Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A shekara ta 2016, ta lashe gasar cin kofin All England Open a ranar haihuwarta bayan ta doke Wang Shixian a wasan karshe da ci 21<unk>11, 16<unk>21, 21<unk>19, kuma ta haka ne ta zama 'yar wasan Japan ta farko da ta lashe wannan taken a cikin shekaru 39 tun bayan nasarar Hiroe Yuki a shekarar 1977. An sanya ta a matsayin ta shida a
Wasannin Olympics na Rio. Ta doke Akane Yamaguchi a wasan kusa da na karshe 11<unk>21, 21<unk>17, 21<unk>10 kuma ta kai wasan kusa da na karshe. Abokinta na wasan kusa da na karshe shi ne mai lamba 9 P. V. Sindhu. Okuhara ba ta da amsoshi ga wasan Indiyan na kai hari kuma ta fadi a wasanni biyu a jere 19<unk>21, 10<unk>21. A wasan neman lambar tagulla an ba ta damar tafiya da Li Xuerui na China yayin da abokin hamayyarta ya ji rauni. A cikin wannan tsari, ta zama 'yar wasan Badminton ta Japan ta farko da ta lashe lambar yabo ta Olympics. A cikin China Superseries a watan Nuwamba, ta sami matsalolin kafada wanda ya tilasta mata janyewa daga Hong Kong Open kuma damar da ta samu na kare taken Dubai Superseries Finals ta lalace.