Yuki Fukushima

Yūki Fukushima
Personal information
Born (1993-05-06) 6 May 1993
Yatsushiro, Kumamoto, Japan
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Sport
CountryJapan
SportBadminton
HandednessRight
Coached byKei Nakashima
Mizuki Fujii
Women's doubles
Highest ranking1 (with Sayaka Hirota, 21 June 2018)
Current ranking5 (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, 11 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 		17–21, 11–21 Runner-up

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 F F ('17, '25)
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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