Shiho Tanaka

For the Japanese judoka, see Shiho Tanaka (judoka).

Shiho Tanaka (田中志穗, Tanaka Shiho, born 5 September 1992) is a Japanese retired badminton player who affiliates with Hokuto Bank team.^[1][2] She was the bronze medalists at the 2018 World Championships in the women's doubles, and at the 2015 Summer Universiade in the women's singles. She won the year-end tournament Superseries Finals in 2017. Tanaka was part of Japanese winning team at the 2017 Asia Mixed Team Championships, 2018 Uber Cup, and at the 2018 Asia Women's Team Championships.

Shiho Tanaka 田中志穗
Sayaka Takahashi (left) and Tanaka (right) at Australia Open Super Series 2017
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	(1992-09-05) 5 September 1992 (age 32) Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Residence	Akita, Akita, Japan
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb)
Retired	29 January 2021
Handedness	Right
Women's doubles
Highest ranking	4 (with Koharu Yonemoto 14 June 2018)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Japan World Championships 2018 Nanjing Women's doubles Sudirman Cup 2017 Gold Coast Mixed team Uber Cup 2018 Bangkok Women's team Asia Mixed Team Championships 2017 Ho Chi Minh Mixed team 2019 Hong Kong Mixed team Asia Team Championships 2018 Alor Setar Women's team Summer Universiade 2015 Gwangju Women's singles
BWF profile

Career

In 2011, she won Osaka International tournament in women's doubles event with her partner Miri Ichimaru.^[3] In 2012, she participated at the World University Badminton Championships and won the women's doubles event after beating Chinese Taipei pairs Tai Tzu-ying and Pai Hsiao-ma 22–20, 21–11.^[4] In 2015, she became the runner-up of Chinese Taipei Masters tournament partnered with Koharu Yonemoto.^[5] In 2016, she won the US Open, and became the runner-up of Vietnam International tournaments.^[6][7]

Tanaka announced her retirement from the badminton tournament at the press conference in the Akita Prefectural office on 29 January 2021. She will continue her career in badminton as a coach in the Hokuto Bank.^[8] Tanaka leaves Hokuto Bank and takes on a new role as coach of Hiroshima Gas starting in the 2025 season.^[9]

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park, Nanjing, China	Koharu Yonemoto	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	19–21, 15–21	Bronze

Summer Universiade

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Hwasun Hanium Culture Sports Center, Hwasun, South Korea	Sung Ji-hyun	13–21, 12–21	Bronze

BWF World Tour (1 title, 1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[10] 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.^[11]

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Denmark Open	Super 750	Koharu Yonemoto	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	19–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2019	Thailand Open	Super 500	Koharu Yonemoto	Du Yue Li Yinhui	21–19, 14–21, 21–13	Winner

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,^[12] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels are Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consists of twelve tournaments around the world that have been introduced since 2011.^[13] Successful players are invited to the Superseries Finals, which are held at the end of each year.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	India Open	Koharu Yonemoto	Naoko Fukuman Kurumi Yonao	16–21, 21–19, 21–10	Winner
2017	Denmark Open	Koharu Yonemoto	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	13–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2017	Dubai World Superseries Finals	Koharu Yonemoto	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	21–16, 21–15	Winner

  BWF Superseries Finals tournament

  BWF Superseries Premier tournament

  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2015	Chinese Taipei Masters	Koharu Yonemoto	Anggia Shitta Awanda Ni Ketut Mahadewi Istarani	19–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2016	U.S. Open	Koharu Yonemoto	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	20–22, 21–15, 21–19	Winner	[14]
2016	Chinese Taipei Masters	Koharu Yonemoto	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	10–11, 5–11, 7–11	Runner-up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Osaka International	Miri Ichimaru	Yuriko Miki Koharu Yonemoto	19–21 21–18 21–14	Winner
2016	Vietnam International	Koharu Yonemoto	Yuki Fukushima Chiharu Shida	26–28, 15–21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament