Kento Momota
Kento Momota 桃田 賢斗 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Mino, Kagawa, Japan | 1 September 1994||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Handedness | Left | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Yosuke Nakanishi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career record | 341 wins, 81 losses | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | 1 (27 September 2018) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | 1 (7 September 2021) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kento Momota (桃田 賢斗, Momota Kento, born 1 September 1994) is a Japanese badminton player. He is known to have a skillful and relentless play style on court. He has won several major badminton tournaments including two World Championships titles, two Asian Championships titles, and one All England title. Momota entered into Guinness Book of World Records for "The most badminton men's singles titles in a season", for his achievements by winning 11 titles in the 2019 season.[1]
Career[]
Kento Momota started his badminton career from junior level with quite perfect results. Momota's badminton talent has been seen since he was a child. The player born in Mitoyo, Kagawa Prefecture, on 1 September 1994, started to wrestle with feathers since he was in the second grade of elementary school. He won the first title in a fairly prestigious tournament in Japan, the All Japan Elementary School Championships. Kala's Momota, who was in grade 6, came out as a champion in the men's singles number. After elementary school, Momota continued his studies in Junior High School in Fukushima Prefecture. In his third year, he again won a similar tournament but at the junior level, the All Japan Junior High School Championships. Graduating from junior high school, Momota studied at Tomioka High School in Fukushima prefecture to hone his skills in badminton.
2011[]
Momota's presence was increasingly visible as he took part in a bigger race, the 2011 World Junior Championships held in Taipei, Taiwan. Even though Momota did not make it as a champion, it was a valuable lesson when he lost in the semifinal to the Malaysian Zulfadli Zulkiffli who came out as the 2011 World Junior Champion. Towards the end of 2011, Momota began to compete with his seniors in the All Japan Badminton Championship or 2011 Japan National Championship. Momota lost to Kenichi Tago in the final. Even so, his performance was noticed by the Nippon Badminton Association (NBA). Momota began to join the Japanese national team and was expected to become a future star.
2012[]
Young Momota continued to learn from his defeats. Momota participated in the 2012 Asian Junior Championships held in Gimcheon, South Korea. Learning from his mistakes in 2011, he avenged his defeat in 2011 by becoming 2012 Asia Junior Champion after defeating Malaysian representatives, Soong Joo Ven in two straight games, 21–13, 22–20. In the same year, Momota also won the World Junior Championships held in Chiba, Japan. Appearing at home, Momota managed to donate gold in public. In the final round, he beat the mainstay of China, Xue Song through a very tight rubber game match. Momota won 21–17, 19–21, 21–19.
2013[]
The promising Momota prospect attracted the attention of the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation (NTT East), the badminton club of NTT East which finally succeeded in asking for his hand to join. Momota officially joined the club that raised its name since April 2013. NTT East is the largest telecommunications company in Japan. By joining the NTT East club, Momota was ready with the consequences of also working at the company. Momota who was then 19 years old had begun to learn to manage time management in such a way. He began to get used to dividing his time to work, practicing on the Japanese national team, and being active in his club.
In 2013, Momota who started the youth competition was sent to the International Challenge competition level. Satisfactory results in the International Challenge tournaments in Europe. Momota managed to emerge as champion in Estonia, Sweden and Austria. Momota was immediately forged in a series of Grand Prix/Gold tournaments and even Superseries (Premiers) throughout 2013. In tournaments with higher castes, Momota could not immediately become a champion. Great achievement does require a process that is not instant, that's the sentence that would be right for Momota who at that time really struggled with often crawl from the qualifying round.
2014[]
He won all his matches during Japan's maiden Thomas Cup victory in 2014, playing second men's singles behind Kenichi Tago.
2015[]
In 2015, He was the first Japanese player to win the Singapore Open. By winning that title, he became the first Japanese player to successfully capture a Superseries in the men's singles and currently holds the record as the youngest Superseries champion in that category. In the 2015 Sudirman Cup, he repeated his feat in Thomas Cup to help Japan secure a spot as a runner-up. He once again made history in the 2015 BWF World Championships held in Jakarta. He became the first Japanese player to win a medal in the men's singles of the prestigious tournament. He made it to the semi-finals, before losing to Chen Long in straight sets. Rounding off the year, he won the 2015 BWF World Superseries Finals in Dubai. He competed at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, as well as the 2016 Badminton Asia Team Championships in Hyderabad, India.
2018[]
Momota returned to the Japanese national team at the end of 2017. However, due to a lack of his points, he was not qualified to play in the 2018 All England Open, a significant Super 1000 tournament which was held in March.[2] On 28 April, he won the 2018 Asian Championship which was held in Wuhan, after defeating Chen Long of China in the finals with a score of 21–17, 21–13.
On 5 August, he won the World Championships title in Nanjing, China after beating Shi Yuqi from China in the finals with a score of 21–11, 21–13. He also won 4 BWF World Tour titles: Indonesia Open, Japan Open, Denmark Open and Fuzhou China Open. Momota became the first Japanese men's singles player to occupy the World number 1 in the BWF World ranking in 27 September.[3]
2019[]
Momota started the 2019 season by competing at the Malaysia Masters as the first seeds, but his pace stopped by Kenta Nishimoto in the first round.[4] He then reached the final in Indonesia Masters, but losing to Anders Antonsen of Denmark.[5] Momota claimed his first title in 2019, by winning the German Open a Super 300 tournament.[6] In March 2019, he won the All England Open beating Viktor Axelsen from Denmark in the finals in 3 sets with a score of 21–11, 15–21, 21–15, becoming the first Japanese man to win the All England Open title.[7]
In April, Momota won his second Asian Championships title in Wuhan, China beating home favorite Shi Yuqi in three games 12–21, 21–18, 21–8.[8] He also won the Singapore and Japan Open titles. In August, he reclaimed his World Champion title, beating Anders Antonsen 21–9 and 21–3. In doing so, Momota became only the fourth player to win back-to-back titles on a short, all-Chinese list that includes Yang Yang, Lin Dan and Chen Long.[9] After that, he won his first title in China and Korea Opens, also defend his title at Denmark Open and Fuzhou China Open.[10]
Momota closed his stellar 2019 year by winning his 11th title, the World Tour Finals by beating Indonesia's Anthony Sinisuka Ginting 17–21, 21–17, 21–14.[11] Previously in the gala dinner of the same event, he was awarded as the BWF Best Male Player of the Year.[12] He is also nominated as Best Male Athlete by the Association Internationale de la Presse Sportive.[13]
2020[]
Momota began the 2020 season as the men's singles world number 1. He competed at the Malaysia Masters as the first seeded, defeated Indian's Kashyap Parupalli and H. S. Prannoy in the first and second round with two straight games, later in the quarter final beat Huang Yuxiang in the rubber games.[14] In the semi final, he dashed the host's hopes by bowing Lee Zii Jia with the score of 21–10, 21–19.[15] Despite not being at his physical best, Momota pulled off a good show to beat the 2017 World Champion Viktor Axelsen of Denmark 24–22, 21–11 in the final. He extended his head-to-head record over Axelsen to a whopping 14–1.[16] After winning the Malaysia Masters, Momota was involved in an accident on the way to the airport. He suffered a broken nose as well as injuries to his lips and face.[17]
2021[]
In January, Momota tested positive for COVID-19 prior to travelling to Bangkok. As a result, the entire Japanese team withdrew from the three tournaments scheduled to occur that month in Thailand: the Yonex Thailand Open, Toyota Thailand Open, and World Tour Finals.[18] In March, Momota made a comeback to international competition from injury at the All England Open. Played as top seed, he was beaten by Lee Zii Jia of Malaysia in the quarter finals in straight game.[19]
During 2020 Summer Olympics, again playing as top seed, he was knocked out in the group stage after losing to the unseeded South Korean Heo Kwang-hee.[20]
Achievements[]
BWF World Championships[]
Men's singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2015 | Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia | ![]() |
9–21, 15–21 | ![]() |
2018 | Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park, Nanjing, China | ![]() |
21–11, 21–13 | ![]() |
2019 | St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland | ![]() |
21–9, 21–3 | ![]() |
Asian Championships[]
Men's singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2018 | Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China | ![]() |
21–17, 21–13 | ![]() |
2019 | Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China | ![]() |
12–21, 21–18, 21–8 | ![]() |
BWF World Junior Championships[]
Boys' singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2011 | Taoyuan Arena, Taoyuan City, Taipei, Taiwan | ![]() |
18–21, 18–21 | ![]() |
2012 | Chiba Port Arena, Chiba, Japan | ![]() |
21–17, 19–21, 21–19 | ![]() |
Asian Junior Championships[]
Boys' singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2011 | Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium, Lucknow, India | ![]() |
18–21, 19–21 | ![]() |
2012 | Gimcheon Indoor Stadium, Gimcheon, South Korea | ![]() |
21–13, 22–20 | ![]() |
BWF World Tour (14 titles, 4 runners-up)[]
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[21] 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.[22]
Men's singles
Year | Tournament | Level | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2018 | Malaysia Open | Super 750 | ![]() |
17–21, 21–23 | ![]() |
2018 | Indonesia Open | Super 1000 | ![]() |
21–14, 21–9 | ![]() |
2018 | Japan Open | Super 750 | ![]() |
21–14, 21–11 | ![]() |
2018 | China Open | Super 1000 | ![]() |
21–23, 19–21 | ![]() |
2018 | Denmark Open | Super 750 | ![]() |
22–20, 16–21, 21–15 | ![]() |
2018 | Fuzhou China Open | Super 750 | ![]() |
21–13, 11–21, 21–16 | ![]() |
2018 | BWF World Tour Finals | World Tour Finals | ![]() |
12–21, 11–21 | ![]() |
2019 | Indonesia Masters | Super 500 | ![]() |
16–21, 21–14, 16–21 | ![]() |
2019 | German Open | Super 300 | ![]() |
21–10, 21–16 | ![]() |
2019 | All England Open | Super 1000 | ![]() |
21–11, 15–21, 21–15 | ![]() |
2019 | Singapore Open | Super 500 | ![]() |
10–21, 21–19, 21–13 | ![]() |
2019 | Japan Open | Super 750 | ![]() |
21–16, 21–13 | ![]() |
2019 | China Open | Super 1000 | ![]() |
19–21, 21–17, 21–19 | ![]() |
2019 | Korea Open | Super 500 | ![]() |
21–19, 21–17 | ![]() |
2019 | Denmark Open | Super 750 | ![]() |
21–14, 21–12 | ![]() |
2019 | Fuzhou China Open | Super 750 | ![]() |
21–15, 17–21, 21–18 | ![]() |
2019 | BWF World Tour Finals | World Tour Finals | ![]() |
17–21, 21–17, 21–14 | ![]() |
2020 | Malaysia Masters | Super 500 | ![]() |
24–22, 21–11 | ![]() |
BWF Superseries (4 titles)[]
The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[23] 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 consistde of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011.[24] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.
Men's singles
Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2015 | Singapore Open | ![]() |
21–17, 16–21, 21–15 | ![]() |
2015 | Indonesia Open | ![]() |
16–21, 21–19, 21–7 | ![]() |
2015 | Dubai World Superseries Finals | ![]() |
21–15, 21–12 | ![]() |
2016 | India Open | ![]() |
21–15, 21–18 | ![]() |
- BWF Superseries Finals tournament
- BWF Superseries Premier tournament
- BWF Superseries tournament
BWF Grand Prix (2 titles, 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 singles
Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2017 | Canada Open | ![]() |
20–22, 21–14, 14–21 | ![]() |
2017 | Dutch Open | ![]() |
21–10, 21–12 | ![]() |
2017 | Macau Open | ![]() |
21–16, 21–10 | ![]() |
- BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
- BWF Grand Prix tournament
BWF International Challenge/Series (7 titles)[]
Men's singles
Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2013 | Estonian International | ![]() |
20–22, 21–15, 21–15 | ![]() |
2013 | Swedish Masters | ![]() |
21–9, 16–21, 21–18 | ![]() |
2013 | Austrian International | ![]() |
21–19, 21–12 | ![]() |
2017 | Yonex / K&D Graphics International | ![]() |
21–7, 21–15 | ![]() |
2017 | Belgian International | ![]() |
21–14, 21–18 | ![]() |
2017 | Czech Open | ![]() |
21–8, 21–14 | ![]() |
2018 | Vietnam International | ![]() |
21–9, 21–15 | ![]() |
- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
Gambling scandal[]
On 7 April 2016, Momota admitted visiting an illegal casino in Tokyo after casino staff reported him gambling there "frequently". In a board meeting, it was revealed that he gambled away 0.5 million yen during 6 visits to the casino with his teammate, Kenichi Tago, who spent 10 million yen after 60 visits to various casinos.[25][26] The Nippon Badminton Association secretary general Kinji Zeniya said it would “probably be impossible” for Momota to participate in the Rio 2016 Olympics, with frequent gambling being punishable by law with a prison sentence of up to 3 years.[27][28][29] He was banned from playing until late 2017 for this.
Career overview[]
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Performance timeline[]
- Key
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | A | G | S | B | NH | N/A |
National team[]
- Junior level
Team events | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
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Asian Junior Championships | RR | QF | G |
World Junior Championships | 5th | 5th | S |
- Senior level
Team events | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
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Asian Championships | NH | S | NH | QF | NH | A | NH | |
Asian Games | QF | NH | B | NH | ||||
Thomas Cup | G | NH | A | NH | S | NH | NH | |
Sudirman Cup | NH | S | NH | A | NH | S | NH | Q |
Individual competitions[]
- Junior level
Event | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
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Asian Junior Championships | 4R (BS) 2R (BD) |
B (BS) 2R (BD) 2R (XD) |
G |
World Junior Championships | 3R (BS) 2R (XD) |
B (BS) 3R (BD) |
G |
- Senior level
Events | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
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Asian Championships | 3R | 2R | 1R | w/d | w/d | A | G | G | NH |
Asian Games | NH | 3R | NH | 3R | NH | ||||
World Championships | NH | DNQ | 1R | B | NH | DNQ | G | G | NH |
Olympic Games | DNQ | NH | DNQ | NH | RR |
Tournament | BWF Superseries / Grand Prix | BWF World Tour | Best | ||||||||||
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2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | ||
Swiss Open | A | QF | A | NH | A | QF ('18) | |||||||
German Open | A | 2R | 3R | w/d | A | QF | W | NH | W ('19) | ||||
All England Open | A | QF | QF | QF | A | W | A | QF | W ('19) | ||||
Malaysia Masters | A | 2R | A | 1R | W | W ('20) | |||||||
Australian Open | A | 3R | QF | 2R | A | NH | QF ('14) | ||||||
India Open | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | W | A | NH | W ('16) | |||||
Malaysia Open | A | QF | QF | 2R | A | F | 2R | NH | F ('18) | ||||
Singapore Open | A | QF | 1R | W | w/d | A | W | NH | W ('15, '19) | ||||
Korea Masters | 2R | A | NH | 2R ('10) | |||||||||
Canada Open | A | 3R | w/d | A | F | A | NH | F ('17) | |||||
U.S. Open | A | SF | A | NH | SF ('13) | ||||||||
Korea Open | A | 2R | SF | A | QF | W | NH | W ('19) | |||||
Vietnam Open | A | QF | A | NH | QF ('12) | ||||||||
China Open | A | 1R | SF | QF | 2R | A | F | W | NH | W ('19) | |||
Japan Open | A | 2R | 1R | 2R | A | W | W | NH | W ('18, '19) | ||||
Dutch Open | A | W | A | NH | NA | W ('17) | |||||||
Denmark Open | A | 1R | 2R | QF | A | W | W | w/d | Q | W ('18, '19) | |||
French Open | A | 1R | SF | 2R | A | SF | QF | NH | Q | SF ('14, '18) | |||
Macau Open | A | 2R | 1R | 2R | A | W | A | NH | W ('17) | ||||
Fuzhou China Open | A | QF | A | W | W | NH | W ('18, '19) | ||||||
Hong Kong Open | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | SF | w/d | NH | SF ('18) | ||||
Indonesia Masters | A | 1R | A | NH | A | F | w/d | F ('19) | |||||
Indonesia Open | A | 1R | W | A | W | 2R | NH | W ('15, '18) | |||||
Superseries / Tour Finals | DNQ | RR | W | DNQ | F | W | DNQ | W ('15, '19) | |||||
Year-end ranking | 90 | 17 | 13 | 3 | – | 48 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | Best |
Record against selected opponents[]
Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi finalists, and Olympic quarter finalists. Accurate as of 31 July 2021.[30]
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- 1994 births
- Living people
- People from Mitoyo, Kagawa
- Sportspeople from Kagawa Prefecture
- Japanese male badminton players
- Badminton players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic badminton players of Japan
- Badminton players at the 2014 Asian Games
- Badminton players at the 2018 Asian Games
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan
- Asian Games medalists in badminton
- Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
- World No. 1 badminton players
- BWF Best Male Player of the Year