# Mizuki Otake

Mizuki Otake (大竹 望月, Ōtake Mizuki, born 27 February 2002) is a Japanese badminton player. She graduated from the Aomori Yamada High School, and joined BIPROGY badminton team on 1 April 2020.

## Career
### 2024

Otake and Takahashi competed in the 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.
Otake and Takahashi reached the finals of two Super 100 tournaments. They were runners-up at the Indonesia Masters, losing to Jesita Putri Miantoro and Febi Setianingrum. They then won the Vietnam Open, defeating Tidapron Kleebyeesun and Nattamon Laisuan to win their first BWF World Tour title.
Otake and Takahashi made their Super 500 tournament debut at the Japan Masters in November, where they lost in the first round to the sixth-seeded Chinese pair Jia Yifan and Zhang Shuxian.

### 2025: German Open champion

Otake was selected as a member of the 2025 Japan National Team in the women's doubles with Takahashi, coached by Kei Nakashima and Mizuki Fujii. Otake and Takahashi won their first Super 300 tournament this year at the German Open in March, defeating 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 | Miyu Takahashi | Jesita Putri Miantoro Febi Setianingrum | 15–21, 13–21 | Runner-up |
| 2024 | Vietnam Open | Super 100 | Miyu Takahashi | Tidapron Kleebyeesun Nattamon Laisuan | 19–21, 22–20, 21–7 | Winner |
| 2025 | German Open | Super 300 | Miyu Takahashi | Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva | 21–17, 20–22, 21–12 | Winner |

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

Women's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
| 2023 | Osaka International | Miyu Takahashi | Lee Yu-lim Shin Seung-chan | 23–21, 21–13 | Runner-up | |
| 2024 | Northern Marianas Open | Miyu Takahashi | 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 | 2019 |
| World Junior Championships | B |

### Individual competitions
#### Junior level

* Girls' doubles
| Events | 2019 |
| World Junior Championships | 4R |
* Mixed doubles
| Events | 2019 |
| World Junior Championships | 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 |
| 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 |