🏸 2026 results
Every 2026 result we record for Yuki Fukushima and Mayu Matsumoto, tournament by tournament. Tournament names link to our summary page for that event (draw, the other Japanese entries, and how to follow the broadcast). Our tournament pages start with the Japan Open in July, so the six events below are the ones we cover. Every score here was checked against two sources — our own tournament page and the bracket on the English Wikipedia article for that event.
Daihatsu Japan Open
Super 750・Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
Seeded 4. Beat Yeung Nga Ting / Yeung Pui Lam (HKG) 19-21, 21-14, 21-19 in the second round and Hinata Suzuki / Nao Yamakita (JPN) 21-14, 21-10 in the quarter-finals. Lost the semi-final to Jia Yifan / Zhang Shuxian (CHN) 15-21, 21-12, 21-23 — a two-point deciding game.
China Open
Super 1000・Changzhou, China
Seeded 4 and four wins in a row to the final. Beat Hsu Yin-hui / Lin Jhih-yun (TPE) 21-19, 21-15, Hinata Suzuki / Nao Yamakita (JPN) 21-16, 21-10, Pearly Tan / Thinaah Muralitharan (MAS) 21-16, 21-16 and Li Yijing / Luo Xumin (CHN) 14-21, 21-9, 21-15. Lost the final to Liu Shengshu / Tan Ning (CHN, top seeds) 14-21, 19-21 — runner-up at a Super 1000.
BWF World Championships 2026
World Championships・New Delhi, India
Seeded 2 (the seedings were based on the world rankings of 31 July 2026) and byed through the first round. Beat Ong Xin Yee / Carmen Ting (MAS) 21-15, 21-15 in 45 minutes. In the third round, against Rachel Allessya Rose / Febi Setianingrum (INA, 12th seeds), the match ended 9-21, 6-11 — retired at the interval of the second game. All three Japanese doubles events ended on the same day.
China Masters
Super 750・Shenzhen, China
Named in the Japanese entry announced on 7 August and listed as the 3rd seeds in the BWF draw published on 25 August, but out of the final draw. We re-read the official BWF draw on 1 September 2026 to confirm this. With the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 8th seeds all absent, the women's doubles is played out from the 4th seeds down.
Asian Games 2026
Asian Games・Ichinomiya, Aichi, Japan
Named in the 10-strong Japan squad announced on 19 May 2026 as one of the two women's doubles pairs. All six doubles pairs are entered for both the team and the individual events (some singles players, such as Nozomi Okuhara, are in the team event only). The team event runs from 20 to 24 September and the individual event from 25 to 29 September, at Ichinomiya Municipal Gymnasium.
French Open
Super 750・near Paris, France
Won the women's doubles at the 2025 French Open, coming from a game down to beat Li Yijing / Luo Xumin (CHN) 17-21, 21-18, 21-15 in the final. The 2026 edition runs from 20 to 25 October at the Arena Grand Paris, a new venue for the tournament. Whether they defend the title depends on the official entry list, which is not out yet — we do not print speculative entries.
Scores are written from Yuki Fukushima / Mayu Matsumoto's point of view (the pair's points first). Only matches completed by 6 September 2026 are listed. Matches in progress are not listed.
🥈 China Open 2026 runner-up
The China Open (Super 1000) in July was their deepest run of 2026: four wins from the 4th seeding to reach the final, dropping only the first game of the semi-final and the two games of the final.
- First round — Hsu Yin-hui / Lin Jhih-yun (TPE) 21-19, 21-15, a two-point opening game.
- Second round — Hinata Suzuki / Nao Yamakita (JPN) 21-16, 21-10, an all-Japanese tie.
- Quarter-final — Pearly Tan / Thinaah Muralitharan (MAS) 21-16, 21-16, the same margin twice.
- Semi-final — Li Yijing / Luo Xumin (CHN) 14-21, 21-9, 21-15: seven points down after one game, twelve up after the next.
- Final — Liu Shengshu / Tan Ning (CHN, top seeds) 14-21, 19-21. Runners-up, with the second game decided by two points.
Every score above comes from our 2026 China Open page. At the same tournament Akane Yamaguchi won the women's singles.
🏆 Career highlights
- 2025 — French Open champions
Came from a game down in the final to beat Li Yijing / Luo Xumin (CHN) 17-21, 21-18, 21-15. The 2026 edition runs from 20 to 25 October at a new venue, the Arena Grand Paris. - 2019 — World Championships — gold (Matsumoto), silver (Fukushima)
Basel, Switzerland. The final was an all-Japanese one: Matsumoto, with Wakana Nagahara, beat Fukushima, with Sayaka Hirota, to defend the title. The two players who now partner each other were on opposite sides of that net. - 2018 — World Championships — gold (Matsumoto), silver (Fukushima)
Nanjing, China. Another all-Japanese final between the same two pairs, with Japan taking both gold and silver in the women's doubles. - 2017 — World Championships — silver (Fukushima)
Glasgow, Scotland. Fukushima reached the final with Sayaka Hirota and lost to Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan (CHN) — the first of three finals in a row. - 2023 — Asian Games — women's doubles bronze (Fukushima)
Hangzhou, China (held in 2023 after the pandemic delay). Fukushima reached the semi-finals with Sayaka Hirota. Badminton has no third-place play-off, so a place in the last four secures a medal.
📅 What's next
The next entry is the 2026 Asian Games, 20 to 29 September in Ichinomiya, Aichi. They are one of the two women's doubles pairs in the 10-strong Japan squad named on 19 May 2026, and all six doubles pairs are entered for both the team and the individual events. The team event runs from 20 to 24 September and the individual event from 25 to 29 September.
In the autumn comes the 2026 French Open, 20 to 25 October, where they are the defending women's doubles champions. The tournament moves to the Arena Grand Paris for the first time.
⚠️ Who plays which tournament is not known until the draw is published, and we do not print speculative entries. The May announcement is a provisional squad rather than a final entry. The full calendar is on our 2026 badminton schedule page.
👤 Profile
| Pair | Yuki Fukushima / Mayu Matsumoto (福島由紀／松本麻佑) |
|---|---|
| Event | Women's doubles |
| World ranking | World No. 3 as of 1 September 2026 97,006 points, 16 events; also No. 3 a week earlier, on 25 August 2026. The China Masters draw of 25 August seeded them 3rd. Their 2nd seeding at the 2026 World Championships used the 31 July 2026 list. World rankings are updated every week, so this is a dated record, not a current figure. Check the BWF website for the latest list. |
Yuki Fukushima
| Name | Yuki Fukushima (福島由紀) |
|---|---|
| Team | Gifu Bluvic (Gifu, Japan) |
| Born | 6 May 1993 |
| From | Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan |
| Height | 164cm |
| Plays | Right-handed |
Mayu Matsumoto
| Name | Mayu Matsumoto (松本麻佑) |
|---|---|
| Team | Honegori Sagamihara (Kanagawa, Japan) |
| Born | 7 August 1995 |
| From | Hokkaido, Japan |
| Height | 177cm |
| Plays | Right-handed |
Source — Yuki Fukushima's Nippon Badminton Association national team page / Mayu Matsumoto's Nippon Badminton Association national team page (in Japanese). This profile only uses what the association publishes officially. We do not write about injuries, health or private life.
🔍 Keep your own scoresheet
Two three-game results can read the same on a draw sheet and be nothing alike. The Japan Open semi-final, 15-21, 21-12, 21-23, was a nine-point middle game followed by a two-point loss. The China Open semi-final, 14-21, 21-9, 21-15, is the same shape with the opposite ending. Keeping the score game by game is what makes that readable afterwards.
Badsheet records your own matches point by point, builds an official-style scoresheet and charts win rate and shot placement.
🔗 Related pages
The pages below are written in Japanese, except the ones marked EN.
- China Open 2026 — 21 to 26 July, Changzhou (Super 1000). Fukushima / Matsumoto were runners-up.
- Daihatsu Japan Open 2026 — 14 to 19 July, Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium (Super 750). Semi-finals.
- BWF World Championships 2026 — 17 to 23 August, New Delhi. They were seeded 2nd.
- China Masters 2026 — 1 to 6 September, Shenzhen (Super 750). They are out of the draw.
- Asian Games 2026 badminton — 20 to 29 September, Ichinomiya, Aichi. Team and individual events.
- French Open 2026 — 20 to 25 October, Paris area. They are the defending champions.
- Player pages on this site EN — Every 2026 player page we publish.
- Akane Yamaguchi's 2026 results EN — Women's singles. China Open 2026 champion.
- Nozomi Okuhara's 2026 results EN — Women's singles. 2017 world champion.
- Badminton tournament hub — Every tournament page on this site.
❓ Frequently asked questions
Who do Yuki Fukushima and Mayu Matsumoto play for?
Fukushima plays for Gifu Bluvic (Gifu Prefecture) and Matsumoto for Honegori Sagamihara (Kanagawa Prefecture); both teams are listed on their Nippon Badminton Association national team pages. Fukushima was born on 6 May 1993, is 164cm, right-handed, from Kumamoto Prefecture, and went to Aomori Yamada High School. Matsumoto was born on 7 August 1995, is 177cm, right-handed, from Hokkaido, and went to Towanomori Sanai High School. This profile only uses information the association publishes officially.
What is Fukushima and Matsumoto's world ranking?
World No. 3 in women's doubles as of 1 September 2026, with 97,006 points from 16 counted events, and also No. 3 a week earlier on the list dated 25 August 2026. The BWF draw for the 2026 China Masters, published on 25 August, also listed them as the 3rd seeds, which matches our tournament page. They were seeded 2nd at the 2026 World Championships, but that seeding was based on the rankings of 31 July 2026. World rankings are updated every week, so please read this as a dated record rather than a current figure, and check the BWF website for the latest list.
What are Fukushima and Matsumoto's 2026 results so far?
In the events we cover with a tournament page: semi-finals at the Daihatsu Japan Open (Super 750, Tokyo) in July, runners-up at the China Open (Super 1000, Changzhou) in July, and third round at the 2026 BWF World Championships in New Delhi in August. At the China Open they won four rounds from the 4th seeding and lost the final to Liu Shengshu / Tan Ning (CHN, top seeds) 14-21, 19-21. The Japan Open semi-final against Jia Yifan / Zhang Shuxian (CHN) ended 15-21, 21-12, 21-23, two points in the decider. They are out of the draw for the China Masters, which started on 1 September. We do not publish results of matches that have not finished.
How far did they go at the 2026 World Championships?
The third round. Seeded 2nd, they had a bye in the first round and beat Ong Xin Yee / Carmen Ting (MAS) 21-15, 21-15 in the second. In the third round, against Rachel Allessya Rose / Febi Setianingrum (INA, 12th seeds), the match ended 9-21, 6-11 — retired at the interval of the second game. All five Japanese doubles pairs playing that day lost, and Japan was out of all three doubles events.
Have Fukushima and Matsumoto always played together?
No. They used to play in different pairs and met each other in World Championship finals. In 2018 and 2019 the final was an all-Japanese affair between Matsumoto, playing with Wakana Nagahara, and Fukushima, playing with Sayaka Hirota; Matsumoto took gold both times and Fukushima silver. Fukushima also reached the 2017 final, so she has three silver medals in a row and no world title. The medals and years are confirmed against two sources: our own 2026 World Championships page and the English Wikipedia articles for the 2017, 2018 and 2019 editions.
Are they playing at the 2026 Asian Games?
They are one of the two women's doubles pairs in the 10-strong Japan squad announced on 19 May 2026, and all six doubles pairs — two men's, two women's and two mixed — are entered for both the team and the individual events. The team event runs from 20 to 24 September and the individual event from 25 to 29 September, at Ichinomiya Municipal Gymnasium in Aichi. The May announcement is a provisional squad rather than a final entry, so please check the association and the organisers for the confirmed list.
Where can I watch their matches?
It depends on the tournament. Each of our tournament pages has a section on how to find the broadcast and streaming options for that event, so start from the results cards above. We do not state broadcast plans that have not been confirmed — Japanese broadcasters and streaming services are usually announced close to the tournament, so please check the tournament website and BWF for the latest.
📮 Corrections and removal. This is an unofficial summary built from published information. If anything here is factually wrong, or if the player or their team would like this page taken down, please contact us and we will correct or remove it promptly. We do not publish anything about injuries, health or private life.
Last updated . Sources — the Nippon Badminton Association national team page, match results recorded on our own tournament pages (each confirmed against two sources), and the BWF World Ranking as of 1 September 2026. Japanese version: https://takeorilab.ybcjr.com/senshu/fukushima-matsumoto/