Takuro Hoki

Takuro Hoki
Takuro Hoki
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	14 August 1995; Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Coach	Tan Kim Her
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	4 (MD with Yugo Kobayashi 7 December 2021); 19 (XD 9 July 2019)
Current ranking	4 (MD with Yugo Kobayashi) (7 December 2021)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Japan
World Championships
Sudirman Cup
Thomas Cup
Asian Games
Asia Team Championships
Asia Mixed Team Championships
Asian Junior Championships
	BWF profile

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.

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

"Players: Takuro Hoki". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
"Badminton player: 保木　卓朗　Takurou Hoki". Tonami (in Japanese). Retrieved 29 November 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.
"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

Takuro Hoki at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com

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[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.