High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Yu Hirayama (born 25 July 1985) is a Japanese badminton player. She was born in Miyagi prefecture, in 1985, and graduated from St. Ursula High School. She is now a sophomore at the School of Social Sciences. She won the first prize of the inter-high school athletic meet when she was a second grade high school student, and the next year, she won the all-Japan second prize. Now she belongs to the Japan national badminton team. She has also played in the World Ladies` Championship (Uber Cup) and other worldwide tournaments, such as the British Open Championship.