Yuki Fukushima

Japanese badminton player

Yūki Fukushima

Personal information
Born	(1993-05-06) 6 May 1993 (age 32) Yatsushiro, Kumamoto, Japan
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Badminton
Handedness	Right
Coached by	Kei Nakashima Mizuki Fujii
Women's doubles
Highest ranking	1 (with Sayaka Hirota, 21 June 2018)
Current ranking	5 (with Mayu Matsumoto, 16 December 2025)
BWF profile
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Japan World Championships 2017 Glasgow Women's doubles 2018 Nanjing Women's doubles 2019 Basel Women's doubles Sudirman Cup 2019 Nanning Mixed team 2023 Suzhou Mixed team Uber Cup 2018 Bangkok Women's team 2020 Aarhus Women's team 2022 Bangkok Women's team Asian Games 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Women's team 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Women's doubles 2022 Hangzhou Women's doubles 2022 Hangzhou Women's team Asian Championships 2018 Wuhan Women's doubles 2023 Dubai Women's doubles 2019 Wuhan Women's doubles 2022 Manila Women's doubles Asia Team Championships 2018 Alor Setar Women's team 2020 Manila Women's team

Yuki Fukushima (福島由紀, Fukushima Yūki; born 6 May 1993) is a Japanese badminton player affiliated with Gifu Bluvic.^[1][2] She and her partner Sayaka Hirota won the 2017 Most Improved Player of the Year award.^[3] The duo were ranked as world No. 1 at the BWF World Ranking in 21 June 2018.^[4]

Awards and nominations

Award	Year	Category	Result	Ref.
BWF Awards	2017	Most Improved Player of the Year with Sayaka Hirota	Won	[5]
	2018	Female Player of the Year with Sayaka Hirota	Nominated	[6]
	2019			[7]

Achievements

World Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2017	Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland	Sayaka Hirota	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	18–21, 21–17, 15–21	Silver	[8]
2018	Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park, Nanjing, China	Sayaka Hirota	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	21–19, 19–21, 20–22	Silver	[9]
2019	St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland	Sayaka Hirota	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	11–21, 22–20, 21–23	Silver	[10]

Asian Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia	Sayaka Hirota	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	17–21, 8–21	Bronze
2022	Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China	Sayaka Hirota	Baek Ha-na Lee So-hee	14–21, 12–21	Bronze

Asian Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2018	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Sayaka Hirota	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	21–18, 18–21, 21–15	Gold	[11]
2019	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Sayaka Hirota	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	16–21, 24–26	Bronze
2022	Muntinlupa Sports Complex, Metro Manila, Philippines	Sayaka Hirota	Rin Iwanaga Kie Nakanishi	21–16, 15–21, 19–21	Bronze
2023	Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Indoor Hall, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Sayaka Hirota	Baek Ha-na Lee So-hee	21–7, 21–14	Gold

BWF World Tour (13 titles, 10 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[12] 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.^[13]

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2018	German Open	Super 300	Sayaka Hirota	Huang Dongping Zheng Yu	18–21, 21–14, 21–6	Winner
2018	All England Open	Super 1000	Sayaka Hirota	Christinna Pedersen Kamilla Rytter Juhl	19–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2018	Indonesia Open	Super 1000	Sayaka Hirota	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	21–14, 16–21, 21–14	Winner	[14]
2018	Japan Open	Super 750	Sayaka Hirota	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	21–15, 21–12	Winner
2018	Korea Open	Super 500	Sayaka Hirota	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	11–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2018	Denmark Open	Super 750	Sayaka Hirota	Shiho Tanaka Koharu Yonemoto	21–19, 21–16	Winner
2018	Hong Kong Open	Super 500	Sayaka Hirota	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	21–18, 21–17	Winner
2019	Malaysia Masters	Super 500	Sayaka Hirota	Greysia Polii Apriyani Rahayu	18–21, 21–16, 21–16	Winner
2019	Australian Open	Super 300	Sayaka Hirota	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	21–10, 21–16	Winner
2019	Indonesia Open	Super 1000	Sayaka Hirota	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	21–16, 21–18	Winner
2019	Fuzhou China Open	Super 750	Sayaka Hirota	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	21–17, 21–15	Winner
2020	All England Open	Super 1000	Sayaka Hirota	Du Yue Li Yinhui	21–13, 21–15	Winner
2020	Denmark Open	Super 750	Sayaka Hirota	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	21–10, 16–21, 21–18	Winner	[15]
2021	All England Open	Super 1000	Sayaka Hirota	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	18–21, 16–21	Runner-up	[16]
2022	Indonesia Open	Super 1000	Sayaka Hirota	Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida	21–18, 14–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2023	Indonesia Masters	Super 500	Sayaka Hirota	Liu Shengshu Zhang Shuxian	20–22, 19–21	Runner-up
2023	Swiss Open	Super 300	Sayaka Hirota	Rena Miyaura Ayako Sakuramoto	Walkover	Runner-up
2023	Indonesia Open	Super 1000	Sayaka Hirota	Baek Ha-na Lee So-hee	20–22, 10–21	Runner-up
2023	China Masters	Super 750	Sayaka Hirota	Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida	18–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2024	Kumamoto Masters	Super 500	Mayu Matsumoto	Liu Shengshu Tan Ning	15–21, 5–21	Runner-up	[17]
2025	Malaysia Open	Super 1000	Mayu Matsumoto	Jia Yifan Zhang Shuxian	17–21, 21–15, 21–15	Winner	[18]
2025	All England Open	Super 1000	Mayu Matsumoto	Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida	16–21, 21–14, 17–21	Runner-up	[19]
2025	French Open	Super 750	Mayu Matsumoto	Li Yijing Luo Xumin	17–21, 21–18, 21–15	Winner	[20]
2025	BWF World Tour Finals	World Tour Finals	Mayu Matsumoto	Baek Ha-na Lee So-hee

BWF Superseries (1 title, 1 runner-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,^[21] was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011.^[22] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2017	Malaysia Open	Sayaka Hirota	Huang Yaqiong Tang Jinhua	21–17, 18–21, 21–12	Winner	[23]
2017	Dubai World Superseries Finals	Sayaka Hirota	Shiho Tanaka Koharu Yonemoto	16–21, 15–21	Runner-up

  BWF Superseries Finals tournament

  BWF Superseries Premier tournament

BWF Grand Prix (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

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	Ref
2015	New Zealand Open	Sayaka Hirota	Xia Huan Zhong Qianxin	21–17, 22–24, 19–21	Runner-up
2015	Scottish Open	Sayaka Hirota	Samantha Barning Iris Tabeling	21–14, 14–11 Retired	Winner	[24]
2016	New Zealand Open	Sayaka Hirota	Chang Ye-na Lee So-hee	21–13, 21–16	Winner	[25]
2016	Chinese Taipei Masters	Sayaka Hirota	Shiho Tanaka Koharu Yonemoto	11–10, 11–5, 11–7	Winner
2017	German Open	Sayaka Hirota	Huang Dongping Li Yinhui	15–21, 21–17, 21–15	Winner

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 3 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2014	Sydney International	Kana Ito	14–21, 21–13, 19–21	Winner	[26]

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2012	Singapore International	Yui Miyauchi	Asumi Kugo Megumi Yokoyama	21–12, 16–21, 17–21	Runner-up	[27]
2014	Sydney International	Sayaka Hirota	Sylvina Kurniawan Susan Wang	11–5, 11–5, 11–2	Winner	[26]
2015	Osaka International	Sayaka Hirota	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	17–21, 15–21	Runner-up	[28]
2016	Vietnam International	Chiharu Shida	Shiho Tanaka Koharu Yonemoto	28–26, 21–15	Winner	[29]
2016	Spanish International	Chiharu Shida	Sayaka Hirota Nao Ono	14–21, 21–13, 19–21	Runner-up	[30]

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF 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

• Senior level

Team events	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Asia Team Championships	G	NH	G	NH	A	NH	A
Asian Games	G	NH			B	NH
Uber Cup	G	NH	S	NH	B	NH	A
Sudirman Cup	NH	S	NH	A	NH	B	NH

Individual competitions

• Senior level

Women's singles

Tournament	BWF Superseries / Grand Prix				Best
	2012	2013	2014	2015
Malaysia Masters	A		QF	A	QF ('14)
Japan Open	1R	A			1R ('12)
Scottish Open	A			QF	QF ('15)
Year-end ranking	262	427	189	334	163

Women's doubles

Event	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Asian Championships	2R	1R	G	B	NH		B	G	1R	2R
Asian Games	NH		B	NH			B	NH
World Championships	NH	S	S	S	NH	A	w/d	QF	NH	3R
Olympic Games	DNQ	NH			QF	NH			DNQ	NH

Tournament	BWF Superseries / Grand Prix						BWF World Tour									Best	Ref
	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Malaysia Open	A					W	2R	QF	NH		w/d	1R	A	W	Q	W ('17, '25)
India Open	A	2R	A		1R	SF	A		NH		A	2R	A	QF	Q	SF ('17)
Indonesia Masters	2R	A				NH	A	1R	2R	A		F	A	QF	A	F ('23)
Thailand Masters	NA				A					NH		A	1R	A		1R ('24)
German Open	A				2R	W	W	SF	NH		A	QF	A			W ('17, '18)
Orléans Masters	A								NH	A				SF		SF ('25)
All England Open	A					QF	F	SF	W	F	1R	2R	QF	F		W ('20)	[31]
Swiss Open	A	1R	A						NH	A		F	A			F ('23)
Chinese Taipei Open	A			2R	A				NH		A					2R ('15)
Thailand Open	A		NH	A			QF	2R	w/d	NH	QF	A				QF ('18, '22)
									w/d
Malaysia Masters	SF	A	1R	1R	QF	A	SF	W	2R	NH	2R	QF	A			W ('19)
Singapore Open	A				2R	1R	A	SF	NH		A	2R	A	2R		SF ('19)
Indonesia Open	A					QF	W	W	NH	A	F	F	A	QF		W ('18, '19)
U.S. Open	A				QF	A			NH			A				QF ('16)
Canada Open	A								NH		A	SF	A			SF ('23)
Japan Open	A	1R	1R	1R	2R	SF	W	QF	NH		w/d	SF	A	1R		W ('18)
China Open	A					QF	QF	SF	NH			QF	A	QF		SF ('19)
Macau Open	2R	A		SF	A				NH				1R	A		SF ('15)
Hong Kong Open	A		2R	A		QF	W	2R	NH			2R	A			W ('18)
China Masters	A				QF	A	2R	W	NH			F	SF	QF		W ('19)
Korea Open	A					2R	F	2R	NH		A	2R	A	SF		F ('18)
Denmark Open	A					2R	W	SF	W	2R	QF	1R	A	SF		W ('18, '20)
French Open	A					2R	2R	SF	NH	SF	SF	QF	2R	W		W ('25)
Korea Masters	A	QF	QF	SF	1R	A			NH		A					SF ('15)
Japan Masters	NH											1R	F	SF		F ('24)
Australian Open	A	QF	A			SF	A	W	NH		QF	SF	A			W ('19)
Syed Modi International	A	NH	A						NH		A	SF	A			SF ('23)
BWF Superseries / World Tour Finals	DNQ					F	DNQ	SF	DNQ					Q		F ('17)
Vietnam Open	A				2R	A			NH		A					2R ('16)
Chinese Taipei Masters	NH			SF	W	NH										W ('16)
New Zealand Open	NH	2R	SF	F	W	A		SF	NH							W ('16)
Scottish Open	A			W	A			N/A	NH	N/A	NH	N/A				W ('15)
Year-end ranking	77	84	61	23	20	4	1	2	2	4	13	5	93			1
Tournament	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026		Best

Mixed doubles

Tournament	BWF Superseries / Grand Prix			Best
	2014	2015	2016
New Zealand Open	2R	A	QF	QF ('16)
Korea Masters	1R	2R	A	2R ('15)
Chinese Taipei Masters	NH	2R	A	2R ('15)
Year-end ranking	190	180	213	95
Tournament	2014	2015	2016	Best

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External links

• Yuki Fukushima at BWFBadminton.com
• Yuki Fukushima at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (archived)
• Yuki Fukushima at Olympics.com
• Yuki Fukushima at Olympedia
• Yuki Fukushima – Jakarta Palembang 2018 at Team Japan (in Japanese) (in English)
• Yuki Fukushima – Tokyo 2020 at Team Japan (in Japanese) (in English)
• Yuki Fukushima – Hangzhou 2022 at Team Japan (in Japanese) (in English)

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