The 2023 Japan Masters (officially known as the Kumamoto Masters Japan 2023) was a badminton tournament that took place at
Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium in
Kumamoto, Japan, from 14 to 19 November 2023 and had a total prize of $420,000.
Tournament
The 2023 Japan Masters was the thirty-second tournament of the
2023 BWF World Tour
The 2023 BWF World Tour (officially known as 2023 HSBC BWF World Tour for sponsorship reasons), is the sixth season of the BWF World Tour of badminton, a circuit of 31 tournaments that lead up to the World Tour Finals tournament. The 31 tournam ...
and was also the inaugural edition of
Japan Masters championship. This tournament was organized by the
Nippon Badminton Association with sanction from the
BWF.
Venue
This tournament was held at
Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium in
Kumamoto, Japan.
Point distribution
Below is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the
BWF points system for the
BWF World Tour Super 500 event.
Prize pool
The total prize money is US$420,000 with the distribution of the prize money in accordance with BWF regulations.
Men's singles
Seeds
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Viktor Axelsen (champion)
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Anthony Sinisuka Ginting ''(first round)''
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Kodai Naraoka ''(second round)''
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Shi Yuqi
Shi Yuqi (; Mandarin pronunciation: ; born 28 February 1996) is a Chinese badminton player. Shi Yuqi won his first Superseries title in the 2016 French Open. At the 2017 All England Open, he defeated 6-time champion Lin Dan to reach the final, ...
''(final)''
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Kunlavut Vitidsarn ''(withdrew)''
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Jonatan Christie
Leonardus Jonatan Christie (born 15 September 1997) is an Indonesian badminton player specializing in the singles discipline affiliated with the Tangkas Specs club. He won the men's singles title at the Badminton at the 2017 Southeast Asian Ga ...
''(quarter-finals)''
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Prannoy H. S.
Prannoy Haseena Sunil Kumar (born 17 July 1992), also known as H. S. Prannoy, is an Indian badminton player who currently trains at the Gopichand Badminton Academy in Hyderabad. Prannoy originally hails from Thiruvananthapuram and has a ca ...
''(second round)''
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Loh Kean Yew
Loh Kean Yew (; born 26 June 1997) is a Singaporean badminton player. He is the former men's singles world champion, winning the title at the 2021 BWF World Championships, becoming the first Singaporean to achieve this feat.
Born in Penang, M ...
''(first round)''
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
Women's singles
Seeds
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An Se-young
An Se-young (; born 5 February 2002) is a South Korean badminton player from Gwangju, who was awarded as 2019 Most Promising Player of the Year by the BWF.
In 2018, An was selected to join the national team and became the first junior high sc ...
''(semi-finals)''
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Akane Yamaguchi
is a Japanese badminton player who is the reigning two-time World Champion, winning gold in the women's singles at the 2021 and 2022 World Championships. She was on the winning Japanese team at the Asian Junior Championships in 2012 and won var ...
''(withdrew)''
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Chen Yufei
Chen Yufei (; born 1 March 1998) is a Chinese badminton player. She is the reigning Olympic champion. She won the girls' singles junior titles at the 2016 Asian and the World Junior Championships. At the same year, Chen clinched her first se ...
''(final)''
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Tai Tzu-ying ''(quarter-finals)''
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Carolina Marín ''(quarter-finals)''
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Gregoria Mariska Tunjung
Gregoria Mariska Tunjung Cahyaningsih (born 11 August 1999) is an Indonesian badminton player who plays in the singles event. Her club is PB. Mutiara Cardinal in Bandung, West Java, and entered the national team in 2013. She won the girls' sing ...
(champion)
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Beiwen Zhang ''(semi-finals)''
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P. V. Sindhu
Pusarla Venkata Sindhu (born 5 July 1995) is an Indian badminton player. Considered one of India's most successful sportspersons, Sindhu has won medals at various tournaments such as the Olympics and on the BWF circuit, including a gold at th ...
''(withdrew)''
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
Men's doubles
Seeds
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Satwiksairaj Rankireddy /
Chirag Shetty ''(first round)''
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Fajar Alfian /
Muhammad Rian Ardianto
Muhammad Rian Ardianto (born 13 February 1996) is an Indonesian badminton player. Born in Bantul, Yogyakarta SR, Ardianto plays for the Jaya Raya Jakarta club at national events. He won the men's doubles silver medal at the 2018 Asian Games, th ...
''(withdrew)''
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Liang Weikeng
Liang Weikeng (; born 30 November 2000) is a Chinese badminton player. He was part of Chinese winning team at the 2023 Sudirman Cup, and at the same year won the men's doubles bronze medal at the 2023 BWF World Championships – Men's doubles, B ...
/
Wang Chang ''(withdrew)''
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Aaron Chia
Aaron Chia Teng Fong (Chinese: 谢定峰, born 24 February 1997) is a Malaysian badminton player. He joined the national team since 2015. He represented Malaysia in the 2018 Thomas Cup. Chia and his partner Soh Wooi Yik were the All England O ...
/
Soh Wooi Yik
Soh Wooi Yik (, born 17 February 1998) is a Malaysian badminton player. He was part of the Malaysian 2015 and 2016 BWF World Junior Championships team, and has helped Malaysia clinch a silver medal in mixed team after being defeated by China in ...
''(second round)''
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Kang Min-hyuk /
Seo Seung-jae ''(second round)''
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Takuro Hoki /
Yugo Kobayashi
is a Japanese badminton player affiliated with Tonami team. He was the men's doubles silver medalist at the 2019 World Championships and the men's doubles gold medalist at the 2021 World Championships, being first ever Japanese men's doubles ...
''(quarter-finals)''
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Liu Yuchen
Liu Yuchen (, born 25 July 1995) is a Chinese badminton player. He was the men's doubles World Champion in 2018, two-time Asian Champion in 2017 and 2018, and also a silver medalist at the 2020 Summer Olympics partnered with Li Junhui. Liu was p ...
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Ou Xuanyi ''(final)''
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Ong Yew Sin /
Teo Ee Yi
Teo Ee Yi (; born 4 April 1993) is a Malaysian badminton player. Teo won a bronze medal at the 2021 World Championships with his partner Ong Yew Sin. In the junior event, he captured the golds medal at the 2011 World Junior Championships in t ...
''(semi-finals)''
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
Women's doubles
Seeds
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Chen Qingchen /
Jia Yifan ''(first round)''
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Baek Ha-na /
Lee So-hee
Lee So-hee (Hangul: 이소희; ; born 14 June 1994) is a South Korean badminton player. She won the women's doubles title at the 2017 All England Open tournament. She also helped the Korean national team to win the world team championships a ...
''(withdrew)''
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Kim So-yeong /
Kong Hee-yong ''(first round)''
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Yuki Fukushima /
Sayaka Hirota ''(first round)''
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Nami Matsuyama /
Chiharu Shida
is a Japanese badminton player from the Saishunkan team. She was the bronze medalists at the Asian and World Junior Championships in 2014 and 2015. Shida won her first international title at the 2016 Vietnam International, and claimed her first ...
''(first round)''
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Zhang Shuxian /
Zheng Yu (champions)
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Apriyani Rahayu /
Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti ''(withdrew)''
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Mayu Matsumoto /
Wakana Nagahara ''(semi-finals)''
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
Mixed doubles
Seeds
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Zheng Siwei /
Huang Yaqiong (champions)
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Yuta Watanabe
is a Japanese professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball in the United States for the George Washington Colonials, becoming the first Japanese-born student at ...
/
Arisa Higashino ''(semi-finals)''
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Feng Yanzhe /
Huang Dongping ''(final)''
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Seo Seung-jae /
Chae Yoo-jung
Chae Yoo-jung (, Hanja: 蔡侑玎; born 9 May 1995) is a South Korean badminton player. She is the daughter of former singles player Kim Bok-sun. Chae was a part of the Korean national team that won the world mixed team championships at the 2 ...
''(semi-finals)''
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Jiang Zhenbang
Jiang Zhenbang (; born 28 May 2001) is a Chinese badminton player.
Achievements BWF World Tour (3 titles, 1 runner-up)
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournament ...
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Wei Yaxin ''(quarter-finals)''
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Kim Won-ho
Kim Won-ho (Hangul: 김원호; born 2 June 1999) is a South Korean badminton player. Kim who was educated at the Maewon High School, competed at the 2016 Asian Junior Championships, and won the silver medals in the mixed doubles and team event. ...
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Jeong Na-eun
Jeong Na-eun (Hangul: 정나은; born 27 June 2000) is a South Korean badminton player affiliated with Hwasun County team. In her junior, she won a bronze medal at the 2018 World Junior Championships and a silver at the Asian Junior Championsh ...
''(second round)''
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Thom Gicquel
Thom Mark Gicquel (born 12 January 1999) is a French badminton player. Born in Tours, he started playing badminton at aged six in his parents club. Gicquel made his debut in the international senior tournament at the 2015 Riga International in La ...
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Delphine Delrue
Delphine Aurore Delrue (born 6 November 1998) is a French badminton player. Delrue started playing badminton at aged seven, and she affiliate with the USEE Badminton club in 2006. Delrue was selected to join the national team in INSEP in 2016. In ...
''(withdrew)''
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Chen Tang Jie /
Toh Ee Wei
Toh Ee Wei (; born 18 September 2000) is a Malaysian badminton player from Malacca. She was the girls' doubles silver medalist at the 2018 Asian and World Junior Championships. She also won the 2016 World Junior bronze medal in the mixed doub ...
''(quarter-finals)''
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
References
External links
Tournament link
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