Naru Shinoya

Naru Shinoya
Personal information
Born (1994-03-18) 18 March 1994
Ōbu, Aichi, Japan[1]
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Sport
CountryJapan
SportBadminton
HandednessRight
Coached byJeremy Gan
Retired30 December 2024
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking13 (XD with Kyohei Yamashita, 27 December 2022)
22 (WD with Ayane Kurihara, 19 March 2015)
BWF profile
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Japan
World Championships
2021 Huelva Mixed doubles
Sudirman Cup
2023 Suzhou Mixed team
Asian Games
2022 Hangzhou Women's team

Naru Shinoya (篠谷 菜留, Shinoya Naru; born 18 March 1994) is a former Japanese badminton player affiliated with the NTT East team.[2][3] She is a bronze medalist in mixed doubles at the 2021 World Championships. Shinoya achieved a career-high world ranking of No. 13 in mixed doubles with partner Kyohei Yamashita in December 2022. She retired from professional competition in December 2024 and was appointed as the women's doubles coach for NTT East in April 2025.

Career

2021

Shinoya and Kyohei Yamashita made their Super 750 debut at the Indonesia Masters, losing in the first round. The following week, they debuted at the Super 1000 level at the Indonesia Open, reaching the second round. The pair concluded the season at the 2021 World Championships in Huelva, where they won the mixed doubles bronze medal after a semifinal loss to compatriots Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino.[4]

2022–2023

Shinoya and Yamashita's best results on the 2022 World Tour were quarterfinal finishes at the Denmark Open and Australian Open. They concluded the year with a career-high world ranking of No. 13.

In 2023, Shinoya helped Japan win a bronze medal at the Sudirman Cup. On the World Tour, she and Yamashita reached the quarterfinals of the All England Open and the semifinals of the German Open and the Canada Open.

2024

In the first half of 2024, Shinoya partnered with Yamashita in mixed doubles, pursuing qualification for the Paris 2024 Olympics. Their best World Tour result was a quarterfinal finish at the Thailand Masters.[5] The pair did not qualify for the Olympics, and their partnership concluded in April 2024 following her retirement from the national team.[6]

Remaining with her corporate team, NTT East, Shinoya formed a women's doubles partnership with Nao Yamakita, winning the Malaysia International in September.[7] In December 2024, Shinoya concluded her professional playing career at the All Japan Badminton Championships, where she won the mixed doubles title with Kazuki Shibata and announced her retirement from the sport.[8]

Coaching career

In April 2025, Shinoya was appointed as the women's doubles coach for NTT East, with the objective of developing junior players for the national team.[9][6] The following month, the NTT East pair of Hinata Suzuki and Nao Yamakita won the women's doubles title at the Japan Ranking Circuit tournament, defeating Arisa Igarashi and Kie Nakanishi in the final.[10] This result led to the pair's selection for the Japanese national team on 6 June 2025, effectively fulfilling Shinoya's stated coaching goal.[11]

Achievements

World Championships

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2021 Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín,
Huelva, Spain 		Kyohei Yamashita Yuta Watanabe
Arisa Higashino 		13–21, 8–21 Bronze [12]

BWF World Tour (2 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[13] 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 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[14]

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2018 Chinese Taipei Open Super 300 Ayane Kurihara Nami Matsuyama
Chiharu Shida 		10–21, 17–21 Runner-up [15]

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2019 Akita Masters Super 100 Kyohei Yamashita Ko Sung-hyun
Eom Hye-won 		10–21, 17–21 Runner-up [16]

BWF Grand Prix (3 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.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2015 Swiss Open Ayane Kurihara Bao Yixin
Tang Yuanting 		19–21, 21–14, 17–21 Runner-up [17]
2015 U.S. Open Ayane Kurihara Yu Yang
Zhong Qianxin 		14–21, 10–21 Runner-up [18]
2017 Canada Open Chisato Hoshi Mayu Matsumoto
Wakana Nagahara 		16–21, 21–16, 18–21 Runner-up [19][20]
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (8 titles, 5 runners-up)

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2014 Polish Open Ayane Kurihara Anastasia Chervaykova
Nina Vislova 		21–15, 17–21, 20–22 Runner-up [21]
2014 Malaysia International Ayane Kurihara Maretha Dea Giovani
Rosyita Eka Putri Sari 		21–14, 21–17 Winner [22]
2015 China International Ayane Kurihara Ou Dongni
Yu Xiaohan 		21–14, 18–21, 21–23 Runner-up [23]
2015 Portugal International Ayane Kurihara Carola Bott
Jennifer Karnott 		21–13, 21–16 Winner [24]
2016 Brazil International Chisato Hoshi Setyana Mapasa
Gronya Somerville 		21–13, 21–19 Winner [25]
2016 Peru International Chisato Hoshi Cemre Fere
Ebru Yazgan 		21–5, 21–7 Winner [26]
2017 Portugal International Chisato Hoshi Emilie Juul Moller
Mai Surrow 		21–13, 21–6 Winner [27]
2017 Finnish Open Chisato Hoshi Misato Aratama
Akane Watanabe 		18–21, 13–21 Runner-up [28]
2017 Smiling Fish International Chisato Hoshi Nami Matsuyama
Chiharu Shida 		19–21, 14–21 Runner-up [29]
2019 Indonesia International Natsu Saito Anggia Shitta Awanda
Pia Zebadiah Bernadet 		19–21, 18–21 Runner-up [30]
2019 Malaysia International Natsu Saito Yulfira Barkah
Agatha Imanuela 		21–15, 21–23, 21–9 Winner [31]
2024 Malaysia International Nao Yamakita Hinata Suzuki
An Uesugi 		21–13, 12–21, 21–17 Winner [7]

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2017 Malaysia International Hiroki Okamura Yogendran Khrishnan
Prajakta Sawant 		21–10, 24–22 Winner [32]
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

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