Reika Kakiiwa

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Reika Kakiiwa

Personal information

Born

July 19, 1989 (age 24)
Kami-Amakusa, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan

Height

166 cm (5 ft 5 in)

Weight

64 kg^[1]

Medal record

Women's Badminton
Competitor for Japan
Summer Olympics
Silver	2012 London	Doubles

Reika Kakiiwa (born July 19, 1989 in Kami-Amakusa, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan) is an internationally elite badminton player.^[2]

Reika Kakiiwa has gained prominence in the badminton community because of her success in women's doubles. She has reached a career high ranking of third in the world with her partner Mizuki Fujii. She has also competed in mixed doubles reaching a peak ranking of 51st with her partner Kenta Kazuno.^[3]

Record against selected opponents

Women's Doubles results with Mizuki Fujii against Super Series finalists, Worlds Semi-finalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists.^[4]

Leanne Choo & Renuga Veeran 2–0
/ Petya Nedelcheva & Anastasia Russkikh 1–0
Alex Bruce & Michelle Li 1–0
Du Jing & Yu Yang 0–1
Xia Huan & Tang Jinhua 1–2
Cheng Shu & Zhao Yunlei 0–4
Wang Xiaoli & Yu Yang 0–4
Bao Yixin & Zhong Qianxin 0–4
Tian Qing & Zhao Yunlei 1–3
Cheng Wen-hsing & Chien Yu-chin 2–4
Christinna Pedersen & Kamilla Rytter Juhl 2–3
Poon Lok Yan & Tse Ying Suet 4–0
Jwala Gutta & Ashwini Ponnappa 3–1
Vita Marissa & Nadya Melati 1–2
Miyuki Maeda & Satoko Suetsuna 0–2
Shizuka Matsuo & Mami Naito 4–3
Ha Jung-eun & Kim Min-jung 3–3
Jung Kyung-eun & Kim Ha-na 1–3
Chin Eei Hui & Wong Pei Tty 4–2
Valeria Sorokina & Nina Vislova 4–2
Jiang Yanmei & Li Yujia 0–1
Shinta Mulia Sari & Yao Lei 3–1
Duanganong Aroonkesorn & Kunchala Voravichitchaikul 2–1

References

↑ "Japanese Medalists in London 2012 Olympics". joc.or.jp. Japanese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
↑ http://www.joc.or.jp/int_games/asia/2010/pdf/member/22_badminton.pdf
↑ "tournamentsoftware.com". tournamentsoftware.com.
↑ "tournamentsoftware.com". tournamentsoftware.com.

World rankings · Top ten badminton players as of January 30, 2014

Men's singles

1. Lee C W () 2. Chen L () 3. T Sugiarto () 4. J Ø Jørgensen () 5. K Tago () 6. B Ponsana () 7. Du PY () 8. Nguyễn T M () 9. Wang ZM () 10. Hu Y ()

Women's singles

1. Li XR () 2. Wang YH () 3. R Intanon () 4. Wang SX () 5. Sung J-h () 6. Bae Youn-joo () 7. S Nehwal (2) 8. Tai T-y (1) 9. J Schenk (1) 10. P V Shindu (1)

Men's doubles

1. M Ahsan / H Setiawan () 2. Ko S-h / Lee Y-d () 3. H Endo / K Hayakawa () 4. M Boe / C Mogensen () 5. Kim K-j / Kim S-r () 6. Liu XL / Qiu ZH () 7. Koo K K / Tan B H () 8. Hoon T H / Tan W K () 9. A Pratama / R A Saputra () 10. Lee S-m / Tsai C-h ()

Women's doubles

1. Wang XL / Yu Y () 2. K Rytter Juhl / C Pedersen () 3. Ma J / Tang JH () 4. M Matsutomo / A Takahashi () 5. Bao YX / Tang JH () 6. Jung K-e / Kim H-n () 7. P Z Bernadeth / R A Pradipta () 8. Jang Y-n / Kim S-y () 9. R Kakiiwa / M Maeda () 10. N K Maheswari / G Polii ()

Mixed doubles

1. Zhang N / Zhao YL () 2. T Ahmad / L Natsir () 3. Xu C / Ma J () 4. J Fischer Nielsen / C Pedersen () 5. C Adcock / G Adcock () 6. Chan P S / Goh L Y () 7. M Kido / P Z Bernadeth () 8. S Prapakamol / S Thungthonkam () 9. Shin B-c / Jang Y-n () 10. P Jordan / V Marissa ()

Persondata
Name	Kakiiwa, Reika
Alternative names
Short description	Japanese badminton player
Date of birth	July 19, 1989
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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