Akari Midorikawa

Akari Midorikawa (緑川あかり, Midorikawa Akari; born 15 August 2005 in Chiba) is a Japanese professional squash player.^[1] As of January 2023, she was ranked No. 89 in the world.^[2]

Akari Midorikawa

Country	Japan
Born	(2005-08-15) August 15, 2005 (age 20) Chiba, Japan
Residence	Saitama, Japan
Retired	Active
Women's singles
Highest ranking	No. 89 (January 2023)
Current ranking	No. 89 (January 2023)
Title(s)	1
Updated on January 2023.

Career

In July 2022, Midorikawa won the Challenger 5 level competition at the Victoria Open, held at Mulgrave Country Club in Melbourne, Australia. She beat Australia’s Maria Kalafatis, Hong Kong’s Toby Tse, South Korea's Yura Choe and Malaysia’s Yasshmita Jadiskumar.^[3] In 2022, she won three PSA Squash Tour titles.^[4]

In March 2024, Midorikawa reached the semi final of the University of the West of England's Bristol Open and was knocked out at the in the quarter final by Au Yeong Wai Yhann.^[5] She was also runner up at the Costa North Coast Open and the 53rd All Japan Championship.^[4] At the WSF World team Championships in 2024, she beat top-50 Canadian player Nicole Bunyan and Japan finished 9th overall.^[4]