# Tomoka Miyazaki

Tomoka Miyazaki (宮崎 友花, Miyazaki Tomoka, born 17 August 2006) is a Japanese badminton player. She was the world junior champion winning the girls' singles title in 2022.

## Career
### 2022

At the World Junior Championships held in Santander, Spain in October, Miyazaki won the girls' singles title as a first-year high school student. She became the fourth Japanese player to win the world junior singles title, following Nozomi Okuhara, Akane Yamaguchi, and Riko Gunji.

### 2023

In October, Miyazaki won the Indonesia Masters II title, defeating Thai player Pornpicha Choeikeewong in the final.
In November, she reached the final of Korea Masters where she lost to Korea's no. 2 player, Kim Ga-eun, finishing as the runner-up.

### 2024

In March, Miyazaki won the Orléans Masters title after defeating Hina Akechi in the finals. The following week, at the Swiss Open, she defeated the 2019 world champion and Olympic medalist P. V. Sindhu in the second round, but ultimately lost to Olympic gold medalist Carolina Marin in the semi-finals.
In April, Miyazaki participated in the 2024 Uber Cup.
In September, she finished second to Wang Zhiyi in her maiden Super 1000 final at the China Open.
Miyazaki received a grant from the Kozuki Foundation's Athlete Support Program, which provides financial assistance to promising young athletes. High school and university students in the program receive 1.2 million yen annually. The Kozuki Foundation held an award ceremony in Tokyo on 18 December 2024.
At the All Japan Badminton Championships, which took place in Tokyo on 25-30 December 2024, Miyazaki won the women's singles title. Her path to the championship began with a win over Asuka Takahashi in the quarterfinals, followed by a win over Riko Gunji in the semifinals. In the final, Miyazaki secured the championship title by defeating Natsuki Nidaira. This victory made her the fourth high school student in history to win the championship, following Aiko Miyamura in 1989, Nozomi Okuhara in 2011, and Akane Yamaguchi in 2014.

### 2025

Miyazaki was selected as a member of the 2025 Japan National Team, coached by Takako Ida and Shōji Satō. She will be representing Japan at the 2025 Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships.

## Achievements
### BWF World Junior Championships

Girls' singles
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
| 2022 | Palacio de Deportes de Santander, Santander, Spain | Yuan Anqi | 21–14, 20–22, 21–17 | Gold | |

### BWF World Tour (2 titles, 2 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 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.
Women's singles
| Year | Tournament | Level | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2023 (II) | Indonesia Masters | Super 100 | Pornpicha Choeikeewong | 21–9, 21–15 | Winner |
| 2023 | Korea Masters | Super 300 | Kim Ga-eun | 21–19, 17–21, 12–21 | Runner-up |
| 2024 | Orléans Masters | Super 300 | Hina Akechi | 21–18, 21–12 | Winner |
| 2024 | China Open | Super 1000 | Wang Zhiyi | 17–21, 15–21 | Runner-up |

### BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 2 runners-up)

Women's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2022 | Slovenia Future Series | Hina Akechi | 21–14, 21–19 | Winner |
| 2023 | Northern Marianas Open | Kim Ga-ram | 21–15, 23–25, 13–21 | Runner-up |
| 2023 | Saipan International | Kim Ga-ram | 21–19, 14–21, 21–17 | Winner |
| 2023 | Guatemala Future Series | Mei Sudo | 21–17, 19–21, 21–11 | Winner |
Women's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
| 2023 | Guatemala Future Series | Maya Taguchi | Mei Sudo Nao Yamakita | 21–16, 14–21, 23–25 | Runner-up | |
    BWF International Challenge tournament
    BWF Future Series tournament

### BWF Junior International (1 runner-up)

Girls' singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
| 2022 | Malaysia Junior International | Kokona Ishikawa | 17–21, 21–17, 22–24 | Runner-up | |
    BWF Junior International Series tournament

## Performance timeline
### Key

| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | A | G | S | B | NH | N/A | DNQ |

### National team

* Junior level
| Team events | 2022 | 2023 | Ref |
| Asian Junior Championships | NH | G | |
| World Junior Championships | B | 5th |
* Senior level
| Team events | 2024 | 2025 |
| Asia Team Championships | B | NH |
| Asia Mixed Team Championships | NH | B |
| Uber Cup | B | NH |

### Individual competitions

* Junior level
| Events | 2022 | 2023 | Ref |
| Asian Junior Championships | NH | QF | |
| World Junior Championships | G | QF | |
* Senior level
| Event | 2025 | Ref |
| Asian Championships | Q | |
| Tournament | BWF World Tour | BWF World Tour | BWF World Tour | Best | Ref |
| Tournament | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Best | Ref |
| Malaysia Open | A | A | 1R | 1R ('25) | |
| India Open | A | A | SF | SF ('25) | |
| Indonesia Masters | A | A | QF | QF ('25) |
| Thailand Masters | A | 2R | A | 2R ('24) |
| Orléans Masters | A | W | QF | W ('24) | |
| All England Open | A | A | QF | QF ('25) | |
| Swiss Open | A | SF | A | SF ('24) |
| Spain Masters | A | 1R | NH | 1R ('24) |
| Singapore Open | A | 2R | | 2R ('24) |
| Indonesia Open | A | 1R | | 1R ('24) |
| Japan Open | A | 1R | | 1R ('24) |
| Korea Open | A | 1R | | 1R ('24) |
| Indonesia Masters Super 100 | SF | A | | W ('23) |
| Indonesia Masters Super 100 | W | A | | W ('23) | |
| Hong Kong Open | A | SF | | SF ('24) |
| China Open | A | F | | F ('24) | |
| Macau Open | NH | SF | | SF ('24) |
| Arctic Open | A | SF | | SF ('24) |
| Denmark Open | A | 2R | | 2R ('24) |
| Korea Masters | F | SF | | F ('23) | |
| Japan Masters | 2R | 1R | | 2R ('23) |
| China Masters | A | SF | | SF ('24) |
| Syed Modi International | 2R | A | | 2R ('23) |
| Year-end ranking | 39 | 12 | | 7 |
| Tournament | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Best | Ref |

## Record against selected opponents

Record against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 14 March 2025.
| Player | Matches | Win | Lost | Diff. |
| Chen Yufei | 1 | 0 | 1 | –1 |
| Han Yue | 1 | 0 | 1 | –1 |
| Wang Zhiyi | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| P. V. Sindhu | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 |
| Gregoria Mariska Tunjung | 1 | 0 | 1 | –1 |
| Aya Ohori | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 |
| Nozomi Okuhara | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 |
| Akane Yamaguchi | 3 | 1 | 2 | –1 |
| Carolina Marin | 1 | 0 | 1 | –1 |
| An Se-young | 3 | 0 | 3 | –3 |
| Ratchanok Intanon | 4 | 1 | 3 | –2 |