Kaho Osawa

Kaho Osawa
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (2001-09-28) 28 September 2001
Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
HandednessRight
Women's doubles
Highest ranking44 (with Mai Tanabe, 5 August 2025)
Current ranking45 (with Mai Tanabe, 19 August 2025)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Japan
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Kazan Girls' doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Kazan Mixed team
BWF profile

Kaho Osawa (大澤 佳歩, Ōsawa Kaho; born 28 September 2001) is a Japanese badminton player who specializes in women's doubles.[1] She is affiliated with the San-in Godo Bank badminton team.[2] She was a bronze medalist at the 2019 World Junior Championships, winning medals in girls' doubles with Hinata Suzuki and in mixed team event. Osawa has won five BWF International Challenge/Series titles. With partner Mai Tanabe, she has been a runner-up at two Super 300 tournaments, the 2025 Canada Open and the 2025 Macau Open.

Career

In 2019, Osawa won two bronze medals at the World Junior Championships in Kazan: one in girls' doubles with Hinata Suzuki and another in the mixed team event.[3] That same year, she and Suzuki also won the India Junior International, a BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament.[4]

On the senior circuit, she reached her first finals in 2022, finishing as a runner-up at the India International (I) with Miho Kayama and the Maldives International with Kaoru Sugiyama.[5][6] She won her first senior title at the 2023 Vietnam International alongside Asuka Sugiyama.[7] Subsequently, Osawa partnered with Mai Tanabe to win four BWF International Challenge/Series titles: the 2024 Kazakhstan International, 2024 Réunion Open, 2024 Mauritius International, and the 2025 Mexican International.[8][9][10][11]

On the 2025 BWF World Tour, Osawa and Tanabe were runners-up at two Super 300 tournaments: the Canada Open and the Macau Open.[12][13][14] The pair also made their Super 750 debut at the Japan Open, where they were eliminated in the second round by the former world No. 1 pair of Baek Ha-na and Lee So-hee.[15]

Achievements

World Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2019 Kazan Gymnastics Center, Kazan, Russia Japan Hinata Suzuki China Lin Fangling
China Zhou Xinru 		7–21, 21–16, 17–21 Gold Bronze [3]

BWF World Tour (2 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[16] 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.[17]

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2025 Canada Open Super 300 Japan Mai Tanabe Thailand Benyapa Aimsaard
Thailand Nuntakarn Aimsaard 		12–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [12][13]
2025 Macau Open Super 300 Japan Mai Tanabe Chinese Taipei Hsieh Pei-shan
Chinese Taipei Hung En-tzu 		18–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [14]

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 2 runners-up)

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2022 (I) India International Japan Miho Kayama Japan Chisato Hoshi
Japan Miyu Takahashi 		18–21, 21–19, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [5][18]
2022 Maldives International Japan Kaoru Sugiyama Japan Chisato Hoshi
Japan Miyu Takahashi 		16–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [19][6]
2023 Vietnam International Japan Asuka Sugiyama Japan Tsukiko Yasaki
Japan Sorano Yoshikawa 		19–21, 21–18, 21–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [7]
2024 Kazakhstan International Japan Mai Tanabe Ukraine Polina Buhrova
Ukraine Yevheniia Kantemyr 		Walkover 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [8]
2024 Réunion Open Japan Mai Tanabe Germany Julia Meyer
Germany Leona Michalski 		21–8, 21–8 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [9]
2024 Mauritius International Japan Mai Tanabe Japan Hina Shiwa
Japan Chisa Yamafuji 		21–14, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [10]
2025 Mexican International Japan Mai Tanabe Japan Mao Hatasue
Japan Miku Sugiyama 		15–11, 15–8 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [11]
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

BWF Junior International (1 title)

Girls' doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2019 India Junior International Japan Hinata Suzuki Thailand Pornpicha Choeikeewong
Thailand Pornnicha Suwatnodom 		13–21, 21–15, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [4]
  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament

References

  1. ^ "Kaho OSAWA | Profile". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  2. ^ "Member introduction". San-in Godo (in Japanese). Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  3. ^ a b "[World Junior 2019] Riko Gunji wins! Reigns supreme among the juniors! <Individual Finals>". Badminton Spirit (in Japanese). 14 October 2019. Archived from the original on 24 January 2025. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Rising Thai badminton star shines, wins 2 badminton championships in India". Thai Rath (in Thai). 2 September 2019. Archived from the original on 12 March 2025. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Meiraba Luwang Maisnam wins international challenge in Nagpur, MR Arjun-Dhruv Kapila claim doubles title". Times of India. 18 September 2022. Archived from the original on 30 October 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
  6. ^ a b "Maldives International Challenge 2022: Women's Doubles Chisato Hoshi and Miyu Takahashi win IC titles for the third consecutive tournament!" (in Japanese). BIPROGY. 24 October 2022. Archived from the original on 13 July 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
  7. ^ a b Lâm, Nguyên (12 November 2023). "Pair Van Hai - Van Anh won the runner-up position in the Badminton Tournament "FELET Vietnam International Series 2023"". Báo Người Lao Động (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 15 September 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  8. ^ a b Hirata, Noriyasu (6 April 2024). "Result: Kazakhstan International Challenge 2024". Nippon Badminton Association (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 20 May 2025. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  9. ^ a b Igarashi, Yu (7 July 2024). "Result: Saint-Denis Reunion Open 2024". Nippon Badminton Association (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 14 May 2025. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  10. ^ a b "Result: Mauritius International 2024". Hiroshima Gas Badminton Team (in Japanese). 14 July 2024. Archived from the original on 11 October 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  11. ^ a b "Champions in Mexico – Pan Am Circuit 2025". Badminton Pan America. 13 May 2025. Archived from the original on 26 May 2025. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
  12. ^ a b Liew, Vincent (6 July 2025). "Kenta Nishimoto Wins 2025 Canada Open". BadmintonPlanet.com. Archived from the original on 7 July 2025. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
  13. ^ a b "Canada Open: Milestone Win for Manami Suizu". Badminton World Federation. 7 July 2025. Archived from the original on 7 July 2025. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
  14. ^ a b "Hsieh and Hung win badminton doubles title at BWF Super 300 Macau Open". Taipei Times. 4 August 2025. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
  15. ^ "[Japan Open 2025] "We had plays that worked against the world's best, and we should be confident about that." (Kaho Osawa & Mai Tanabe) <2nd Round / Player Comments-11>". Badminton Spirit (in Japanese). 17 July 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  16. ^ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  17. ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  18. ^ "Maharashtra International Challenge 2022: Women's Singles Miho Kayama, Women's Doubles Chisato Hoshi and Miyu Takahashi win for the first time!" (in Japanese). BIPROGY. 20 September 2022. Archived from the original on 13 July 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
  19. ^ Oshima, Kazuaki (23 October 2022). "Results: Maldives International Challenge 2022" (in Japanese). Nippon Badminton Association. Archived from the original on 20 May 2025. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
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