Hina Akechi

Hina Akechi
Akechi at the 2025 Kaohsiung Masters
Personal information
Born (2005-03-14) 14 March 2005
Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Height1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)[1]
Sport
CountryJapan
SportBadminton
HandednessLeft
Coached byShōji Satō
Tatsuya Watanabe
Women's singles
Career record126 wins, 26 losses (82.89%)
Highest ranking34 (2 December 2025)
Current ranking34 (2 December 2025)
BWF profile
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Japan
Asia Team Championships
2022 Selangor Women's team
World Junior Championships
2022 Santander Mixed team

Hina Akechi (明地 陽菜, Akechi Hina; born 14 March 2005) is a Japanese badminton player.[2] A former world No. 1 in the BWF World Junior Rankings, she won the Asian Junior U-17 and U-15 championships in 2019 and 2018, respectively. She is a member of the Japanese national team and plays for the Saishunkan Pharmaceutical badminton team.[3] On the senior circuit, she has won four International Challenge titles and reached a career-high ranking of world No. 34 in December 2025. In 2025, she won her first World Tour title at the Super 300 Syed Modi International.

Early career

Akechi began playing badminton at the age of six in her hometown of Osaka at the Uriwari Nishi SSC.[4] She transferred from Kuze Junior High School in Osaka Prefecture to Yanai Junior High School in Yamaguchi Prefecture.[5] She then attended Yanai Shoko High School, where she was part of a team that won four consecutive national team championships. At the 2021 National High School Championships (Inter-High), she won the doubles title and was a semifinalist in singles. In 2022, she won the singles title at the National High School Invitational Championships.[3]

On the international junior circuit, Akechi won the U-15 Asia Junior Championships in 2018 and the U-17 title in 2019.[6][7] In 2022, she won the Croatia and Bulgaria Junior Open tournaments.[8][9] At the World Junior Championships that year, she earned a bronze medal in the mixed team event and reached the girls' singles quarterfinals.[10] On 9 May 2023, she was ranked world number 1 in the BWF World Junior Rankings for girls' singles.

Career

2022

In February, Akechi was selected for Japanese squad at the Asian Team Championships. The team received a bronze medal after withdrawing from the semifinals due to a positive COVID-19 test within the delegation.[11] She began competing on the senior international circuit later that year at the Slovenia Future Series. Akechi finished as the runner-up in women's singles against Tomoka Miyazaki and secured the women's doubles title partnering Sorano Yoshikawa.[12]

2023

Akechi finished as runner-up at the Osaka International in March.[13] On 1 April, she joined the Saishunkan Pharmaceutical team.[3] Throughout the year, she secured four international titles: the Luxembourg Open, the Swedish Open, the Mauritius International, and the Réunion Open.[14][15][16][17] Akechi made her World Tour debut in October at the Indonesia Masters Super 100, where she advanced to the quarterfinals. She concluded the season with a world ranking of 102.

2024

Akechi reached her first World Tour final at the Super 300 Orléans Masters, finishing as runner-up to Tomoka Miyazaki.[18] In May, she contested two consecutive International Challenge finals against compatriot Riko Gunji, defending her title at the Luxembourg Open and finished as the runner-up at the Denmark Challenge.[19][20] She later advanced to the semifinals of the U.S. Open.[21] In August, Akechi won the Indonesia International title and finished runner-up at the Indonesia Masters Super 100.[22][23] She made her Super 500 debut in November at the Japan Masters, losing in the first round, and ended the season with a world ranking of 41.[24]

2025

Akechi began the 2025 season with her first selection to the Japanese national team.[25] She opened the year with a quarterfinal appearance at the German Open before losing in the first round of the Orléans Masters to Chen Yufei.[26][27] Later in the season, Akechi reached the final of the Kaohsiung Masters, finishing as runner-up to Nozomi Okuhara, and advanced to the semifinals at the Malaysia Super 100 and Korea Masters.[28][29] Akechi concluded the year by winning her first World Tour title at the Super 300 Syed Modi International, defeating Neslihan Arın in straight games.[30] Following these results, she reached a career-high world ranking of 34 in December 2025.

Achievements

BWF World Tour (1 title, 3 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[31] 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.[32]

Women's singles

Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result Ref
2024 Orleans Masters Super 300 Tomoka Miyazaki 21–18, 21–12 Runner-up [18]
2024 (I) Indonesia Masters Super 100 Riko Gunji 10–21, 20–22 Runner-up [23]
2025 Kaohsiung Masters Super 100 Nozomi Okuhara 16–21, 17–21 Runner-up [28]
2025 Syed Modi International Super 300 Neslihan Arın 21–16, 21–14 Winner [30]

BWF International Challenge/Series (7 titles, 3 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref
2022 Slovenia Future Series Tomoka Miyazaki 14–21, 19–21 Runner-up [12]
2023 Osaka International Shiori Saito 15–21, 13–21 Runner-up [13]
2023 Luxembourg Open Chiang Ying-li 18–21, 21–15, 21–12 Winner [14]
2023 Swedish Open Lo Sin Yan 21–12, 21–14 Winner [15]
2023 Mauritius International Aditi Bhatt 21–13, 21–17 Winner [16]
2023 Réunion Open Kaoru Sugiyama 22–20, 21–10 Winner [17]
2024 Luxembourg Open Riko Gunji 21–16, 21–14 Winner [19]
2024 Denmark Challenge Riko Gunji 22–20, 16–21, 11–21 Runner-up [20]
2024 (I) Indonesia International Chiara Marvella Handoyo 11–21, 21–18, 21–7 Winner [22]

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2022 Slovenia Future Series Sorano Yoshikawa Rui Kiyama
Kanano Muroya 		24–22, 21–16 Winner [12]
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International (3 titles)

Girls' singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref
2016 Singapore Youth International Thamonwan Nithiittikrai 21–12, 21–19 Winner [33]
2022 Croatia Junior Open Sora Ishioka 17–21, 21–13, 21–14 Winner [8]
2022 Bulgaria Junior Open Sora Ishioka 21–16, 21–14 Winner [9]
  BWF Junior International Challenge 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 2022 Ref
World Junior Championships B [34]
  • Senior level
Team events 2022 Ref
Asia Team Championships B [11]

Individual competitions

  • Junior level
Events 2022 Ref
World Junior Championships QF [10]
  • Senior level
Tournament BWF World Tour Best Ref
2023 2024 2025 2026
Thailand Masters A Q ('26)
German Open A QF QF ('25) [26]
Orléans Masters A F 1R F ('24) [18][27]
Taipei Open A 1R 1R ('25)
Thailand Open A 1R 1R ('25)
Malaysia Masters A 1R 1R ('25)
U.S. Open A SF A SF ('24) [35][21]
Macau Open NH 1R QF QF ('25) [36][37]
Indonesia Masters Super 100 A F 2R F ('24) [23]
QF A QF
Kaohsiung Masters A F F ('25) [28]
Malaysia Super 100 A 1R SF SF ('25) [38]
Korea Masters A 1R SF SF ('25) [39][29]
Japan Masters A 1R 2R 2R ('25) [24][40]
Syed Modi International A W W ('25) [30]
Guwahati Masters A SF SF ('25)
Year-end ranking 102 41 34
Tournament 2023 2024 2025 2026 Best Ref

Record against selected opponents

Record against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 17 November 2025.[41]

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