Akane Araki

Akane Araki
Akane Araki
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	21 October 1996 (age 27); Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	317 (WS 6 October 2016); 62 (WD with Aoi Matsuda 16 November 2017); 212 (XD with Keiichiro Matsui 5 July 2018);
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Japan
World Junior Championships
Asian Junior Championships
	BWF profile

Akane Araki (荒木茜羽, Araki Akane, born 21 October 1996) is a Japanese badminton player who plays for The 77 Bank.^[1]^[2] She won her first international title at the Tahiti International tournament in the women's doubles event partnered with Ayaka Kawasaki.^[3] She and Kawasaki were the semi-finalists at the 2016 Belgian International tournament.^[4]

Personal life

Her mother, Wu Jianqiu is a former member of the China national badminton team.^[5]

Achievements

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
2017	Russian Open	Aoi Matsuda	Yuho Imai Minami Kawashima	11–6, 6–11, 11–7, 7–11, 11–5	Winner
2017	Bitburger Open	Aoi Matsuda	Jongkolphan Kititharakul Rawinda Prajongjai	19–21, 6–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Russian Open	Keiichiro Matsui	Chan Peng Soon Cheah Yee See	8–11, 11–13, 3–11	Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Tahiti International	Ayaka Kawasaki	Eva Lee Paula Lynn Obañana	21–13, 21–12	Winner
2018	White Nights	Riko Imai	Asumi Kugo Megumi Yokoyama	21–18, 21–12	Winner
2018	Yonex / K&D Graphics International	Riko Imai	Annie Xu Kerry Xu	21–15, 21–19	Winner