Arisa Higashino

The native form of this personal name is Higashino Arisa. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Arisa Higashino
東野 有紗
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1996-08-01) 1 August 1996 (age 28)
Iwamizawa, Hokkaido, Japan
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight54 kg (119 lb)[1]
HandednessRight
CoachJeremy Gan
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking65 (WD with Ayane Kurihara, 13 July 2017)
1 (XD with Yuta Watanabe, 8 November 2022)
Current ranking5 (XD with Yuta Watanabe, 13 August 2024)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Mixed doubles
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2021 Huelva Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2022 Tokyo Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Basel Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Copenhagen Mixed doubles
Sudirman Cup
Silver medal – second place 2019 Nanning Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2021 Vantaa Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Gold Coast Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Suzhou Mixed team
Uber Cup
Silver medal – second place 2020 Aarhus Women's team
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Women's team
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou Women's team
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Manila Mixed doubles
Asia Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Ho Chi Minh Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Hong Kong Mixed team
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Alor Setar Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Alor Setar Mixed team
Asian Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Kota Kinabalu Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Taipei Mixed team
BWF profile

Arisa Igarashi (五十嵐 有紗, Igarashi Arisa, née Higashino; born 1 August 1996) is a Japanese badminton player.[2][3] She won bronze in the mixed team at the Asian Junior Championships in 2013 and 2014, and competed at the 2014 World Junior Championships, winning two bronzes in the mixed doubles and team event.[3]

Higashino won her maiden Super 1000 tournament at the 2018 and 2021 All England Open in the mixed doubles event, partnering with Yuta Watanabe,[4] and had also won 2 consecutive bronze medals in mixed doubles at the 2020[5] and 2024 Summer Olympics.[6]

  1. ^ "東野有紗". Badminton Spirit (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Players: Arisa Higashino". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  3. ^ a b "東野 有紗 Arisa Higashino". Unisys (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  4. ^ "First Japanese mixed doubles pair to be crowned at All England!!". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Badminton - HIGASHINO Arisa". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Arisa Higashino and Yuta Watanabe Collect Their 2nd Straight Bronze in Badminton Mixed Doubles". Japan Forward. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.