Chiharu Shida

Chiharu Shida
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1997-04-29) 29 April 1997 (age 27)
Hachirōgata, Akita, Japan
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
HandednessRight
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking2 (WD with Nami Matsuyama 8 November 2022)
211 (XD with Yunosuke Kubota 5 July 2018)[1]
Current ranking4 (WD with Nami Matsuyama 20 August 2024)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Women's doubles
Sudirman Cup
Silver medal – second place 2021 Vantaa Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Suzhou Mixed team
Uber Cup
Silver medal – second place 2020 Aarhus Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Bangkok Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Chengdu Women's team
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou Women's team
Asia Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2020 Manila Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Selangor Women's team
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Alor Setar Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Lima Girls' doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Lima Mixed doubles
Asian Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Taipei Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Bangkok Girls' doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Bangkok Mixed team
BWF profile

Chiharu Shida (志田 千陽, Shida Chiharu, born 29 April 1997) is a Japanese badminton player affiliated with the Saishunkan team.[2][3] She was the bronze medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[4] Shida was part of the Japan winning team in the 2020 Asia Tema Championships.[5] She reached a career high as world number 2 in the BWF World rankings on 8 November 2022 with her current partner Nami Matsuyama.

Shida was the bronze medalists at the Asian and World Junior Championships in 2014 and 2015. Shida won her first international title at the 2016 Vietnam International, and claimed her first BWF World Tour at the 2018 Chinese Taipei Open.[3]

  1. ^ "Chiharu Shida ranking history – mixed doubles Yunosuke Kubota". Badminton World Federation. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Players: Chiharu Shida". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  3. ^ a b "選手・スタッフ紹介: 志田 千陽 シダ・チハル". Saishunkan Badminton (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Olympics: Matsuyama, Shida cruise to badminton women's doubles bronze". Kyodo News+. 4 August 2024. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  5. ^ Valderrama, Aeron Paul (16 February 2020). "Japan remains queen of Asian Badminton Team Championship". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 25 August 2024.