Yuta Watanabe (badminton)

Yuta Watanabe
Personal information
Country  Japan
Born (1997-06-13) 13 June 1997
Suginami, Japan
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 55 kg (121 lb)
Handedness Left
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking 13 (MD 27 September 2018)
10 (XD 27 September 2018)
Current ranking 13 (MD), 10 (XD) (27 September 2018)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Japan
Sudirman Cup
2017 Gold Coast Mixed team
Thomas Cup
2018 Bangkok Men's team
Asian Games
2018 Jakarta-Palembang Men's team
Asia Mixed Team Championships
2017 Ho Chi Minh Mixed team
World Junior Championships
2014 Alor SetarMixed doubles
2014 Alor SetarMixed team
2015 LimaBoys' doubles
Asia Junior Championships
2014 TaipeiBoys' doubles
2014 TaipeiMixed team
2015 BangkokBoys' singles
2015 BangkokMixed team
BWF profile

Yuta Watanabe (渡辺 勇大, Watanabe Yūta, born 13 June 1997) is a badminton player from Japan.[1][2] Watanabe has collected three bronze medals at the World Junior Championships, and also four bronze at the Asian Junior Championships. Watanabe was selected to join the Japanese mixed team compete at the 2017 Sudirman Cup in Gold Coast, Australia, winning a gold medal in the qualification to Gold Coast at the 2017 Asia Mixed Team Championships in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and the team finished in the semi-final round, took the bronze medal. The left-handed Watanabe won the maiden Super 1000 tournament at the 2018 All England Open in the mixed doubles event partnered with Arisa Higashino.

Career

In 2014, he won the bronze medal at the World Junior Championships in mixed doubles event.[3][4] In 2016, he won the Vietnam International tournament in mixed doubles event and became the runner-up in men's doubles event.[5] Partnered with Arisa Higashino in the mixed doubles, they reaching the 2018 All England Open final beat three top seeding, and clinched the title after beating the fifth seeded pair from China Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong in the rubber game.[6]

Achievements

BWF World Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Centro de Alto Rendimiento de la Videna,
Lima, Peru		 Japan Kenya Mitsuhashi China He Jiting
China Zheng Siwei		 13–21, 16–21 Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Stadium Sultan Abdul Halim,
Alor Setar, Malaysia		 Japan Arisa Higashino China Huang Kaixiang
China Chen Qingchen		 19–21, 12–21 Bronze

Asian Junior Championships

Boys' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2015 CPB Badminton Training Center, Bangkok, Thailand China Lin Guipu 10–21, 12–21 Bronze

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Taipei Gymnasium,
Taipei, Chinese Taipei		 Japan Kenya Mitsuhashi China Huang Kaixiang
China Zheng Siwei		 10–21, 8–21 Bronze

BWF World Tour

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[7] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[8]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Korea Open Super 500 Japan Hiroyuki Endo Japan Takuro Hoki
Japan Yugo Kobayashi		 9–21, 21–15, 21–10 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Thailand Open Super 500 Japan Hiroyuki Endo Japan Takeshi Kamura
Japan Keigo Sonoda		 17–21, 19–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 Malaysia Open Super 750 Japan Hiroyuki Endo Japan Takeshi Kamura
Japan Keigo Sonoda		 8–21, 10–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 All England Open Super 1000 Japan Arisa Higashino China Zheng Siwei
China Huang Yaqiong		 15–21, 22–20, 21–16 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner

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.

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Russian Open Japan Arisa Higashino Malaysia Chan Peng Soon
Malaysia Goh Liu Ying		 13–21, 21–23 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
     BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
     BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Vietnam International Japan Kenya Mitsuhashi Malaysia Ong Yew Sin
Malaysia Teo Ee Yi		 19–21, 14–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Austrian Open Japan Kenya Mitsuhashi England Marcus Ellis
England Chris Langridge		 14–21, 16–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Vietnam International Japan Arisa Higashino Thailand Tinn Isriyanet
Thailand Pacharapun Chochuwong		 21–16, 21–14 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
     BWF International Challenge tournament
     BWF International Series tournament

References

  1. ↑ "Players: Yuta Watanabe". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "渡辺 勇大 Yuta Watanabe". www.unisys.co.jp (in Japanese). Unisys. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "Jati BWF World Junior Championships 2014 (EYE-Level Cup)". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "BWF World Junior Championships 2014 – Day 5: It's Eka Putri's Day". www.bwfbadminton.org. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  5. ↑ "Vietnam wins two gold medals at Hanoi Challenger". www.vietnambreakingnews.com. VietnamBreakingNews. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  6. ↑ "All England SF – A long day to the finals". Badzine.net. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. 29 November 2017.
  8. ↑ "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. 15 January 2018.
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