Ririna Hiramoto

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Born (2006-05-19) 19 May 2006 (age 19)
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
CountryJapan
Ririna Hiramoto
Hiramoto at the 2025 Kaohsiung Masters
Personal information
Born (2006-05-19) 19 May 2006 (age 19)
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
CountryJapan
SportBadminton
HandednessRight
Coached byKeiko Yoshitomi
Satoko Suetsuna
Women's doubles
Career record45 wins, 21 losses (68.18%)
Highest ranking26 (with Kokona Ishikawa, 27 January 2026)
Current ranking26 (with Kokona Ishikawa, 3 March 2026)
BWF profile
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Japan
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2024 NanchangGirls' doubles
Bronze medal – third place2023 SpokaneGirls' doubles
Bronze medal – third place2024 NanchangMixed team
Asian Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 YogyakartaMixed team
Bronze medal – third place2024 YogyakartaGirls' doubles

Ririna Hiramoto (平本 梨々菜, Hiramoto Ririna; born 19 May 2006) is a Japanese badminton player who competes in doubles.[1][2][3] A gold medalist in girls' doubles at the 2024 World Junior Championships, she won her first BWF World Tour title at the 2025 Kaohsiung Masters Super 100. Hiramoto achieved a career-high women's doubles ranking of No. 26 on 27 January 2026. She currently plays for the Gifu Bluvic badminton team.

2023–2024: Junior career

In 2023, Hiramoto won her first junior international title in girls' doubles at the Dutch Junior International with partner Riko Kiyose.[4] The pair subsequently earned a bronze medal at the World Junior Championships.[5] Later that year, Hiramoto partnered with Aya Tamaki to finish as a runner-up at the Thailand Junior International.[6]

Continuing their partnership in 2024, Hiramoto and Tamaki won the gold medal in girls' doubles at the World Junior Championships.[7] They also secured a bronze medal at the Asian Junior Championships.[8] Hiramoto was part of the team that won the 2023 Asian Junior Championships, marking Japan's first victory in the mixed team event since 2012.[9] She also contributed to Japan's bronze medal win at the 2024 World Junior Championships.[10]

2025: First World Tour title and world top 40

Hiramoto turned professional in 2025, joining Gifu Bluvic, a team based in her home prefecture. Forming a new partnership with Kokona Ishikawa, Hiramoto won her first senior international title at the Northern Marianas Open.[11] The pair subsequently captured their first BWF World Tour title at the Kaohsiung Masters, a Super 100 event.[12] They also finished as runners-up at the Super 100 Indonesia Masters I and reached the semifinals of the Indonesia Masters II.[13][14] The pair concluded the 2025 season with a semifinal appearance at the Super 500 Australian Open.[15]

2026

Hiramoto and Ishikawa opened the season with a Super 1000 debut at the Malaysia Open. The pair advanced to the quarter-finals, where they were defeated by the eventual champions, Liu Shengshu and Tan Ning.[16] Following this tournament, Hiramoto achieved a career-high world ranking of 27 on 13 January.

Achievements

World Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2023 The Podium,
Spokane, Washington, United States
Japan Riko Kiyose Japan Maya Taguchi
Japan Aya Tamaki
21–13, 7–21, 19–21 Bronze Bronze [5]
2024 Nanchang International Sports Center,
Nanchang, China
Japan Aya Tamaki Malaysia Low Zi Yu
Malaysia Dania Sofea
21–17, 21–17 Gold Gold [7]

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2024 Among Rogo Sports Hall, Yogyakarta, Indonesia Japan Aya Tamaki South Korea Kim Min-ji
South Korea Yeon Seo-yeon
21–15, 17–21, 18–21 Bronze Bronze [8]

BWF World Tour (1 title, 1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[17] 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.[18]

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2025 Indonesia Masters Super 100 Japan Kokona Ishikawa Chinese Taipei Lin Xiao-min
Chinese Taipei Wang Yu-qiao
17–21, 9–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [13]
2025 Kaohsiung Masters Super 100 Japan Kokona Ishikawa Japan Hinata Suzuki
Japan Nao Yamakita
21–16, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [12]

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title)

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2025 Northern Marianas Open Japan Kokona Ishikawa Japan Hinata Suzuki
Japan Nao Yamakita
21–17, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [11][19]
  BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF Junior International (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Girls' doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2023 Dutch Junior International Japan Riko Kiyose South Korea Park Seul
South Korea Yeon Seo-yeon
21–10, 13–21, 23–21 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [4][20]
2023 Thailand Junior International Japan Aya Tamaki Thailand Naphachanok Utsanon
Thailand Sabrina Wedler
24–22, 19–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [6]
  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
  BWF Junior International Series tournament

Performance timeline

Key
W F SF QF #R RR Q# A G S B NH N/A DNQ
(W) won; (F) finalist; (SF) semi-finalist; (QF) quarter-finalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze medal; (NH) not held; (N/A) not applicable; (DNQ) did not qualify.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

National team

Junior level

Team events 20232024Ref
Asian Junior Championships G 7th [21][22]
World Junior Championships 5th B [10]

Individual competitions

Junior level

Girls' doubles

Events20232024Ref
Asian Junior Championships 2R B [8]
World Junior Championships B G [5][7]

Senior level

Women's doubles
Tournament BWF World TourBest Ref
2025 2026
Malaysia Open A QF QF ('26) [16]
India Open A 1R 1R ('26) [23]
Thailand Masters A 2R 2R ('26)
All England Open A 1R 1R ('26) [24]
Ruichang China Masters 2R 2R 2R ('25, '26) [25]
Singapore Open A Q ('26)
Indonesia Open A Q ('26)
Australian Open SF A SF ('25) [15]
Japan Open 1R 1R ('25) [26]
Macau Open Q1 Q1 ('25) [27]
Indonesia Masters Super 100 F F ('25) [13]
SF [14]
Kaohsiung Masters W W ('25) [12]
Korea Masters 2R 2R ('25) [28]
Japan Masters 1R 1R ('25) [29]
Year-end ranking 37 26
Tournament20252026BestRef

Record against selected opponents

References

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