Kyohei Yamashita 山下 恭平 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1998-10-12) October 12, 1998 (age 25) Okayama Prefecture, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 69 kg (152 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Handedness | Right | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Men's & mixed doubles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | 202 (MD with Hiroki Midorikawa, 5 December 2023) 13 (XD with Naru Shinoya, 27 December 2022) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | 576 (MD with Hiroki Midorikawa, 16 July 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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BWF profile |
Kyohei Yamashita (山下 恭平, Yamashita Kyohei, born 12 October 1998) is a Japanese badminton player who specializes in doubles.[2] He was the bronze medalist in mixed doubles at the 2021 BWF World ChampionshipsinHuelva. Yamashita graduated from Nippon Sport Science University then joined the NTT East badminton team. [3]
Kyohei Yamashita won the mixed doubles bronze medal at the 2021 BWF World Championships after losing in the semifinals to compatriots Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino, 13–21, 8–21.[4]
His mixed doubles partner Naru Shinoya retired from the national team and international tournaments on 15 April 2024.[5] Kyohei Yamashita continues to play in the men's doubles with Hiroki Midorikawa in local and international tournaments.
Mixed doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2021 | Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain |
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13–21, 8–21 | ![]() |
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[6] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[7]
Mixed doubles
Year | Tournament | Level | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2019 | Akita Masters | Super 100 | ![]() |
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10–21, 17–21 | ![]() |
Men's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2019 | Malaysia International | ![]() |
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18–21, 21–10, 21–16 | ![]() |
2023 | Osaka International | ![]() |
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21–14, 21–14 | ![]() |
Boys' doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2016 | Dutch Junior International | ![]() |
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21–17, 11–21, 20–22 | ![]() |
2016 | German Junior International | ![]() |
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21–14, 21–19 | ![]() |
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | A | G | S | B | NH | N/A | DNQ |
Men's doubles
Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Best | |
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Result | Year | ||||||||
Level 5 – BWF World Tour Super 300 | |||||||||
Syed Modi International | A | NH | A | 1R | 1R | '23 | |||
Level 6 – BWF World Tour Super 100 | |||||||||
Indonesia Masters Super 100 | A | 1R | NH | A | 1R | '19 | |||
Baoji China Masters | N/A | ||||||||
Akita Masters | QF | A | NH | N/A | QF | '18 | |||
Year-end ranking | 265 | 214 | 214 | 273 | – | 211 | 202 | ||
Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Best |
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