Chiharu Shida

Chiharu Shida (born 29 April 1997) is a Japanese badminton player previously affiliated with the Saishunkan Pharmaceutical Co Ltd corporate badminton team. She is the Women's Doubles bronze medalist at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Shida was part of the Japan winning team in the 2020 Asia Team Championships. She reached a career high as world number 2 in the BWF World rankings on 8 November 2022 with Nami Matsuyama. In September 2025, Shida began a new partnership with Arisa Igarashi then the pair split up and withdrew from the Japan National Badminton Team on 31 July 2026 following official announcements by their managing companies, AMD Sports Japan and BIPROGY, and the Badminton Association of Japan.