is a Japanese badminton player. She is from Kanagawa Prefecture and is a Gifu Bluvic Badminton Team member. She was a two-time bronze medalist in girls' doubles at the World Junior Championships in 2022 and 2023. Kiyose won her first BWF World Tour title at the Odisha Masters.
Early career Kiyose attended NP Kanagawa for middle school and then Aomori Yamada Junior High and High School. During her school years, Kiyose competed in national badminton, particularly in girls' doubles, winning the 2022 Inter-High School Championship and the 2023 National High School Invitational Badminton Championships. Kiyose was a member of the U-19 national team in 2022 and 2023, where she was coached by former Olympic medalists Ayaka Takahashi and Reika Kakiiwa. On the international junior circuit, she won the girls' doubles title at the 2023 Dutch Junior International partnering Ririna Hiramoto.
At the World Junior Championships, Kiyose won consecutive bronze medals in the girls' doubles. In 2022 semifinals, she and partner Kokona Ishikawa lost to eventual champions, Liu Shengshu and Wang Tingge of China. In 2023, she reached the semifinals again with Ririna Hiramoto, where they were defeated by their compatriots and eventual champions, Maya Taguchi and Aya Tamaki.
In the team events, Kiyose contributed to Japan's bronze medal win at the 2022 World Junior Championships. The following year, she was a member of the team that won the 2023 Asian Junior Championships, marking Japan's first victory in mixed team event since 2012.
Career In 2024, Kiyose began competing on the BWF World Tour, debuting at the Thailand Masters, a Super 300 tournament. She partnered with Yuki Fukushima, losing in the first round to the third-seeded Chinese pair, Li Wenmei and Liu Xuanxuan. On 1 April 2024, Kiyose joined the Gifu Bluvic badminton team. Later that year, she won her first BWF World Tour title at the Super 100 Odisha Masters with partner Nanako Hara.
In 2025, Kiyose was a runner-up in two events at the Saipan International: women's doubles with Hara and mixed doubles with Kenta Matsukawa.
Awards and nominations +AwardYearCategoryResultTō-Ō Sports Award2022National Achievement with Kokona IshikawaAomori City Sports Award2023Sports Encouragement Award
Achievements World Junior Championships Girls' doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2022 Palacio de Deportes de Santander,Santander, Spain Kokona Ishikawa Liu Shengshu Wang Tingge 21–17, 13–21, 17–21 Bronze 2023 The Podium,Spokane, Washington, United States Ririna Hiramoto Maya Taguchi Aya Tamaki 21–13, 7–21, 19–21 Bronze
BWF World Tour (1 title) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, 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.
Women's doubles Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2024 Odisha Masters Super 100 Nanako Hara Keng Shuliang Wang Tingge 21–11, 21–19 Winner
BWF International Challenge/Series (2 runners-up) Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2025 Saipan International Nanako Hara Hinata Suzuki Nao Yamakita 13–15, 15–8, 11–15 Runner-up
Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2025 Saipan International Kenta Matsukawa An Yun-seong Lee Yu-lim 16–18, 12–15 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament
BWF Junior International (1 title) Girls' doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2023 Dutch Junior Ririna Hiramoto Park Seul Yeon Seo-yeon 21–10, 13–21, 23–21 Winner
BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
Performance timeline
National team Junior level Team events 2022 2023 Ref Asian Junior Championships NH G World Junior Championships B 5th
Individual competitions Junior level Girls' doubles Events 2022 2023 Ref Asian Junior Championships NH 2R World Junior Championships B B
Mixed doubles Events 2022 2023 Ref Asian Junior Championships NH 3R
Senior level Women's doubles Tournament BWF World Tour Best Ref 2024 2025 2026Malaysia OpenA 1R 1R ('26) India OpenA 2R 2R ('26) Thailand Masters 1R A 1R 1R ('25, '26) Ruichang China Masters QF QF 1R QF ('24, '25)Australian Open A 2R A 2R ('25) Macau Open A 2R A 2R ('25) U.S. Open A 1R 1R ('26) Canada Open A 2R 2R ('26) Japan Open A 1R A 1R ('25) Taipei Open A 2R 2R 2R ('25, '26) Korea Masters A 2R QF QF ('26) French Open A 1R Q 1R ('25) Korea Open A 1R Q 1R ('25)Japan Masters A 2R Q 2R ('25) Odisha Masters W A W ('24) Year-end ranking 171 50 43 Tournament 2024 2025 2026 Best Ref
Mixed doubles Tournament BWF World Tour Best Ref 2026 Korea Masters 1R 1R ('26)
Record against selected opponents Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 15 January 2026.
Nanako Hara
Players Apriyani Rahayu & Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti 1 0 1 –1 Yuki Fukushima & Mayu Matsumoto 1 0 1 –1 Baek Ha-na & Lee So-hee 1 0 1 –1
References
External links
Riko Kiyose at Badminton Association of Japan