Reika Kakiiwa

Reika Kakiiwa (垣岩 令佳, Kakiiwa Reika, born 19 July 1989) is a Japanese badminton player from Renesas badminton club.[2] 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.

In this Japanese name, the family name is Kakiiwa.
Reika Kakiiwa
Reika Kakiiwa at the 2013 French Super Series.
Personal information
Country Japan
Born (1989-07-19) July 19, 1989
Kami-Amakusa, Kumamoto, Japan
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)[1]
HandednessRight
Women's doubles
Highest ranking3 (5 January 2012)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
2012 London Women's doubles
World Championships
2014 Copenhagen Women's doubles
Sudirman Cup
2015 Dongguan Mixed team
Uber Cup
2014 New Delhi Women's team
2012 Wuhan Women's team
2010 Kuala Lumpur Women's team
Asian Games
2014 Incheon Women's team
Asian Junior Championships
2007 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team
BWF profile

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.[3]

Achievements

Olympic Games

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Wembley Arena, London, England Mizuki Fujii Tian Qing
Zhao Yunlei		 10–21, 23–25 Silver

BWF World Championships

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Ballerup 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

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Japan Open Miyuki Maeda Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi		 13–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2011 India Open Mizuki Fujii Miyuki Maeda
Satoko Suetsuna		 24–26, 15–21 Runner-up
2011 All England Open Mizuki Fujii Wang Xiaoli
Yu Yang		 2–21, 9–21 Runner-up
2010 Korea Open Mizuki Fujii Cheng Shu
Zhao Yunlei		 16–21, 15–21 Runner-up
     BWF Superseries Finals tournament
     BWF Superseries Premier tournament
     BWF Superseries tournament

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 (BWF) since 2007.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 Bitburger Open Mizuki Fujii Emelie Lennartsson
Emma Wengberg		 21–8, 21–11 Winner
2011 German Open Mizuki Fujii Ha Jung-eun
Kim Min-jung		 21–6, 21–14 Winner
2010 Dutch Open Mizuki Fujii Valeria Sorokina
Nina Vislova		 19–21, 19–21 Runner-up
     BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
     BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Osaka International Mizuki Fujii Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi		 21–19, 21–16 Winner
2009 Austrian International Mizuki Fujii Shizuka Matsuo
Mami Naito		 15–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2008 Canadian International Mizuki Fujii Aki Akao
Tomomi Matsuda		 21–15, 21–15 Winner
     BWF International Challenge tournament
     BWF International Series tournament

Record against selected opponents

Women's doubles results with Mizuki Fujii against Super Series finalists, Worlds Semi-finalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists.[4]

References
  1. "選手 垣岩 令佳　（かきいわ れいか）" (in Japanese). Japanese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  2. "選手・スタッフ紹介 垣岩　令佳 カキイワ・レイカ" (in Japanese). Saishunkan Co.Ltd. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  3. "Kakiiwa Reika". Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 12 July 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  4. "Reika Kakiiwa Head to Head". Badminton World Federation. 20 June 2017.
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