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 p ...
player from Tonami Transportation badminton team. He competed at the
2012 London and
2016 Rio Olympics
)
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, closing = 21 August 2016
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. He also competed in four
Asian Games 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 Mauritius International, the Victorian International and the
Italian International The Italian International in badminton is an international open held in Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterrane ...
. At the
2012 Summer Olympics, 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
2016
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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.
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
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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