Mai Tanabe
Mai Tanabe is a Japanese badminton player who specializes in women's doubles. She is affiliated with the San-in Godo Bank badminton team. Partnering with Kaho Osawa, Tanabe was a runner-up at two Super 300 tournaments, the 2025 Canada Open and the 2025 Macau Open. She has also won five titles on the BWF International Challenge/Series circuit.
Career
In 2023, Tanabe won her first international title at the Mauritius International, partnering with Natsumi Takasaki. The pair were also runners-up at the Réunion Open that same year.She formed a new partnership with Kaho Osawa in 2024, and together they won three BWF International Challenge/Series titles: the Kazakhstan International, the Réunion Open, and the Mauritius International.
Tanabe and Osawa secured their first title of the 2025 season at the Mexican International. On the BWF World Tour, they were runners-up at two Super 300 tournaments: the Canada Open and the Macau Open. 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.
Tanabe and Osawa 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, Tanabe achieved a career-high world ranking of 22 on 13 January.
Achievements
BWF World Tour (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. 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
| Year | Tournament | Level | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref | ||||||
| 2025 | Canada Open | Super 300 |  BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 1 runner-up)Women's doubles
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