Ayako Sakuramoto

Ayako Sakuramoto (櫻本 絢子, Sakuramoto Ayako, born 19 August 1995) is a Japanese badminton player from the Yonex team. In the junior event, she won the girls' doubles bronze medal at the 2011 Asian Junior Badminton Championships. She also won 2012 gold and 2013 bronze in the mixed team event. In 2017, she became the women's doubles runner-up at the Osaka International tournament partnered with Yukiko Takahata. She won her first senior international title at the Spanish International tournament with Takahata.

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

BWF World Tour (8 titles, 1 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Akita Masters	Super 100	Yukiko Takahata	Nita Violina Marwah Putri Syaikah	21–17, 14–21, 21–15	Winner
2018	Bangka Belitung Indonesia Masters	Super 100	Yukiko Takahata	Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida	11–21, 21–19, 22–20	Winner
2018	Spain Masters	Super 300	Yukiko Takahata	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	17–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2018	Akita Masters	Super 100	Yukiko Takahata	Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida	23–21, 21–11	Winner
2018	Singapore Open	Super 500	Yukiko Takahata	Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida	16–21, 24–22, 21–13	Winner
2018	Canada Open	Super 100	Yukiko Takahata	Isabel Herttrich Carla Nelte	21–13, 21–15	Winner
2018	Australian Open	Super 300	Yukiko Takahata	Baek Ha-na Lee Yu-rim	23–21, 21–18	Winner
2018	New Zealand Open	Super 300	Yukiko Takahata	Cao Tongwei Zheng Yu	21–9, 21–19	Winner
2018	Swiss Open	Super 300	Yukiko Takahata	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	19–21, 21–15, 21–18	Winner

BWF Grand Prix (1 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	New Zealand Open	Yukiko Takahata	Vivian Hoo Kah Mun Woon Khe Wei	21–18, 16–21, 19–21	Runner-up

     BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

     BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 titles, 2 runners-up)

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Osaka International	Yukiko Takahata	Naoko Fukuman Kurumi Yonao	21–17, 19–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2017	Spanish International	Yukiko Takahata	Misato Aratama Akane Watanabe	21–10, 21–15	Winner
2017	Osaka International	Yukiko Takahata	Kim So-yeong Yoo Hae-won	21–16, 17–21, 19–21	Runner-up

     BWF International Challenge tournament

     BWF International Series tournament