Miyu Takahashi
Miyu Takahashi is a Japanese badminton player from Inami, Hyōgo Prefecture, who specializes in women's doubles. She is a member of the Japanese national team and is affiliated with the BIPROGY badminton team. Partnering with Mizuki Otake, Takahashi won her first World Tour title at the Vietnam Open and later secured the [2025 2025 German Open (badminton)|German Open (badminton)|2025 German Open] title. The pair achieved a career-high world ranking of No. 22 on 29 July 2025.
Career
Junior career
Takahashi began playing badminton 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 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, India International, and Maldives International.2023
In 2023, Takahashi resumed her partnership with Mizuki Otake. The pair reached the final of the Osaka International Challenge in April but finished as runners-up. They won their first national title at the All Japan Members Badminton Championships in September. Takahashi and Otake also made their BWF World Tour debut at the Super 100 Vietnam Open, where they were eliminated in the first round. They concluded the year by reaching the quarterfinals at the Super 100 Kaohsiung Masters.2024: First World Tour title
In 2024, Takahashi and Otake won two titles and achieved one runner-up finish. They won their first title of the year in July at the Northern Marianas Open. The following month, they were runners-up at the Indonesia Masters. In September, they made their Super 300-level debut at the Taipei Open, reaching the quarterfinals, and subsequently won their first BWF World Tour title at the Super 100 Vietnam Open. In November, during their Super 500 debut at the Japan Masters, they were eliminated in the first round by the sixth-seeded Chinese pair Jia Yifan and Zhang Shuxian. By 19 November 2024, the pair reached a new career-high world ranking of No. 58. They concluded the season in December by reaching the semifinals at the All Japan Championships, where they were defeated by the eventual champions and Paris Olympic bronze medalists, Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida.2025: German Open champion
Takahashi was selected as a member of the 2025 Japan National Team in the women's doubles with Otake, coached by Kei Nakashima and Mizuki Fujii. They won their first Super 300 title at the German Open, defeating the first seed Gabriela and Stefani Stoeva. In May, they were also runners-up at the Super 300 Taipei Open. Following these results, Otake and Takahashi achieved a career-high women's doubles ranking of world No. 22 on 29 July 2025.Achievements
BWF World Tour (2 titles, 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
| Year | Tournament | Level | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 (I) | Indonesia Masters | Super 100 |  BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 1 runner-up)Women's doubles
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