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Biography
Arisa Higashino (東野 有紗, Higashino Arisa, born 1 August 1996) is a Japanese badminton player. She won bronze in the mixed team at the Asian Junior Championships in 2013 and 2014, and competed at the 2014 World Junior Championships, winning two bronzes in the mixed doubles and team event. Higashino won her maiden Super 1000 tournament at the 2018 and 2021 All England Open in the mixed doubles event, partnering with Yuta Watanabe, and also won the bronze medal in the mixed doubles at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Career
Higashino was born in Iwamizawa, graduated from the Tomioka Senior High School, and joined the Unisys team in 2015.
In March 2021, Higashino and Watanabe won the mixed doubles title in the All England Open. In July, she and Watanabe competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, and clinched a bronze medal after won a match against Tang Chun Man and Tse Ying Suet in straight games.
Achievements
Olympic Games
Mixed doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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BWF World Championships
Mixed doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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BWF World Junior Championships
Mixed doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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BWF World Tour (7 titles, 2 runners-up)
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, 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.
Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Level | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | All England Open | Super 1000 | Yuta Watanabe | Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong | 15–21, 22–20, 21–16 |  Winner |
| 2018 | Hong Kong Open | Super 500 | Yuta Watanabe | Wang Yilyu Huang Dongping | 21–18, 21–14 | Winner |
| 2019 | Malaysia Masters | Super 500 | Yuta Watanabe | Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai | 21–18, 21–18 | Winner |
| 2019 | All England Open | Super 1000 | Yuta Watanabe | Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong | 17–21, 20–22 |  Runner-up |
| 2019 | ThailandOpen | Super 500 | Yuta Watanabe | Wang Yilyu Huang Dongping | 22–24, 21–23 | Runner-up |
| 2019 | Hong Kong Open | Super 500 | Yuta Watanabe | He Jiting Du Yue | 22–20, 21–16 | Winner |
| 2021 | All England Open | Super 1000 | Yuta Watanabe | Yuki Kaneko Misaki Matsutomo | 21–14, 21–13 | Winner |
| 2021 | Denmark Open | Super 1000 | Yuta Watanabe | Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai | 21–18, 21–9 | Winner |
| 2021 | French Open | Super 750 | Yuta Watanabe | Mathias Christiansen Alexandra Bøje | 21–8, 21–17 | Winner |
BWF Grand Prix (1 runners-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.
Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2015 | Russian Open | Yuta Watanabe | Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying | 13–21, 21–23 | Runner-up |
- BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
- BWF Grand Prix tournament
BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title)
Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Vietnam International | Yuta Watanabe | Tinn Isriyanet Pacharapun Chochuwong | 21–16, 21–14 | Winner |
- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
- BWF Future Series tournament