Satomi Watanabe
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| Born | January 15, 1999 Yokohama, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right Handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turned pro | 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | Active | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Racquet used | Tecnifibre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | No. 6 (June 2025) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 7 (February 2026) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Satomi Watanabe (渡邉 聡美, Watanabe Satomi; born 15 January 1999) is a Japanese professional squash player.[1] She reached a career high ranking of number 6 in the world during June 2025.[2]
Early life
[edit]Watanabe was born in Yokohama on January 15, 1999. She started playing squash at 8 years old, before moving to Malaysia at the age of 12 to train with top coaches there for five years.[3]
Career
[edit]Watanabe has won multiple junior and professional PSA tournaments and has represented Japan internationally.
All-Japan Championships
[edit]Watanabe won her first All-Japan championship in 2017 at just 18 years old - making her the youngest player ever to have done so. She went on to win another 4 consecutive titles, before sitting out the 2023 tournament. She then won the title once again in 2024.[3]
International career
[edit]In 2022, she was part of the Japanese team at the 2022 Women's World Team Squash Championships and was voted the MVP for the event after winning all of her six matches.[4]
In 2023, Watanabe became the first Japanese player to achieve a top-20 ranking in the PSA World Rankings, reaching 19th ranking after winning the Women’s Kinetic Orange Ball 30K Challenger event, played in Boynton Beach, Florida.[5]
In January 2025, Watanabe won her 10th PSA title after securing victory in Cleveland's Squash in the Land during the 2024–25 PSA Squash Tour.[6] She beat the 1st, 2nd, and 4th seeded players to achieve this victory.[3]
In March 2025, Watanabe became the first Japanese player to achieve a top-10 PSA World Ranking.[3] In August 2025, Watanabe became the first Japanese squash player to win a gold medal at the world games, after defeating France’s Marie Stephan.[7]
References
[edit]- ↑ "PSA World Tour Rankings - The Professional Squash Association". psaworldtour.com. Archived from the original on 5 December 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
- ↑ "Squash Info - Satomi Watanabe". www.squashinfo.com.
- 1 2 3 4 Olympics.com. "渡邉聡美のすごさを知る5の視点 日本スカッシュ界の未来を切り拓く逸材". Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ↑ "Japan's Satomi Watanabe announced as MVP of 2022 WSF Women's World Team Championship". World Squash. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ↑ "WATANABE BECOMES FIRST JAPANESE PLAYER TO REACH TOP 20 OF PSA WOMEN'S WORLD RANKINGS". www.psasquashtour.com. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
- ↑ "$88,750 Women's Squash in the Land 2025, Playhouse Square Outcalt Theatre, Cleveland, Ohio, USA". Squash Info. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ↑ "【スカッシュ】渡邉聡美が金メダル獲得！！WORLD GAMES 2025". スポーツナビ (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 August 2025.
World rankings – Top ten squash players as of 28 April 2026 | |
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- 1999 births
- Living people
- Japanese female squash players
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan
- Asian Games bronze medalists in squash
- Squash players at the 2014 Asian Games
- Squash players at the 2018 Asian Games
- Squash players at the 2022 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games
- 21st-century Japanese sportswomen
- World Games medalists in squash
- World Games gold medalists for Japan
- Competitors at the 2022 World Games
- Medalists at the 2025 World Games
- Sportspeople from Yokohama
