Manami Suizu
| Manami Suizu | |
|---|---|
 Suizu at the 2023 Kaohsiung Masters | |
| Personal information | |
| Country | Japan |
| Born | 8 October 2003 Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan |
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Handedness | Right |
| Coach | Riichi Takeshita |
| Women's singles | |
| Career record | 63 wins, 28 losses (69.23%) |
| Highest ranking | 35 (3 June 2025) |
| Current ranking | 35 (17 June 2025) |
| BWF profile | |
Manami Suizu (水津 愛美, Suizu Manami; born 8 October 2003) is a Japanese badminton player from Yamaguchi Prefecture.[1] As of 3 June 2025, she holds a career-high women's singles world ranking of No. 35. She is a former member of the Japanese national team and is currently affiliated with the ACT Saikyo team. Her achievements include finishing as a runner-up at the 2024 Malaysia Masters (Super 100), winning three BWF International Challenge titles, and winning her first senior national title at the 2025 Japan Ranking Circuit.
Early life and career
[edit]Manami Suizu began playing badminton at the age of seven. Her older sister, Yui Suizu, is also a badminton player affiliated with the ACT Saikyo team. Suizu attended Yanai Junior High School and Yanai Shōkō High School.[2] In her junior international career, she was the singles runner-up at the 2019 Korea Junior Open and won the singles title at the 2020 German Junior Open.[3][4] In November 2020, while a second-year student at Yanai Shōkō High School, Suizu received the "Medal of Glory" (Sports Award) from Yamaguchi Prefecture. The honor is bestowed upon residents for distinction in national or international sports and cultural activities.[5] In 2021, she won the singles event at the National High School Invitational Championships and secured third place in singles at the Inter-High School Championships.[6][7]
Career
[edit]2022
[edit]After graduating from high school, Manami Suizu joined the ACT Saikyo badminton team on 1 April 2022 and began competing in the senior international circuit.[8] That year, she reached the semifinals in three consecutive tournaments: the Polish International in September, followed by the Bendigo International and the North Harbour International in October.[9][10] Unranked at the start of 2022, she concluded the year ranked world No. 189.
2023
[edit]During the 2023 season, Suizu won her first senior international title by winning the Mexican International in May.[11] She subsequently made her BWF World Tour debut at the Vietnam Open in September, where she reached the semifinal.[12] In November, she reached the quarterfinals of the Korea Masters, her first Super 300-level tournament. She was defeated by the top seed and eventual winner Kim Ga-eun of South Korea.[13] She also reached the quarterfinal at the Kaohsiung Masters in September.[14] Later that year, Suizu debuted at the Super 500 level at the Japan Masters in November, where she was defeated by Olympic silver medalist Tai Tzu-ying.[15] These performances led to her then-career-high world ranking of No. 60 as of 21 November 2023.
2024
[edit]Suizu started the 2024 season ranked world No. 57. In March, she reached the semifinals of the Orléans Masters (Super 300), where she was defeated by fellow Japanese player Hina Akechi.[16] During the North American leg in June and July, she competed in the U.S. Open and the Canada Open, being defeated by Beiwen Zhang in an early round in both tournaments. In August, Suizu made her Super 750 debut at the Japan Open, losing in the second round to China's Han Yue.[17] Following the Japan Open, she entered the world's top 50 for the first time, achieving a career-high ranking of No. 45 on 2 September 2024. Later that year, she was the runner-up at the Malaysia Masters (Super 100) in October, defeated by compatriot Kaoru Sugiyama in the final.[18] Her season concluded at the Japan Masters, where she withdrew from her second-round match via a walkover.
2025
[edit]Suizu started her 2025 season at the India Open Super 750, where she was eliminated in the second round by former world champion P.V. Sindhu.[19] In March, she won two International Challenge titles: the Vietnam International and the Sri Lanka International.[20][21] In May, Suizu captured her first senior national title by winning the Japan Ranking Circuit.[22] She reached a career-high world ranking of No. 35 on 3 June 2025.
Achievements
[edit]BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)
[edit]The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[23] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are 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.[24]
Women's singles
| Year | Tournament | Level | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Malaysia Masters | Super 100 |  Kaoru Sugiyama
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18–21, 14–21 |  Runner-up
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[18] |
BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles)
[edit]Women's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Mexican International |  Wen Yu Zhang
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21–13, 21–10 |  Winner
|
[11] |
| 2025 | Sri Lanka International |  Adita Rao
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21–12, 27–25 | Winner
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[20] |
| 2025 | Vietnam International |  Pitchamon Opatniputh
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21–11, 21–9 | Winner
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[21] |
- BWF International Challenge tournament
BWF Junior International (1 title, 1 runner-up)
[edit]Girls' singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Korea Junior Open |  Lee So-yul
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21–16, 14–21, 15–21 | Runner-up
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[3] |
| 2020 | German Junior |  Stephanie Widjaja
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18–21, 21–15, 21–17 | Winner
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[4] |
- BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
- BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
Record against selected opponents
[edit]Record against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 19 January 2025.[25]
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References
[edit]- ^ "Manami SUIZU | Profile". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
- ^ "Manami Suizu | Profile" (in Japanese). Badminton S/J League. Archived from the original on 12 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
- ^ a b "Results for the Korea Junior Open Badminton Championships 2019" (in Japanese). Nippon Badminton Association. 2 November 2019. Archived from the original on 12 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
- ^ a b "YONEX German Junior 2020: The winners" (in German). Badminton Germany. 8 March 2020. Archived from the original on 9 June 2025. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
- ^ "National-level success in sports and culture; Oshima National College of Maritime Technology students and others awarded 'Medal of Glory' by the prefecture / Yamaguchi" (in Japanese). Mainichi Shimbun. 17 November 2020. Archived from the original on 10 June 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
- ^ "[High School Invitational 2021] Osawa & Ishikawa are victorious in Girls' Doubles! In Girls' Singles, Suizu achieves a double crown along with the team title! <Girls' Individual Events>" (in Japanese). Badminton Spirit. 29 March 2021. Archived from the original on 12 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
- ^ "[Toyama Inter-High 2021] Nana Hisaminato Wins the Summer Title Without Dropping a Single Game! <Girls' Singles>" (in Japanese). Badminton Spirit. 14 August 2021. Archived from the original on 12 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
- ^ "Four new players have joined" (in Japanese). ACT Saikyo. 4 April 2022. Archived from the original on 12 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
- ^ "Semifinal results at the YONEX Bendigo International 2022". Badminton Oceania. 15 October 2022. Archived from the original on 12 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
- ^ "Semifinal highlights at the VICTOR North Harbour International 2022". Badminton Oceania. 22 October 2022. Archived from the original on 12 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
- ^ a b "Champions in Mexico – Pan Am Circuit 2023". Badminton Pan America. 11 May 2023. Archived from the original on 17 May 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
- ^ Dong, Duc (18 September 2023). "Vietnamese badminton player beats Japanese opponent to win Vietnam Open". VnExpress. Archived from the original on 12 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
- ^ Matsuda, Keita (10 November 2023). "Results Day 4: Korea Masters 2023" (in Japanese). Nippon Badminton Association. Archived from the original on 12 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
- ^ Chen, Guowei (29 September 2023). "Liang Ting-yu reaches Super Series Women's Singles semi-finals for the first time in her career: 'Hearing my name felt like a home game'" (in Chinese). TaiSounds. Archived from the original on 12 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
- ^ "Japan Masters: 20-year-old young player receives a "shock lesson" from Taiwan's No. 1 Tai Tzu-ying, laments the skill gap" (in Chinese). Liberty Times. 16 November 2023. Archived from the original on 12 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
- ^ "Haikal-Hon Jian reach Orleans Masters final". The Star. 18 March 2024. Archived from the original on 12 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
- ^ "Han Yue defeats a young Japanese player born in the 2000s 2-0, securing the third consecutive win for the Chinese national badminton team. She will face Akane Yamaguchi in the quarter-finals" (in Chinese). Sohu. 23 August 2024. Archived from the original on 12 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
- ^ a b Lee, David (20 October 2024). "Jason Teh stays dogged in pursuit of first major badminton title after heartbreak in Malaysia". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 12 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
- ^ Nalwala, Ali Asgar (16 January 2025). "India Open 2025 badminton: PV Sindhu, Chirag-Satwik make quarter-finals in contrasting fashion". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 12 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
- ^ a b "Malaysia's Aidil and Japan's Suizu emerge HUNDRED Challenge champs". ThePapare. 3 March 2025. Archived from the original on 9 June 2025. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
- ^ a b "Thai badminton star thanks Vietnamese fans after finishing as runner-up in major tournament" (in Vietnamese). Vietnam News Agency. 2 April 2025. Archived from the original on 12 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
- ^ "[Japan Ranking Circuit 2025] Takuma Obayashi wins the national title for the first time in three years! Manami Suizu wins the women's singles title! <Final Results/Singles>" (in Japanese). Badminton Spirit. 24 May 2025. Archived from the original on 24 May 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
- ^ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ^ "Hina AKECHI head to head". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
External links
[edit]
- Manami Suizu at BWFBadminton.com
- Manami Suizu at BWFWorldTourFinals.BWFBadminton.com
- Manami Suizu at ACT Saikyo (in Japanese)
- Manami Suizu at Smash and Net TV (in Japanese)