Takuro Hoki Explained

Takuro Hoki
Country:Japan
Birth Date:1995 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
Height:1.66 m
Weight:62 kg
Coach:Tan Kim Her
Event:Men's & mixed doubles
Highest Ranking:1 (MD with Yugo Kobayashi 20 September 2022)
19 (XD with Wakana Nagahara 9 July 2019)
Current Ranking:8
Date Of Current Ranking:MD with Yugo Kobayashi 13 August 2024
Bwf Id:667BF8D6-7C34-4D24-9A3E-390616941311

is a Japanese badminton player affiliated with Tonami team.[1] [2] He was the men's doubles silver medalist at the 2019 World Championships[3] and the men's doubles gold medalist at the 2021 World Championships, being first ever Japanese men's doubles to become world champions.

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Men's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019St. Jakobshalle,
Basel, Switzerland
Yugo Kobayashi Mohammad Ahsan
Hendra Setiawan
23–25, 21–9, 15–21 Silver
2021Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín,
Huelva, Spain
Yugo Kobayashi He Jiting
Tan Qiang
21–12, 21–18 Gold

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

BWF World Tour (6 titles, 4 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[4] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[5]

Men's doubles

YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018Korea OpenSuper 500 Yugo Kobayashi Hiroyuki Endo
Yuta Watanabe
21–9, 15–21, 10–21 Runner-up
2021Denmark OpenSuper 1000 Yugo Kobayashi Kim Astrup
Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
21–18, 21–12 Winner
2021Indonesia MastersSuper 750 Yugo Kobayashi Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
21–11, 17–21, 21–19 Winner
2021Indonesia OpenSuper 1000 Yugo Kobayashi Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
14–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2021BWF World Tour FinalsWorld Tour Finals Yugo Kobayashi Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
21–16, 13–21, 21–17 Winner
2022Thailand OpenSuper 500 Yugo Kobayashi Fajar Alfian
Muhammad Rian Ardianto
13–4 Winner
2022Malaysia OpenSuper 750 Yugo Kobayashi Fajar Alfian
Muhammad Rian Ardianto
24–22, 16–21, 21–9 Winner
2023Singapore OpenSuper 750 Yugo Kobayashi Liang Weikeng
Wang Chang
21–13, 21–18 Winner
2023Japan OpenSuper 750 Yugo Kobayashi Lee Yang
Wang Chi-lin
19–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2023Australian OpenSuper 500 Yugo Kobayashi Kang Min-hyuk
Seo Seung-jae
17–21, 17–21 Runner-up

BWF Superseries (1 runner-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[6] was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011.[7] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Mixed doubles

BWF Superseries Finals tournament

BWF Superseries Premier tournament

BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Men's doubles

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles)

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2014USA International Yugo Kobayashi Adrian Liu
Derrick Ng
21–17, 21–19 Winner
2016Spanish International Yugo Kobayashi Mathias Christiansen
David Daugaard
21–10, 21–6 Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Players: Takuro Hoki . Badminton World Federation . 29 November 2016.
  2. Web site: Badminton player: 保木 卓朗 Takurou Hoki . Tonami . 29 November 2016 . Japanese.
  3. Web site: Sukumar . Dev . Wristy Trickery Wins the Day – Basel 2019 . Badminton World Federation . 26 August 2019 . 24 November 2020.
  4. Web site: Alleyne . Gayle . BWF Launches New Events Structure . . 19 March 2017 . 29 November 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20171201164159/http://bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2017/03/19/bwf-launches-new-event-structure/ . 1 December 2017.
  5. Web site: Sukumar . Dev . Action-Packed Season Ahead! . Badminton World Federation . 10 January 2018 . 15 January 2018 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180113162925/http://bwfworldtour.com/news-single/2018/01/10/action-packed-season-ahead/ . 13 January 2018.
  6. Web site: BWF Launches Super Series . Badminton Australia . 15 December 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071006123828/http://www.badminton.org.au/index.php?id=22&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=136&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=2&cHash=26fb36d8a5 . dead . 6 October 2007.
  7. Web site: Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event . IBadmintonstore . 29 September 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131002005757/http://www.ibadmintonstore.com/iBADMINTONstore-News/Yonex-All-England-Elevated-To-BWF-Premier-Super-Se.aspx . dead . 2 October 2013.