Takuro Hoki

Takuro Hoki (保木 卓朗, Hoki Takurō, born 14 August 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.

Takuro Hoki
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1995-08-14) 14 August 1995
Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
CoachTan Kim Her
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking4 (MD with Yugo Kobayashi 7 December 2021)
19 (XD 9 July 2019)
Current ranking4 (MD with Yugo Kobayashi) (7 December 2021)
BWF profile

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Men's doubles

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

BWF World Tour (3 titles, 2 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 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[5]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Korea Open Super 500 Yugo Kobayashi Hiroyuki Endo
Yuta Watanabe
21–9, 15–21, 10–21 Runner-up
2021 Denmark Open Super 1000 Yugo Kobayashi Kim Astrup
Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
21–18, 21–12 Winner
2021 Indonesia Masters Super 750 Yugo Kobayashi Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
21–11, 17–21, 21–19 Winner
2021 Indonesia Open Super 1000 Yugo Kobayashi Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
14–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2021 BWF World Tour Finals World Tour Finals Yugo Kobayashi Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
21–16, 13–21, 21–17 Winner

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

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Japan Open Sayaka Hirota Wang Yilyu
Huang Dongping
13–21, 8–21 Runner-up
  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

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 U.S. Open Yugo Kobayashi Mathias Boe
Carsten Mogensen
11–21, 20–22 Runner-up
  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 Yugo Kobayashi Adrian Liu
Derrick Ng
21–17, 21–19 Winner
2016 Spanish International Yugo Kobayashi Mathias Christiansen
David Daugaard
21–10, 21–6 Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

  1. "Players: Takuro Hoki". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  2. "Badminton player: 保木 卓朗 Takurou Hoki". Tonami (in Japanese). Retrieved 29 November 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.
  6. "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
  7. "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". IBadmintonstore. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
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