In 2014, she competed at the Summer Youth Olympics, winning a gold medal in the girls' singles and a bronze in the mixed doubles event.

She reached the semi-finals of the Asian Junior Championships where she was defeated by the Thai Busanan Ongbamrungphan in straight games.

However she had to settle for a silver medal after she lost to another Japanese Akane Yamaguchi in a tightly contested final match of 3 games 21–14, 18–21, 13–21.

[11] Her victories in the tournament included a biggest surprise against two-time World Championship bronze medalist P. V. Sindhu.

She had one of the greatest tournaments of her career at the Swiss Open, where she defeated world's top players: Ratchanok Intanon, P. V. Sindhu, and Sun Yu to reach the finals.

She reached the semi-finals of the Asian Championships after a hard battle against Olympic silver medalist P. V. Sindhu in the quarter-finals.

[17] She was also the part of the China's Sudirman Cup team that won the silver medal at that tournament after losing to South Korea in the final.

[18] At the World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, she lost to home favorite Kirsty Gilmour in the third round in a thrilling match, 14–21, 21–15, 16–21.

[20] She was qualified for the Dubai World Superseries Finals this time too,[21] but lost all the group matches, losing to P. V. Sindhu, Akane Yamaguchi and Sayaka Sato.

Although she was qualified, she opted not to take part in the first ever edition of World Tour Finals in her home country China, citing some injury problems she got during her match against Sung Ji-hyun in the Hong Kong Open.

[25] At the India Open, she defeated the defending champion Beiwen Zhang in the quarter-finals and P. V. Sindhu for the fourth straight time in the next round.

[27] After early losses in Indonesia, Japan and Thailand, she finished as a quarter-finalist in the World Championships losing out to Nozomi Okuhara.

[32] She started the 2022 season by winning the German Open[33] and the Korea Masters,[34] defeating compatriot Chen Yufei in both finals.

[36] As a result of her good performance this season, she qualified for the World Tour Finals, where she topped the group by beating Tai Tzu-ying, Ratchanok Intanon and Busanan Ongbamrungphan to reach the semi-finals for the first time in her career.

After clinching the women's singles silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics, she retired from international badminton on 13 August 2024.