Kokona Ishikawa

Kokona Ishikawa
Ishikawa at the 2025 Kaohsiung Masters
Personal information
Born (2004-10-11) 11 October 2004
Tokyo, Japan
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Sport
CountryJapan
SportBadminton
HandednessRight
Coached byKeiko Yoshitomi
Satoko Suetsuna
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking26 (WD with Ririna Hiramoto, 27 January 2026)
129 (XD with Haruki Kawabe, 18 November 2025)
Current ranking26 (WD with Ririna Hiramoto) (3 March 2026)
BWF profile
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Japan
World Junior Championships
2022 Santander Girls' doubles
2022 Santander Mixed team

Kokona Ishikawa (石川 心菜, Ishikawa Kokona; born 11 October 2004) is a Japanese badminton player who competes in doubles.[1] A bronze medalist in girls' doubles at the 2022 World Junior Championships, she has won a World Tour Super 100 title at the 2025 Kaohsiung Masters. Ishikawa achieved a career-high women's doubles ranking of No. 26 on 27 January 2026. A former member of the Japanese national team, she plays for the Gifu Bluvic badminton team.

Early career

Born in Tokyo, Ishikawa attended Aomori Yamada Junior and Senior High Schools, where she won several national titles.[2] In 2021, she and Hina Osawa won the girls' doubles title at the National High School Invitational Tournament, for which they received the All Japan High School Athletic Federation's Excellent Player Award.[3][4] She also won the All Japan Junior Open doubles with Miyu Ogasawara.[5]

The following year, she partnered with Riko Kiyose to win the girls' doubles title at the National High School Championships (Inter-High).[6] As team captain, she also led Aomori Yamada to a second consecutive victory in the girls' team event at the National Sports Festival.[7] For these achievements, Ishikawa and Kiyose were presented with the 17th Tō-Ō Nippō Sports Award.[8]

On the international junior circuit in 2022, Ishikawa won the girls' singles title at the Malaysia Junior International, defeating compatriot Tomoka Miyazaki in the final.[9] She won two bronze medals at the 2022 World Junior Championships, in the mixed team event and in girls' doubles with Kiyose. The pair was defeated in the semifinals by the eventual champions, Liu Shengshu and Wang Tingge of China.[10] At her high school graduation on 1 March 2023, Ishikawa received the school's Chairman's Special Award.[11] She joined the NTT East badminton team in April 2023.[2]

Career

2023–2024: Senior debut and first international title

Ishikawa partnered with Mio Konegawa from 2023 to 2024, and the pair was selected for the 2024 Japanese national team. With Konegawa, she won her first senior international title at the 2024 Saipan International. The pair also finished as runners-up at four tournaments: the 2023 Thailand International, the 2023 Bahrain International, the 2024 Vietnam International, and the 2024 Denmark Challenge.[12][13][14][15][16] They achieved a career-high women's doubles ranking of No. 35 on 10 December 2024.

2025: First World Tour title

In 2025, Ishikawa transferred to the Gifu Bluvic badminton team and formed a new partnership with Ririna Hiramoto.[17] The duo won the Northern Marianas Open in August; at the same tournament, Ishikawa finished as the mixed doubles runner-up with Haruki Kawabe.[18]

Later that year, Ishikawa and Hiramoto secured their first BWF World Tour title at the Super 100 Kaohsiung Masters in September.[19] They also finished as runners-up at the Super 100 Indonesia Masters I and reached the semifinals of the Indonesia Masters II.[20][21] The pair concluded the 2025 season with a semifinal appearance at the Super 500 Australian Open.[22]

2026

Ishikawa and Hiramoto opened the season with a Super 1000 debut at the Malaysia Open. The pair advanced to the quarter-finals, where they were defeated by the eventual champions, Liu Shengshu and Tan Ning.[23] Following this tournament, Ishikawa achieved a career-high world ranking of 27 on 13 January.

Achievements

World Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2022 Palacio de Deportes de Santander,
Santander, Spain 		Riko Kiyose Liu Shengshu
Wang Tingge 		21–17, 13–21, 17–21 Bronze [10]

BWF World Tour (1 title, 1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[24] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[25]

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2025 Indonesia Masters Super 100 Ririna Hiramoto Lin Xiao-min
Wang Yu-qiao 		17–21, 9–21 Runner-up [20]
2025 Kaohsiung Masters Super 100 Ririna Hiramoto Hinata Suzuki
Nao Yamakita 		21–16, 21–17 Winner [19]

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 5 runners-up)

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2023 Thailand International Mio Konegawa Kim Yu-jung
Lee Yeon-woo 		19–21, 11–21 Runner-up [13]
2023 Bahrain International Mio Konegawa Gabriela Stoeva
Stefani Stoeva 		19–21, 14–21 Runner-up [14]
2024 Vietnam International Mio Konegawa Laksika Kanlaha
Phataimas Muenwong 		19–21, 14–21 Runner-up [15]
2024 Denmark Challenge Mio Konegawa Laksika Kanlaha
Phataimas Muenwong 		16–21, 18–21 Runner-up [16]
2024 Saipan International Mio Konegawa Kim Hye-jeong
Kim Yu-jung 		21–19, 11–21, 21–18 Winner [12]
2025 Northern Marianas Open Ririna Hiramoto Hinata Suzuki
Nao Yamakita 		21–17, 21–15 Winner [18][26]

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2025 Northern Marianas Open Haruki Kawabe Akira Koga
Yuho Imai 		19–21, 13–21 Runner-up [18][26]
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

BWF Junior International (1 title)

Girls' singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref
2022 Malaysia Junior International Tomoka Miyazaki 21–17, 17–21, 24–22 Winner [9]
  BWF Junior International Series tournament

Performance timeline

Key
W F SF QF #R RR Q# A G S B NH N/A DNQ
(W) won; (F) finalist; (SF) semi-finalist; (QF) quarter-finalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze medal; (NH) not held; (N/A) not applicable; (DNQ) did not qualify.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

National team

Junior level

Team events 2022 Ref
World Junior Championships B [27]

Individual competitions

Junior level

Girls' doubles

Events 2022 Ref
World Junior Championships B [10]

Senior level

Women's doubles
Tournament BWF World Tour Best Ref
2024 2025 2026
Malaysia Open A QF QF ('26) [23]
India Open A 1R 1R ('26) [28]
Thailand Masters A 2R 2R ('26)
All England Open A 1R 1R ('26)
Ruichang China Masters SF 2R 2R SF ('24) [29]
Japan Open 1R 2R 2R ('25) [30]
Macau Open A Q1 Q1 ('25) [31]
Baoji China Masters SF A SF ('24)
China Masters 2R A 2R ('24)
Indonesia Masters Super 100 A F F ('25) [20]
SF [21]
Korea Open 2R A 2R ('24)
Kaohsiung Masters A W W ('25) [19]
Denmark Open 1R A 1R ('24)
Korea Masters A 2R 2R ('25) [32]
Japan Masters 1R 1R 1R ('24, '25) [33]
Australian Open A SF SF ('25) [22]
Year-end ranking 35 37 26
Tournament 2024 2025 2026 Best Ref
Mixed doubles
Event 2026 Ref
Asian Championships Q
Tournament BWF World Tour Best Ref
2025
Japan Masters 1R 1R ('25) [33]
Year-end ranking 135 129
Tournament 2025 Best Ref

Record against selected opponents

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 4 March 2026.[34]

References

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