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Kie Nakanishi
Personal information
Born (1995-12-24) 24 December 1995 (age 29)
Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
CountryJapan
SportBadminton
HandednessLeft
Coached byKei Nakashima
Women's doubles
Highest ranking4 (with Rin Iwanaga, 11 March 2025)
Current ranking6 (with Rin Iwanaga, 18 November 2025)
BWF profile
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2025 Paris Women's doubles
Sudirman Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2025 Xiamen Mixed team
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Manila Women's doubles
Asia Mixed Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2025 Qingdao Mixed team
Asia Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Selangor Women's team

Kie Nakanishi (中西 貴映, Nakanishi Kie; born 24 December 1995) is a Japanese badminton player affiliated with the BIPROGY team.[1] She and her partner Rin Iwanaga won the silver medal at the 2022 Asian Championships and a bronze medal at the 2025 World Championships.[2] The pair have won numerous BWF World Tour titles, including their first Super 750 title at the 2024 Denmark Open. The duo reached a career-high ranking of world number 4 on 11 March 2025.

Early career

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Nakanishi began playing badminton in elementary school and won prefectural tournaments during her junior high years. At Omiya Higashi High School, she began to specialize in doubles. In 2012, she partnered with her senior Nozomi Okuhara to win the National Sports Festival junior women's doubles title.[3]

After high school, Nakanishi attended Waseda University, where she studied in the Faculty of Sport Sciences and later captained the badminton team.[4][5] In 2017, she won the women's singles title at the All Japan Student Championships (Inter-Collegiate) and the mixed doubles title at the All Japan Student Mixed Doubles Tournament with Minoru Koga.[6][7] That same year, she won the Japan Ranking Circuit in mixed doubles with Yuki Kaneko.[8] For these collegiate achievements, she received the Azusa Ono Memorial Sports Award and the Sports Honorary Award.[5][9] Nakanishi graduated from Waseda in March 2018 and began her professional career the following month by joining the Nihon Unisys team, now known as BIPROGY.[3]

Career

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2018

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In 2018, Nakanishi partnered with Chisato Hoshi to win her first international title at the Austrian International.[10] The pair later won their first BWF World Tour title at the Super 100 Russian Open.[11] That year, she also partnered with Arisa Higashino, reaching the semifinals of the Super 300 New Zealand Open and finishing as a runner-up at the All Japan Members Championships.

2019

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Nakanishi formed a new women's doubles partnership with Rin Iwanaga. They won two titles that year: the South Australia International and the Dubai International.[12][13] The duo also finished as runners-up at the Super 100 Dutch Open and reached the semifinals of the Finnish Open and the Sydney International.[14]

2020

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Nakanishi and Iwanaga's season was limited due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Competing only in domestic tournaments, they reached the quarterfinals at the All Japan Championships, where they were defeated by eventual champions Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota.

2021

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In 2021, Nakanishi and Iwanaga reached their first Super 500 final at the Hylo Open, finishing as runners-up to compatriots Chisato Hoshi and Aoi Matsuda.[15] Earlier that year, the pair won the Belgian International.[16] They also competed in the Indonesia Masters and the Indonesia Open at the Indonesia Badminton Festival in Bali but were eliminated in the early rounds of both tournaments. In December, they made their World Championship debut held in Huelva, reaching the quarterfinals. By the end of the year, they entered the top 30 world rankings, reaching world No. 26.

2022

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Nakanishi and Iwanaga won a silver medal at the Asian Championships in Manila, losing to the then-World No. 1 pair Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan of China.[2] In August, they participated in the World Championships in Tokyo, where they were eliminated in the third round. Throughout their 2022 World Tour campaign, Nakanishi and Iwanaga lost in the early rounds of each tournament they entered. They reached a new career-high ranking of world No. 15 as of 24 October.

2023

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In 2023, Nakanishi and Iwanaga won their first BWF World Tour title at the Super 300 Syed Modi International.[17] They also reached the semifinals of the Arctic Open and the Denmark Open. At the Denmark Open, they defeated two Chinese pairs—Liu Shengshu and Tan Ning, and Zhang Shuxian and Zheng Yu—before losing to Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan.[18] Additionally, they reached the quarterfinals in five other tournaments: the India Open, the Thailand Open, the Singapore Open, the Korea Open, and the Australia Open.

2024

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Nakanishi and Iwanaga began the year by reaching their first Super 1000 quarterfinal at the Malaysia Open, defeating third seeds Kim So-yeong and Kong Hee-yong.[19] Later in the season, they won five consecutive titles, which included their first Super 750 title at the Denmark Open. This undefeated run in finals also included victories at the Spain Masters,[20] Malaysia Masters,[21] U.S. Open,[22] and Canada Open.[23] En route to the Denmark Open title, they defeated Baek Ha-na and Lee So-hee in the semifinals, achieving their first win against that pair.[24] In the final, they beat the Paris 2024 Olympic silver medalists and then-world No. 1 pair Liu Shengshu and Tan Ning.[25] They competed in the BWF World Tour Finals but were eliminated in the round-robin stage. They reached a new career-high ranking of world No. 5 as of 4 November.

2025

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Nakanishi's 2025 season began while her partner Iwanaga was recovering from injuries sustained in late 2024.[26] The pair won the bronze medal at the World Championships in Paris, losing in the semifinals to the eventual gold medalists Liu Shengshu and Tan Ning.[27] On the BWF World Tour, the duo reached three finals, finishing as runners-up at the Super 750 Singapore Open, Super 500 Hong Kong Open, and Super 500 Korea Open.[28][29][30] They also reached the quarterfinals at the All England Open, the Asian Championships, and the Indonesia Open. Nakanishi and Iwanaga achieved a new career-high ranking of World No. 4 on 11 March. In team competitions, Nakanishi contributed to Japan's bronze medal finishes at the Asia Mixed Team Championships and the Sudirman Cup.[31][32]

Achievements

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World Championships

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Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2025 Adidas Arena, Paris, France Japan Rin Iwanaga China Liu Shengshu
China Tan Ning 		15–21, 4–21 Bronze Bronze [27]

Asian Championships

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Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2022 Muntinlupa Sports Complex,
Metro Manila, Philippines 		Japan Rin Iwanaga China Chen Qingchen
China Jia Yifan 		11–21, 15–21 Silver Silver [2]

BWF World Tour (7 titles, 7 runners-up)

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The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[33] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is 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.[34]

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2018 Russian Open Super 100 Japan Chisato Hoshi Malaysia Chow Mei Kuan
Malaysia Lee Meng Yean 		21–11, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [11]
2019 Dutch Open Super 100 Japan Rin Iwanaga Bulgaria Gabriela Stoeva
Bulgaria Stefani Stoeva 		10–21, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [14]
2021 Hylo Open Super 500 Japan Rin Iwanaga Japan Chisato Hoshi
Japan Aoi Matsuda 		20–22, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [15]
2023 Syed Modi International Super 300 Japan Rin Iwanaga India Tanisha Crasto
India Ashwini Ponnappa 		21–14, 17–21, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [17]
2024 Spain Masters Super 300 Japan Rin Iwanaga Indonesia Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma
Indonesia Amallia Cahaya Pratiwi 		12–21, 21–8, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [20]
2024 Malaysia Masters Super 500 Japan Rin Iwanaga South Korea Lee Yu-lim
South Korea Shin Seung-chan 		17–21, 21–19, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [21]
2024 U.S. Open Super 300 Japan Rin Iwanaga Thailand Laksika Kanlaha
Thailand Phataimas Muenwong 		21–19, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [22]
2024 Canada Open Super 500 Japan Rin Iwanaga Chinese Taipei Hsu Yin-hui
Chinese Taipei Lin Jhih-yun 		21–13, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [23]
2024 Denmark Open Super 750 Japan Rin Iwanaga China Liu Shengshu
China Tan Ning 		21–18, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [25]
2025 Singapore Open Super 750 Japan Rin Iwanaga South Korea Kim Hye-jeong
South Korea Kong Hee-yong 		16–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [28]
2025 Hong Kong Open Super 500 Japan Rin Iwanaga China Jia Yifan
China Zhang Shuxian 		15–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [29]
2025 Korea Open Super 500 Japan Rin Iwanaga South Korea Kim Hye-jeong
South Korea Kong Hee-yong 		19–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [30]
2025 Arctic Open Super 500 Japan Rin Iwanaga Malaysia Pearly Tan
Malaysia Thinaah Muralitharan 		7–21, 9–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [35]
2025 Japan Masters Super 500 Japan Rin Iwanaga Malaysia Pearly Tan
Malaysia Thinaah Muralitharan 		20–22, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [36]

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles)

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Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2018 Austrian International Japan Chisato Hoshi Japan Sayaka Hobara
Japan Natsuki Sone 		21–15, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [10]
2019 South Australia International Japan Rin Iwanaga Australia Setyana Mapasa
Australia Gronya Somerville 		21–15, 19–21, 21–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [12]
2019 Dubai International Japan Rin Iwanaga Denmark Alexandra Bøje
Denmark Mette Poulsen 		18–21, 21–15, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [13]
2021 Belgian International Japan Rin Iwanaga Scotland Julie MacPherson
Scotland Ciara Torrance 		21–12, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [37][16]
  BWF International Challenge tournament

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