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Manami Suizu
Japanese badminton player (born 2003) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Manami Suizu (水津 愛美, Suizu Manami; born 8 October 2003) is a Japanese badminton player from Yamaguchi Prefecture.[1] A former member of the Japanese national team, she is currently affiliated with the ACT Saikyo team. She won her first BWF World Tour title at the 2025 Canada Open Super 300 and has also secured three International Challenge titles. She achieved a career-high women's singles world ranking of No. 30 on 8 July 2025.
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Early life and career
Manami Suizu, who is from Yamaguchi Prefecture, began playing badminton at the age of seven. She attended Yanai Junior High School and later Yanai Shōkō High School. Her older sister, Yui Suizu, is also a professional badminton player.[2] In her junior international career, Suizu was the singles runner-up at the 2019 Korea Junior Open and won the singles title at the 2020 German Junior.[3][4] In recognition of her results, she was awarded the Yamaguchi Prefecture "Medal of Glory" (Sports Award) in November 2020, an honor that recognizes residents for distinction in national or international sports.[5] At the national level, she won the singles title at the 2021 National High School Invitational Championships and secured a third-place finish in singles at the Inter-High School Championships of the same year.[6][7]
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Career
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2022
Suizu began her professional career on 1 April 2022, joining the ACT Saikyo badminton team.[8] In her debut senior season, she reached the semifinals in three consecutive tournaments: the Polish International in September, followed by the Bendigo International and the North Harbour International in October.[9][10] Starting the year unranked, Suizu concluded 2022 with a world ranking of No. 189
2023
In 2023, Manami Suizu won her first senior title at the Mexican International in May.[11] She made her debut on the BWF World Tour at the Super 100-level Vietnam Open in September, reaching the semifinal.[12] In November, she reached the quarterfinals of the Korea Masters, her first Super 300-level tournament, where she was defeated by the top seed and eventual champion Kim Ga-eun of South Korea.[13] Later that year, Suizu debuted at the Super 500-level at the Japan Masters, where she was defeated in the first round by former world No. 1 and Olympic silver medalist Tai Tzu-ying.[14] Following these performances, Suizu achieved a career-high world ranking of No. 60 on 21 November 2023.
2024
Suizu began the 2024 season ranked world No. 57. In March, she achieved her best result on the BWF World Tour at the Orléans Masters, a Super 300 tournament, where she reached the semifinals before being defeated by compatriot Hina Akechi.[15] In August, Suizu made her Super 750 debut at the Japan Open, advancing to the second round where she lost to Han Yue of China.[16] Following these performances, she entered the world's top 50 for the first time, achieving a career-high ranking of No. 45 on 2 September 2024. In October, she finished as the runner-up at the Super 100 Malaysia Masters, losing to fellow Japanese player Kaoru Sugiyama in the final.[17]
2025
Suizu started her 2025 season at the Super 750 India Open, where she was eliminated in the second round by former world champion P.V. Sindhu.[18] In March, she secured two International Challenge titles: the Vietnam International and the Sri Lanka International.[19][20] In May, Suizu won her first senior national title by winning the Japan Ranking Circuit.[21] In July, she won her first BWF World Tour title at the Super 300 Canada Open, defeating second seed Nguyễn Thùy Linh of Vietnam in the final.[22] She achieved a career-high world ranking of No. 30 on 8 July 2025.
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Achievements
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BWF World Tour (1 title, 1 runner-up)
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[23] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are 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.[24]
Women's singles
BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles)
Women's singles
- BWF International Challenge tournament
BWF Junior International (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Girls' singles
- BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
- BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
Record against selected opponents
Record against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 19 January 2025.[25]
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