Koki Watanabe

Koki Watanabe (渡邉 航貴, Watanabe Kōki, born 29 January 1999) is a Japanese badminton player.[1] He graduated from the Saitama Sakae High School, and was part of the Unysis team since 2017.[2] He won his first international title at the 2018 Yonex / K&D Graphics International tournament.

Koki Watanabe
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1999-01-29) 29 January 1999
Koshigaya, Saitama, Japan
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
HandednessRight
Men's singles
Career record138 wins, 81 losses
Highest ranking26 (24 October 2023)
Current ranking26 (24 October 2023)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Japan
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou Men's team
Asia Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Manila Men's team
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Lima Boys' singles
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Bilbao Mixed team
Asian Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Bangkok Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Bangkok Mixed team
BWF profile

Career

Watanabe started his badminton career when he was four years old, entered the badminton club under the influence of his sister.[3] He later concentrate his badminton career in the kindergarten, and when he was in the elementary school, he won the Saitama school championships in third consecutive years. Watanabe entered the Saitamasakaechugakko Koto school, and won the singles title at the national junior championships, also placed third in the doubles event.[2][3] He was part of the national junior team that competed at the 2015 and 2016 Asia and World Junior Championships, winning the World boys' singles bronze medal in 2015, he also helped the national team win the 2015, 2016 Asian, also 2016 World Junior bronze medals.[4]

In 2018, Watanabe became the runner-up at the BWF Super 100 tournament Russian Open.[5]

Achievements

BWF World Junior Championships

Boys' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2015 Centro de Alto Rendimiento de la Videna, Lima, Peru Chinese Taipei Lu Chia-hung 18–21, 12–21 Bronze Bronze

BWF World Tour (2 titles, 1 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[6] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[7]

Men's singles

Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result
2018 Russian Open Super 100 India Sourabh Verma 21–18, 12–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Orléans Masters Super 100 France Thomas Rouxel 18–21, 21–12, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Swiss Open Super 300 Chinese Taipei Chou Tien-chen 22–20, 18–21, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2018 Yonex / K&D Graphics International Japan Kodai Naraoka 21–14, 14–21, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Osaka International Japan Takuma Obayashi 19–21, 21–17, 21–7 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References
  1. "Players: Koki Watanabe". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  2. "選手・スタッフ紹介 渡邉 航貴" (in Japanese). Unisys. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  3. "もらった応援をうまく力に変えて、東京オリンピック出場を目指します！" (in Japanese). Koshigaya City. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  4. "日本選手は準決勝敗退。銅メダル６個！ 世界ジュニア2015《個人戦》５日目結果" (in Japanese). Badminton Spirit. 7 November 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  5. "「ロシアオープン2018」女子ダブルス星千智・中西貴映組 優勝！男子シングルス渡邉航貴 準優勝！女子シングルス海老原詩織 準優勝！" (in Japanese). Unisys. 29 July 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  6. Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  7. Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.


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