is a badminton player from Japan. Career She competed at the 2005 World Badminton Championships in Anaheim. In the women's singles event she reached the third round before losing to Wang Chen of Hong Kong. At the same year, she won the women's singles bronze medal at the Asian Championships after lose to her compatriot Kaori Mori in the semi final. In the 2010 BWF World Championship, she caused an upset over the world number one ranking player, Wang Yihan in the third round but lost to Wang Lin in the quarterfinals. In the 2011 All England Open, she came second in the women's singles, losing in the final to China's Wang Shixian. Hirose spent 23 years career in badminton and announced her retirement at the end of National Championships in December 2014. She then started a career as a coach in Japan National B Team. Achievements Asian Games Women's singles Asian Championships Women's singles Asian Junior Championships Girls' singles BWF Superseries The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries had two level such as Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries featured twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end. Women's singles BWF Superseries Finals tournament BWF Superseries Premier tournament BWF Superseries tournament IBF World Grand Prix The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983. Women's singles BWF International Challenge/Series Women's singles BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament Record against selected opponents Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. References External links 1985 births Living people Sportspeople from Hyōgo Prefecture Japanese female badminton players Badminton players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players of Japan Badminton players at the 2006 Asian Games Badminton players at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Asian Games medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games 20th-century Japanese women 21st-century Japanese women