The native form of this personal name is Nagahara Wakana. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Badminton player
Wakana Nagahara 永原 和可那
Personal information
Country
Japan
Born
(1996-01-09) 9 January 1996 (age 28) Hokkaido, Japan
Residence
Akita, Akita, Japan
Height
1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Handedness
Right
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking
1 (WD with Mayu Matsumoto, 30 April 2019) 19 (XD with Takuro Hoki, 9 July 2019)
Current ranking
7 (WD with Mayu Matsumoto, 16 April 2024)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Japan
World Championships
2018 Nanjing
Women's doubles
2019 Basel
Women's doubles
2021 Huelva
Women's doubles
2022 Tokyo
Women's doubles
Sudirman Cup
2019 Nanning
Mixed team
2023 Suzhou
Mixed team
Uber Cup
2022 Bangkok
Women's team
2024 Chengdu
Women's team
Asian Championships
2019 Wuhan
Women's doubles
2023 Dubai
Women's doubles
Asia Team Championships
2020 Manila
Women's team
World Junior Championships
2014 Alor Setar
Mixed team
Asian Junior Championships
2013 Kota Kinabalu
Mixed team
2014 Taipei
Mixed team
BWF profile
Wakana Nagahara (永原 和可那, Nagahara Wakana, born 9 January 1996) is a Japanese badminton player.[1] She is a two-time world champion in the women's doubles. Nagahara attended Aomori Yamada High School, and was part of the Japanese national junior team that won the bronze medals at the 2013, 2014 Asian and 2014 World Junior Championships. She won her first senior international title at the 2014 Smiling Fish International in the women's doubles event partnered with Mayu Matsumoto.[2] In national events, she plays for the Hokuto Bank team.[3] Nagahara was awarded as the 2018 Most Improved Player of the Year by the BWF together with her partner Mayu Matsumoto. They obtained the honour after winning the 2018 BWF World Championships title and improving their ranking from 14 to 3 in the world.[4] On 30 April 2019, she reached a career high as the women's doubles world No. 1.
^"Players: Wakana Nagahara". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
^"永原 和可那/ Wakana Nagahara". Smash-net.tv (in Japanese). TMONY Japan Corporation. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
^"Wakana Nagahara 永原 和可那 No. 2". Hokuto Badminton Club (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
^Hearn, Don (11 December 2018). "Big winners awarded on BWF's 'Night of Nights'". Badzine. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
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