Yugo Kobayashi

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]

Yugo Kobayashi
小林優吾
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1995-07-10) 10 July 1995
Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
HandednessLeft
CoachTan Kim Her
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking4 (MD with Takuro Hoki 7 December 2021)
25 (XD 30 August 2018)
Current ranking4 (MD with Takuro Hoki 7 December 2021)
BWF profile

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

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 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

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

  1. "Players: Yugo Kobayashi". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  2. "Badminton player: 小林 優吾 Yugo Kobayashi". Tonami (in Japanese). 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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