is a Japanese retired

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...

player from Tonami Transportation badminton team. He competed at the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Olympics. He also competed in four

Asian Games The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF) from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until t ...

from 2002 to 2014.

Career

In 2007 he won the Japanese National Championships in men's singles, and 7 international tournaments: the Bahrain Satellite Badminton Tournament, the Banuinvest International Championships, the Osaka International Challenge, the

Israel International The Israel Open, formerly called Hatzor International, in badminton is an international open held in Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִש ...

, the Mauritius International, the Victorian International and the

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. At the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, he reached the quarter-finals of the men's singles, losing to

Lin Dan Lin Dan (born 14 October 1983) is a Chinese former professional badminton player. He is a two-time Olympic champion, five-time World champion, as well as a six-time All England champion. Widely regarded as the greatest badminton player of a ...

. In

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, he did not advance to the knock-out stage after placing second in the group stage. He beat Petr Koukal of the Czech Republic, but was defeated by

Rajiv Ouseph Theratil Rajiv Ouseph (born 30 August 1986) is a former badminton player from England who represented both England and Great Britain in the international tournaments. Ouseph was the European Champion, winning in 2017. Ouseph was born and brough ...

of Great Britain. In 2017, he announced his retirement from the international badminton event. He ranked as high as No.6 in his career.

Awards

In May 2012 he received the People's Honour Award from Hokuto City, and in 2013, received a Sports Award at the Toyama Shinbun Culture, Performing Arts and Sports Awards Ceremony. Sho Sasaki

Achievements

Asia Championships

''Men's Singles''

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ''Men's Singles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

''Men's singles'' ''Men's doubles'' : BWF International Challenge tournament : BWF International Series tournament

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sasaki, Sho Living people Japanese male badminton players 1982 births Sportspeople from Hokkaido Badminton players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players of Japan Badminton players at the 2002 Asian Games Badminton players at the 2006 Asian Games Badminton players at the 2010 Asian Games Badminton players at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Japan