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Akane Yamaguchi

1997 - Today

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Akane Yamaguchi (山口茜, Yamaguchi Akane; born 6 June 1997) is a Japanese badminton player. She was a two-time world champion who won gold medals in the women's singles at the 2021 and 2022 World Championships. She was a member of the winning Japanese team at the Asian Junior Championships in 2012 and won the World Junior Championships in 2013 and 2014, the Asian Junior Championships in 2014, and the Asian Championships in 2019. At the Asia Team Championships, Yamaguchi helped Japan win by 3–0 in 2017, 2018, and 2020. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Akane Yamaguchi is the 49th most popular badminton player (down from 34th in 2019), the 3,555th most popular biography from Japan (down from 2,522nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Japanese Badminton Player.

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Among BADMINTON PLAYERS

Among badminton players, Akane Yamaguchi ranks 49 out of 117. Before her are Joachim Fischer Nielsen, Zhang Jun, Zhang Jiewen, Tony Gunawan, Ji Xinpeng, and Kamilla Rytter Juhl. After her are Misaki Matsutomo, Gong Zhichao, Mohammad Ahsan, Christinna Pedersen, Chen Jin, and Yu Yang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1997, Akane Yamaguchi ranks 328. Before her are Fionn Whitehead, Ezequiel Ponce, Reo Hatate, Gaetano Castrovilli, Shakur Stevenson, and Jérémie Boga. After her are Michael Norman, Stefan Airapetjan, Melvyn Richardson, Daniel James, Tosin Adarabioyo, and Đurđina Jauković.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Akane Yamaguchi ranks 3,562 out of 6,245. Before her are Miya Tachibana (1974), Junshirō Kobayashi (1991), Akira Ito (1972), Shohei Ikeda (1981), Takuya Shiihara (1980), and Koji Kataoka (1977). After her are Yasuo Manaka (1971), Kenji Kageyama (1980), Takayuki Yamaguchi (1973), Naomichi Ueda (1994), Nobuyuki Zaizen (1976), and Junji Nishizawa (1974).

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Among BADMINTON PLAYERS In Japan

Among badminton players born in Japan, Akane Yamaguchi ranks 2. Before her are Kento Momota (1994). After her are Misaki Matsutomo (1992), Nozomi Okuhara (1995), Ayaka Takahashi (1990), Yuki Fukushima (1993), Miyuki Maeda (1985), Reika Kakiiwa (1989), Mizuki Fujii (1988), Hiroyuki Endo (1986), Arisa Higashino (1996), and Mayu Matsumoto (1995).

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