Reika Kakiiwa

is a Japanese badminton player from Renesas badminton club. Reika Kakiiwa has gained prominence in the badminton community because of her success in women's doubles. She has reached a career high ranking of third in the world with her partner Mizuki Fujii. She has also competed in mixed doubles reaching a peak ranking of 51st with her partner Kenta Kazuno.

Awards In 2012, she and her partner Mizuki Fujii received the Kumamoto Prefecture Citizen Honour's Award. She also received the Sports Special Award by Otsu City.

Achievements

Olympic Games Women's doubles

World Championships Women's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2014 Ballerup Super Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark Miyuki Maeda Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang 8–21, 13–21 Bronze Bronze

BWF Superseries The BWF Superseries has two level such as Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2010 Korea Open Mizuki Fujii Cheng Shu Zhao Yunlei 16–21, 15–21 Runner-up 2011 All England Open Mizuki Fujii Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang 2–21, 9–21 Runner-up 2011 India Open Mizuki Fujii Miyuki Maeda Satoko Suetsuna 24–26, 15–21 Runner-up 2014 Japan Open Miyuki Maeda Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi 13–21, 17–21 Runner-up BWF Superseries Finals tournament BWF Superseries Premier tournament BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix The BWF Grand Prix has two levels: Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2010 Dutch Open Mizuki Fujii Valeria Sorokina Nina Vislova 19–21, 19–21 Runner-up 2011 German Open Mizuki Fujii Ha Jung-eun Kim Min-jung 21–6, 21–14 Winner 2011 Bitburger Open Mizuki Fujii Emelie Lennartsson Emma Wengberg 21–8, 21–11 Winner BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2008 Canadian International Mizuki Fujii Aki Akao Tomomi Matsuda 21–15, 21–15 Winner 2009 Austrian International Mizuki Fujii Shizuka Matsuo Mami Naito 15–21, 18–21 Runner-up 2010 Osaka International Mizuki Fujii Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi 21–19, 21–16 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament

Record against selected opponents Women's doubles results with Mizuki Fujii against Super Series finalists, Worlds Semi-finalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists.

Leanne Choo & Renuga Veeran 2–0 / Petya Nedelcheva & Anastasia Russkikh 1–0 Alex Bruce & Michelle Li 1–0 Du Jing & Yu Yang 0–1 Xia Huan & Tang Jinhua 1–2 Cheng Shu & Zhao Yunlei 0–4 Wang Xiaoli & Yu Yang 0–4 Bao Yixin & Zhong Qianxin 0–4 Tian Qing & Zhao Yunlei 1–3 Cheng Wen-hsing & Chien Yu-chin 2–4 Christinna Pedersen & Kamilla Rytter Juhl 2–3 Poon Lok Yan & Tse Ying Suet 4–0 Jwala Gutta & Ashwini Ponnappa 3–1 Vita Marissa & Nadya Melati 1–2 Miyuki Maeda & Satoko Suetsuna 0–2 Shizuka Matsuo & Mami Naito 4–3 Ha Jung-eun & Kim Min-jung 3–3 Jung Kyung-eun & Kim Ha-na 1–3 Chin Eei Hui & Wong Pei Tty 4–2 Valeria Sorokina & Nina Vislova 4–2 Jiang Yanmei & Li Yujia 0–1 Shinta Mulia Sari & Yao Lei 3–1 Duanganong Aroonkesorn & Kunchala Voravichitchaikul 2–1