Yugo Kobayashi

Yugo Kobayashi
小林優吾
Yugo Kobayashi; 小林優吾
	Kobayashi at 2019 BWF World Championships
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	10 July 1995 (age 29); Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Handedness	Left
Coach	Tan Kim Her
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	1 (MD with Takuro Hoki 20 September 2022); 25 (XD with Misaki Matsutomo 9 August 2018)
Current ranking	8 (MD with Takuro Hoki 13 August 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Japan
World Championships
Sudirman Cup
Thomas Cup
Asian Games
Asian Championships
Asia Mixed Team Championships
Asia Team Championships
World Junior Championships
Asian Junior Championships
	BWF profile

Yugo Kobayashi (小林優吾, Kobayashi Yūgo, born 10 July 1995) 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

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland	Takuro Hoki	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	23–25, 21–9, 15–21	Silver
2021	Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain	Takuro Hoki	He Jiting Tan Qiang	21–12, 21–18	Gold

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2023	Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Indoor Hall, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Takuro Hoki	Ong Yew Sin Teo Ee Yi	16–21, 24–26	Bronze

BWF World Tour (6 titles, 5 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

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Korea Open	Super 500	Takuro Hoki	Hiroyuki Endo Yuta Watanabe	21–9, 15–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2021	Denmark Open	Super 1000	Takuro Hoki	Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	21–18, 21–12	Winner
2021	Indonesia Masters	Super 750	Takuro Hoki	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	21–11, 17–21, 21–19	Winner
2021	Indonesia Open	Super 1000	Takuro Hoki	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	14–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2021	BWF World Tour Finals	World Tour Finals	Takuro Hoki	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	21–16, 13–21, 21–17	Winner
2022	Thailand Open	Super 500	Takuro Hoki	Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto	13–4^r	Winner
2022	Malaysia Open	Super 750	Takuro Hoki	Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto	24–22, 16–21, 21–9	Winner
2023	Singapore Open	Super 750	Takuro Hoki	Liang Weikeng Wang Chang	21–13, 21–18	Winner
2023	Japan Open	Super 750	Takuro Hoki	Lee Yang Wang Chi-lin	19–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2023	Australian Open	Super 500	Takuro Hoki	Kang Min-hyuk Seo Seung-jae	17–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2024	Japan Masters	Super 500	Takuro Hoki	Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto	15–21, 21–17, 17–21	Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 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

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	U.S. Open	Takuro Hoki	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	11–21, 20–22	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	U.S. Open	Wakana Nagahara	Robert Mateusiak Nadieżda Zięba	21–16, 21–18	Winner

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	USA International	Takuro Hoki	Adrian Liu Derrick Ng	21–17, 21–19	Winner
2016	Spanish International	Takuro Hoki	Mathias Christiansen David Daugaard	21–10, 21–6	Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Future Series tournament

References

^ "Players: Yugo Kobayashi". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
^ "Badminton player: 小林優吾 Yugo Kobayashi" (in Japanese). Tonami. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
^ Sukumar, Dev (26 August 2019). "Wristy Trickery Wins the Day – Basel 2019". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
^ 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.

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[1] "Players: Yugo Kobayashi". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 20 October 2016.

[2] "Badminton player: 小林優吾 Yugo Kobayashi" (in Japanese). Tonami. Retrieved 20 October 2016.

[3] Sukumar, Dev (26 August 2019). "Wristy Trickery Wins the Day – Basel 2019". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 24 November 2020.

[4] 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.

[5] Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

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