Saori Ozaki

Saori Ozaki
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1996-07-10) 10 July 1996
Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Retired28 February 2024[1]
HandednessRight
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking77 (WD with Rira Kawashima 30 March 2017)
42 (XD with Yujiro Nishikawa 17 January 2023)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Japan
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Alor Setar Mixed team
Asian Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Taipei Girls' doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Taipei Mixed team
BWF profile

Saori Ozaki (尾崎沙織, Ozaki Saori; born 10 July 1996) is a Japanese badminton player and member of the NTT East badminton team.[2][3]

Achievements

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2014 Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei, Taiwan Japan Rira Kawashima China Du Yue
China Li Yinhui
18–21, 21–17, 17–21 Bronze Bronze [4]

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 1 runner-up)

Women doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2017 Austrian Open Japan Rira Kawashima China Wu Qianqian
China Xia Chunyu
18–21, 22–20, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [5]
2019 Osaka International Japan Rira Kawashima Japan Sayaka Hobara
Japan Natsuki Sone
21–14, 10–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [6]
2019 Denmark International Japan Akane Watanabe England Chloe Birch
England Lauren Smith
21–13, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2020 Estonian International Japan Rena Miyaura France Vimala Hériau
France Margot Lambert
21–18, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2020 Estonian International Japan Yujiro Nishikawa Japan Tadayuki Urai
Japan Rena Miyaura
21–18, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2020 Swedish Open Japan Yujiro Nishikawa Denmark Mathias Thyrri
Denmark Mai Surrow
21–17, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

  1. ^ "Messages from retired badminton players in FY2023" (in Japanese). NTT East. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
  2. ^ "Players: Saori Ozaki". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  3. ^ "選手・スタッフ紹介 / 尾﨑 沙織" (in Japanese). Nippon Telegraph and Telephone. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  4. ^ Hasegawa, Hiroyuki (23 February 2014). "2014 Asian Youth U19 Badminton Championships Individual Competition". Nippon Badminton Association (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 14 March 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  5. ^ "Austrian Open 2017: Final day - Asia 3, Europe 2". Austrian Badminton Association. 25 February 2017. Archived from the original on 13 April 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
  6. ^ Komiya, Miyuki (8 April 2019). "OSAKA INT'L 2019 – Japan leaves 2 titles for Korea, takes the rest". Badzine. Archived from the original on 12 May 2025. Retrieved 12 July 2025.