Miyuki Maeda

For the wrestler, see .

is a Japanese international badminton player from the Renesas badminton club and later affiliated with Saishunkan team. She participated at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games, and also in three Asian Games editions from 2006 to 2014.

Career Maeda's first major success was at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. With her women's doubles partner Satoko Suetsuna they finished fourth, the 2nd best performance to date by Japanese badminton players at the Olympics. The two have continued to compete together after the Olympics and have maintained a top six ranking since March 2010. On the national level they won their first doubles title in 2010.

In the mixed doubles Maeda competed with Noriyasu Hirata, winning the national championships in 2009 and 2010.

Awards In 2010, she received the Valuable Player Award with her partner Satoko Suetsuna at the 2010 Badminton Nihon League.

Asian Championships Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2009 Suwon Indoor Stadium, Suwon, South Korea Noriyasu Hirata Yoo Yeon-seong Kim Min-jung 15–21, 15–21 Bronze Bronze

BWF Superseries The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels are Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consists of twelve tournaments around the world that have been introduced since 2011. Successful players are invited to the Superseries Finals, which are held at the end of each year.

Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2008 Indonesia Open Satoko Suetsuna Vita Marissa Liliyana Natsir 15–21, 14–21 Runner-up 2009 Japan Open Satoko Suetsuna Ma Jin Wang Xiaoli 19–21, 18–21 Runner-up 2010 Swiss Open Satoko Suetsuna Tian Qing Yu Yang 16–21, 13–21 Runner-up 2010 Denmark Open Satoko Suetsuna Shizuka Matsuo Mami Naito 21–17, 21–14 Winner 2011 India Open Satoko Suetsuna Mizuki Fujii Reika Kakiiwa 26–24, 21–15 Winner 2012 China Open Satoko Suetsuna Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang 19–21, 7–14 retired Runner-up 2013 India Open Satoko Suetsuna Christinna Pedersen Kamilla Rytter Juhl 12–21, 23–21, 21–18 Winner 2014 Japan Open Reika Kakiiwa Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi 13–21, 17–21 Runner-up BWF Superseries Premier tournament BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2007 U.S. Open Satoko Suetsuna Aki Akao Tomomi Matsuda 16–21, 21–14, 21–15 Winner 2008 German Open Satoko Suetsuna Lee Hyo-jung Lee Kyung-won 17–21, 16–21 Runner-up 2008 India Open Satoko Suetsuna Cheng Wen-hsing Chien Yu-chin 17–21, 16–21 Runner-up 2011 Malaysia Grand Prix Gold Satoko Suetsuna Shizuka Matsuo Mami Naito 21–18, 21–13 Winner 2011 India Grand Prix Gold Satoko Suetsuna Shinta Mulia Sari Yao Lei 17–21, 18–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2007 U.S. Open Keita Masuda Howard Bach Eva Lee 19–21, 21–11, 21–19 Winner BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2007 Osaka International Keita Masuda Cho Gun-woo Hong Soo-jung 21–10, 21–9 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament

Record against selected opponents Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.

Satoko Suetsuna

Leanne Choo & Renuga Veeran 2–0 Alex Bruce & Michelle Li 1–0 Cheng Shu & Zhao Yunlei 0–2 Du Jing & Yu Yang 0–5 Gao Ling & Huang Sui 0–1 Ma Jin & Wang Xiaoli 0–1 Tian Qing & Zhao Yunlei 0–3 Wang Xiaoli & Yu Yang 0–5 Wei Yili & Zhang Yawen 0–2 Wei Yili & Zhao Tingting 0–2 Yang Wei & Zhang Jiewen 1–2 Cheng Wen-hsing & Chien Yu-chin 1–11 Christinna Pedersen & Kamilla Rytter Juhl 2–3 Jwala Gutta & Ashwini Ponnappa 4–1 Vita Marissa & Liliyana Natsir 1–2 Nitya Krishinda Maheswari & Greysia Polii 1–2 Mizuki Fujii & Reika Kakiiwa 2–0 Kumiko Ogura & Reiko Shiota 0–2 Misaki Matsutomo & Ayaka Takahashi 2–1 Chin Eei Hui & Wong Pei Tty 4–4 Valeria Sorokina & Nina Vislova 5–0 Jiang Yanmei & Li Yujia 0–3 Lee Hyo-jung & Lee Kyung-won 0–7