Hiroyuki Endo

Hiroyuki Endo (遠藤 大由, Endō Hiroyuki, born 16 December 1986) is a retired Japanese badminton player. He competed at the 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics.[2][3] In 2009, he joined the Unisys badminton team.[4]

The native form of this personal name is Endō Hiroyuki. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Hiroyuki Endo
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1986-12-16) 16 December 1986
Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan
ResidenceTokyo, Japan
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Retired9 September 2021[1]
HandednessRight
Men's doubles
Highest ranking2 (with Kenichi Hayakawa 19 June 2014)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Japan
World Championships
2015 Jakarta Men's doubles
Sudirman Cup
2015 Dongguan Mixed team
2019 Nanning Mixed team
2017 Gold Coast Mixed team
Thomas Cup
2014 New Delhi Men's team
2018 Bangkok Men's team
2010 Kuala Lumpur Men's team
2012 Wuhan Men's team
Asian Championships
2019 Wuhan Men's doubles
2012 Qingdao Men's doubles
2013 Taipei Men's doubles
Asia Mixed Team Championships
2017 Ho Chi Minh Mixed team
Asia Team Championships
2016 Hyderabad Men's team
2020 Manila Men's team
BWF profile

Career

Endo won the 1st point in the Thomas Cup finals with Kenichi Hayakawa beating Tan Boon Heong and Hoon Thien How and led the momentum for the Japanese team to claim the Thomas Cup for the first time, being the fourth nation to win the Thomas cup after Indonesia, China and Malaysia. Known for his defensive skills alongside his knowledge of the game, Endo has reached the finals of the All England Open tournament a total of 5 times, being the runner up three times with his then partner, Kenichi Hayakawa and winning back to back titles, defending his 2020 All England Open title in 2021 with his current partner, Yuta Watanabe.

In July 2021, Endo competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's doubles partnering Yuta Watanabe. They were stopped in the quarter-finals, losing to Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin, the eventual champions, in striaght games.[5]

Retirement

At the beginning of September 2021 Hiroyuki Endo, at that time World No. 5 together with Yuta Watanabe, decided to resign from the Japanese National badminton team. This announcement just after the 2020 Tokyo Olympics was made together with the announcement of retirements of men's doubles compatriots Keigo Sonoda and Takeshi Kamura. [6] Endo, already 34 at the time of his retirement, wanted his partner Yuta Watanabe to fully concentrate on playing men’s doubles with him and stop playing mixed doubles for some time. When he could not come to an agreement with Watanabe, he chose to retire. Meanwhile Yuta, because he won the mixed doubles bronze medal in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, still wanted to play both disciplines.[7] “Thank you for your hard work as a National representative! You stayed as an A team member for 13 years. You piled up the endurance day by day. I guess you could do it because you hate to lose. I know you have been going through a lot of things, but you are amazing!” wrote Endo’s wife on twitter. Endo became coach of his badminton club Nihon Unisys in Japan after his retirement.

Hiroyuki Endo

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia Kenichi Hayakawa Liu Xiaolong
Qiu Zihan		 16–21, 23–21, 20–22 Bronze

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Qingdao Sports Centre Conson Stadium,
Qingdao, China		 Kenichi Hayakawa Kim Gi-jung
Kim Sa-rang		 12–21, 16–21 Silver
2013 Taipei Arena,
Taipei, Chinese Taipei		 Kenichi Hayakawa Kim Gi-jung
Kim Sa-rang		 21–19, 13–21, 14–21 Bronze
2019 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China		 Yuta Watanabe Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo		 21–18, 21–3 Gold

BWF World Tour (4 titles, 5 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[8] 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 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[9]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Malaysia Open Super 750 Yuta Watanabe Takeshi Kamura
Keigo Sonoda		 8–21, 10–21 Runner-up
2018 Thailand Open Super 500 Yuta Watanabe Takeshi Kamura
Keigo Sonoda		 17–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2018 Korea Open Super 500 Yuta Watanabe Takuro Hoki
Yugo Kobayashi		 9–21, 21–15, 21–10 Winner
2018 BWF World Tour Finals World Tour Finals Yuta Watanabe Li Junhui
Liu Yuchen		 15–21, 11–21 Runner-up
2019 German Open Super 300 Yuta Watanabe Takeshi Kamura
Keigo Sonoda		 15–21, 21–11, 21–12 Winner
2019 New Zealand Open Super 300 Yuta Watanabe Mohammad Ahsan
Hendra Setiawan		 22–20, 15–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2019 BWF World Tour Finals World Tour Finals Yuta Watanabe Mohammad Ahsan
Hendra Setiawan		 22–24, 19–21 Runner-up
2020 All England Open Super 1000 Yuta Watanabe Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo		 21–18, 12–21, 21–19 Winner
2021 All England Open Super 1000 Yuta Watanabe Takeshi Kamura
Keigo Sonoda		 21–15, 17–21, 21–11 Winner

BWF Superseries (7 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[10] 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.[11] 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
2012 China Masters Kenichi Hayakawa Chai Biao
Zhang Nan		 18–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2012 World Superseries Finals Kenichi Hayakawa Mathias Boe
Carsten Mogensen		 17–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2013 All England Open Kenichi Hayakawa Liu Xiaolong
Qiu Zihan		 11–21, 9–21 Runner-up
2013 China Masters Kenichi Hayakawa Ko Sung-hyun
Lee Yong-dae		 23–25, 19–21 Runner-up
2014 All England Open Kenichi Hayakawa Mohammad Ahsan
Hendra Setiawan		 19–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2014 French Open Kenichi Hayakawa Mathias Boe
Carsten Mogensen		 21–18, 9–21, 7–21 Runner-up
2016 All England Open Kenichi Hayakawa Vladimir Ivanov
Ivan Sozonov		 23–21, 18–21, 16–21 Runner-up
  BWF Superseries Finals tournament
  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (3 titles, 3 runners-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
2010 Australian Open Kenichi Hayakawa Kang Woo-kyum
Park Tae-sang		 21–15, 21–16 Winner
2011 Australian Open Kenichi Hayakawa Naoki Kawamae
Shoji Sato		 21–17, 21–18 Winner
2011 Russian Open Kenichi Hayakawa Naoki Kawamae
Shoji Sato		 18–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2011 Indonesia Grand Prix Gold Kenichi Hayakawa Mohammad Ahsan
Bona Septano		 13–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2012 U.S. Open Kenichi Hayakawa Yoshiteru Hirobe
Kenta Kazuno		 21–15, 21–10 Winner
2014 German Open Kenichi Hayakawa Takeshi Kamura
Keigo Sonoda		 19–21, 21–14, 14–21 Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 runner-up)

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Osaka International Yoshiteru Hirobe Hirokatsu Hashimoto
Noriyasu Hirata		 21–16, 21–23, 17–21 Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References
  1. "Kamura, Sonoda and Endo retire from the Japanese national team". 360 badminton. 9 September 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  2. "Players: Hiroyuki Endo". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  3. "Endo/Hayakawa Clinch Thriller: Day 1 Session 1 – Rio 2016". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 17 March 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  4. "選手・スタッフ紹介: 遠藤 大由 Hiroyuki Endo". Unisys (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  5. "Endo Hiroyuki". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  6. "Hiroyuki Endo, Keigo Sonoda, and Takeshi Kamura resigns Japanese National Badminton Team". BadmintonPlanet.com. Retrieved 23 April 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. "Endo wanted partner Watanabe to focus only on men's doubles?". 360badminton.com. Retrieved 23 April 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. 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.
  9. Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  10. "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
  11. "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". IBadmintonstore. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.