Sakura Masuki

Sakura Masuki (舛木 さくら, Masuki Sakura; born 17 March 2004) is a Japanese badminton player.^[1] She is a former member of the Japanese national team and plays for Hokuto Bank team. Masuki has won three titles on the BWF International Challenge circuit and was the runner-up at the 2025 Indonesia Masters Super 100 I. Masuki achieved a career-high world ranking of No. 65 on 23 September 2025.

Sakura Masuki
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	(2004-03-17) 17 March 2004 (age 21) Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Handedness	Right
Coach	Kanta Tsuneyama
Women's singles
Career record	35 wins, 12 losses (74.47%)
Highest ranking	65 (23 September 2025)
Current ranking	79 (9 December 2025)
BWF profile

Career

Masuki began playing badminton at age eight after her father introduced her to the sport. She played for Utsunomiya Chuo Junior and attended Kita Junior High School before entering Sakushin Gakuin High School, where she was the runner-up at the 2021 National High School Championships (Inter-High).^[2] After graduating, Masuki joined the Hokuto Bank badminton team to pursue professional badminton.

In 2024, Masuki was selected for the Japanese national team and began competing on the senior international circuit. That year, she was the runner-up at the Northern Marianas Open and won her first international title at the Irish Open.^[3][4]

In 2025, she began training under coach Kanta Tsuneyama, a former Japanese men's singles player. She won two more international titles that year at the Mexican International and the Northern Marianas Open.^[5][6] Masuki also finishing as the runner-up at the Super 100 Indonesia Masters.^[7] On 23 September 2025, she achieved a career-high world ranking of No. 65.

Achievements

BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[8] 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.^[9]

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Level	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2025 (I)	Indonesia Masters	Super 100	Huang Yu-hsun	21–16, 18–21, 13–21	Runner-up	[7][10]

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2024	Northern Marianas Open	Kaoru Sugiyama	17–21, 15–21	Runner-up	[3]
2024	Irish Open	Rachel Chan	26–24, 21–10	Winner	[4]
2025	Mexican International	Shiori Ebihara	15–8, 15–10	Winner	[5]
2025	Northern Marianas Open	Park Ga-eun	15–21, 21–11, 21–14	Winner	[6][11]

  BWF International Challenge tournament