Nami Matsuyama
Nami Matsuyama is a Japanese badminton player affiliated with the Saishunkan team. She is the Women's Doubles bronze medalist at the [Badminton at the Badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles|2024 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles|2024 Summer Olympics]. Matsuyama helps the national team won the 2020 Asia Team Championships. She reached a career high as world number 2 in the BWF World rankings on 8 November 2022 with Chiharu Shida.
Matsuyama is the girls' doubles gold medalist at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Bilbao, Spain partnered with Sayaka Hobara. Matsuyama won her first senior international title in Thailand at the 2017 Smiling Fish International tournament with Chiharu Shida.
Career
2018–2020: Chinese Taipei Open–first World Tour title
Matsuyama began the 2018 season as a semi-finalist at the Swiss Open alongside partner Chiharu Shida. The pair reached their first BWF World Tour final at the Singapore Open, where they lost to teammates Ayako Sakuramoto and Yukiko Takahata. They also finished as runners-up to Sakuramoto and Takahata at the Akita Masters and the Bangka Belitung Indonesia Masters, while in the Vietnam Open they lose to Misato Aratama and Akane Watanabe. Matsuyama and Shida secured their first World Tour title at the Chinese Taipei Open by defeating Ayane Kurihara and Naru Shinoya. They ended the season ranked as world number 13.In 2019, Matsuyama and Shida won two titles at the U.S. Open and Korea Masters. They were also finalists at the Spain Masters and Swiss Open. During the 2020 season, Matsuyama was selected for the Japanese squad at the Asia Women's Team Championships, helping the team win gold against South Korea. On the World Tour, Matsuyama and Shida’s best result was a semi-final appearance at the Malaysia Masters.
2021: Two titles at the Indonesia Badminton Festival
Following tournament disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Matsuyama was selected for the Japanese squad at the Sudirman in Finland and Uber Cup in Denmark. She helped the team secure silver medals in both competitions. Partnering with Shida, she claimed back-to-back titles at the Indonesia Masters and Indonesia Open. The pair reached the final of the season-ending BWF World Tour Finals in Bali, finishing as runners-up. Matsuyama and Shida concluded the year by making their debut at the World Championships in Huelva, reaching the quarter-finals. Following these results, the pair entered the top 10 in the BWF world ranking.2022–2023: All England Open title, and world #2
Started the 2022 season as world number 7, Matsuyama and Shida won the All England Open title beating Zhang Shuxian and Zheng Yu in the final. They competed in the Asian Championships, but were eliminated in the quarter-finals to Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan. The pair won their second title of the year in the Thailand Open by defeating Mayu Matsumoto and Wakana Nagahara in the final. Their good performance continue in the Indonesia Open triumph over Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota. They also made a history as the first ever women's doubles to win three consecutive BWF World Tour Super 1000 event. The duo then reached the finals in the Malaysia Masters, but have not been able to beat the world number 1 women's doubles pairing Chen and Jia. They qualified to compete in the World Championships, but their pace were stopped in the quarter-finals to Kim So-yeong and Kong Hee-yong. Matsuyama and Shida reached their career high as world number 2 in the BWF world ranking in November 2022.In the beginning of the 2023 season, Matsuyama and Shida took an easy win over Chen and Jia to claimed the India Open title, due to ill-health suffered by Chen. Matsuyama and Shida then suffered five consecutive defeats from the South Korean new pairing Baek Ha-na and Lee So-hee; in the finals of the German Open, quarter-finals of the Malaysia Masters and Singapore Open, second round of the All England Open, and also in the first round of the Asian Championships. They then finally topped the podium at the Canada Open after won the final against Matsumoto and Nagahara. Chen and Jia are still too tough for Matsuyama and Shida. They have lost all of five meetings in the second half of the season; in the quarter-finals of the Japan Open, World Championships, and Asian Games; semi-finals of the China Open; and then in the final of the Denmark Open. The duo then won their third title of the year in the China Masters. Matsuyama and Shida qualified to compete in the year-end finals tournament, the BWF World Tour Finals, reaching to the semi-finals, where they were defeated again by Baek and Lee.
2024–2025: Olympic bronze, second All England title
In early 2024, Matsuyama and Shida reached the finals of the French and Singapore Opens but were defeated in both by Chen and Jia. At the All England Open, they lost in the finals to Baek and Lee in three games. The pair qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics, where they won the bronze medal. Later that year, they were nominated as women's doubles player of the year by the Badminton World Federation. They concluded the 2024 season as runners-up at the World Tour Finals, losing to Baek and Lee.In 2025, Matsuyama won her second All England Open title with Shida, defeating the newly formed pair of Yuki Fukushima and Mayu Matsumoto. They also reached the final of the Asian Championships, securing the silver medal. On 8 July, Matsuyama and Shida announced they would end their partnership following the 2025 BWF World Championships.
Achievements
Olympic Games
Women's doubles| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Porte de La Chapelle Arena, Paris, France |  World ChampionshipsWomen's doubles
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