Japanese badminton women's singles players currently include Okuhara Hok , Akane Yamaguchi , Ohori Aya and other players. Hope Okahara has won the bronze medal in the 2016 Rio Olympics and the gold medal in the 2017 World Championships, while Akane Yamaguchi became the first female singles player in Japanese history this year to rank first in the world.
In the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, each country or association has only two places to participate. Hope Okahara and Akane Yamaguchi have almost qualified for the Olympics. Regarding their possible missed Olympics, Aya Ohori recently said in an interview with Japanese media, "Aya Ohori is indeed their own destiny? I can only explain this. If there are no competitors, her strength will not improve... Although they are competitors, they are still grateful for their existence."
Aya Ohori was born on October 2, 1996. At the age of 17, she won the women's singles championship in the 2013 Asian Youth Championship and became the first Japanese Asian Youth Championship women's singles champion.
The competition between Ohori Aya and his teammate Akane Yamaguchi has been in middle school and high school. In the semi-finals of the 2012 World Youth Championship, Ohori Aya was reversed 1-2 by Akane Yamaguchi to win the third place. In the 2013 World Youth Championship final, Ohori Aya lost to Akane Yamaguchi again.
"A competitor who has been since middle school and high school has always maintained this feeling."
From the results of Okuhara Hoshi, Akane Yamaguchi and Aya Ohori this season, Okuhara Hoshi won the Thailand and South Korea Open championships and the runner-up in Japan Open this season, and also won the Uber Cup team gold medal. Akane Yamaguchi won the German and French Open championships, Asian Games and World Championships women's singles bronze medal. Aya Ohori only reached the semi-finals of the Japan Open and the US Open.
Ohori Aya also admitted that seeing Akane Yamaguchi and Okuhara hope to win the championship, they would be more negative in their hearts, but at present, they hope to concentrate on being themselves and reduce the gap with them.
In 2016, Aya Ohori switched to Tonami Transportation Co., Ltd. . Since the club does not have a special female team, Aya Ohori had to train with the male players. In the past, Aya Ohori lost in the game and would feel negative. But now after training with male players, Aya Ohori has become more confident and has a more positive attitude.
However, I also encountered many problems in training. The male teammates who were trained were better than female players and killed very hard. They rarely played and shot more patiently like female players.
High-intensity training and participation gave Aya Ohori almost no time to rest, and Aya Ohori joked that she wanted to "sleep". The competition in the Japanese badminton team is also fierce, and everything depends on results, but Aya Ohori is very strong inside. From the past to the present, her goal is to be able to participate in the Olympics.
"If I can achieve my goal, I will work harder. Now everything is for the Olympics, and I live a repetitive life every day."
