Hirokatsu Hashimoto

Hirokatsu Hashimoto (橋本 博且, Hashimoto Hirokatsu, born 18 December 1985) is a Japanese badminton player from Tonami Transportation badminton team. In 2013, he and his men's doubles partner Noriyasu Hirata, received the Badminton Nippon League's Valuable Player Award. He competed at the 2010 and 2014 Asian Games. His best achievement is to win the 2014 Thomas Cup.[1]

Hirokatsu Hashimoto
Personal information
Country Japan
Born (1985-12-18) 18 December 1985
Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking7 (MD 26 April 2012)
15 (XD 16 September 2010)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Japan
Sudirman Cup
2015 Dongguan Mixed team
Thomas Cup
2014 New Delhi Men's team
2012 Wuhan Men's team
2010 Kuala Lumpur Men's team
Asian Championships
2011 Chengdu Men's doubles
East Asian Games
2009 Hong Kong Men's team
BWF profile

Achievements

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 Sichuan Gymnasium, Chengdu, China Noriyasu Hirata Cai Yun
Fu Haifeng		 12–21, 15–21 Silver

BWF World Tour

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[2] 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.[3]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Akita Masters Super 100 Hiroyuki Saeki Akbar Bintang Cahyono
Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani		 16–21, 6–21 Runner-up

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries has two level such as Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 India Open Noriyasu Hirata Angga Pratama
Ryan Agung Saputra		 21–17, 21–9 Winner
     BWF Superseries Finals tournament
     BWF Superseries Premier tournament
     BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels: Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Dutch Open Noriyasu Hirata Yoshiteru Hirobe
Kenta Kazuno		 21–17, 21–13 Winner
2009 New Zealand Open Noriyasu Hirata Rupesh Kumar
Sanave Thomas		 16–21, 21–15, 13–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 Australian Open Mizuki Fujii Songphon Anugritayawon
Kunchala Voravichitchaikul		 15–21, 9–21 Runner-up
     BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
     BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Osaka International Hiroyuki Saeki Mohamad Arif Abdul Latif
Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub		 21–19, 15–21, 21–15 Winner
2010 Osaka International Noriyasu Hirata Hiroyuki Endo
Yoshiteru Hirobe		 16–21, 23–21, 21–17 Winner
2009 Osaka International Noriyasu Hirata Yoshiteru Hirobe
Hajime Komiyama		 19–21, 10–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Osaka International Mizuki Fujii Kenichi Hayakawa
Shizuka Matsuo		 14–21, 11–21 Runner-up
     BWF International Challenge tournament
     BWF International Series tournament

References
  1. "Hashimoto Hirokatsu". Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  2. "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. 29 November 2017.
  3. "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. 15 January 2018.
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