Arisa Higashino (東野 有紗, Higashino Arisa, born 1 August 1996) is a Japanese badminton player.[2][3] She won bronze in the mixed team at the Asian Junior Championships in 2013 and 2014, and competed at the 2014 World Junior Championships, winning two bronzes in the mixed doubles and team event.[3] Higashino won her maiden Super 1000 tournament at the 2018 and 2021 All England Open in the mixed doubles event, partnering with Yuta Watanabe,[4] and also won the bronze medal in the mixed doubles at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[5]
Career
Higashino was born in Iwamizawa, graduated from the Tomioka Senior High School, and joined the Unisys team in 2015.[3][6]
Together with Watanabe, they reached the 2018 All England Open final beating the top three seeds, and clinched the title after beating the fifth seeded pair from China Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong in the rubber game.[7] This was their first World Tour title.
In March 2021, Higashino and Watanabe won the mixed doubles title in the All England Open.[8] In July, she and Watanabe competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics,[5] and clinched a bronze medal after winning the bronze medal game against Tang Chun Man and Tse Ying Suet in straight games.[9]
Achievements
Olympic Games
Mixed doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2020 | Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, Tokyo, Japan | ![]() |
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21–17, 23–21 | ![]() |
World Championships
Mixed doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2019 | St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland |
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11–21, 15–21 | ![]() |
2021 | Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain |
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13–21, 14–21 | ![]() |
2022 | Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan |
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13–21, 16–21 | ![]() |
2023 | Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark |
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15–21, 13–21 | ![]() |
Asian Games
Mixed doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2022 | Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China | ![]() |
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15–21, 14–21 | ![]() |
Asian Championships
Mixed doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2022 | Muntinlupa Sports Complex, Metro Manila, Philippines |
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12–21, 22–24 | ![]() |
World Junior Championships
Mixed doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2014 | Stadium Sultan Abdul Halim, Alor Setar, Malaysia |
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19–21, 12–21 | ![]() |
BWF World Tour (10 titles, 9 runners-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 Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[11]
Mixed doubles
Year | Tournament | Level | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2018 | All England Open | Super 1000 | ![]() |
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15–21, 22–20, 21–16 | ![]() |
2018 | Hong Kong Open | Super 500 | ![]() |
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21–18, 21–14 | ![]() |
2019 | Malaysia Masters | Super 500 | ![]() |
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21–18, 21–18 | ![]() |
2019 | All England Open | Super 1000 | ![]() |
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17–21, 20–22 | ![]() |
2019 | Thailand Open | Super 500 | ![]() |
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22–24, 21–23 | ![]() |
2019 | Hong Kong Open | Super 500 | ![]() |
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22–20, 21–16 | ![]() |
2021 | All England Open | Super 1000 | ![]() |
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21–14, 21–13 | ![]() |
2021 | Denmark Open | Super 1000 | ![]() |
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21–18, 21–9 | ![]() |
2021 | French Open | Super 750 | ![]() |
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21–8, 21–17 | ![]() |
2021 | Indonesia Open | Super 1000 | ![]() |
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12–21, 13–21 | ![]() |
2021 | BWF World Tour Finals | World Tour Finals | ![]() |
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19–21, 11–21 | ![]() |
2022 | All England Open | Super 1000 | ![]() |
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21–19, 21–19 | ![]() |
2022 | Indonesia Open | Super 1000 | ![]() |
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14–21, 16–21 | ![]() |
2022 | Japan Open | Super 750 | ![]() |
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21–16, 21–23, 18–21 | ![]() |
2023 | Malaysia Open | Super 1000 | ![]() |
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19–21, 11–21 | ![]() |
2023 | India Open | Super 750 | ![]() |
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Walkover | ![]() |
2023 | Singapore Open | Super 750 | ![]() |
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14–21, 22–20, 16–21 | ![]() |
2023 | Indonesia Open | Super 1000 | ![]() |
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14–21, 11–21 | ![]() |
2023 | Japan Open | Super 750 | ![]() |
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17–21, 21–16, 21–15 | ![]() |
2024 | Malaysia Open | Super 1000 | ![]() |
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BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-up)
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.
Mixed doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2015 | Russian Open | ![]() |
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13–21, 21–23 | ![]() |
- BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
- BWF Grand Prix tournament
BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title)
Mixed doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2016 | Vietnam International | ![]() |
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21–16, 21–14 | ![]() |
- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
- BWF Future Series tournament
References
- ↑ "東野有紗". Badminton Spirit (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- ↑ "Players: Arisa Higashino". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
- 1 2 3 "東野 有紗 Arisa Higashino". Unisys (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 October 2016.
- ↑ "First Japanese mixed doubles pair to be crowned at All England!!". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- 1 2 "Badminton - HIGASHINO Arisa". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ↑ "混合ダブルス渡辺勇大・東野有紗ペアは「運命の人」...ジャパンOP開幕". The Hochi Shimbun (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 20 March 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- ↑ "All England SF – A long day to the finals". Badzine.net. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- ↑ Sukumar, Dev; Pierre, Dianne (22 March 2021). "All England: Watanabe's Double the Highlight of Japan's Sweep". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
- ↑ "Japan's Watanabe Yuta and Higashino Arisa win badminton mixed doubles bronze". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 30 July 2021. Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ↑ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ↑ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
External links
- Arisa Higashino at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com