Miyu Takahashi

2018–2019: Junior career

In 2018, Takahashi represented Japan at the World Junior Championships, contributing to the team's bronze-medal finish in the mixed team event.^[10] In late 2018, she formed a partnership with Mizuki Otake. During her third year at Aomori Yamada High School, Takahashi won the girls' doubles event and placed third in singles at the Singapore Youth International.^[11] In 2019, she claimed the singles title at the All Japan Junior Championships and, alongside Otake, won the National High School Championships (Inter-High).^[12]

2021–2023: International Challenge titles

Following her high school graduation, Takahashi joined the BIPROGY (formerly Nihon Unisys) badminton team in April 2021. In June 2022, Takahashi and Otake won the Japan Ranking Circuit and were subsequently selected for the Japanese B national team.^[13][14] Later that year, while Otake was dealing with a left ankle injury,^[15] Takahashi temporarily partnered with Chisato Hoshi. The duo won three consecutive International Challenge titles: India International (I), India International (II), and Maldives International.^[16][17][18]

In 2023, Takahashi resumed her partnership with Otake. They finished as runners-up at the Osaka International in April and won their first national title at the All Japan Members Championships in September.^[19] They made their World Tour debut at the Vietnam Open, exiting in the first round, and reached the quarterfinals of the Kaohsiung Masters.

2024: First World Tour title

Takahashi and Otake claimed their first title of the year at the Northern Marianas Open in July .^[20] The following month, they were runners-up at the Indonesia Masters (Super 100).^[21] In September, they made their Super 300-level debut at the Taipei Open, reaching the quarterfinals,^[22] and subsequently secured their maiden BWF World Tour title at the Super 100 Vietnam Open.^[23][24] They later made their Super 500 debut at the Japan Masters, losing in the first round to the sixth-seeded pair, Jia Yifan and Zhang Shuxian.^[25] In November, they reached a career-high world ranking of No. 58. They finished the year by reaching the semifinals of the All Japan Championships, losing to the eventual champions Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida.^[26]

2025: Super 300 title and world top 30 ranking

In 2025, Takahashi and Otake were selected for the Japan National Team.^[27] They won their first Super 300 title at the German Open, defeating top seeds Gabriela Stoeva and Stefani Stoeva in the final.^[28] In May, they also reached the final of the Super 300 Taipei Open.^[29] Competing in higher-tier events, they reached the second round at both the Japan Open and the China Open in July, and achieved a career-high world ranking of No. 22 on 29 July.

However, following the China Open, their partnership was interrupted by Otake's persistent hip injury. Otake had been unable to train properly for approximately six months, during which Takahashi trained individually. The pair returned to competition at the All Japan Championships in December, but were eliminated in the third round. With her injury still unresolved, Otake underwent hip surgery in January 2026.^[30]

2026: Five titles in six finals

Takahashi began the 2026 season partnering with Arisa Igarashi at the Super 500 Indonesia Masters. They reached the final, but withdrew before the match after Takahashi developed a fever, finishing as runners-up after conceding a walkover.^[31][32] In February, she represented Japan at the Asia Team Championships, where the team placed fifth.^[33] The following month, Takahashi formed a new partnership with Sumire Nakade. In their first tournament together, the pair won the Super 300 Orléans Masters, defeating Lin Chih-chun and Yang Chu-yun in the final.^[34][35] Takahashi and Nakade then secured two more consecutive titles. They won the Super 100 Baoji China Masters against the Malaysian pair Low Zi Yu and Noraqilah Maisarah,^[36] and followed it with a victory at the Super 300 U.S. Open, once again defeating Lin and Yang in the final.^[37] In August, Takahashi and Nakade claimed their fourth title at the Super 300 Taipei Open by beating the top-seeded Malaysian pair, Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan.^[38]

In September, Takahashi and Nakade won their first Super 750 title at the China Masters, defeating China's Bao Lijing and Cao Zihan in the final.^[39][40] En route to the title, they defeated 2026 World Championships bronze medallists Li Yijing and Luo Xumin in the first round.^[41] They also became the first unseeded women's doubles champions at the tournament since Bao Yixin and Yu Xiaohan in 2017.^[39]

BWF World Tour (7 titles, 3 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[44] 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.^[45]

Women's doubles

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Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref.
2024 (I)	Indonesia Masters	Super 100	Mizuki Otake	Jesita Putri Miantoro Febi Setianingrum	15–21, 13–21	Runner-up	[21]
2024	Vietnam Open	Super 100	Mizuki Otake	Tidapron Kleebyeesun Nattamon Laisuan	19–21, 22–20, 21–7	Winner	[24]
2025	German Open	Super 300	Mizuki Otake	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	21–17, 20–22, 21–12	Winner	[28]
2025	Taipei Open	Super 300	Mizuki Otake	Hsieh Pei-shan Hung En-tzu	14–21, 15–21	Runner-up	[29]
2026	Indonesia Masters	Super 500	Arisa Igarashi	Pearly Tan Thinaah Muralitharan	Walkover	Runner-up	[32]
2026	Orléans Masters	Super 300	Sumire Nakade	Lin Chih-chun Yang Chu-yun	22–20, 12–21, 21–18	Winner	[34][35]
2026	Baoji China Masters	Super 100	Sumire Nakade	Low Zi Yu Noraqilah Maisarah	21–13, 21–17	Winner	[36]
2026	U.S. Open	Super 300	Sumire Nakade	Lin Chih-chun Yang Chu-yun	21–16, 21–10	Winner	[37]
2026	Taipei Open	Super 300	Sumire Nakade	Pearly Tan Thinaah Muralitharan	21–16, 21–18	Winner	[38]
2026	China Masters	Super 750	Sumire Nakade	Bao Lijing Cao Zihan	21–18, 21–18	Winner	[39][40]

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BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

Women's doubles

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Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref.
2022 (I)	India International	Chisato Hoshi	Miho Kayama Kaho Osawa	21–18, 19–21, 21–16	Winner	[16][46]
2022 (II)	India International	Chisato Hoshi	Pooja Dandu Arathi Sara Sunil	12–21, 21–12, 21–7	Winner	[17][47]
2022	Maldives International	Chisato Hoshi	Kaho Osawa Kaoru Sugiyama	21–16, 21–15	Winner	[18][48]
2023	Osaka International	Mizuki Otake	Lee Yu-lim Shin Seung-chan	23–21, 21–13	Runner-up	[49]
2024	Northern Marianas Open	Mizuki Otake	Miki Kanehiro Rui Kiyama	21–4, 21–10	Winner	[20]

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