Yugo Kobayashi

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Yugo Kobayashi
小林優吾
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Yugo Kobayashi at 2019 BWF World Championships
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1995-07-10) 10 July 1995 (age 26)
Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
HandednessLeft
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking8 (MD 24 September 2019)
25 (XD 30 August 2018)
Current ranking11 (MD 17 March 2020)
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Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Basel Men's doubles
Asia Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Manila Men's team
Asia Mixed Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Hong Kong Mixed team
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2012 Chiba Mixed team
Asian Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Gimcheon Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Kota Kinabalu Mixed team
BWF profile

Yugo Kobayashi (小林 優吾, Kobayashi Yūgo, born 10 July 1995) is a Japanese badminton player from Tonami team.[1][2] He was the men's doubles silver medalist at the 2019 World Championships.[3]

Achievements[]

BWF World Championships[]

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland Japan Takuro Hoki Indonesia Mohammad Ahsan
Indonesia Hendra Setiawan 		23–25, 21-9, 15–21 Silver Silver

BWF World Tour[]

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[4] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely 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 Japan Takuro Hoki Japan Hiroyuki Endo
Japan Yuta Watanabe 		21–9, 15–21, 10–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix[]

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 U.S. Open Japan Takuro Hoki Denmark Mathias Boe
Denmark Carsten Mogensen 		11–21, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 U.S. Open Japan Wakana Nagahara Poland Robert Mateusiak
Poland Nadiezda Zieba 		21–16, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series[]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 USA International Japan Takuro Hoki Canada Adrian Liu
Canada Derrick Ng 		21–17, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Spanish International Japan Takuro Hoki Denmark Mathias Christiansen
Denmark David Daugaard 		21–10, 21–6 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References[]

  1. ^ "Players: Yugo Kobayashi". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Badminton player: 小林 優吾 Yugo Kobayashi". www.tonami.co.jp (in Japanese). Tonami. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  3. ^ Sukumar, Dev (26 August 2019). "Wristy Trickery Wins the Day – Basel 2019". bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  4. ^ "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. 29 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. 15 January 2018.


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