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Kie Nakanishi
Japanese badminton player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kie Nakanishi (中西 貴映, Nakanishi Kie; born 24 December 1995) is a Japanese badminton player affiliated with the BIPROGY team.[1] She and her partner Rin Iwanaga won the silver medal at the 2022 Asian Championships.[2] The duo reached a career-high ranking of world number 4 on 11 March 2025. Nakanishi was also part of the Japanese women's team that won the bronze medal at the 2024 Asia Team Championships. Nakanishi and Iwanaga won their first BWF World Tour title at the 2023 Syed Modi International. In 2024, they claimed five consecutive titles, culminating in their first Super 750 victory at the Denmark Open.
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2021
In 2021, Nakanishi and Iwanaga reached their first Super 500 final at the Hylo Open in November. They finished as runners-up, losing to compatriots Chisato Hoshi and Aoi Matsuda.[3] Earlier that year, the pair won the Belgian International.[4] They also competed in the Indonesia Masters and the Indonesia Open at the Indonesia Badminton Festival in Bali but were eliminated in the early rounds of both tournaments. In December, they made their World Championship debut held in Huelva, reaching the quarterfinals. By the end of the year, they entered the top 30 world rankings, reaching world No. 26.
2022
In 2022, Nakanishi and Iwanaga won a silver medal at the Asian Championships held in Manila, losing to the then-World No. 1 pair Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan of China in the final.[2] In August, they participated in the World Championships held in Tokyo, where they were eliminated in the third round. Throughout their 2022 World Tour campaign, Nakanishi and Iwanaga lost in the early rounds of each tournament they entered. They reached a new career-high ranking of world No. 15 as of 24 October.
2023
In 2023, Nakanishi and Iwanaga won their first BWF World Tour title at the Super 300 Syed Modi International in November.[5] The duo also reached the semifinals of the Arctic Open and the Denmark Open. At the Denmark Open, they defeated two Chinese pairs—Liu Shengshu and Tan Ning in the second round and Zhang Shuxian and Zheng Yu in the quarterfinals—before they were defeated by Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan in the semifinals.[6] They also reached the quarterfinals in five other tournaments: the India Open, the Thailand Open, the Singapore Open, the Korea Open, and the Australia Open.
2024
In 2024, Nakanishi and Iwanaga reached the quarterfinals of the Malaysia Open in January by defeating third seeds, Kim So-yeong and Kong Hee-yong, marking their first quarterfinal appearance at a Super 1000 tournament.[7] They won their first Super 750 title at the Denmark Open in October. This was their fifth consecutive title in 2024, giving them an undefeated record in finals for the year, with previous victories at the Spain Masters,[8] Malaysia Masters,[9] U.S. Open,[10] and Canada Open.[11] En route to the Denmark Open title, they defeated Baek Ha-na and Lee So-hee in the semifinals, achieving their first win against that pair.[12] In the final, they beat the Paris 2024 Olympic silver medalists and then-world No. 1 pair Liu Shengshu and Tan Ning (21–18, 21–14). This victory secured their position as the second-ranked pair in the BWF World Tour Finals rankings and marked their second win against Liu and Tan in three encounters.[13] They competed in the BWF World Tour Finals in December but were eliminated in the round-robin stage. They reached a new career-high ranking of world No. 5 as of 4 November.
2025
Nakanishi's 2025 season began while her partner Iwanaga was recovering from injuries sustained in late 2024, including a right shoulder injury and a torn abdominal muscle.[14] Despite Iwanaga's injury, the pair reached the final of the Super 750 Singapore Open in June, finishing as runners-up to Kim Hye-jeong and Kong Hee-yong of South Korea.[15] They also reached the quarterfinals at the All England Open, the Asian Championships, and the Indonesia Open. Nakanishi and Iwanaga achieved a new career-high ranking of World No. 4 on 11 March. In team events, Nakanishi was also part of the Japanese teams that won bronze medals at the Asia Mixed Team Championships in February and the Sudirman Cup in April.[16][17]
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Asian Championships
Women's doubles
BWF World Tour (7 titles, 3 runners-up)
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[18] 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.[19]
Women's doubles
BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles)
Women's doubles
- BWF International Challenge tournament
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