Arisa Higashino

Arisa Higashino
東野有紗
Arisa Higashino; 東野有紗
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	1 August 1996 (age 25); Iwamizawa, Hokkaido, Japan
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	54 kg (119 lb)
Handedness	Right
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	65 (WD 13 July 2017); 3 (XD 22 November 2018)
Current ranking	5 (XD 3 August 2021)
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Women's badminton
Representing Japan
Olympic Games
World Championships
Sudirman Cup
Asian Games
Asia Mixed Team Championships
World Junior Championships
Asian Junior Championships
	BWF profile

Arisa Higashino (東野有紗, Higashino Arisa, born 1 August 1996) is a Japanese badminton player.^[2]^[3] She won bronze in the mixed team at the Asian Junior Championships in 2013 and 2014, and competed at the 2014 World Junior Championships, winning two bronzes in the mixed doubles and team event.^[3] Higashino won her maiden Super 1000 tournament at the 2018 and 2021 All England Open in the mixed doubles event, partnering with Yuta Watanabe,^[4] and also won the bronze medal in the mixed doubles at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[5]

Career[]

Higashino was born in Iwamizawa, graduated from the Tomioka Senior High School, and joined the Unisys team in 2015.^[3]^[6]

In March 2021, Higashino and Watanabe won the mixed doubles title in the All England Open.^[7] In July, she and Watanabe competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics,^[5] and clinched a bronze medal after won a match against Tang Chun Man and Tse Ying Suet in straight games.^[8]

Achievements[]

Olympic Games[]

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2020	Musashino Forest Sports Plaza, Tokyo, Japan	Yuta Watanabe	Tang Chun Man Tse Ying Suet	21–17, 23–21	Bronze

BWF World Championships[]

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland	Yuta Watanabe	Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong	11–21, 15–21	Bronze

BWF World Junior Championships[]

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Stadium Sultan Abdul Halim, Alor Setar, Malaysia	Yuta Watanabe	Huang Kaixiang Chen Qingchen	19–21, 12–21	Bronze

BWF World Tour (5 titles, 2 runners-up)[]

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[9] 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 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[10]

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	All England Open	Super 1000	Yuta Watanabe	Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong	15–21, 22–20, 21–16	Winner
2018	Hong Kong Open	Super 500	Yuta Watanabe	Wang Yilyu Huang Dongping	21–18, 21–14	Winner
2019	Malaysia Masters	Super 500	Yuta Watanabe	Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai	21–18, 21–18	Winner
2019	All England Open	Super 1000	Yuta Watanabe	Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong	17–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2019	Thailand Open	Super 500	Yuta Watanabe	Wang Yilyu Huang Dongping	22–24, 21–23	Runner-up
2019	Hong Kong Open	Super 500	Yuta Watanabe	He Jiting Du Yue	22–20, 21–16	Winner
2021	All England Open	Super 1000	Yuta Watanabe	Yuki Kaneko Misaki Matsutomo	21–14, 21–13	Winner

BWF Grand Prix (1 runners-up)[]

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.

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Russian Open	Yuta Watanabe	Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying	13–21, 21–23	Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title)[]

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Vietnam International	Yuta Watanabe	Tinn Isriyanet Pacharapun Chochuwong	21–16, 21–14	Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Future Series tournament

References[]

^ "東野有紗". Badminton Spirit (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 March 2018.
^ "Players: Arisa Higashino". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "東野有紗 Arisa Higashino". Unisys (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 October 2016.
^ "First Japanese mixed doubles pair to be crowned at All England!!". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Higashino Arisa". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
^ "混合ダブルス渡辺勇大・東野有紗ペアは「運命の人」…ジャパンＯＰ開幕". The Hochi Shimbun (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 20 March 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
^ Sukumar, Dev; Pierre, Dianne (22 March 2021). "All England: Watanabe's Double the Highlight of Japan's Sweep". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
^ "Japan's Watanabe Yuta and Higashino Arisa win badminton mixed doubles bronze". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 30 July 2021. Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
^ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

External links[]

Arisa Higashino at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com

[1] "東野有紗". Badminton Spirit (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 March 2018.

[2] "Players: Arisa Higashino". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 20 October 2016.

[un-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "東野有紗 Arisa Higashino". Unisys (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 October 2016.

[4] "First Japanese mixed doubles pair to be crowned at All England!!". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 18 March 2018.

[20so-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Higashino Arisa". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.

[6] "混合ダブルス渡辺勇大・東野有紗ペアは「運命の人」…ジャパンＯＰ開幕". The Hochi Shimbun (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 20 March 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018.

[7] Sukumar, Dev; Pierre, Dianne (22 March 2021). "All England: Watanabe's Double the Highlight of Japan's Sweep". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 22 March 2021.

[8] "Japan's Watanabe Yuta and Higashino Arisa win badminton mixed doubles bronze". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 30 July 2021. Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.

[9] Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.

[10] Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

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