🏸 2026 results
Every 2026 result we record for Nozomi Okuhara, tournament by tournament. Tournament names link to our summary page for that event (draw, the other Japanese entries, and how to follow the broadcast). ⚠️Of our own tournament pages, only two cover an event from the first half of 2026 in its own right — the Japan Ranking Circuit in May and the All Japan Corporate Team Championships in June, and Okuhara appears on neither. 🆕The first card is now the Swiss Open in March, where she was an unseeded semi-finalist, and the list holds six events. Those four results were already on our own Swiss Open 2027 page as the 2026 results, and we turned them into cards on 20 September 2026. 🆕The second card is the Orleans Masters the following week, which she won as the 5th seed without dropping a match. Those five results are on our own Orleans Masters 2027 page (published on 21 September 2026) as the 2026 results, and we turned them into a card the same day; until then the title sat only under career highlights, because we had no page for that event.
Swiss Open 2026
Super 300・Basel, Switzerland
🥉She came in unseeded and reached the semi-finals, three wins and one defeat. On 11 March she beat 4th seed Michelle LI (CAN) 21-18, 21-16; on 12 March, HSU Wen Chi (TPE) 21-5, 21-11; on 13 March, compatriot Riko Gunji in the quarter-finals 21-19, 21-18. On 14 March she lost the semi-final 16-21, 13-21 to top seed Putri Kusuma WARDANI (INA). All three wins came in straight games. Wardani then lost the final 11-21, 15-21 to 7th seed Supanida KATETHONG (THA), who took the title.
🆕Added on 20 September 2026: these four results were already on our own Swiss Open 2027 page as the 2026 results. ⚠️The Nippon Badminton Association's day page for 12 March labels the second round "third round"; English Wikipedia and our own tournament page call it the second round. The opponent, the score and the date agree across all three.
Orleans Masters 2026
Super 300・Orléans, France
🥇Seeded 5th, she won the title without losing a match. On 18 March she beat compatriot Hina Akechi 19-21, 21-13, 21-17; on 19 March, another compatriot, Manami SUIZU, 21-19, 21-11; on 20 March, NGUYEN Thuy Linh (VIE) 21-18, 21-8 in the quarter-finals; on 21 March, Tanvi SHARMA (IND) 21-9, 21-16 in the semi-finals; and on 22 March, Pitchamon OPATNIPUTH (THA) 21-15, 21-15 in the final. The opening game against Akechi was the only game she dropped all week. It was her first title of the season.
🆕Added on 21 September 2026: these five results were already on our own Orleans Masters 2027 page as the 2026 results. The Nippon Badminton Association's day pages for 18 to 22 March and the English Wikipedia draw agree on the opponent, the score and the date.
Daihatsu Japan Open
Super 750・Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
Beat HAN Qianxi (CHN) 11-21, 21-11, 21-14 in the first round, ten points down after the opening game. Withdrew before the second round, so top seed AN Se-young (KOR) went through to the quarter-finals.
BWF World Championships 2026
World Championships・New Delhi, India
Seeded 11. Beat Ozge BAYRAK (TUR) 18-21, 21-16, 21-9 in 58 minutes, LIN Hsiang-Ti (TPE) 21-11, 21-16 in 40 minutes and Ishika JAISWAL (USA) 21-11, 13-21, 21-12 — three wins in a row for a first quarter-final at the Worlds since 2024. Withdrew before the quarter-final on 21 August, so Pornpawee CHOCHUWONG (THA, 10th seed) went through.
China Masters
Super 750・Shenzhen, China
Unseeded. She beat Natsuki NIDAIRA (JPN) 21-15, 21-19 in an all-Japanese first round on 2 September, then Michelle LI (CAN) 21-18, 21-14 in the second round on 3 September, both in straight games. In the quarter-final on 4 September she lost 6-21, 10-21 to 2nd seed WANG Zhi Yi (CHN) and went out in the last eight. She had won all four games of the previous two matches; here she did not reach double figures in either game.
Asian Games 2026
Asian Games・Ichinomiya, Aichi, Japan
Named in the 10-strong squad announced on 19 May 2026. A detail that is easy to miss: the entry is for the team event only, not the individual draw (Akane Yamaguchi and Tomoka Miyazaki take the individual women's singles places). The team event runs from 20 to 24 September at Ichinomiya Municipal Gymnasium.
Scores are written from Nozomi Okuhara's point of view (Okuhara's points first). Only matches completed by 21 September 2026 are listed. Matches in progress are not listed.
🔥 Worlds 2026: four matches
Okuhara's 2026 World Championships reads best as a run of three wins in a row from the 11th seeding — and two of those three went to three games, both after dropping one.
- 18 Aug, first round — Ozge BAYRAK (TUR) 18-21, 21-16, 21-9 in 58 minutes. The margin widened from three points to five to twelve.
- 19 Aug, second round — LIN Hsiang-Ti (TPE) 21-11, 21-16 in 40 minutes, the only straight-games win of the week.
- 20 Aug, round of 16 — Ishika JAISWAL (USA) 21-11, 13-21, 21-12, taking the decider after losing the middle game by eight.
- 21 Aug, quarter-final — withdrew. Pornpawee CHOCHUWONG (THA, 10th seed) went through, and Okuhara finished in the last eight.
Every score above comes from our own 2026 World Championships page, where Akane Yamaguchi and Kodai Naraoka both took silver.
🥉 Sixteen matches, two defeats
🆕On 20 September 2026 we added her four results from the Swiss Open in March (BWF World Tour Super 300, St. Jakobshalle, Basel), and on 21 September the five from the Orleans Masters the following week (Super 300, Orléans, France). That takes us to sixteen matches for which we hold the score game by game — fourteen wins and two defeats — and it makes one pattern readable: all four that went to a third game were wins.
- 11 March, first round — 4th seed Michelle LI (CAN) 21-18, 21-16. She was unseeded, and drew a seed in her opening match.
- 12 March, second round — HSU Wen Chi (TPE) 21-5, 21-11, holding her to sixteen points across two games.
- 13 March, quarter-final — compatriot Riko Gunji 21-19, 21-18, one of the three all-Japanese ties of the week.
- 14 March, semi-final — 16-21, 13-21 to top seed Putri Kusuma WARDANI (INA), who then lost the final to 7th seed Supanida KATETHONG (THA).
🥇The following week she won the Orleans Masters 2026 as the 5th seed, five wins from five. Her first two opponents were both compatriots: Hina Akechi 19-21, 21-13, 21-17 on 18 March and Manami SUIZU 21-19, 21-11 on 19 March. The opening game against Akechi was the only game she dropped all week; the quarter-final, semi-final and final all went in straight games, the final 21-15, 21-15 over Pitchamon OPATNIPUTH (THA). Across the two March events that makes eight wins and one defeat, the defeat coming against the top seed, Wardani, in the Swiss Open semi-final.
🔁She played Michelle Li twice in 2026. The Swiss Open first round on 11 March finished 21-18, 21-16, and the China Masters second round on 3 September 21-18, 21-14 — both in straight games, and both opening 21-18. That pairing only becomes visible when two tournament pages are read side by side.
We do not write about why any of this happened — what is listed above is the scores themselves. Sources: our own Swiss Open 2027 page, the Nippon Badminton Association's day-by-day results for the 2026 Swiss Open, and the draw on English Wikipedia. Opponent, score and date agree across all three. The same holds for the five Orleans Masters results, checked against our own Orleans Masters 2027 page, the association's day pages for 18 to 22 March and the English Wikipedia draw for the 2026 Orléans Masters.
🏆 Career highlights
- 2026 — Orleans Masters — champion (France)
Beat Pitchamon Opatniputh (THA) 21-15, 21-15 in the final on 22 March, the first title of the 2026 season. Seeded 5th, she won every match; each score is in the results list above. Sources: the tournament's own final report (22 March 2026) and our Orleans Masters 2027 page (2026 results). - 2025 — Indonesia Masters II — champion
Beat Devika Sihag (IND) 21-11, 21-9 in the final on 26 October, in Medan, North Sumatra. The 2026 edition of the same slot moves to Kudus. - 2025 — Malaysia Super 100 — champion
Beat Wong Ling Ching (MAS) 21-18, 21-11 in the final on 19 October in Johor, after an all-Japanese semi-final against Hina Akechi won 21-8, 21-19. That made it two titles in two consecutive weeks. - 2023 — Syed Modi International — champion (Lucknow, India)
🔴Our own Syed Modi International 2026 page records this title with the score of the final: at the 2023 edition, from 28 November to 3 December, she came through unseeded and beat Line KJÆRSFELDT (DEN, 5th seed) 21-19, 21-16. The semi-final was an all-Japanese match against Aya OHORI (3rd seed), won 21-19, 22-20 — both games close to the end. Our tournament page and the draw on English Wikipedia agree. - 2023 — Odisha Masters — champion (India)
Women's singles title in December. The 2026 edition runs from 8 to 13 December in Cuttack. 🔴She won two titles in India that year: the Syed Modi International from 28 November to 3 December in Lucknow, then this one from 12 to 17 December in Cuttack — nine days between the two. We hold pages for the 2026 edition of both. - 2017 — BWF World Championships — champion (gold)
Glasgow, Emirates Arena. Seeded 7, Okuhara beat P. V. Sindhu (IND) 21-19, 20-22, 22-20 in the final — the first world singles title for a Japanese woman. - 2016 — Rio de Janeiro Olympics — women's singles bronze
The first Olympic singles medal for a Japanese woman in badminton.
📅 What's next
At the China Masters 2026 (Super 750, Shenzhen, 1–6 September) Okuhara was unseeded in the draw published on 25 August and reached the quarter-finals. She beat Natsuki NIDAIRA (JPN) 21-15, 21-19 in an all-Japanese first round and Michelle LI (CAN) 21-18, 21-14 in the second, both in straight games, then lost 6-21, 10-21 to 2nd seed WANG Zhi Yi (CHN) on 4 September.
After that come the 2026 Asian Games in Ichinomiya, Aichi (20–29 September). Okuhara is in Japan's squad, but entered for the team event only — the individual women's singles places go to Akane Yamaguchi and Tomoka Miyazaki. The team event runs from 20 to 24 September.
🗓️October in Europe: She is on the list of self-funded entrants the Nippon Badminton Association published on 11 September 2026 for three events — the Arctic Open 2026 (6–11 October, Finland, Super 500), the Denmark Open 2026 (13–18 October, Denmark, Super 750) and the French Open 2026 (20–25 October, France, Super 750) — in women's singles. The final field and the draw are fixed by BWF.
⚠️ Beyond that, entries are not known until each draw is published. We do not guess who will play. Linked pages are in Japanese.
👤 Profile
| Name | Nozomi Okuhara (奥原希望) |
|---|---|
| Event | Women's singles |
| Team | Tokyo Badminton Association (Tokyo, Japan) |
| Born | 13 March 1995 |
| From | Nagano Prefecture, Japan |
| Height | 156cm |
| Plays | Right-handed |
| World ranking | World No. 10 as of 15 September 2026 64,160 points from 18 counted events. A week earlier, on 8 September 2026, she was also No. 10 with the same points. Career high World No. 1, dated 29 October 2019. World rankings are updated every week, so this is a dated record, not a current figure. Check the BWF website for the latest list. |
Source — 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 wins can look identical on a results list and be nothing alike. The first round above, 18-21, 21-16, 21-9, widens game by game; the round of 16, 21-11, 13-21, 21-12, is one bad game in the middle. 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.
- BWF World Championships 2026 — 17–23 August, New Delhi. Okuhara reached the quarter-finals as the 11th seed.
- China Masters 2026 — 1–6 September, Shenzhen (Super 750).
- Daihatsu Japan Open 2026 — 14–19 July, Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium (Super 750).
- Asian Games 2026 badminton — 20–29 September, Ichinomiya, Aichi. Okuhara is entered for the team event only.
- Malaysia Super 100 2026 — 13–18 October, Johor. Okuhara won the 2025 edition.
- Kudus Indonesia Masters 2026 — 20–25 October. Okuhara won the 2025 second edition of this slot.
- Akane Yamaguchi — 2026 results EN — The other Japanese women's singles player in the world top three.
- Kodai Naraoka — 2026 results EN — Men's singles silver medallist at the 2026 World Championships.
- Wang Zhiyi — 2026 results EN — The 2nd seed who beat her 6-21, 10-21 in the 2026 China Masters quarter-final.
- Swiss Open 2027 — From 16 to 21 March 2027, Basel (Super 300). She reached the semi-finals unseeded in 2026, and those four results are in the list above.
- Riko Gunji — 2026 results EN — The compatriot she beat 21-19, 21-18 in the 2026 Swiss Open quarter-final.
- Orleans Masters 2027 — From 23 to 28 March 2027, Orléans (Super 300). She won the 2026 edition as the 5th seed, and those five results are in the list above.
- Hina Akechi — 2026 results EN — The compatriot she beat 19-21, 21-13, 21-17 in the 2026 Orleans Masters first round.
- Player pages on this site EN — Every 2026 player page we publish.
- Badminton tournament hub — Every tournament page on this site.
❓ Frequently asked questions
Who does Nozomi Okuhara play for?
The Tokyo Badminton Association. Both the Nippon Badminton Association's Asian Games squad announcement of 19 May 2026 and the Japanese entry list for the 2026 BWF World Championships list Okuhara under that name. Born 13 March 1995, 156cm, right-handed, from Nagano Prefecture. The association's own player page has no team field, so the team comes from those two announcements. This profile only uses information the Nippon Badminton Association publishes officially.
What is Nozomi Okuhara's world ranking?
World No. 10 in women's singles as of 15 September 2026, with 64,160 points from 18 counted events. A week earlier, on 8 September 2026, she was also No. 10 with the same points. The official BWF ranking (Week 38) and the specialist outlet Badminton Spirit's list dated 15 September agree on the place, the points and the number of counted events. The career high is World No. 1, dated 29 October 2019. 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.
How far did Nozomi Okuhara go at the 2026 World Championships?
To the quarter-finals. Seeded 11th, Okuhara beat Ozge Bayrak (TUR) 18-21, 21-16, 21-9, then Lin Hsiang-Ti (TPE) 21-11, 21-16 and Ishika Jaiswal (USA) 21-11, 13-21, 21-12 — three wins in a row, two of them after losing a game. Okuhara withdrew before the quarter-final on 21 August, so Pornpawee Chochuwong (THA, 10th seed) went through.
What are Nozomi Okuhara's 2026 results so far?
In the events we cover with a tournament page: an unseeded semi-final at the Swiss Open 2026 (Super 300, Basel) in March, the title at the Orleans Masters 2026 (Super 300, Orléans) the following week as the 5th seed, round of 16 at the Daihatsu Japan Open (Super 750, Tokyo) in July and quarter-finals at the 2026 BWF World Championships in New Delhi in August. At the China Masters 2026 (Super 750, Shenzhen) she played unseeded and reached the quarter-finals, beating Natsuki Nidaira 21-15, 21-19 on 2 September and Michelle Li (CAN) 21-18, 21-14 on 3 September before losing 6-21, 10-21 to 2nd seed Wang Zhi Yi (CHN) on 4 September. The Orleans Masters was the first title of her season; she beat Pitchamon Opatniputh 21-15, 21-15 in the final. We do not publish results of matches that have not finished.
Is Nozomi Okuhara playing at the 2026 Asian Games?
Okuhara is in the 10-strong Japan squad announced on 19 May 2026, but entered for the team event only, not the individual women's singles — those places go to Akane Yamaguchi and Tomoka Miyazaki. The team event runs from 20 to 24 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.
How far did Nozomi Okuhara go at the 2026 Swiss Open?
To the semi-finals. She played the Swiss Open 2026 (BWF World Tour Super 300, Basel, 10 to 15 March) unseeded. On 11 March she beat 4th seed Michelle Li (CAN) 21-18, 21-16; on 12 March, Hsu Wen Chi (TPE) 21-5, 21-11; and on 13 March, her compatriot Riko Gunji 21-19, 21-18 in the quarter-finals — all three in straight games. She lost the semi-final on 14 March 16-21, 13-21 to top seed Putri Kusuma Wardani (INA), who then lost the final to 7th seed Supanida Katethong (THA). Our sources are our own Swiss Open 2027 page, the Nippon Badminton Association's day-by-day results for the 2026 event, and the draw on English Wikipedia; opponent, score and date agree across all three.
How did Nozomi Okuhara win the 2026 Orleans Masters?
Seeded 5th, she won all five of her matches at the Orleans Masters 2026 (BWF World Tour Super 300, Orléans, France, 17 to 22 March). Her first two opponents were both Japanese: Hina Akechi, beaten 19-21, 21-13, 21-17 on 18 March, and Manami Suizu, beaten 21-19, 21-11 on 19 March. She then beat Nguyen Thuy Linh (VIE) 21-18, 21-8 in the quarter-finals on 20 March, Tanvi Sharma (IND) 21-9, 21-16 in the semi-finals on 21 March and Pitchamon Opatniputh (THA) 21-15, 21-15 in the final on 22 March. The only game she dropped all week was the first one against Akechi. Together with her Swiss Open semi-final the week before, that makes eight wins and one defeat across the two March events. Our sources are our own Orleans Masters 2027 page (2026 results), the Nippon Badminton Association's day-by-day results for the 2026 event, and the English Wikipedia draw; opponent, score and date agree across all three.
Where can I watch Nozomi Okuhara's 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 15 September 2026. Japanese version: https://takeorilab.ybcjr.com/senshu/okuhara-nozomi/