Kenichi Hayakawa

Kenichi Hayakawa
Kenichi Hayakawa
	Kenichi Hayakawa at the 2013 French Super Series.
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	5 April 1986 (age 35); Shiga Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Handedness	Right
Men's doubles
Highest ranking	2 (with Hiroyuki Endo 19 June 2014)
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Men's badminton
Representing Japan
World Championships
Sudirman Cup
Thomas Cup
Asian Championships
Asia Team Championships
East Asian Games
	BWF profile

Kenichi Hayakawa (早川賢一, Hayakawa Ken'ichi, born 5 April 1986) is a retired Japanese badminton player. He has been a runner-up of the All England three times (2013, 2014 and 2016) along with his partner, Hiroyuki Endo. He competed at the 2010 and 2014 Asian Games.^[1]

Career[]

Hayakawa won the first point in the 2014 Thomas Cup finals with Hiroyuki Endo beating 2004 World Junior Champions Hoon Thien How and Tan Boon Heong and lead the momentum for the Japanese team to claim the Thomas Cup for the first time, being the fourth nation to win Thomas cup after Indonesia, China and Malaysia. He retired in November 2016^[2] and currently is the coach for Japanese B national team.^[3]

Achievements[]

BWF World Championships[]

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Hiroyuki Endo	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	Hiroyuki Endo	Kim Gi-jung Kim Sa-rang	12–21, 16–21	Silver
2013	Taipei Arena, Taipei, Chinese Taipei	Hiroyuki Endo	Kim Gi-jung Kim Sa-rang	21–19, 13–21, 14–21	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Misaki Matsutomo	Lee Chun Hei Chau Hoi Wah	17–21, 19–21	Bronze

BWF Superseries[]

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,^[4] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels are Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consists of twelve tournaments around the world that have been introduced since 2011.^[5] Successful players are invited to the Superseries Finals, which are held at the end of each year.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	China Masters	Hiroyuki Endo	Chai Biao Zhang Nan	18–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2012	World Superseries Finals	Hiroyuki Endo	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	17–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2013	All England Open	Hiroyuki Endo	Liu Xiaolong Qiu Zihan	11–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2013	China Masters	Hiroyuki Endo	Ko Sung-hyun Lee Yong-dae	23–25, 19–21	Runner-up
2014	All England Open	Hiroyuki Endo	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	19–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2014	French Open	Hiroyuki Endo	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	21–18, 9–21, 7–21	Runner-up
2016	All England Open	Hiroyuki Endo	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[]

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
	German Open	Kenta Kazuno	Lee Yong-dae Shin Baek-cheol	13–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2010	Australian Open	Hiroyuki Endo	Park Tae-sang	21–15, 21–16	Winner
2011	Australian Open	Hiroyuki Endo	Naoki Kawamae Shoji Sato	21–17, 21–18	Winner
2011	Russian Open	Hiroyuki Endo	Naoki Kawamae Shoji Sato	18–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2011	Indonesia Grand Prix Gold	Hiroyuki Endo	Mohammad Ahsan Bona Septano	13–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2012	U.S. Open	Hiroyuki Endo	Yoshiteru Hirobe Kenta Kazuno	21–15, 21–10	Winner
2014	German Open	Hiroyuki Endo	Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda	19–21, 21–14, 14–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	U.S. Open	Misaki Matsutomo	Tony Gunawan Vita Marissa	13–21, 10–21	Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series[]

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Banuinvest International	Kenta Kazuno	Konstantin Dobrev	21–10, 21–13	Winner
2007		Kenta Kazuno		21–7, 21–15	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Osaka International	Shizuka Matsuo	Hirokatsu Hashimoto Mizuki Fujii	21–14, 21–11	Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

References[]

^ "Profile: Hayakawa Kenichi". Incheon 2014 official website. Archived from the original on 3 October 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
^ Hearn, Don. "Post-Rio rash of retirements to cut top ten in half". Badzine. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
^ "2019年代表選手". badminton.or.jp. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
^ "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". www.ibadmintonstore.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.

External links[]

Kenichi Hayakawa at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
Kenichi Hayakawa at BWFbadminton.com
Kenichi Hayakawa at the International Olympic Committee
Kenichi Hayakawa at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

[1] "Profile: Hayakawa Kenichi". Incheon 2014 official website. Archived from the original on 3 October 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2015.

[2] Hearn, Don. "Post-Rio rash of retirements to cut top ten in half". Badzine. Retrieved 5 April 2019.

[3] "2019年代表選手". badminton.or.jp. Retrieved 5 April 2019.

[4] "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.

[5] "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". www.ibadmintonstore.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.

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