Hina Akechi

is a Japanese badminton player from Sakai, Osaka Prefecture. Competing in the women's singles event, she reached a career-high world ranking of No. 21. She is a member of the Japanese national team and plays for the Kumamoto Saishunkan badminton team. A former world No. 1 in the BWF World Junior Rankings, she won the Asian Junior U-15 and U-17 championships in 2018 and 2019, respectively, and claimed three titles in girls' singles on the BWF junior circuit. She won her first BWF World Tour title at the Super 300 Syed Modi International in 2025 and has secured seven International Challenge/Series titles. In team events, she contributed to Japan securing bronze medals at the 2022 Asia Team Championships and the 2026 Uber Cup.

Early career Akechi began playing badminton at the age of six in her hometown of Osaka at the Uriwari Nishi SSC. She transferred from Kuze Junior High School in Osaka Prefecture to Yanai Junior High School in Yamaguchi Prefecture. 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. In 2022, she won the Croatia and Bulgaria Junior Open tournaments. She began the year by reaching the quarterfinals of the German Open, followed by a first-round defeat against Chen Yufei at the Orléans Masters. By the end of the year, her world ranking had risen to 34.

2026 Akechi opened her 2026 season at the India Open, suffering a first-round loss to Tomoka Miyazaki. In February, she represented Japan at the Asia Team Championships, where the women's team finished in fifth place. She followed this with a semifinal run at the Malaysia Masters, where she was once again defeated by Chen. On 2 June 2026, Akechi achieved a career-high world ranking of No. 21.

Achievements BWF World Tour (1 title, 3 runners-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, 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.

Women's singles Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result Ref 2024 Orleans Masters Super 300 Tomoka Miyazaki 21–18, 21–12 Runner-up 2024 (I) Indonesia Masters Super 100 Riko Gunji 10–21, 20–22 Runner-up 2025 Kaohsiung Masters Super 100 Nozomi Okuhara 16–21, 17–21 Runner-up 2025 Syed Modi International Super 300 Neslihan Arın 21–16, 21–14 Winner 2023 Osaka International Shiori Saito 15–21, 13–21 Runner-up 2023 Luxembourg Open Chiang Ying-li 18–21, 21–15, 21–12 Winner 2023 Swedish Open Lo Sin Yan 21–12, 21–14 Winner 2023 Mauritius International Aditi Bhatt 21–13, 21–17 Winner 2023 Réunion Open Kaoru Sugiyama 22–20, 21–10 Winner 2024 Luxembourg Open Riko Gunji 21–16, 21–14 Winner 2024 Denmark Challenge Riko Gunji 22–20, 16–21, 11–21 Runner-up 2024 (I) Indonesia International Chiara Marvella Handoyo 11–21, 21–18, 21–7 Winner

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 2022 Croatia Junior Open Sora Ishioka 17–21, 21–13, 21–14 Winner 2022 Bulgaria Junior Open Sora Ishioka 21–16, 21–14 Winner BWF Junior International Challenge tournament BWF Junior International Series tournament

Performance timeline

National team Junior level Team events 2022 Ref World Junior Championships B

Senior level Team events 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Ref Asia Team Championships B NH A NH 5th Uber Cup A NH A NH B

Individual competitions Junior level Events 2022 Ref World Junior Championships QF

Senior level

Wins over top-10 ranked players Wins over players who were ranked in the world's top 10 at the time the match was played. Opponent Tournament Score 1

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28 Player Matches Win Lost Chen Yufei 4 0 4 –4 Wang Zhiyi 1 0 1 –1 Gregoria Mariska Tunjung 1 0 1 –1

Player Matches Win Lost Nozomi Okuhara 7 1 6 –5 An Se-young 1 0 1 –1 Ratchanok Intanon 1 1 0 +1