Sumire Nakade

is a Japanese badminton player who competes in doubles events. A member of the Japanese national team, she plays for the BIPROGY badminton team and has reached a career-high women's doubles world ranking of No. 41. A graduate of Ryukoku University, she won a bronze medal in women's doubles at the 2025 World University Games. In 2026, partnering with Miyu Takahashi, she won four BWF World Tour titles at the Orléans Masters, Baoji China Masters, U.S. Open, and the Taipei Open.

Early life and career Nakade was born in Toyama Prefecture and began playing badminton at the age of six. She attended Takaoka Seibu Junior High School and then Toyama University of International Studies Affiliated High School, before enrolling in the Faculty of Law at Ryukoku University.

During her collegiate career, Nakade won the women's doubles titles at the All Japan Inter-Collegiate Championships in 2023 and 2025, as well as the All Japan Student Mixed Doubles Championship in 2024.

Following her university graduation, Nakade joined the BIPROGY badminton team. In her debut professional season, she was named the Women's Rookie of the Year award at the 2025 Japan Badminton S/J League.

Career 2025–2026: Four titles in five tournaments Nakade (back right) on the podium winning a bronze medal at the 2025 World University Games. Nakade made her international debut representing Japan at the 2025 World University Games in Mülheim, Germany. Competing in women's doubles with Yumi Tanabe, the pair secured a bronze medal.

In 2026, Nakade formed a new partnership with Miyu Takahashi. Competing together for the first time, the duo won their maiden BWF World Tour title at the Super 300 Orléans Masters, defeating Lin Chih-chun and Yang Chu-yun in the final. This tournament marked Nakade's first appearance at both a World Tour and an international Open event, as her previous international experience was limited to the World University Games. Following their success in France, Nakade and Takahashi maintained their form to secure two more consecutive titles. They won their second tournament at the Super 100 Baoji China Masters by defeating the Malaysian pair Low Zi Yu and Noraqilah Maisarah, and followed it with a third consecutive title at the Super 300 U.S. Open, where they once again defeated Lin and Yang in the final.

Achievements World University Games Women's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result

is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.

Women's doubles Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result 2026 Orléans Masters Super 300 Miyu Takahashi Lin Chih-chun Yang Chu-yun 22–20, 12–21, 21–18 Winner 2026 Taipei Open Super 300 Miyu Takahashi Pearly Tan Thinaah Muralitharan 21–16, 21–18 Winner

Individual competitions Women's doubles Events 2025 World University Games B 2 Miyu Takahashi Pearly Tan Thinaah Muralitharan 5 2026 Taipei Open F 21–16, 21–18 71

Record against selected opponents Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 2 August 2026.

Miyu Takahashi Players Gayatri Gopichand & Treesa Jolly 1 1 0 +1 Pearly Tan & Thinaah Muralitharan 1 1 0 +1