997) is a Japanese badminton player. She was a two-time world champion who won gold medals in the women's singles at the 2021 and 2022 World Championships.
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She joined the Japanese national team at the age of 15, the youngest athlete to ever join. The following year in 2013, she won the singles title at the YONEX Open Japan making her the youngest player and first Japanese athlete to ever win the tournament.
Akane Yamaguchi is a Japanese woman badminton player born on 6th June 1997. She hails from Katsuyama city of Fukui in Japan. She is an erstwhile World No.1 and currently ranks number 6 in...
Dec 19, 2021 · Akane Yamaguchi stopped world No.1 Tai Tzu Ying to claim the TotalEnergies BWF World Championships 2021 and celebrate the biggest victory of her career. The Japanese was her usual athletic self and revelled in the long exchanges to take the match 21-14 21-11.
RANKING HISTORY. Stats. Place of Birth: Fukui, Japan. Height: 156.00cm. Current Residence: Fukui, Japan. Language (s): Japanese. International Debut: Osaka International Challenge 2012. Professional Since: 5 years old (2002) National Team Member: 2012 (14 years old) Q & A. When and where you began playing, and why this sport? "2000 (3 years old)"
Jan 22, 2023 · An Se Young stopped the Akane Yamaguchi juggernaut to become the first player from Korea to clinch the India Open Super 750 title at the K.D. Jadhav Hall in New Delhi on Sunday. It was two-time...
Aug 28, 2022 · Akane Yamaguchi defeated Yufei Chen of China 21-12, 10-21, 21-14 on Sunday, August 28 to become the first Japanese to win back-to-back women’s singles titles at the Badminton World Championships.
Aug 28, 2022 · Akane Yamaguchi became the first Japanese to win back-to-back women's singles badminton world championships on Sunday, beating China's Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Chen Yufei 21-12, 10-21, 21-14 at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.
Sep 17, 2021 · Akane Yamaguchi is a Japanese badminton player, currently ranked #5 in BWF’s world ranking for women’s singles. At just 24 years old, Yamaguchi already has a staggering 324 career wins, including being a part of the women’s team that won the 2018 Uber Cup in Bangkok.
