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
Country Japan
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
Highest ranking34 (26 November 2019)
Current ranking38 (18 February 2020)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Japan
Asia Team Championships
2020 Manila Men's team
World Junior Championships
2016 Bilbao Mixed team
2015 Lima Boys' singles
Asian Junior Championships
2016 Bangkok Mixed team
2015 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, brought the World boy's singles bronze medal in 2015, also helped the national team won 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 Lu Chia-hung 18–21, 12–21 Bronze

BWF World Tour

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[6] 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.[7]

Men's singles

Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result
2019 Orléans Masters Super 100 Thomas Rouxel 18–21, 21–12, 21–19 Winner
2018 Russian Open Super 100 Sourabh Verma 21–18, 12–21, 17–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2019 Osaka International Takuma Obayashi 19–21, 21–17, 21–7 Winner
2018 Yonex / K&D Graphics International Kodai Naraoka 21–14, 14–21, 21–15 Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References
  1. "Players: Koki Watanabe". bwfbadminton.com. 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. "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. 29 November 2017.
  7. "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. 15 January 2018.


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