is a Japanese female professional squash player who represents Japan women's national squash team internationally. She achieved her highest career PSA world ranking of 127 in January 2018 during the 2017-18 PSA World Tour.

Career

She entered the

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in 2017 and competed in the Nissan Open Championships as a part of the 2016-17 PSA World Tour. Her best result at a PSA World Tour came at the Greater Bendigo International Open 2019 which was part of the 2019–20 PSA World Tour where she reached quarterfinals of the event and lost to Australia's Sarah Cardwell. She was part of the Japanese squad which competed at the Women's World Team Championships in

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and in

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. Risa also represented Japan at the 2018 Asian Games, making her Asian Games debut appearance and claimed a bronze medal with the team in the women's team event at the

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along with

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and

Satomi Watanabe is a Japanese professional squash player. As of February 2018, she was ranked number 47 in the world. Career She has won multiple junior and professional PSA tournaments and has represented Japan internationally. In 2022, she was part of t ...

. At the 2019 Women's Asian Individual Squash Championships, she progressed to round two of the event and lost to Malaysia's

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* * 1994 births Living people Japanese female squash players Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Asian Games medalists in squash Squash players at the 2018 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Sportspeople from Tokyo {{Japan-squash-bio-stub