is a

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players p ...

player from Japan.

Career

She competed at the

2005 World Badminton Championships The 2005 IBF World Championships (14th World Badminton Championships) was held in Anaheim, southern California, United States, from August 15 to August 21, 2005. 2004 Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia won the men's singles over Chi ...

in Anaheim. In the women's singles event she reached the third round before losing to Wang Chen of Hong Kong. At the same year, she won the women's singles bronze medal at the

Asian Championships An Asian Championship is a top level international sports competition between Asian athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs. List of Championships (Summer Olympic Sports) ;Aquatics * Asia ...

after lose to her compatriot

Kaori Mori is a former Japanese badminton player. She was the women's singles national champion in 2001 and 2003. Mori won the bronze medal at the 2004 Asian Championships and also the silver medals in 2005 and 2006. She played badminton at the 2004 Su ...

in the semi final. In the 2010 BWF World Championship, she caused an upset over the world number one ranking player,

Wang Yihan Wang Yihan (born 18 January 1988) is a retired Chinese professional badminton player and former women's singles world champion and Olympic silver medalist. Wang started her career with her coach Wang Pengren at only nine years of age. She was ...

in the third round but lost to Wang Lin in the quarterfinals. In the 2011 All England Open, she came second in the women's singles, losing in the final to China's

Wang Shixian Wang Shixian (; ; born 13 February 1990) is a retired Chinese professional badminton player. She is a former World No. 1 in women's singles. Career Wang Shixian was admitted into Chinese Junior National Team in 2005 and was soon promoted t ...

. Hirose spent 23 years career in badminton and announced her retirement at the end of

National Championships A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the best team, indi ...

in December 2014. She then started a career as a coach in Japan National B Team.

Achievements

Asian Games

''Women's singles''

Asian Championships

''Women's singles''

Asian Junior Championships

''Girls' singles''

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries had two level such as Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries featured twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end. ''Women's singles'' :

BWF Superseries Finals The BWF Super Series Finals (named as BWF Super Series Masters Finals until 2009) was an annual badminton tournament held at the end of the year where the players with the most points from that calendar year's twelve events of the BWF Super Series c ...

tournament : BWF Superseries Premier tournament :

BWF Superseries The BWF Super Series was a series of Grade 2 badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). It was launched on December 14, 2006 and implemented in 2007. Since 2011, the Super Series includes two levels of tournament, ...

tournament

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983. ''Women's singles''

BWF International Challenge/Series

''Women's singles'' : BWF International Challenge tournament : BWF International Series tournament

Record against selected opponents

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.

References

External links

* 1985 births Living people Sportspeople from Hyōgo Prefecture Japanese female badminton players Badminton players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players of Japan Badminton players at the 2006 Asian Games Badminton players at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Asian Games medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games 20th-century Japanese women 21st-century Japanese women {{Japan-badminton-bio-stub