Mai Tanabe

is a Japanese badminton player who competes in women's doubles. She is affiliated with the San-in Godo Bank badminton team. Partnering with Kaho Osawa, Tanabe was a runner-up at four Super 300 tournaments, the 2025 Canada Open, the 2025 Macau Open, the 2025 Syed Modi International, and the 2026 Canada Open. She has also won five titles on the BWF International Challenge/Series circuit.

Career In 2023, Tanabe won her first international title at the Mauritius International, partnering with Natsumi Takasaki.

Achievements 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 Kaho Osawa Benyapa Aimsaard Nuntakarn Aimsaard 12–21, 18–21 Runner-up 2025 Macau Open Super 300 Kaho Osawa Hsieh Pei-shan Hung En-tzu 18–21, 12–21 Runner-up 2025 Syed Modi International Super 300 Kaho Osawa Gayatri Gopichand Treesa Jolly 21–17, 13–21, 15–21 Runner-up 2026 Canada Open Super 300 Kaho Osawa Hinata Suzuki Nao Yamakita 15–21, 16–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 1 runner-up) Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2023 Mauritius International Natsumi Takasaki Srivedya Gurazada Ishika Jaiswal 21–4, 21–14 Winner 2023 Réunion Open Natsumi Takasaki Margot Lambert Anne Tran 21–14, 14–21, 10–21 Runner-up 2024 Kazakhstan International Kaho Osawa Polina Buhrova Yevheniia Kantemyr Walkover Winner 2024 Réunion Open Kaho Osawa Julia Meyer Leona Michalski 21–8, 21–8 Winner 2024 Mauritius International Kaho Osawa Hina Shiwa Chisa Yamafuji 21–14, 21–17 Winner 2025 Mexican International Kaho Osawa Mao Hatasue Miku Sugiyama 15–11, 15–8 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament

Performance timeline

Individual competitions Senior level Women's doubles Events 2026 Ref World Championships 2R

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Kaho Osawa 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