Reika Kakiiwa


Reika Kakiiwa is a Japanese badminton player from Renesas badminton club. Reika Kakiiwa has gained prominence in the badminton community because of her success in women's doubles. She has reached a career high ranking of third in the world with her partner Mizuki Fujii. She has also competed in mixed doubles reaching a peak ranking of 51st with her partner Kenta Kazuno.

Awards

In 2012, she and her partner Mizuki Fujii received the Kumamoto Prefecture Citizen Honour's Award. She also received the Sports Special Award by Otsu City.

Achievements

Olympic Games

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2012Wembley Arena, London, England Mizuki Fujii Tian Qing
Zhao Yunlei		10–21, 23–25 Silver

BWF World Championships

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2014Ballerup Super Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark Miyuki Maeda Wang Xiaoli
Yu Yang		8–21, 13–21 Bronze

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries has two level such as Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.
Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2014Japan Open Miyuki Maeda Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi		13–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2011India Open Mizuki Fujii Miyuki Maeda
Satoko Suetsuna		24–26, 15–21 Runner-up
2011All England Open Mizuki Fujii Wang Xiaoli
Yu Yang		2–21, 9–21 Runner-up
2010Korea Open Mizuki Fujii Cheng Shu
Zhao Yunlei		16–21, 15–21 Runner-up

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
2011Bitburger Open Mizuki Fujii Emelie Lennartsson
Emma Wengberg		21–8, 21–11 Winner
2011German Open Mizuki Fujii Ha Jung-eun
Kim Min-jung		21–6, 21–14 Winner
2010Dutch Open Mizuki Fujii Valeria Sorokina
Nina Vislova		19–21, 19–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2010Osaka International Mizuki Fujii Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi		21–19, 21–16 Winner
2009Austrian International Mizuki Fujii Shizuka Matsuo
Mami Naito		15–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2008Canadian International Mizuki Fujii Aki Akao
Tomomi Matsuda		21–15, 21–15 Winner

Record against selected opponents

Women's doubles results with Mizuki Fujii against Super Series finalists, Worlds Semi-finalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists.