Kaho Osawa
Kaho Osawa is a Japanese badminton player who specializes in women's doubles. She is affiliated with the San-in Godo Bank badminton team. She was a bronze medalist at the 2019 World Junior Championships, winning medals in girls' doubles with Hinata Suzuki and in mixed team event. Osawa has won five BWF International Challenge/Series titles. Partnering with Mai Tanabe, she finished as runner-up at three Super 300 tournaments in 2025: the Canada Open, the Macau Open, and the Syed Modi International. She reached a career-high world ranking of No. 21 in January 2026.
Career
2019: Junior career
In 2019, Osawa represented Japan at the World Junior Championships in Kazan, Russia. Partnering with Hinata Suzuki, she secured a bronze medal in girls' doubles and contributed to Japan's bronze medal in the mixed team event. Later that year, the duo captured the India Junior International, a BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament.2022–2023: First senior international title
Osawa contested her first senior finals in 2022, finishing as runner-up at the India International with Miho Kayama and the Maldives International with Kaoru Sugiyama. She claimed her maiden senior international title at the 2023 Vietnam International, partnering with Asuka Sugiyama.2024–2025: Three Super 300 runners-up, world top 30
In 2024, Osawa formed a partnership with Mai Tanabe. The pair won four BWF International Challenge/Series titles between 2024 and early 2025: the 2024 Kazakhstan International, 2024 Réunion Open, 2024 Mauritius International, and the 2025 Mexican International.On the 2025 BWF World Tour, Osawa and Tanabe were runners-up at three Super 300 tournaments: the Canada Open, the Macau Open, and the Syed Modi International. The pair also made their Super 750 debut at the Japan Open, where they were eliminated in the second round by the former world No. 1 pair of Baek Ha-na and Lee So-hee. Following these performances, Osawa reached a career-high ranking of world No. 27 on 2 December 2025.
2026
Osawa and Tanabe began the 2026 season at the Malaysia Open, making their Super 1000 debut. The pair reached the quarterfinals after defeating the third-seeded Korean duo, Kim Hye-jeong and Kong Hee-yong. Following this performance, Osawa achieved a career-high world ranking of 22 on 13 January.Achievements
World Junior Championships
Girls' doubles| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Kazan Gymnastics Center, Kazan, Russia |  BWF World Tour (3 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. 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
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