Akira Koga

Akira Koga (古賀 輝, Koga Akira, born 8 March 1994) is a Japanese badminton player who also play for the NTT East club.[1] In 2012, his last year as a junior, he was instrumental in Japan's first ever mixed team title at the 2012 Asian Junior Badminton Championships. He and Akane Yamaguchi beat Pei Tianyi and Huang Yaqiong to begin the tie.[2] At the World Junior Championships the same year, he and Yamaguchi played the last match of the mixed team tie in the final against China. They lost their third game to Wang Yilü and Chen Qingchen 22-24, giving China the title.[3]

In this Japanese name, the family name is Koga.
Akira Koga
Personal information
Country Japan
Born (1994-03-08) 8 March 1994
Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
HandednessRight
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking177 (MS 14 March 2013)
31 (MD 28 January 2020)
119 (XD 24 March 2016)
Current ranking31 (MD 18 February 2020)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Japan
Asia Team Championships
2020 Manila Men's team
World Junior Championships
2012 Chiba Mixed team
Asia Junior Championships
2012 Gimcheon Mixed team
BWF profile

Achievements

BWF World Tour (3 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[4] 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.[5]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Indonesia Masters Super 100 Taichi Saito Ou Xuanyi
Zhang Nan		 21–11, 10–21, 20–22 Runner-up
2019 Akita Masters Super 100 Taichi Saito Ou Xuanyi
Zhang Nan		 14–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2019 Orléans Masters Super 100 Taichi Saito Lee Yang
Wang Chi-lin		 21–16, 20–22, 15–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title)

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 South Australia International Taichi Saito Danny Bawa Chrisnanta
Terry Hee Yong Kai		 21–11, 19–21, 21–16 Winner
     BWF International Challenge tournament
     BWF International Series tournament
     BWF Future Series tournament

References
  1. "選手・スタッフ紹介 / 古賀 輝". www.ntt-east.co.jp (in Japanese). NTT. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  2. "2012 Asian Junior Results". tournamentsoftware.com. BWF. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  3. "2012 World Junior Results". tournamentsoftware.com. BWF. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  4. "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. 29 November 2017.
  5. "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. 15 January 2018.
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