Chisato Hoshi

Chisato Hoshi
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1995-09-26) 26 September 1995
Hakusan, Ishikawa, Japan[1]
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Retired31 March 2023
HandednessRight
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking27 (WD with Naru Shinoya, 26 October 2017)
95 (WS, 23 March 2017)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Japan
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2012 Chiba Mixed team
Asian Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Gimcheon Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Kota Kinabalu Mixed team
BWF profile

Chisato Hoshi (星 千智, Hoshi Chisato; born 26 September 1995) is a retired Japanese badminton player who played for the BIPROGY (formerly Unisys) team.[2][3] A women's doubles specialist, Hoshi won two BWF World Tour titles. She won her first World Tour title at the 2018 Russian Open Super 100 with her partner Kie Nakanishi. Her highest-level title came in 2021, when she partnered with Aoi Matsuda to win the Super 500 title at the Hylo Open. Hoshi also reached the final of the 2017 Canada Open, a BWF Grand Prix tournament. She won eight titles on the BWF International Challenge/Series circuit. Hoshi officially retired from the sport on 31 March 2023.

Career

Junior career

Hoshi represented Japan in junior team competitions, winning a silver medal in the mixed team event at the 2012 BWF World Junior Championships.[4] She also won bronze medals in the mixed team event at the 2012 and 2013 Asian Junior Championships.[5][6]

Senior career

Hoshi competed in women's singles and doubles on the BWF circuit. Early in her senior career, she focused primarily on singles and achieved three runner-up finishes in BWF International Challenge/Series events: the 2014 Polish Open, the 2016 Brazil International, and the 2017 Portugal International.[7][8][9]

Partnering with Naru Shinoya in women's doubles, Hoshi won three International Challenge titles: the Peru International and Brazil International in 2016, followed by the Portugal International in 2017.[10][8][11] That same year, they reached the final of the BWF Grand Prix Canada Open but finished as runners-up to their compatriots, Mayu Matsumoto and Wakana Nagahara.[12][13] They were also finalists at the 2017 Finnish Open and the Smiling Fish International.[14][15] Following these results, Hoshi achieved her highest women's doubles ranking, No. 27, on 26 October 2017.

In 2018, with the introduction of the BWF World Tour, Hoshi formed a new partnership with Kie Nakanishi. Together, they won the Austrian International and claimed their first World Tour title at the Super 100 Russian Open.[16][17] In 2019, Hoshi partnered with Aoi Matsuda and won the Polish Open.[18] Their highest-level title came in 2021 at the Hylo Open, a Super 500 tournament. On their path to the title, they defeated the top-seeded Thai pair Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai in the semifinals before overcoming Japanese compatriots Rin Iwanaga and Kie Nakanishi in the final.[19][20]

Towards the end of her career in 2022, Hoshi partnered with Miyu Takahashi and won three consecutive International Challenge titles at the India International (I), the India International (II), and the Maldives International.[21][22][23] On 3 April 2023, BIPROGY, announced Hoshi's retirement from professional badminton, effective 31 March 2023.[24]

Achievements

BWF World Tour (2 titles)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[25] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[26]

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2018 Russian Open Super 100 Japan Kie Nakanishi Malaysia Chow Mei Kuan
Malaysia Lee Meng Yean 		21–11, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [17]
2021 Hylo Open Super 500 Japan Aoi Matsuda Japan Rin Iwanaga
Japan Kie Nakanishi 		22–20, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [20]

BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2017 Canada Open Japan Naru Shinoya Japan Mayu Matsumoto
Japan Wakana Nagahara 		16–21, 21–16, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [12][13]
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (8 titles, 5 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref
2014 Polish Open Japan Yuka Kusunose 13–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [7]
2016 Brazil International Turkey Neslihan Yiğit 13–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [8]
2017 Portugal International Japan Sayaka Takahashi 10–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [9]

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2016 Peru International Japan Naru Shinoya Turkey Cemre Fere
Turkey Ebru Yazgan 		21–5, 21–7 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [10]
2016 Brazil International Japan Naru Shinoya Australia Setyana Mapasa
Australia Gronya Somerville 		21–13, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [8]
2017 Portugal International Japan Naru Shinoya Denmark Emilie Juul Møller
Denmark Mai Surrow 		21–13, 21–6 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [11]
2017 Finnish Open Japan Naru Shinoya Japan Misato Aratama
Japan Akane Watanabe 		18–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [14]
2017 Smiling Fish International Japan Naru Shinoya Japan Nami Matsuyama
Japan Chiharu Shida 		19–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [15]
2018 Austrian International Japan Kie Nakanishi Japan Sayaka Hobara
Japan Natsuki Sone 		21–15, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [16]
2019 Polish Open Japan Aoi Matsuda Denmark Alexandra Bøje
Denmark Mette Poulsen 		21–18, 15–21, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [18]
2022 (I) India International Japan Miyu Takahashi Japan Miho Kayama
Japan Kaho Osawa 		21–18, 19–21, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [27][21]
2022 (II) India International Japan Miyu Takahashi India Pooja Dandu
India Arathi Sara Sunil 		12–21, 21–12, 21–7 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [28][22]
2022 Maldives International Japan Miyu Takahashi Japan Kaho Osawa
Japan Kaoru Sugiyama 		21–16, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [29][23]
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

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