Chiharu Shida

Chiharu Shida (志田 千陽, Shida Chiharu; born 29 April 1997) is a Japanese badminton player affiliated with the Saishunkan team.^[2][3] She is the bronze medalist at the 2024 Summer Olympics.^[4] Shida was part of the Japan winning team in the 2020 Asia Team Championships.^[5] She reached a career high as world number 2 in the BWF World rankings on 8 November 2022 with her current partner Nami Matsuyama.

Chiharu Shida
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	(1997-04-29) 29 April 1997 (age 28) Hachirōgata, Akita, Japan
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Handedness	Right
Coach	Kei Nakashima Mizuki Fujii
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	2 (WD with Nami Matsuyama, 8 November 2022) 211 (XD with Yunosuke Kubota, 5 July 2018)[1]
Current ranking	3 (WD with Nami Matsuyama, 29 July 2025)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Japan Olympic Games 2024 Paris Women's doubles Sudirman Cup 2021 Vantaa Mixed team 2023 Suzhou Mixed team 2025 Xiamen Mixed team Uber Cup 2020 Aarhus Women's team 2022 Bangkok Women's team 2024 Chengdu Women's team Asian Championships 2025 Ningbo Women's doubles Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou Women's team Asia Team Championships 2020 Manila Women's team 2024 Selangor Women's team World Junior Championships 2014 Alor Setar Mixed team 2015 Lima Girls' doubles 2015 Lima Mixed doubles Asian Junior Championships 2014 Taipei Mixed team 2015 Bangkok Girls' doubles 2015 Bangkok Mixed team
BWF profile

Shida is the bronze medalist at the Asian and World Junior Championships in 2014 and 2015.^[6] Shida won her first international title at the 2016 Vietnam International, and claimed her first BWF World Tour at the 2018 Chinese Taipei Open.^[3]

Career

2018–2020: Chinese Taipei Open–first World Tour title

Shida starterd the 2018 season as a semi-finalists in the Swiss Open in the women's doubles with Matsuyama.^[7] She then reached the mixed doubles final with Yunosuke Kubota in the Osaka International, losing to Kim Won-ho and Lee Yu-rim.^[8] She for the first time reached the final in the BWF World Tour, the Singapore Open, but she and her partner Matsuyama were defeated by their teammate Ayako Sakuramoto and Yukiko Takahata.^[9] Shida and Matsuyama also suffered defeat to Sakuramoto and Takahata in the final of the Akita and Bangka Belitung Indonesia Masters,^[10][11] while in the Vietnam Open they lose to Misato Aratama and Akane Watanabe.^[12] Shida and Matsuyama claimed their first ever World Tour title in the Chinese Taipei Open by beating Ayane Kurihara and Naru Shinoya.^[13] They ended the season ranked as world number 13.

In 2019 Shida and her partner, winning two title in the U.S. Open and Korea Masters,^[14][15] as well being a finalists in the Spain Masters and Swiss Open.^[16][17][18] In 2020, Shida joined Japan squad for the Asia Women's Team Championships, and won the gold medal after Japan beat South Korea in the final.^[5] Shida and Matsuyama best result in the World Tour were the semi-finalists in the Malaysia Masters.^[19]

2021: Two title in the Indonesia badminton festival

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous tournaments on the BWF World Tour were either cancelled or rescheduled since 2020. Shida was included in the Japanese squad for the Sudirman and Uber Cup held in Denmark, where the team won the silver medals in both competition. The pair of Shida and Matsuyama proved their prowess by winning two tournaments at the Indonesia badminton festival, the Indonesia Masters and Indonesia Open,^[20][21] and becoming runners-up at the BWF World Tour Finals held in Bali at the end of 2021.^[22] Shida made her debut in the World Championships in Spain together with Matsuyama, reaching the quarter-finals. For their achievements, they entered top 10 in the BWF world ranking.

2022–2023: All England Open title, and world #2

Started the 2022 season as world number 7, Shida and Matsuyama won the All England Open title beating Zhang Shuxian and Zheng Yu in the final.^[23] They competed in the Asian Championships, but were eliminated in the quarter-finals to Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan.^[24] The pair won their second title of the year in the Thailand Open by defeating Mayu Matsumoto and Wakana Nagahara in the final.^[25] Their good performance continue in the Indonesia Open triumph over Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota. ^[26][27] They also made a history as the first ever women's doubles to win three consecutive BWF World Tour Super 1000 event.^[27] The duo also reached the finals in the Malaysia Masters, but have not been able to beat the world number 1 women's doubles pairing Chen and Jia.^[28] The duo qualified to compete in the World Championships, but their pace were stopped in the quarter-finals to Kim So-yeong and Kong Hee-yong.^[29] Shida and Matsuyama reached their career high as world number 2 in the BWF world ranking in November 2022.

In the beginning of the 2023 season, Shida and Matsuyama took an easy win over Chen and Jia to claimed the India Open title, due to ill-health suffered by Chen.^[30] Shida and Matsuyama then suffered five consecutive defeats from the new South Korean pairing Baek Ha-na and Lee So-hee; in the finals of the German Open,^[31] quarter-finals of the Malaysia Masters and Singapore Open,^[32][33] second round of the All England Open,^[34] and also in the first round of the Asian Championships.^[35] They then topped the podium at the Canada Open after won the final against Matsumoto and Nagahara.^[36] Chen and Jia are still too tough for Shida and Matsuyama. They have lost all of five meetings in the second half of the season; in the quarter-finals of the Japan Open,^[37] World Championships,^[38] and Asian Games;^[39] semi-finals of the China Open; and then in the final of the Denmark Open.^[40] The duo then won their third title of the year in the China Masters.^[41] Shida and Matsuyama qualified to compete in the year-end finals tournament, the BWF World Tour Finals,^[42] reaching to the semi-finals, where they were defeated by Baek and Lee.^[43]

2024–2025: Olympic bronze, second All England title

Shida and her partner Matsuyama reached the finals in the French and Singapore Opens, but were defeated by Chen and Jia.^[44][45] They lost to Baek and Lee at the finals of All England Open in a close rubber game.^[46] Shida and Matsuyama qualified to compete in the 2024 Summer Olympics. In their debut at the Olympics, the duo managed to win a bronze medal.^[4] In the end of the season they were nominated as women's doubles player of the year by the Badminton World Federation.^[47] The duo also reached the World Tour Finals after beating their arch-rivals Chen and Jia in the semi-finals,^[48] but lost the title to Baek and Lee.^[49]

In 2025, Shida clinched her second All England Open title with Matsuyama after beating Japanese new pairing Yuki Fukushima and Mayu Matsumoto.^[50] They later won the silver medal at the Asian Championships.^[51]

On July 8, Shida and Matsuyama announced a split after a decade-long partnership ending with the 2025 BWF World Championships in Paris, France. Shida will continue to compete in women's doubles with Arisa Igarashi starting in September.^[52]

Awards and nominations

Award	Year	Category	Result	Ref.
BWF Awards	2024	Women’s Doubles Player of the Year with Nami Matsuyama	Nominated	[47]

Achievements

Olympic Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2024	Porte de La Chapelle Arena, Paris, France	Nami Matsuyama	Pearly Tan Thinaah Muralitharan	21–11, 21–11	Bronze	[4]

Asian Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2025	Ningbo Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Ningbo, China	Nami Matsuyama	Liu Shengshu Tan Ning	15–21, 19–21	Silver	[51]

World Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2015	Centro de Alto Rendimiento de La Videna, Lima, Peru	Nami Matsuyama	Du Yue Li Yinhui	17–21, 21–14, 12–21	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2015	Centro de Alto Rendimiento de La Videna, Lima, Peru	Shuto Morioka	Zheng Siwei Chen Qingchen	8–21, 12–21	Bronze

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2015	CPB Badminton Training Center, Bangkok, Thailand	Nami Matsuyama	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	11–21, 16–21	Bronze

BWF World Tour (12 titles, 14 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[53] 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, and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[54]

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2018	Singapore Open	Super 500	Nami Matsuyama	Ayako Sakuramoto Yukiko Takahata	21–16, 22–24, 13–21	Runner-up	[9]
2018	Akita Masters	Super 100	Nami Matsuyama	Ayako Sakuramoto Yukiko Takahata	21–23, 11–21	Runner-up	[10]
2018	Vietnam Open	Super 100	Nami Matsuyama	Misato Aratama Akane Watanabe	18–21, 19–21	Runner-up	[12]
2018	Indonesia Masters	Super 100	Nami Matsuyama	Ayako Sakuramoto Yukiko Takahata	21–11, 19–21, 20–22	Runner-up	[11]
2018	Chinese Taipei Open	Super 300	Nami Matsuyama	Ayane Kurihara Naru Shinoya	21–10, 21–17	Winner	[13]
2019	Spain Masters	Super 300	Nami Matsuyama	Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong	21–23, 21–15, 17–21	Runner-up	[16][17]
2019	Swiss Open	Super 300	Nami Matsuyama	Chang Ye-na Jung Kyung-eun	16–21, 13–21	Runner-up	[18]
2019	U.S. Open	Super 300	Nami Matsuyama	Baek Ha-na Jung Kyung-eun	21–16, 21–16	Winner	[14]
2019	Korea Masters	Super 300	Nami Matsuyama	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	15–21, 21–17, 21–18	Winner	[15]
2021	Indonesia Masters	Super 750	Nami Matsuyama	Jeong Na-eun Kim Hye-jeong	21–9, 21–11	Winner	[20]
2021	Indonesia Open	Super 1000	Nami Matsuyama	Greysia Polii Apriyani Rahayu	21–19, 21–19	Winner	[21]
2021	BWF World Tour Finals	World Tour Finals	Nami Matsuyama	Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong	14–21, 14–21	Runner-up	[22]
2022	All England Open	Super 1000	Nami Matsuyama	Zhang Shuxian Zheng Yu	21–13, 21–9	Winner	[23]
2022	Thailand Open	Super 500	Nami Matsuyama	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	17–21, 21–15, 26–24	Winner	[25]
2022	Indonesia Open	Super 1000	Nami Matsuyama	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	18–21, 21–14, 21–17	Winner	[27]
2022	Malaysia Masters	Super 500	Nami Matsuyama	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	11–21, 12–21	Runner-up	[28]
2023	India Open	Super 750	Nami Matsuyama	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	Walkover	Winner	[30]
2023	German Open	Super 300	Nami Matsuyama	Baek Ha-na Lee So-hee	19–21, 15–21	Runner-up	[31]
2023	Canada Open	Super 500	Nami Matsuyama	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	22–20, 21–16	Winner	[36]
2023	Denmark Open	Super 750	Nami Matsuyama	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	16–21, 13–21	Runner-up	[40]
2023	China Masters	Super 750	Nami Matsuyama	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	21–18, 21–11	Winner	[41]
2024	French Open	Super 750	Nami Matsuyama	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	12–21, 21–19, 22–24	Runner-up	[44]
2024	All England Open	Super 1000	Nami Matsuyama	Baek Ha-na Lee So-hee	19–21, 21–11, 17–21	Runner-up	[46]
2024	Singapore Open	Super 750	Nami Matsuyama	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	15–21, 12–21	Runner-up	[45]
2024	BWF World Tour Finals	World Tour Finals	Nami Matsuyama	Baek Ha-na Lee So-hee	19–21, 14–21	Runner-up	[49]
2025	All England Open	Super 1000	Nami Matsuyama	Yuki Fukushima Mayu Matsumoto	21–16, 14–21, 21–17	Winner	[50]

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 2 runners-up)

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2016	Vietnam International	Yuki Fukushima	Shiho Tanaka Koharu Yonemoto	28–26, 21–15	Winner
2016	Spanish International	Yuki Fukushima	Sayaka Hirota Nao Ono	14–21, 21–13, 19–21	Runner-up
2017	Smiling Fish International	Nami Matsuyama	Chisato Hoshi Naru Shinoya	21–19, 21–14	Winner	[55]

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2018	Osaka International	Yunosuke Kubota	Kim Won-ho Lee Yu-rim	17–21, 12–21	Runner-up	[8]

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