Ayane Kurihara

Ayane Kurihara (栗原 文音, born 27 September 1989) is a female Japanese badminton player. She began playing badminton at 9 years of age, and played competitively from that age. She became a member of the Japan national badminton team at the age of 19. Her current partner is Naru Shinoya for women's doubles and Kenta Kazuno for mixed doubles. Kurihara is scheduled to compete with her partner in mixed doubles at the 2016 Summer Olympics to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

BWF Grand Prix

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

Women's Singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Russian Open	Ella Diehl	21-19, 21-19	01 ! Winner
2011	German Open	Liu Xin	13-21, 21-15, 9-21	02 ! Runner-up

Women's Doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	U.S. Open	Naru Shinoya	Yu Yang Zhong Qianxin	14-21, 10-21	02 ! Runner-up
2015	Swiss Open	Naru Shinoya	Bao Yixin Tang Yuanting	19-21, 21-14, 17-21	02 ! Runner-up

     BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

     BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's Doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Portugal International	Naru Shinoya	Carola Bott Jennifer Karnott	21-13, 21-16	01 ! Winner
2015	China International	Naru Shinoya	Ou Dongni Yu Xiaohan	21-14, 18-21, 21-23	02 ! Runner-up
2014	Malaysia International	Naru Shinoya	Maretha Dea Giovani Rosyita Eka Putri Sari	21-14, 21-17	01 ! Winner
2014	Polish Open	Naru Shinoya	Anastasia Chervaykova Nina Vislova	21-15, 17-21, 20-22	02 ! Runner-up

     BWF International Challenge tournament

     BWF International Series tournament

     BWF Future Series tournament

• "RUSSIAN GRAND PRIX 2010". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 5 August 2016. 
• "YONEX German Open Grand Prix Gold 2011". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 5 August 2016.