Naru Shinoya
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| Born | 18 March 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Badminton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Jeremy Gan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 30 December 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 13 (XD with Kyohei Yamashita, 27 December 2022) 22 (WD with Ayane Kurihara, 19 March 2015) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Naru Shinoya (篠谷 菜留, Shinoya Naru; born 18 March 1994) is a former Japanese badminton player who competed for the NTT East team.[2][3] She won a bronze medal in mixed doubles at the 2021 World Championships. Shinoya achieved a career-high world ranking of No. 13 in mixed doubles with her partner Kyohei Yamashita in December 2022. After retiring from professional competition in December 2024, she became the women's doubles coach for NTT East in April 2025.
2021
Shinoya and Kyohei Yamashita made their Super 750 debut at the Indonesia Masters, where they were eliminated in the first round. The following week, they advanced to the second round at the Indonesia Open, marking their Super 1000 debut. The pair concluded the season by capturing the mixed doubles bronze medal at the 2021 World Championships in Huelva, Spain, following a semifinal defeat to compatriots Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino.[4]
2022–2023
Shinoya and Yamashita's best results on the 2022 World Tour were quarterfinal finishes at the Denmark Open and Australian Open. They ended the year by reaching their career-best world ranking of No. 13.
In 2023, Shinoya helped Japan win a bronze medal at the Sudirman Cup. On the World Tour, she and Yamashita reached the quarterfinals of the All England Open and the semifinals of the German Open and the Canada Open.
2024
In the first half of 2024, Shinoya and Yamashita competed in mixed doubles to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Their best World Tour result was a quarterfinal finish at the Thailand Masters.[5] After failing to secure Olympic qualification, Shinoya retired from the national team in April, ending her partnership with Yamashita.[6]
Continuing to compete for her corporate team, NTT East, Shinoya partnered with Nao Yamakita in women's doubles and won the Malaysia International in September.[7] Shinoya officially concluded her professional playing career at the All Japan Championships in December, where she secured the mixed doubles title alongside Kazuki Shibata before formally announcing her retirement from the sport.[8]
Coaching career
In April 2025, Shinoya became the women's doubles coach for NTT East, tasked with developing junior players for the national team.[9][6] The following month, Hinata Suzuki and Nao Yamakita, a pair representing NTT East, won the women's doubles title at the Japan Ranking Circuit by defeating Arisa Igarashi and Kie Nakanishi.[10] Following this victory, Suzuki and Yamakita were selected for the Japanese national team on 6 June 2025.[11]
