# Chiharu Shida

Chiharu Shida (志田 千陽, Shida Chiharu, born 29 April 1997) is a Japanese badminton player affiliated with the Saishunkan team. She is the bronze medalist at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Shida was part of the Japan winning team in the 2020 Asia Team Championships. 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 is the bronze medalist 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.

## Awards and nominations

| Award | Year | Category | Result | Ref. |
| BWF Awards | 2024 | Women’s Doubles Player of the Year with Nami Matsuyama | Nominated | |

## Career
### 2018–2020: Chinese Taipei Open–first World Tour title

Shida starterd the 2018 season as a semi-finalists in the Swiss Open in the women's doubles with Matsuyama. She then reached the mixed doubles final with Yunosuke Kubota in the Osaka International, losing to Kim Won-ho and Lee Yu-rim. She for the first time reached the final in the BWF World Tour, the Singapore Open, but she and her partner Matsuyama were defeated by their teammate Ayako Sakuramoto and Yukiko Takahata. Shida and Matsuyama also suffered defeat to Sakuramoto and Takahata in the final of the Akita and Bangka Belitung Indonesia Masters, while in the Vietnam Open they lose to Misato Aratama and Akane Watanabe. Shida and Matsuyama claimed their first ever World Tour title in the Chinese Taipei Open by beating Ayane Kurihara and Naru Shinoya. They ended the season ranked as world number 13.
In 2019 Shida and her partner, winning two title in the U.S. Open and Korea Masters, as well being a finalists in the Spain Masters and Swiss Open. In 2020, Shida joined Japan squad for the Asia Women's Team Championships, and won the gold medal after Japan beat South Korea in the final. Shida and Matsuyama best result in the World Tour were the semi-finalists in the Malaysia Masters.

### 2021: Two title in the Indonesia badminton festival

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous tournaments on the BWF World Tour were either cancelled or rescheduled since 2020. Shida was included in the Japanese squad for the Sudirman and Uber Cup held in Denmark, where the team won the silver medals in both competition. The pair of Shida and Matsuyama proved their prowess by winning two tournaments at the Indonesia badminton festival, the Indonesia Masters and Indonesia Open, and becoming runners-up at the BWF World Tour Finals held in Bali at the end of 2021. Shida made her debut in the World Championships in Spain together with Matsuyama, reaching the quarter-finals. For their achievements, they entered top 10 in the BWF world ranking.

### 2022–2023: All England Open title, and world #2

Started the 2022 season as world number 7, Shida and Matsuyama won the All England Open title beating Zhang Shuxian and Zheng Yu in the final. They competed in the Asian Championships, but were eliminated in the quarter-finals to Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan. The pair won their second title of the year in the Thailand Open by defeating Mayu Matsumoto and Wakana Nagahara in the final. Their good performance continue in the Indonesia Open triumph over Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota. They also made a history as the first ever women's doubles to win three consecutive BWF World Tour Super 1000 event. The duo also reached the finals in the Malaysia Masters, but have not been able to beat the world number 1 women's doubles pairing Chen and Jia. The duo qualified to compete in the World Championships, but their pace were stopped in the quarter-finals to Kim So-yeong and Kong Hee-yong. Shida and Matsuyama reached their career high as world number 2 in the BWF world ranking in November 2022.
In the beginning of the 2023 season, Shida and Matsuyama took an easy win over Chen and Jia to claimed the India Open title, due to ill-health suffered by Chen. Shida and Matsuyama then suffered five consecutive defeats from the new South Korean pairing Baek Ha-na and Lee So-hee; in the finals of the German Open, quarter-finals of the Malaysia Masters and Singapore Open, second round of the All England Open, and also in the first round of the Asian Championships. They then topped the podium at the Canada Open after won the final against Matsumoto and Nagahara. Chen and Jia are still too tough for Shida and Matsuyama. They have lost all of five meetings in the second half of the season; in the quarter-finals of the Japan Open, World Championships, and Asian Games; semi-finals of the China Open; and then in the final of the Denmark Open. The duo then won their third title of the year in the China Masters. Shida and Matsuyama qualified to compete in the year-end finals tournament, the BWF World Tour Finals, reaching to the semi-finals, where they were defeated by Baek and Lee.

### 2024–2025: Olympic bronze, second All England title

In the first half of the 2024 season, Shida and her partner Natsuyama, never won a single title. They only reached the finals in the French and Singapore Opens defeteated by Chen and Jia, and also in the All England Open defeated by Baek and Lee in a close rubber game. Shida and Matsuyama qualified to compete in the 2024 Summer Olympics. In their debut at the Olympics, the duo managed to win a bronze medal. In the end of the season they were nominated as women's doubles player of the year by the Badminton World Federation. The duo also played in the World Tour Finals, reaching the finals after beating their arch-rivals Chen and Jia in the semi-finals. Shida and Matsuyama had to be satisfied with the runner-up after losing the final match to Baek and Lee again.
In 2025, Shida clinched her second All England Open title with Matsuyama, after beating Japanese new pairing Yuki Fukushima and Mayu Matsumoto.

## Achievements
### Olympic Games

Women's doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
| 2024 | Porte de La Chapelle Arena, Paris, France | Nami Matsuyama | Pearly Tan Thinaah Muralitharan | 21–11, 21–11 | Bronze | |

### BWF World Junior Championships

Girls' doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
| 2015 | Centro de Alto Rendimiento de La Videna, Lima, Peru | Nami Matsuyama | Du Yue Li Yinhui | 17–21, 21–14, 12–21 | Bronze | |
Mixed doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
| 2015 | Centro de Alto Rendimiento de La Videna, Lima, Peru | Shuto Morioka | Zheng Siwei Chen Qingchen | 8–21, 12–21 | Bronze | |

### Asian Junior Championships

Girls' doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
| 2015 | CPB Badminton Training Center, Bangkok, Thailand | Nami Matsuyama | Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan | 11–21, 16–21 | Bronze | |

### BWF World Tour (12 titles, 14 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 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 |
| 2018 | Singapore Open | Super 500 | Nami Matsuyama | Ayako Sakuramoto Yukiko Takahata | 21–16, 22–24, 13–21 | Runner-up |
| 2018 | Akita Masters | Super 100 | Nami Matsuyama | Ayako Sakuramoto Yukiko Takahata | 21–23, 11–21 | Runner-up |
| 2018 | Vietnam Open | Super 100 | Nami Matsuyama | Misato Aratama Akane Watanabe | 18–21, 19–21 | Runner-up |
| 2018 | Indonesia Masters | Super 100 | Nami Matsuyama | Ayako Sakuramoto Yukiko Takahata | 21–11, 19–21, 20–22 | Runner-up |
| 2018 | Chinese Taipei Open | Super 300 | Nami Matsuyama | Ayane Kurihara Naru Shinoya | 21–10, 21–17 | Winner |
| 2019 | Spain Masters | Super 300 | Nami Matsuyama | Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong | 21–23, 21–15, 17–21 | Runner-up |
| 2019 | Swiss Open | Super 300 | Nami Matsuyama | Chang Ye-na Jung Kyung-eun | 16–21, 13–21 | Runner-up |
| 2019 | U.S. Open | Super 300 | Nami Matsuyama | Baek Ha-na Jung Kyung-eun | 21–16, 21–16 | Winner |
| 2019 | Korea Masters | Super 300 | Nami Matsuyama | Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi | 15–21, 21–17, 21–18 | Winner |
| 2021 | Indonesia Masters | Super 750 | Nami Matsuyama | Jeong Na-eun Kim Hye-jeong | 21–9, 21–11 | Winner |
| 2021 | Indonesia Open | Super 1000 | Nami Matsuyama | Greysia Polii Apriyani Rahayu | 21–19, 21–19 | Winner |
| 2021 | BWF World Tour Finals | World Tour Finals | Nami Matsuyama | Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong | 14–21, 14–21 | Runner-up |
| 2022 | All England Open | Super 1000 | Nami Matsuyama | Zhang Shuxian Zheng Yu | 21–13, 21–9 | Winner |
| 2022 | Thailand Open | Super 500 | Nami Matsuyama | Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara | 17–21, 21–15, 26–24 | Winner |
| 2022 | Indonesia Open | Super 1000 | Nami Matsuyama | Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota | 18–21, 21–14, 21–17 | Winner |
| 2022 | Malaysia Masters | Super 500 | Nami Matsuyama | Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan | 11–21, 12–21 | Runner-up |
| 2023 | India Open | Super 750 | Nami Matsuyama | Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan | Walkover | Winner |
| 2023 | German Open | Super 300 | Nami Matsuyama | Baek Ha-na Lee So-hee | 19–21, 15–21 | Runner-up |
| 2023 | Canada Open | Super 500 | Nami Matsuyama | Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara | 22–20, 21–16 | Winner |
| 2023 | Denmark Open | Super 750 | Nami Matsuyama | Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan | 16–21, 13–21 | Runner-up |
| 2023 | China Masters | Super 750 | Nami Matsuyama | Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota | 21–18, 21–11 | Winner |
| 2024 | French Open | Super 750 | Nami Matsuyama | Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan | 12–21, 21–19, 22–24 | Runner-up |
| 2024 | All England Open | Super 1000 | Nami Matsuyama | Baek Ha-na Lee So-hee | 19–21, 21–11, 17–21 | Runner-up |
| 2024 | Singapore Open | Super 750 | Nami Matsuyama | Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan | 15–21, 12–21 | Runner-up |
| 2024 | BWF World Tour Finals | World Tour Finals | Nami Matsuyama | Baek Ha-na Lee So-hee | 19–21, 14–21 | Runner-up |
| 2025 | All England Open | Super 1000 | Nami Matsuyama | Yuki Fukushima Mayu Matsumoto | 21–16, 14–21, 21–17 | Winner |

### BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 2 runners-up)

Women's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2016 | Vietnam International | Yuki Fukushima | Shiho Tanaka Koharu Yonemoto | 28–26, 21–15 | Winner |
| 2016 | Spanish International | Yuki Fukushima | Sayaka Hirota Nao Ono | 14–21, 21–13, 19–21 | Runner-up |
| 2017 | Smiling Fish International | Nami Matsuyama | Chisato Hoshi Naru Shinoya | 21–19, 21–14 | Winner |
Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
| 2018 | Osaka International | Yunosuke Kubota | Kim Won-ho Lee Yu-rim | 17–21, 12–21 | Runner-up | |
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