Ayane Kurihara

Personal information
Born	(1989-09-27)27 September 1989 (age 36) Kitakyushu,Fukuoka, Japan
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Badminton
Handedness	Right
Retired	23 December 2019
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	26 (WS 3 November 2011) 22 (WD 19 March 2015) 11 (XD 9 March 2017)
BWF profile
Medal record Women'sbadminton Representing Japan Sudirman Cup 2015 Dongguan Mixed team 2017 Gold Coast Mixed team Asia Mixed Team Championships 2017 Ho Chi Minh Mixed team 2019 Hong Kong Mixed team Asian Junior Championships 2007 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team

Ayane Kurihara (栗原 文音; born 27 September 1989) is a Japanese formerbadminton player. She began playing badminton at age 9, and played competitively from then on. She became a member of theJapan national badminton team at the age of 19.^[1] Her current partner isNaru Shinoya for women's doubles andKohei Gondo for mixed doubles. Kurihara competed with her former partnerKenta Kazuno in the mixed doubles at the2016 Summer Olympics inRio de Janeiro, Brazil.^[2]

Kurihara announced her retirement through her Twitter account on 23 December 2019.^[3]

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[4] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by theBadminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is 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.^[5]

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2018	Chinese Taipei Open	Super 300	Naru Shinoya	Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida	10–21, 17–21	Runner-up	[6]

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2018	Akita Masters	Super 100	Kohei Gondo	Alfian Eko Prasetya Angelica Wiratama	21–9, 21–23, 21–17	Winner	[7]

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

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Russian Open	Ella Diehl	21–19, 21–19	Winner
2011	German Open	Liu Xin	13–21, 21–15, 9–21	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2015	Swiss Open	Naru Shinoya	Bao Yixin Tang Yuanting	19–21, 21–14, 17–21	Runner-up	[8]
2015	U.S. Open	Naru Shinoya	Yu Yang Zhong Qianxin	14–21, 10–21	Runner-up	[9]

 BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

 BWF Grand Prix tournament

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2010	Malaysia International	Masayo Nojirino	21–15, 18–21, 21–10	Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2014	Polish Open	Naru Shinoya	Anastasia Chervyakova Nina Vislova	21–15, 17–21, 20–22	Runner-up	[10]
2014	Malaysia International	Naru Shinoya	Maretha Dea Giovani Rosyita Eka Putri Sari	21–14, 21–17	Winner	[11]
2015	China International	Naru Shinoya	Ou Dongni Yu Xiaohan	21–14, 18–21, 21–23	Runner-up	[12]
2015	Portugal International	Naru Shinoya	Carola Bott Jennifer Karnott	21–13, 21–16	Winner	[13]

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	South Australia International	Kohei Gondo	Terry Hee Citra Putri Sari Dewi	20–22, 18–21	Runner-up
2018	Indonesia International	Kohei Gondo	Adnan Maulana Shella Devi Aulia	21–17, 23–21	Winner
2018	Yonex / K&D Graphics International	Kohei Gondo	Natchanon Tulamok Natcha Saenghote	21–7, 21–16	Winner

 BWF International Challenge tournament

 BWF International Series tournament

 BWF Future Series tournament

• Ayane Kurihara atBWFBadminton.com
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• Ayane Kurihara atOlympics.com
• Ayane Kurihara at Olympic.org (archived)
• Ayane Kurihara atOlympedia
• Ayane Kurihara – Rio 2016 atTeam Japan(in Japanese) (in English)

• 1989 births
• Living people
• Sportspeople from Kitakyushu
• Badminton players from Fukuoka Prefecture
• Japanese female badminton players
• Badminton players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
• Olympic badminton players for Japan
• 21st-century Japanese sportswomen

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