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Kenya Mitsuhashi
三橋 健也
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1997-07-11) 11 July 1997 (age 27)
Gunma Prefecture, Japan
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Weight72 kg (159 lb)[1]
CoachTan Kim Her
Men's doubles
Highest ranking18 (with Hiroki Okamura, 27 August 2024)
Current ranking19 (with Hiroki Okamura, 3 December 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Japan
Asia Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Selangor Men's team
Summer Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2017 Taipei Men's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2017 Taipei Mixed team
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Alor Setar Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Lima Boys' doubles
Asia Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Taipei Boys' doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Taipei Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Bangkok Mixed team
BWF profile

Kenya Mitsuhashi (三橋 健也, Mitsuhashi Ken'ya, born 11 July 1997) is a Japanese badminton player.[2][3] He was a silver medalist in the men's doubles at the 2017 Summer Universiade.[4]

Career

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Mitsuhashi was selected to join national junior team competed at the 2014 Asian Junior Championships, and helped the team win the mixed team bronze medal.[5] He also settled for another bronze medal in the boys' doubles event partnered with Yuta Watanabe.[6] TOgether with the Japan juniors, he won the bronze medal at the World Junior Championships in Alor Setar, Malaysia.[7] He captured a title at the 2014 Korea Junior Open in the boys' doubles event teamed-up with Watanabe.

Mitsuhashi started the 2015 season, by winning the boys' doubles title at the Dutch Junior tournament with Watanabe. He participated at the Asian Junior Championships, clinched the bronze medal in the mixed team events.[8] Mitsuhashi made his first appearance in the senior international event at the Osaka International tournament. He then claimed two title at the Australian Junior International, winning the bos' singles and doubles event, and later won the boys' dobules title in the Danish Junior Cup. In November, he won the boys' doubles bronze medal at the World Junior Championships in Lima, Peru.[9]

Mitsuhashi reached his first final in the senior event at the 2016 Austrian Open, losing the final to Marcus Ellis and Chirsi Langridge,[10] and later also became a runner-up in the Vietnam International Challenge.[11] After graduating from high school, he went on to Nihon University. In 2017, he participated in the Universiade (World University Championships) as a pair with Katsuki Tamate. In the semi-finals, he defeated the pair of Lee Yang and Lee Jhe-huei, to advance to the finals. In the finals, he lost to Kim Jae-hwan and Seo Seung-jae, and came in second.[4] In 2018, he started to play in the mixed doubles with Naru Shinoya, with their best results during the year were the semi-finalists in the Osaka International, as well as quarter-finalists in the Malaysia International and Vietnam Open.

After graduating from university, Mitsuhashi joined Nippon Unisys (now BIPROGY). He formed a pair with Takuto Inoue, who is two years older than him. They achieved results such as the runner-up in the All Japan Overall Championship in 2021 and the All Japan Adult Championship in 2022. In the early 2022 season, Mitsuhashi and Inoue reached three finals in the Réunion Open, Mongolia International, and at the Canada Open.

2023

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From 2023, Mitsuhashi was paired with Hiroki Okamura, who is one year younger than him. In September, he won the Vietnam Open, marking his first BWF World Tour title. The duo then won the Indonesia International Challenge and Indonesia Masters Super 100 in October. At the Japan Masters in November, they defeated world number 9 Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan in straight games in the first round.[12] In the second round, they defeated world number 6 and world champions Kang Min-hyuk and Seo Seung-jae in straight games to advance to the quarter-finals.[13] They lost the quarter-finals match to He Jiting and Ren Xiangyu.[14]

Achievements

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Summer Universiade

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Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Taipei Gymnasium,
Taipei, Taiwan 		Japan Katsuki Tamate South Korea Kim Jae-hwan
South Korea Seo Seung-jae 		12–21, 19–21 Silver Silver

BWF World Junior Championships

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Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Centro de Alto Rendimiento de la Videna,
Lima, Peru 		Japan Yuta Watanabe China He Jiting
China Zheng Siwei 		13–21, 16–21 Bronze Bronze

Asian Junior Championships

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Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Taipei Gymnasium,
Taipei, Taiwan 		Japan Yuta Watanabe China Huang Kaixiang
China Zheng Siwei 		10–21, 8–21 Bronze Bronze

BWF World Tour (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

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The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[15] 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.[16]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2022 Canada Open Super 100 Japan Takuto Inoue Japan Ayato Endo
Japan Yuta Takei 		15–21, 8–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 Vietnam Open Super 100 Japan Hiroki Okamura Indonesia Hardianto
Indonesia Ade Yusuf Santoso 		21–19, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [17]
2023 (II) Indonesia Masters Super 100 Japan Hiroki Okamura Malaysia Choong Hon Jian
Malaysia Muhammad Haikal 		21–16, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [18]

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 4 runners-up)

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Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Vietnam International Japan Yuta Watanabe Malaysia Ong Yew Sin
Malaysia Teo Ee Yi 		19–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Austrian Open Japan Yuta Watanabe England Marcus Ellis
England Chris Langridge 		14–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2022 Réunion Open Japan Takuto Inoue Japan Shuntaro Mezaki
Japan Haruya Nishida 		21–16, 18–21, 10–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2022 Mongolia International Japan Takuto Inoue Japan Ayato Endo
Japan Yuta Takei 		14–21, 21–12, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 (II) Indonesia International Japan Hiroki Okamura South Korea Ki Dong-ju
South Korea Kim Jae-hwan 		20–22, 21–16, 21–8 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

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  1. ^ a b "選手・スタッフ紹介". biprogy.com (in Japanese). 18 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Players: Kenya Mitsuhashi". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  3. ^ "［連載］My Grip～グリップへのこだわり～ Vol.４ 渡辺勇大＆三橋健也（富岡高）" (in Japanese). Badminton Spirit. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  4. ^ a b "【ユニバーシアード】西本、玉手＆三橋が銀メダルを獲得＜個人戦＞" (in Japanese). Badminton Spirit. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  5. ^ "Japan stays Bronze defeated by China who retains Gold" (in Japanese). BadPaL. 19 February 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  6. ^ "Akane ready for the final after defeating the most dangerous Thai girl" (in Japanese). BadPaL. 23 February 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  7. ^ "BWF World Junior Championships 2014 – Day 5: It's Eka Putri's Day". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  8. ^ "China defends Asia Junior title comfortably after denying Japan and Korea" (in Japanese). BadPaL. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  9. ^ "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. 14 November 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  10. ^ "Europa durchbricht asiatische Dominanz in Wien" (in German). Österreichischer Badminton Verband. 27 February 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  11. ^ "Vietnam wins two gold medals at Hanoi Challenger". VietnamBreakingNews. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  12. ^ "熊本マスターズジャパン2023】「憧れの存在だったので、その憧れを捨てて向かっていけた」（岡村洋輝）＜初日／選手コメント-4＞" (in Japanese). Badminton Spirit. 14 November 2023.
  13. ^ "熊本マスターズジャパン2023】「ノンプレッシャーで勢いよくいきました」（岡村洋輝）＜3日目／選手コメント-9＞" (in Japanese). Badminton Spirit. 17 November 2023.
  14. ^ "【熊本マスターズジャパン2023】「レシーブで相手を揺さぶる前に、その過程でミスが出てしまった」（岡村洋輝）＜準々決勝／選手コメント-8＞" (in Japanese). Badminton Spirit. 17 November 2023.
  15. ^ 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.
  16. ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  17. ^ "Linh wins Vietnam Open badminton title". Việt Nam News. 18 September 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  18. ^ "Japan Brings Home Three Titles from Surabaya" (in Indonesian). Djarum Badminton. 29 October 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
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