Sayaka Hobara
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Hobara at the 2025 Taipei Open | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 July 1998 Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Left | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Takeshi Kamura (YONEX) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 23 (XD with Yuichi Shimogami, 10 June 2025) 39 (WD with Yui Suizu, 21 November 2023) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 23 (XD with Yuichi Shimogami) 124 (WD with Rui Hirokami) (10 June 2025) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sayaka Hobara (保原 彩夏, Hobara Sayaka; born 30 July 1998) is a Japanese badminton player. Born in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Hobara is a left-handed player. She is a former World Junior Champion, having won the girls' doubles title at the 2016 World Junior Championships with Nami Matsuyama. Hobara plays both women's and mixed doubles.
In women's doubles, she has partnered with players including Yui Suizu, reaching a career-high world No. 39 ranking, and Rui Hirokami, reaching the semifinals of the Thailand Open Super 500. In mixed doubles, she partners Yuichi Shimogami, with whom she reached a career-high world No. 23 ranking and was runner-up at the Malaysia Super 100. Hobara has won multiple titles on the International Challenge/Series circuit in both disciplines and was a member of the Japanese team that won a bronze medal at the 2025 Sudirman Cup.