# Miyu Takahashi

Miyu Takahashi (高橋 美優, Takahashi Miyū, born 15 May 2002) is a Japanese badminton player from Inami, Hyōgo Prefecture. She graduated from the Aomori Yamada High School, and joined BIPROGY badminton team on 1 April 2021. Takahashi won her first BWF World Tour title at the Vietnam Open.

## Career
### Junior career

Takahashi began playing in elementary school. In her third year at Aomori Yamada High School, she placed third in the singles and won doubles competition at the Singapore Youth International. She was part of Japan's Bronze Medal winning team at the 2018 BWF World Junior Championships.
In 2019, she won the All Japan Junior Badminton Championship as a singles player. She began partnering with Mizuki Otake in fall 2018 and the pair were described as top talents in their generation. They won the National High School Inter-High Badminton Tournament.

### 2022

Takahashi partnered with Chisato Hoshi in women's doubles, winning all three tournaments they entered: India International (I), India International (II), and Maldives International.

### 2023

Takahashi partnered with Mizuki Otake winning her first championship at the All Japan Members Badminton Championships.

### 2024: First BWF World Tour title

Takahashi and Mizuki Otake competed in the 2024 Taipei Open in September. It was their first time reaching the quarter-finals of a tournament at this level. They started by defeating fifth seeds Sung Shuo-yun and Yu Chien-hui. Their winning streak continued in the next round with a win over Lanny Tria Mayasari and Rachel Allessya Rose. However, their run ended in the quarter-finals against the second seeds Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma and Amallia Cahaya Pratiwi after a hard-fought 72-minute, three-game match.
Takahashi and Otake were finalists in two Super 100 tournaments. They were runner-up at the Indonesia Masters, losing to Jesita Putri Miantoro and Febi Setianingrum. They then won the 2024 Vietnam Open, defeating Tidapron Kleebyeesun and Nattamon Laisuan, to claim their first BWF World Tour title.
Takahashi and Otake debuted in a Super 500 tournament at the Japan Masters in November, but lost in the first round to the sixth-seeded Chinese pair Jia Yifan and Zhang Shuxian.
They re-entered the All Japan Members Badminton Championships again in 2024, falling in the semi-finals (2-1 (16-21, 21-19, 21-15)) to the pair of Chiharu Shida and Nami Matsuyama, who had won bronze in the Paris Olympics.

### 2025: German Open champion

Takahashi has been selected as a 2025 Japan National Team member in the women's doubles with Otake, coached by Kei Nakashima and Mizuki Fujii. Takahashi and Otake won their first Super 300 tournament in the German Open, beating the first seed Gabriela and Stefani Stoeva.

## Achievements
### BWF World Tour (2 titles, 1 runner-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 doubles
| Year | Tournament | Level | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2024 (I) | Indonesia Masters | Super 100 | Mizuki Otake | Jesita Putri Miantoro Febi Setianingrum | 15–21, 13–21 | Runner-up |
| 2024 | Vietnam Open | Super 100 | Mizuki Otake | Tidapron Kleebyeesun Nattamon Laisuan | 19–21, 22–20, 21–7 | Winner |
| 2025 | German Open | Super 300 | Mizuki Otake | Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva | 21–17, 20–22, 21–12 | Winner |

### BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

Women's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2022 (I) | India International | Chisato Hoshi | Miho Kayama Kaho Osawa | 21–18, 19–21, 21–16 | Winner |
| 2022 (II) | India International | Chisato Hoshi | Pooja Dandu Arathi Sara Sunil | 12–21, 21–12, 21–7 | Winner |
| 2022 | Maldives International | Chisato Hoshi | Kaho Osawa Kaoru Sugiyama | 21–16, 21–15 | Winner |
| 2023 | Osaka International | Mizuki Otake | Lee Yu-lim Shin Seung-chan | 23–21, 21–13 | Runner-up |
| 2024 | Northern Marianas Open | Mizuki Otake | Miki Kanehiro Rui Kiyama | 21–4, 21–10 | Winner |
    BWF International Challenge 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 | 2018 | Ref |
| World Junior Championships | B | |

### Individual competitions

* Junior level
| Events | 2018 | Ref |
| World Junior Championships | 2R | |
* 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 |
| German Open | A | A | W | W ('25) | |
| Orléans Masters | A | A | Q1 | Q1 ('25) | |
| Ruichang China Masters | A | 2R | A | 2R ('24) | |
| Kaohsiung Masters | QF | A | | QF ('23) | |
| Indonesia Masters Super 100 | A | F | | F ('24) | |
| Indonesia Masters Super 100 | A | A | | F ('24) | |
| Taipei Open | A | QF | | QF ('24) | |
| Vietnam Open | 1R | W | | W ('24) | |
| Japan Masters | A | 1R | | 1R ('24) | |
| Year-end ranking | 148 | 59 | | 36 | |
| Tournament | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Best | Ref |