50 players from Japan appear in the WTA singles ranking, the highest at rank 13, ranking published on . The rank is the one published by the WTA tour. The "movement" column compares with the previous publication, that of 24/08/2026. The "matches" column counts the singles matches in our corpus since 2021, and every name leads to the detailed record.
| Rank | Movement | Player | Country | Points | Career-high | Matches since 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | = | Naomi Osaka | Japan | 284,600 | 1 (01/2019) | 176 |
| 99 | = | Moyuka Uchijima | Japan | 77,500 | 47 (05/2025) | 342 |
| 144 | = | Himeno Sakatsume | Japan | 52,600 | 121 (07/2026) | 319 |
| 167 | = | Mai Hontama | Japan | 45,800 | 105 (08/2024) | 345 |
| 224 | ▼ 1 | Hayu Kinoshita | Japan | 35,400 | 212 (05/2026) | 199 |
| 228 | ▼ 1 | Nao Hibino | Japan | 34,400 | 56 (01/2016) | 298 |
| 244 | ▼ 1 | Sara Saito | Japan | 30,700 | 150 (12/2024) | 214 |
| 259 | ▼ 2 | Haruka Kaji | Japan | 28,600 | 213 (09/2023) | 304 |
| 261 | ▼ 2 | Mei Yamaguchi | Japan | 28,200 | 242 (05/2025) | 295 |
| 272 | ▼ 2 | Rina Saigo | Japan | 26,600 | 270 (08/2026) | 339 |
| 283 | ▼ 4 | Kyoka Okamura | Japan | 25,400 | 178 (02/2025) | 313 |
| 291 | ▼ 5 | Yuki Naito | Japan | 24,800 | 169 (04/2021) | 278 |
| 328 | ▼ 4 | Ena Koike | Japan | 21,300 | 315 (07/2026) | 169 |
| 348 | ▼ 5 | Sakura Hosogi | Japan | 19,200 | 204 (02/2023) | 333 |
| 363 | ▼ 4 | Hiromi Abe | Japan | 18,100 | 284 (02/2026) | 204 |
| 373 | ▼ 4 | Aoi Ito | Japan | 17,400 | 82 (08/2025) | 277 |
| 374 | ▼ 4 | Miho Kuramochi | Japan | 17,400 | 326 (03/2026) | 285 |
| 375 | ▼ 3 | Momoko Kobori | Japan | 17,300 | 226 (04/2019) | 221 |
| 403 | ▼ 2 | Natsumi Kawaguchi | Japan | 15,800 | 346 (10/2023) | 213 |
| 417 | ▼ 6 | Eri Shimizu | Japan | 15,300 | 296 (11/2024) | 272 |
| 418 | ▼ 6 | Reina Goto | Japan | 15,300 | 404 (07/2026) | 91 |
| 421 | ▼ 5 | Misaki Matsuda | Japan | 15,100 | 254 (04/2023) | 278 |
| 460 | ▼ 4 | Hikaru Sato | Japan | 12,800 | 335 (10/2024) | 208 |
| 489 | ▲ 30 | Rinko Matsuda | Japan | 11,900 | 463 (06/2026) | 239 |
| 494 | ▼ 8 | Kayo Nishimura | Japan | 11,800 | 485 (08/2026) | 181 |
| 497 | ▼ 8 | Mio Mushika | Japan | 11,700 | 417 (05/2026) | 214 |
| 510 | ▼ 6 | Erika Sema | Japan | 11,200 | 114 (10/2011) | 304 |
| 531 | ▼ 10 | Yuno Kitahara | Japan | 10,400 | 448 (07/2026) | 153 |
| 556 | ▼ 8 | Mayuka Aikawa | Japan | 9,400 | 468 (06/2023) | 288 |
| 570 | ▼ 6 | Naho Sato | Japan | 8,800 | 319 (10/2024) | 278 |
| 579 | ▼ 7 | Ayano Shimizu | Japan | 8,500 | 175 (05/2019) | 217 |
| 581 | ▲ 1 | Natsuki Yoshimoto | Japan | 8,400 | 532 (06/2026) | 85 |
| 621 | ▼ 6 | Michika Ozeki | Japan | 7,500 | 433 (02/2015) | 241 |
| 642 | ▼ 7 | Kisa Yoshioka | Japan | 7,000 | 635 (08/2026) | 169 |
| 647 | ▼ 6 | Ikumi Yamazaki | Japan | 6,900 | 348 (09/2025) | 224 |
| 654 | ▼ 5 | Sae Noguchi | Japan | 6,800 | 644 (07/2026) | 67 |
| 681 | ▼ 6 | Wakana Sonobe | Japan | 6,300 | 224 (11/2025) | 101 |
| 710 | ▼ 3 | Shiho Akita | Japan | 5,800 | 221 (05/2017) | 195 |
| 741 | ▼ 5 | Saki Imamura | Japan | 5,100 | 343 (10/2025) | 253 |
| 757 | ▼ 7 | Mayu Crossley | Japan | 4,900 | 353 (09/2025) | 105 |
| 762 | ▲ 13 | Sayaka Ishii | Japan | 4,800 | 188 (03/2025) | 210 |
| 773 | ▼ 10 | Ayumi Miyamoto | Japan | 4,700 | 525 (05/2019) | 117 |
| 778 | ▼ 9 | Ayumi Koshiishi | Japan | 4,600 | 367 (07/2025) | 278 |
| 787 | ▼ 7 | Honoka Kobayashi | Japan | 4,500 | 607 (09/2025) | 198 |
| 800 | ▼ 9 | Shiho Tsujioka | Japan | 4,400 | 754 (05/2026) | 74 |
| 807 | ▼ 10 | Kanon Sawashiro | Japan | 4,300 | 760 (07/2026) | 74 |
| 824 | ▼ 13 | Nagi Hanatani | Japan | 4,100 | 356 (08/2020) | 284 |
| 832 | ▼ 13 | Haruna Arakawa | Japan | 4,000 | 352 (02/2020) | 275 |
| 868 | ▼ 10 | Mutsumi Uemura | Japan | 3,600 | 858 (08/2026) | 57 |
| 888 | ▼ 11 | Hiroko Kuwata | Japan | 3,300 | 150 (05/2016) | 272 |
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The WTA ranking is a rolling 52-week total: each player keeps the points earned from their best results of the past year, and loses them on the anniversary of the tournament concerned. A rank can therefore drop without a single match being lost, simply because the points from a good result last year have just expired.
The tour publishes a new version every Monday. This table reproduces the latest publication in full: every rank is there, in order, with no reconstruction on our part. It does not update during a match.
The "matches since 2021" column is not part of the official ranking. It shows how many singles matches this player has in our corpus, the one our calculations are made on. A high rank with few matches usually signals a return from injury or a recent arrival on the main tour.