Ayane Kurihara

Ayane Kurihara
栗原 文音
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1989-09-27) 27 September 1989 (age 35)
Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight59 kg (130 lb)
Retired23 December 2019
HandednessRight
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking26 (WS 3 November 2011)
22 (WD 19 March 2015)
11 (XD 9 March 2017)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Japan
Sudirman Cup
Silver medal – second place 2015 Dongguan Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Gold Coast Mixed team
Asia Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Ho Chi Minh Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Hong Kong Mixed team
Asian Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team
BWF profile

Ayane Kurihara (栗原 文音, born 27 September 1989) is a Japanese former badminton player. She began playing badminton at age 9, and played competitively from then on. She became a member of the Japan national badminton team at the age of 19.[1] Her current partner is Naru Shinoya for women's doubles and Kohei Gondo for mixed doubles. Kurihara competed with her former partner Kenta Kazuno in the mixed doubles at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[2]

Kurihara announced her retirement through her Twitter account on 23 December 2019.[3]

  1. ^ "Players: Ayane Kurihara". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Ayane Kurihara". Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  3. ^ "栗原文音退役后深夜发推 坚持到最后所以不后悔" (in Chinese). Sina Sports. 25 December 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.