Takeshi Kamura

Takeshi Kamura (嘉村健士, Kamura Takeshi, born 14 February 1990) is a Japanese badminton player. He affiliated with the Tonami team since 2012, and has been selected to join the national team in 2013. Kamura was part of the national team that won the 2014 Thomas Cup. He captured his first Superseries title at the 2016 Hong Kong Open, and reached a career high of world number 2 in the men's doubles partnered with Keigo Sonoda in January 2017.[1][2]

Takeshi Kamura 嘉村　健士
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	14 February 1990 Saga Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	66 kg (146 lb)
Handedness	Right
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	2 (MD 26 January 2017) 37 (XD 1 July 2013)
Current ranking	4 (MD 17 March 2020)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Japan World Championships 2018 Nanjing Men's doubles 2017 Glasgow Men's doubles Sudirman Cup 2015 Dongguan Mixed team 2019 Nanning Mixed team 2017 Gold Coast Mixed team Thomas Cup 2014 New Delhi Men's team 2018 Bangkok Men's team Asian Games 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Men's team Asian Championships 2018 Wuhan Men's doubles 2016 Wuhan Men's doubles 2017 Wuhan Men's doubles 2019 Wuhan Men's doubles Asia Mixed Team Championships 2017 Ho Chi Minh Mixed team Asia Team Championships 2016 Hyderabad Men's team Asian Junior Championships 2007 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team
BWF profile

Kamura won the silver medal at the 2018 World Championships and a bronze in 2017. In the continental Asia, he helps the national team won the 2017 Asia Mixed Team Championships, also collected a silver and three bronze medals in the individual men's doubles event. He competed at the 2014 and 2018 Asian Games.[3]

Kamura has announced in an interview that the Tokyo Olympics will be his "last shot at an Olympics."[4]

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland	Keigo Sonoda	Mohammad Ahsan Rian Agung Saputro	12–21, 15–21	Bronze
2018	Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park, Nanjing, China	Keigo Sonoda	Li Junhui Liu Yuchen	12–21, 19–21	Silver

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Keigo Sonoda	Lee Yong-dae Yoo Yeon-seong	17–21, 18–21	Bronze
2017	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Keigo Sonoda	Li Junhui Liu Yuchen	15–21, 21–13, 18–21	Bronze
2018	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Keigo Sonoda	Li Junhui Liu Yuchen	21–11, 10–21, 13–21	Silver
2019	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Keigo Sonoda	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	21–15, 17–21, 15–21	Bronze

BWF World Tour (3 titles, 7 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[5] 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.[6]

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Malaysia Open	Super 750	Keigo Sonoda	Hiroyuki Endo Yuta Watanabe	21–8, 21–10	Winner
2018	Thailand Open	Super 500	Keigo Sonoda	Hiroyuki Endo Yuta Watanabe	21–17, 21–19	Winner
2018	Denmark Open	Super 750	Keigo Sonoda	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	15–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2018	Hong Kong Open	Super 500	Keigo Sonoda	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	13–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2019	German Open	Super 300	Keigo Sonoda	Hiroyuki Endo Yuta Watanabe	21–15, 11–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2019	Malaysia Open	Super 750	Keigo Sonoda	Li Junhui Liu Yuchen	12–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2019	Singapore Open	Super 500	Keigo Sonoda	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	21–13, 19–21, 21–17	Winner
2019	Australian Open	Super 300	Keigo Sonoda	Ko Sung Hyun Shin Baek-Cheol	11–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2019	Korea Open	Super 500	Keigo Sonoda	Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto	16–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2019	Fuzhou China Open	Super 750	Keigo Sonoda	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	17–21, 9–21	Runner-up

BWF Superseries (2 titles, 2 runners-up)

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 levels: 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	Singapore Open	Keigo Sonoda	Fu Haifeng Zhang Nan	11–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2016	Hong Kong Open	Keigo Sonoda	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	21–19, 21–19	Winner
2016	Dubai World Superseries Finals	Keigo Sonoda	Goh V Shem Tan Wee Kiong	14–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2017	Australia Open	Keigo Sonoda	Hendra Setiawan Tan Boon Heong	21–17, 21–19	Winner

  Superseries Finals Tournament

  Superseries Premier Tournament

  Superseries Tournament

BWF Grand Prix (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

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

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Canada Open	Keigo Sonoda	Hiroyuki Saeki Ryota Taohata	12–21, 21–16, 21–19	Winner
2013	U.S. Open	Keigo Sonoda	Liang Jui-wei Liao Kuan-hao	21–16, 27–25	Winner
2014	German Open	Keigo Sonoda	Hiroyuki Endo Kenichi Hayakawa	21–19, 14–21, 21–14	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Canada Open	Koharu Yonemoto	Ryota Taohata Ayaka Takahashi	14–21, 16–21	Runner-up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 3 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Vietnam International	Takuma Ueda	Chow Pak Chuu Hong Chieng Hun	21–14, 21–14	Winner
2011	Malaysia International	Keigo Sonoda	Chen Chung-jen Lin Yen-jui	21–13, 21–17	Winner
2012	Osaka International	Keigo Sonoda	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Agripina Prima Rahmanto	21–17, 21–23, 21–18	Winner
2012	Scottish International	Keigo Sonoda	Hiroyuki Saeki Ryota Taohata	16–21, 21–11, 21–17	Winner
2013	Austrian International	Keigo Sonoda	Hiroyuki Saeki Ryota Taohata	18–21, 21–15, 18–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	New Zealand International	Koharu Yonemoto	Danny Bawa Chrisnanta Vanessa Neo Yu Yan	14–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2011	Osaka International	Koharu Yonemoto	Keisuke Kawaguchi Shinobu Ogura	21–18, 21–7	Winner
2013	Osaka International	Koharu Yonemoto	Riky Widianto Richi Puspita Dili	15–21, 19–21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

References

1. "Players: Takeshi Kamura". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
2. "Badminton player: 嘉村　健士　Takeshi Kamura". www.tonami.co.jp (in Japanese). Tonami. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
3. "Men's Team - Entry List by Event". Incheon 2014 official website. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
4. "Kamura and Sonoda prove that in doubles, opposites really do attract". Olympic Channel. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
5. "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. 29 November 2017.
6. "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. 15 January 2018.

External links

• Takeshi Kamura at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com