Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida are professional badminton athletes from Japan. Shida and Matsuyama are both very close on and off the field. The duo has been partners in badminton since 2014. Seeing them without titles or a trophy after a match is very rare. The very first title they won was a bronze medal at the 2015 World Junior and Asian Junior Championships. Since then, the faucet of their championship title has been flowing steadily. In 2021, Nami Matsuyama/Chiharu Shida were able to reach 3 tournament finals with 2 championship titles. In the half of 2022, they reached 4 finals and won 3 championships.
During the final of the 2021 Indonesia Open in Nusa Dua, Bali, Matsuyama/Shida successfully won the title after defeating Indonesia’s women's doubles, Greysia Polii/Apriyani Rahayu. Then, in 2022 Matsuyama/Shida won the All England Open after defeating China representatives, Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu. Meanwhile, the 2022 Indonesia Open was Nami Matsuyama/Chiharu Shida's third title this year after the All England and Thailand Open 2022.
Nami Matsuyama was born on June 28, 1998. She started her career as a badminton player from a young age. She joined the Saishunkan team before becoming a women's doubles specialist with Chiharu Shida. In fact, Matsuyama won her first senior international title in Thailand at the 2017 Smiling Fish International tournament with Chiharu Shida.
Chiharu Shida was born in Hachirogata, Japan, on April 29, 1997. Chiharu Shida's talent for playing badminton has been evident since she was young. Evidently, she managed to win bronze medals in the Asian and World Junior Championships. It was obtained 2 years in a row in 2014 and 2015. When paired with Yuki Fukushima, they were able to win the title at the Vietnam International 2016.
In recent years, together with Nami Matsuyama, they are now ranked 4th in the BWF women's doubles rankings. Moreover, Nami Matsuyama/Chiharu Shida were able to penetrate the top five in the world rankings because of their various accomplishments.
