Kaho Osawa

is a Japanese badminton player who specializes in women's doubles. She is affiliated with the San-in Godo Bank badminton team. She was a bronze medalist at the 2019 World Junior Championships, winning medals in girls' doubles with Hinata Suzuki and in mixed team event. Osawa has won five BWF International Challenge/Series titles. Partnering with Mai Tanabe, she finished as runner-up at three Super 300 tournaments in 2025: the Canada Open, the Macau Open, and the Syed Modi International. She reached a career-high world ranking of No. 16.

Career 2019: Junior career In 2019, Osawa represented Japan at the World Junior Championships in Kazan, Russia. Partnering with Hinata Suzuki, she won a bronze medal in the girls' doubles and contributed to Japan's bronze medal in the mixed team event.

Achievements World Junior Championships Girls' doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2019 Kazan Gymnastics Center, Kazan, Russia Hinata Suzuki Lin Fangling Zhou Xinru 7–21, 21–16, 17–21 Gold Bronze

BWF World Tour (4 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 doubles Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2025 Canada Open Super 300 Mai Tanabe Benyapa Aimsaard Nuntakarn Aimsaard 12–21, 18–21 Runner-up 2025 Macau Open Super 300 Mai Tanabe Hsieh Pei-shan Hung En-tzu 18–21, 12–21 Runner-up 2025 Syed Modi International Super 300 Mai Tanabe Gayatri Gopichand Treesa Jolly 21–17, 13–21, 15–21 Runner-up 2026 Canada Open Super 300 Mai Tanabe Hinata Suzuki Nao Yamakita 15–21, 16–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 2 runners-up) Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2022 (I) India International Miho Kayama Chisato Hoshi Miyu Takahashi 18–21, 21–19, 16–21 Runner-up 2022 Maldives International Kaoru Sugiyama Chisato Hoshi Miyu Takahashi 16–21, 15–21 Runner-up 2023 Vietnam International Asuka Sugiyama Tsukiko Yasaki Sorano Yoshikawa 19–21, 21–18, 21–10 Winner 2024 Kazakhstan International Mai Tanabe Polina Buhrova Yevheniia Kantemyr Walkover Winner 2024 Réunion Open Mai Tanabe Julia Meyer Leona Michalski 21–8, 21–8 Winner 2024 Mauritius International Mai Tanabe Hina Shiwa Chisa Yamafuji 21–14, 21–17 Winner 2025 Mexican International Mai Tanabe Mao Hatasue Miku Sugiyama 15–11, 15–8 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament

BWF Junior International (1 title) Girls' doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2019 India Junior International Hinata Suzuki Pornpicha Choeikeewong Pornnicha Suwatnodom 13–21, 21–15, 21–14 Winner

BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament

Performance timeline

National team Junior level Team events 2019 Ref World Junior Championships B

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Mai Tanabe Players Chen Qingchen & Jia Yifan 1 0 1 –1 Treesa Jolly & Gayatri Gopichand 1 0 1 –1 Yuki Fukushima & Mayu Matsumoto 2 0 2 –2 Baek Ha-na & Lee So-hee 2 0 2 –2 Benyapa Aimsaard & Nuntakarn Aimsaard 2 0 2 –2