Akane Yamaguchi
| Akane Yamaguchi | |
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| Personal information | |
| Country |
 Japan
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| Born |
6 June 1997 Fukui Prefecture |
| Height | 1.56 m (5 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) |
| Handedness | Right |
| Women's singles | |
| Highest ranking | 3 (16 March 2017) |
| Current ranking | 3 (16 March 2017) |
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Medal record
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| BWF profile | |
Akane Yamaguchi (山口 茜 Yamaguchi Akane?, born 6 June 1997 in Fukui Prefecture) is a female Japanese badminton player who is a singles specialist.
She is one of the Japanese teenage prodigies that many people predict to be future elite women's singles competitors. She reached the finals of the BWF World Junior Championships three years in a row, winning silver at the 2012 BWF World Junior Championships in Chiba, Japan and winning the gold twice, once at the 2013 BWF World Junior Championships in Bangkok, Thailand and once at the 2014 BWF World Junior Championships in Alor Setar, Malaysia. At the age of 16 years and 3 months, Yamaguchi became the youngest player ever to win the BWF Super Series tournament by beating her compatriot Shizuka Uchida in the final of 2013 Japan Super Series.This was also the first time ever that a Japanese lady won the home event in the ladies' singles at the Japan Open. This was in fact a historic first ever Japan Open victory for the home country. Then, in 2016, she won her second Super Series title at the Korea Open, beating Sung Ji Hyun, the 5th seed. She then followed that with a win at the Denmark Open held at Odense, making her only the third non-Chinese women singles player to win two consecutive super series. The only other non-Chinese players to do so were Tai Tzu Ying and Tine Baun. On her way to victory at Denmark, she also beat double world champion and olympic gold medallist Carolina Marin in a close three set match as well as her teammate Nozomi Okuhara, who she had never beaten prior to the Olympic games.
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