Akane Araki


Akane Araki is a Japanese badminton player who plays for The 77 Bank. She won her first international title at the Tahiti International tournament in the women's doubles event partnered with Ayaka Kawasaki. She and Kawasaki were the semi-finalists at the 2016 Belgian International tournament.

Achievements

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels: Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation since 2007.
Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017Bitburger Open Aoi Matsuda Jongkolphan Kititharakul
Rawinda Prajongjai
19–21, 6–21 Runner-up
2017Russian Open Aoi Matsuda Yuho Imai
Minami Kawashima
11–6, 6–11, 11–7, 7–11, 11–5 Winner

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017Russian Open Keiichiro Matsui Chan Peng Soon
Cheah Yee See
8–11, 11–13, 3–11 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018Yonex / K&D Graphics International Riko Imai Annie Xu
Kelly Xu
21–15, 21–19 Winner
2018White Nights Riko Imai Asumi Kugo
Megumi Yokoyama
21–18, 21–12 Winner
2016Tahiti International Ayaka Kawasaki Eva Lee
Paula Lynn Obanana
21–13, 21–12 Winner

Personal life

Her mother, Wu Jianqiu is a former member of the China national badminton team.