Takeshi Kamura
Takeshi Kamura 嘉村 健士 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Saga Prefecture, Japan | 14 February 1990|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Highest ranking | 2 (MD with Keigo Sonoda 26 January 2017) 37 (XD with Koharu Yonemoto 1 July 2013) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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BWF profile |
Takeshi Kamura (嘉村健士, Kamura Takeshi, born 14 February 1990) is a Japanese badminton player. He was selected to join the national team in 2013 and retired in 2021. 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]
Kamura won the silver medal at the 2018 World Championships and a bronze in 2017. In the continental level, he helped the national team to win the 2017 Asia Mixed Team Championships, and he 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]
Career
[edit]Kamura competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Partnered with Keigo Sonoda, the duo was eliminated in the quarter-finals by the second seeds Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan.[4]
Achievements
[edit]BWF World Championships
[edit]Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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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
[edit]Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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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, 8 runners-up)
[edit]The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[5] 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.[6]
Men's doubles
Year | Tournament | Level | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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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 |
2021 | All England Open | Super 1000 | Keigo Sonoda | Hiroyuki Endo Yuta Watanabe |
15–21, 21–17, 11–21 | Runner-up |
BWF Superseries (2 titles, 2 runners-up)
[edit]The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[7] 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.[8] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.
Men's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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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)
[edit]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
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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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 |
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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)
[edit]Men's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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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 Putra |
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 |
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2011 | New Zealand International | Koharu Yonemoto | Danny Bawa Chrisnanta Vanessa Neo |
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
[edit]- ^ "Players: Takeshi Kamura". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
- ^ "Badminton player: 嘉村 健士 Takeshi Kamura" (in Japanese). Tonami. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
- ^ "Men's Team - Entry List by Event". Incheon 2014 official website. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ^ "Badminton - KAMURA Takeshi". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ^ "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
- ^ "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". IBadmintonstore. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
External links
[edit]- Takeshi Kamura at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)
- Takeshi Kamura at BWFBadminton.com
- Takeshi Kamura at Olympedia
- Takeshi Kamura at Olympics.com
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Saga Prefecture
- Japanese male badminton players
- Badminton players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic badminton players for Japan
- Badminton players at the 2014 Asian Games
- Badminton players at the 2018 Asian Games
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan
- Asian Games medalists in badminton
- Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
- 21st-century Japanese sportsmen