The 2023 Japan Open (officially known as the Daihatsu Japan Open 2023) was a badminton tournament which took place at

Yoyogi National Gymnasium Yoyogi National Gymnasium, officially is an indoor arena located at Yoyogi Park in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, which is famous for its suspension roof design. It was designed by Kenzo Tange and built between 1961 and 1964 to house swimming and d ...

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, Japan, from 25 July to 30 July 2023 and had a total purse of $850,000.

Tournament

The 2023 Japan Open was the eighteenth 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 also part of the Japan Open championships, which had been held since 1977. This tournament was organized by the Nippon Badminton Association with sanction from the BWF.

Venue

This international tournament was held at

, 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 750 event.

Prize pool

The total prize money was US$850,000 with the distribution of the prize money in accordance with BWF regulations.

Men's singles

Seeds

# Viktor Axelsen (Champion) # Anthony Sinisuka Ginting ''(First round)'' # Kunlavut Vitidsarn ''(Quarter-finals)'' # Kodai Naraoka ''(Semi-finals)'' #

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 ...

''(Final)'' #

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, ...

''(Quarter-finals)'' #

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)'' #

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 ...

''(Quarter-finals)''

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Women's singles

Seeds

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 ...

''(Quarter-finals)'' #

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 ...

(Champion) #

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 ...

''(Second round)'' # Tai Tzu-ying ''(Semi-finals)'' # He Bingjiao ''(Final)'' # Ratchanok Intanon ''(Quarter-finals)'' #

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 ...

''(Semi-finals)'' # Han Yue ''(Quarter-finals)''

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Men's doubles

Seeds

# 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 ...

''(Semi-finals)'' #

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 ''(Second round)'' #

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (born 13 August 2000) is an Indian badminton player. He and his partner, Chirag Shetty, are the first men's doubles pair from India to be ranked inside the top 10 of the BWF World Ranking, with a career-high ranking of 5 ...

/ Chirag Shetty ''(Quarter-finals)'' #

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 ...

''(Quarter-finals)'' # 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 ...

''(Final)'' # 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 ...

''(Second round)'' # Mohammad Ahsan / Hendra Setiawan ''(Quarter-finals)'' #

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 ...

/ Ou Xuanyi ''(Semi-finals)''

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Women's doubles

Seeds

# Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan ''(Final)'' #

Baek Ha-na Baek Ha-na (Hangul: 백하나; born 22 September 2000) is a South Korean badminton player who attended Cheongsong Girls' High School. She started playing badminton in 2009 after being recommended by her brother, and was selected to join the nati ...

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 ...

''(Quarter-finals)'' # Zhang Shuxian / Zheng Yu ''(First round)'' # Kim So-yeong / Kong Hee-yong (Champions) # Mayu Matsumoto / Wakana Nagahara ''(Semi-finals)'' # Apriyani Rahayu / Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti ''(First round)'' #

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 ...

/ Kim Hye-jeong ''(Withdrew)'' # Yuki Fukushima / Sayaka Hirota ''(Semi-finals)''

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Mixed doubles

Seeds

# Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong ''(Semi-finals)'' #

Dechapol Puavaranukroh Dechapol Puavaranukroh ( th, เดชาพล พัววรานุเคราะห์; born 20 May 1997) is a Thai badminton player. He was a gold medalist at the 2014 BWF World Junior Championships in the boys' doubles event with his pa ...

/ Sapsiree Taerattanachai ''(Final)'' #

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 (Champions) # Feng Yanzhe / Huang Dongping ''(Semi-finals)'' #

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. ...

''(Withdrew)'' # 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 ...

''(Quarter-finals)'' # Goh Soon Huat / Shevon Jemie Lai ''(First round)'' #

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 ...

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 ...

''(First round)''

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

References

External links

BWF Tournament Software link

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