# Yukiko Takahata

Yukiko Takahata (高畑 祐紀子, Takahata Yukiko, born 18 March 1998) is a Japanese badminton player from the Yonex team. In 2017, she became the women's doubles runner-up at the Osaka International tournament partnered with Ayako Sakuramoto. She won her first senior international title at the Spanish International tournament with Sakuramoto.
Takahata started to represent the national team in the 2015 World Junior Championships held in Lima, Peru, and helped the team reach the semifinals. At the BWF Grand Prix events, her best result was a runner-up at the 2017 New Zealand Open.
Teamed-up with Sakuramoto, Takahata won seven of eight finals of the 2018 BWF World Tour, with a title of Super 500 tournament from Singapore Open, three titles of Super 300 tournament from Swiss, New Zealand, and Australia Open; and three titles of Super 100 tournament. She participated at the 2019 Asia Mixed Team Championships, and won the silver medal after the team lost to the Chinese in the final.

## Achievements
### BWF World Tour (8 titles, 1 runners-up)

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 Tours are 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 |
| 2018 | Swiss Open | Super 300 | Ayako Sakuramoto | Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva | 19–21, 21–15, 21–18 | Winner |
| 2018 | New Zealand Open | Super 300 | Ayako Sakuramoto | Cao Tongwei Zheng Yu | 21–9, 21–19 | Winner |
| 2018 | Australian Open | Super 300 | Ayako Sakuramoto | Baek Ha-na Lee Yu-rim | 23–21, 21–18 | Winner |
| 2018 | Canada Open | Super 100 | Ayako Sakuramoto | Isabel Herttrich Carla Nelte | 21–13, 21–15 | Winner |
| 2018 | Singapore Open | Super 500 | Ayako Sakuramoto | Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida | 16–21, 24–22, 21–13 | Winner |
| 2018 | Akita Masters | Super 100 | Ayako Sakuramoto | Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida | 23–21, 21–11 | Winner |
| 2018 | Spain Masters | Super 300 | Ayako Sakuramoto | Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara | 17–21, 13–21 | Runner-up |
| 2018 | Indonesia Masters | Super 100 | Ayako Sakuramoto | Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida | 11–21, 21–19, 22–20 | Winner |
| 2019 | Akita Masters | Super 100 | Ayako Sakuramoto | Nita Violina Marwah Putri Syaikah | 21–17, 14–21, 21–15 | Winner |

### BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.
Women's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2017 | New Zealand Open | Ayako Sakuramoto | Vivian Hoo Woon Khe Wei | 21–18, 16–21, 19–21 | Runner-up |
    BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

### BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2017 | Osaka International | Ayako Sakuramoto | Kim So-yeong Yoo Hae-won | 21–16, 17–21, 19–21 | Runner-up |
| 2017 | Spanish International | Ayako Sakuramoto | Misato Aratama Akane Watanabe | 21–10, 21–15 | Winner |
| 2018 | Osaka International | Ayako Sakuramoto | Naoko Fukuman Kurumi Yonao | 21–17, 19–21, 16–21 | Runner-up |
    BWF International Challenge tournament