Yukiko Takahata

is a former Japanese badminton player from the Yonex team. In 2017, she became the women's doubles runner-up at the Osaka International tournament partnered with Ayako Sakuramoto. She won her first senior international title at the Spanish International tournament with Sakuramoto.

Takahata started to represent the national team in the 2015 World Junior Championships held in Lima, Peru, and helped the team reach the semifinals. At the BWF Grand Prix events, her best result was a runner-up at the 2017 New Zealand Open.

Teamed-up with Sakuramoto, Takahata won seven of eight finals of the 2018 BWF World Tour, with a title of Super 500 tournament from Singapore Open, three titles of Super 300 tournament from Swiss, New Zealand, and Australia Open; and three titles of Super 100 tournament. She participated at the 2019 Asia Mixed Team Championships, and won the silver medal after the team lost to the Chinese in the final.

Achievements

BWF World Tour (8 titles, 1 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, and the BWF Tour Super 100.

Women's doubles Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2018 Swiss Open Super 300 Ayako Sakuramoto Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva 19–21, 21–15, 21–18 Winner 2018 New Zealand Open Super 300 Ayako Sakuramoto Cao Tongwei Zheng Yu 21–9, 21–19 Winner 2018 Australian Open Super 300 Ayako Sakuramoto Baek Ha-na Lee Yu-rim 23–21, 21–18 Winner 2018 Canada Open Super 100 Ayako Sakuramoto Isabel Herttrich Carla Nelte 21–13, 21–15 Winner 2018 Singapore Open Super 500 Ayako Sakuramoto Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida 16–21, 24–22, 21–13 Winner 2018 Akita Masters Super 100 Ayako Sakuramoto Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida 23–21, 21–11 Winner 2018 Spain Masters Super 300 Ayako Sakuramoto Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara 17–21, 13–21 Runner-up 2018 Indonesia Masters Super 100 Ayako Sakuramoto Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida 11–21, 21–19, 22–20 Winner 2019 Akita Masters Super 100 Ayako Sakuramoto Nita Violina Marwah Putri Syaikah 21–17, 14–21, 21–15 Winner

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

Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2017 New Zealand Open Ayako Sakuramoto Vivian Hoo Woon Khe Wei 21–18, 16–21, 19–21 Runner-up BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2017 Osaka International Ayako Sakuramoto Kim So-yeong Yoo Hae-won 21–16, 17–21, 19–21 Runner-up 2017 Spanish International Ayako Sakuramoto Misato Aratama Akane Watanabe 21–10, 21–15 Winner 2018 Osaka International Ayako Sakuramoto Naoko Fukuman Kurumi Yonao 21–17, 19–21, 16–21 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament