Ririna Hiramoto

Ririna Hiramoto
Hiramoto at the 2025 Kaohsiung Masters
Personal information
Born (2006-05-19) 19 May 2006
Ikeda, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
CountryJapan
SportBadminton
HandednessRight
Coached byKeiko Yoshitomi
Satoko Suetsuna
Women's doubles
Career record45 wins, 21 losses (68.18%)
Highest ranking26 (with Kokona Ishikawa, 27 January 2026)
Current ranking26 (with Kokona Ishikawa, 3 March 2026)
BWF profile
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Japan
World Junior Championships
2024 Nanchang Girls' doubles
2023 Spokane Girls' doubles
2024 Nanchang Mixed team
Asian Junior Championships
2023 Yogyakarta Mixed team
2024 Yogyakarta Girls' doubles

Ririna Hiramoto (平本 梨々菜, Hiramoto Ririna; born 19 May 2006) is a Japanese badminton player who competes in doubles.[1][2][3] A gold medalist in girls' doubles at the 2024 World Junior Championships, she won her first BWF World Tour title at the 2025 Kaohsiung Masters Super 100. Hiramoto achieved a career-high women's doubles ranking of No. 26 on 27 January 2026. She currently plays for the Gifu Bluvic badminton team.

Career

2023–2024: Junior career

In 2023, Hiramoto won her first junior international title in girls' doubles at the Dutch Junior International with partner Riko Kiyose.[4] The pair subsequently earned a bronze medal at the World Junior Championships.[5] Later that year, Hiramoto partnered with Aya Tamaki to finish as a runner-up at the Thailand Junior International.[6]

Continuing their partnership in 2024, Hiramoto and Tamaki won the gold medal in girls' doubles at the World Junior Championships.[7] They also secured a bronze medal at the Asian Junior Championships.[8] Hiramoto was part of the team that won the 2023 Asian Junior Championships, marking Japan's first victory in the mixed team event since 2012.[9] She also contributed to Japan's bronze medal win at the 2024 World Junior Championships.[10]

2025: First World Tour title and world top 40

Hiramoto turned professional in 2025, joining Gifu Bluvic, a team based in her home prefecture. Forming a new partnership with Kokona Ishikawa, Hiramoto won her first senior international title at the Northern Marianas Open.[11] The pair subsequently captured their first BWF World Tour title at the Kaohsiung Masters, a Super 100 event.[12] They also finished as runners-up at the Super 100 Indonesia Masters I and reached the semifinals of the Indonesia Masters II.[13][14] The pair concluded the 2025 season with a semifinal appearance at the Super 500 Australian Open.[15]

2026

Hiramoto and Ishikawa 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.[16] Following this tournament, Hiramoto achieved a career-high world ranking of 27 on 13 January.

Achievements

World Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2023 The Podium,
Spokane, Washington, United States 		Riko Kiyose Maya Taguchi
Aya Tamaki 		21–13, 7–21, 19–21 Bronze [5]
2024 Nanchang International Sports Center,
Nanchang, China 		Aya Tamaki Low Zi Yu
Dania Sofea 		21–17, 21–17 Gold [7]

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2024 Among Rogo Sports Hall, Yogyakarta, Indonesia Aya Tamaki Kim Min-ji
Yeon Seo-yeon 		21–15, 17–21, 18–21 Bronze [8]

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

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[17] 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.[18]

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2025 Indonesia Masters Super 100 Kokona Ishikawa Lin Xiao-min
Wang Yu-qiao 		17–21, 9–21 Runner-up [13]
2025 Kaohsiung Masters Super 100 Kokona Ishikawa Hinata Suzuki
Nao Yamakita 		21–16, 21–17 Winner [12]

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title)

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2025 Northern Marianas Open Kokona Ishikawa Hinata Suzuki
Nao Yamakita 		21–17, 21–15 Winner [11][19]
  BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF Junior International (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Girls' doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2023 Dutch Junior International Riko Kiyose Park Seul
Yeon Seo-yeon 		21–10, 13–21, 23–21 Winner [4][20]
2023 Thailand Junior International Aya Tamaki Naphachanok Utsanon
Sabrina Wedler 		24–22, 19–21, 19–21 Runner-up [6]
  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
  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 2023 2024 Ref
Asian Junior Championships G 7th [21][22]
World Junior Championships 5th B [10]

Individual competitions

Junior level

Girls' doubles

Events 2023 2024 Ref
Asian Junior Championships 2R B [8]
World Junior Championships B G [5][7]

Senior level

Women's doubles
Tournament BWF World Tour Best Ref
2025 2026
Malaysia Open A QF QF ('26) [16]
India Open A 1R 1R ('26) [23]
Thailand Masters A 2R 2R ('26)
All England Open A 1R 1R ('26)
Ruichang China Masters 2R 2R 2R ('25, '26) [24]
Japan Open 1R 1R ('25) [25]
Macau Open Q1 Q1 ('25) [26]
Indonesia Masters Super 100 F F ('25) [13]
SF [14]
Kaohsiung Masters W W ('25) [12]
Korea Masters 2R 2R ('25) [27]
Japan Masters 1R 1R ('25) [28]
Australian Open SF SF ('25) [15]
Year-end ranking 37 26
Tournament 2025 2026 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.[29]

References

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