is a Japanese badminton player, affiliated with the Sanyo electric team. Shiota was the bronze medallist at the 2007 World Championships in the women's doubles event partnered with Kumiko Ogura. She also won the silver and bronze medals at the 2006 Asian Games in the women's team and doubles respectively. Shiota competed at the Olympic Games two times, in 2008 Beijing in the women's doubles event with Ogura, and in 2012 London in the mixed doubles event partnered with Shintaro Ikeda.

Career Shiota was born in Kanda, Fukuoka, and after graduating from the Kyushu International University High School in 2002, she joined the Sanyo Electric team. Partnered with Kumiko Ogura, they were popularly known as "Ogushio" and became the women's doubles runner-up at the 2005 Asian Championships. She and Ogura won their first world grand prix title at the 2005 Denmark Open. In 2006, they won the women's doubles bronze medal at the Doha 2006 Asian Games, after being defeated by Yang Wei and Zhang Jiewen in the semi-finals. Shiota also helped the Japanese women's team win the silver medal in the women's team event.

Shiota won the women's doubles bronze medal in the 2007 World Championships in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Ogushio were defeated in the semifinals by Gao Ling and Huang Sui of China, 16–21, 25–23, 6–21. In May 2008, she and Ogura ranked 6 in BWF World Ranking, and qualified to compete at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics. In the first round they beat the Danish pair Lena Frier Kristiansen and Kamilla Rytter Juhl in the rubber games, but were defeated by Du Jing and Yu Yang of China in the second round in straight games.

In 2009, she started to team up with Shintaro Ikeda from Unisys, and in May 2010, Shiota also joined the Unisys team. In November 2010, she served as the flag bearer for the Japanese delegation at the Asian Games in Guangzhou. Shiota and Ikeda popularly known as "Ikeshio", reached the final round at the 2010 Dutch Open, 2011 German and Russian Open, and also in the BWF Superseries tournament at the 2012 Singapore Open, but they only finished as the runner-up. The Ikeshio-combi participated in the 2012 Olympic Games in London, but the duo did not advance to the knock-out stage, after placing third in the group stage. In the competition, they won a match against the Canadian pair Toby Ng and Grace Gao in the rubber game with the score 21–10, 11–21, 21–15, and lost in straight games to Joachim Fischer Nielsen and Christinna Pedersen of Denmark, and Robert Mateusiak and Nadieżda Kostiuczyk of Poland in group B stage.

Personal life On September 30, 2012 she married the footballer Tatsuya Masushima.

Achievements

BWF World Championships Women's doubles YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult2007Putra Indoor Stadium,Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Kumiko Ogura Gao Ling Huang Sui16–21, 25–23, 6–21 Bronze

Asian Games Women's doubles YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult2006Aspire Hall 3,Doha, Qatar Kumiko Ogura Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen22–20, 16–21, 9–21 Bronze

Asian Championships Women's doubles YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult2005Gachibowli Indoor Stadium,Hyderabad, India Kumiko Ogura Lee Hyo-jung Lee Kyung-won13–15, 15–8, 5–15 Silver2007Bandaraya Stadium,Johor Bahru, Malaysia Kumiko Ogura Yang Wei Zhao Tingting15–21, 9–21 Bronze

BWF Superseries The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two level such as Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Mixed doubles YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult2012Singapore Open Shintaro Ikeda Chen Hung-ling Cheng Wen-hsing17–21, 11–21 Runner-up BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation since 1983.

Women's doubles YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult2005Denmark Open Kumiko Ogura Gail Emms Donna Kellogg15–6, 15–9 Winner

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref2010Dutch Open Shintaro Ikeda Alexandr Nikolaenko Valeri Sorokina20–22, 9–21 Runner-up 2011 German Open Shintaro Ikeda Robert Blair Gabrielle White 21–16, 16–21, 15–21 Runner-up 2011 Russian Open Shintaro Ikeda Alexandr Nikolaenko Valeri Sorokina 18–21, 14–21 Runner-up BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series/Satellite Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref2003Scottish International Kumiko Ogura Nicole Grether Juliane Schenk8–15, 15–11, 15–12 Winner 2003 Smiling Fish Satellite Kumiko Ogura Duanganong Aroonkesorn Salakjit Ponsana 10–15, 15–11, 7–15 Runner-up 2007 Osaka International Kumiko Ogura Aki Akao Tomomi Matsuda 21–12, 21–23, 14–21 Runner-up 2008 Osaka International Kumiko Ogura Ha Jung-eun Kim Min-jung 20–22, 21–8, 21–13 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament

Record against selected opponents Mixed doubles results with Shintaro Ikeda against Super Series finalists, Worlds Semi-finalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists:

Zhang Nan & Zhao Yunlei 0–1 He Hanbin & Yu Yang Tao Jiaming & Tian Qing 0–3 Chen Hung-ling & Cheng Wen-hsing 0–3 Chris Adcock & Imogen Bankier 0–2 Anthony Clark & Donna Kellogg 0–2 Tontowi Ahmad & Liliyana Natsir 0–2 Nova Widianto & Liliyana Natsir 0–2 Lee Yong-dae & Ha Jung-eun 0–2 Robert Mateusiak & Nadieżda Zięba 2–0 Songphon Anugritayawon & Kunchala Voravichitchaikul 1–2 Sudket Prapakamol & Saralee Thungthongkam 1–1

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