Kenichi Hayakawa

Kenichi Hayakawa (早川賢一, born 5 April 1986) is a retired male Japanese badminton player. He has been a runner-up of the All England three times (2013, 2014 and 2016) along with his partner, Hiroyuki Endo. He competed at the 2010 and 2014 Asian Games.[1]

Kenichi Hayakawa
Kenichi Hayakawa at the 2013 French Super Series.
Personal information
Country Japan
Born (1986-04-05) 5 April 1986
Shiga Prefecture, Japan
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
HandednessRight
Men's doubles
Highest ranking2 with Hiroyuki Endo (June 19, 2014)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Japan
World Championships
2015 JakartaMen's doubles
Sudirman Cup
2015 DongguanMixed team
Thomas Cup
2014 New DelhiMen's team
2012 WuhanMen's team
2010 Kuala LumpurMen's team
Asia Championships
2012 QingdaoMen's doubles
2015 WuhanMixed doubles
2013 TaipeiMen's doubles
Asia Team Championships
2016 HyderabadMen's team
East Asian Games
2009 Hong KongMen's team
BWF profile
In this Japanese name, the family name is Hayakawa.

Career

Hayakawa won the first point in the 2014 Thomas Cup finals with Hiroyuki Endo beating 2004 World Junior Champion Tan Boon Heong and Hoon Thien How and lead the momentum for the Japanese team to claim the Thomas Cup for the first time, being the fourth nation to win Thomas cup after Indonesia, China and Malaysia. He retired in November 2016[2] and currently is the coach for Japanese B national team.[3]

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Men's Doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Istora Senayan,
Jakarta, Indonesia		 Hiroyuki Endo Liu Xiaolong
Qiu Zihan		 16–21, 23–21, 20–22 Bronze

Badminton Asia Championships

Men's Doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Taipei Arena,
Taipei, Chinese Taipei		 Hiroyuki Endo Kim Sa-rang
Kim Gi-jung		 21–19, 13–21, 14–21 Bronze
2012 Qingdao Sports Centre Conson Stadium,
Qingdao, China		 Hiroyuki Endo Kim Sa-rang
Kim Gi-jung		 12–21, 16–21 Silver

Mixed Doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China		 Misaki Matsutomo Lee Chun Hei
Chau Hoi Wah		 17–21, 19–21 Bronze

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). 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
2016 All England Hiroyuki Endo Vladimir Ivanov
Ivan Sozonov		 23–21, 18–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2014 French Open Hiroyuki Endo Mathias Boe
Carsten Mogensen		 21–18, 9–21, 7–21 Runner-up
2014 All England Hiroyuki Endo Mohammad Ahsan
Hendra Setiawan		 19–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2013 China Masters Hiroyuki Endo Ko Sung-hyun
Lee Yong-dae		 23–25, 19–21 Runner-up
2013 All England Hiroyuki Endo Liu Xiaolong
Qiu Zihan		 11–21, 9–21 Runner-up
2012 Super Series Masters Finals Hiroyuki Endo Mathias Boe
Carsten Mogensen		 17–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2012 China Masters Hiroyuki Endo Chai Biao
Zhang Nan		 18–21, 17–21 Runner-up
     BWF Superseries Finals tournament
     BWF Superseries Premier tournament
     BWF Superseries tournament

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 Doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 German Open Hiroyuki Endo Takeshi Kamura
Keigo Sonoda		 19–21, 21–14, 14–21 Runner-up
2012 U.S. Open Hiroyuki Endo Yoshiteru Hirobe
Kenta Kazuno		 21–15, 21–10 Winner
2011 Indonesian Masters Hiroyuki Endo Mohammad Ahsan
Bona Septano		 13–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2011 Russian Open Hiroyuki Endo Naoki Kawamae
Shoji Sato		 17–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2011 Australian Open Hiroyuki Endo Naoki Kawamae
Shoji Sato		 21–17, 21–18 Winner
2010 Australian Open Hiroyuki Endo Kang Woo-kyum
Park Tae-sang		 21–15, 21–16 Winner
2009 German Open Kenta Kazuno Lee Yong-dae
Shin Baek-cheol		 13–21, 16–21 Runner-up

Mixed Doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 U.S. Open Misaki Matsutomo Tony Gunawan
Vita Marissa		 13–21, 10–21 Runner-up
     BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
     BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Mixed Doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2007 Victorian International Kenta Kazuno Chad Whitehead
Mark Prior		 21–7, 21–15 Winner
2007 Banuinvest International Kenta Kazuno Julian Hristov
Konstantin Dobrev		 21–10, 21–13 Winner

Mixed Doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Osaka International Shizuka Matsuo Hirokatsu Hashimoto
Mizuki Fujii		 21–14, 21–11 Winner
     BWF International Challenge tournament
     BWF International Series tournament

References
  1. "Profile". Incheon 2014 official website. Archived from the original on 3 October 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  2. Hearn, Don. "Post-Rio rash of retirements to cut top ten in half". Badzine. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  3. "2019年 代表選手". badminton.or.jp. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
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