Badminton Players
2026 Results, Match by Match

Kodai Naraoka Badminton: 2026 Results, Match by Match

奈良岡功大／NTT East (Tokyo, Japan) ／ 日本語

Silver medallist at the 2026 BWF World Championships in August: seeded 10th, he beat the 8th, 4th and 6th seeds on three consecutive days to reach the final. Semi-finalist at the Daihatsu Japan Open in July.

📅 Out in the China Masters quarter-final on 4 September to Christo Popov / quarter-finalist in the individual event at the 2026 Asian Games

Akane Yamaguchi Badminton: 2026 Results, Match by Match

山口茜／Saishunkan Pharmaceutical (Kumamoto, Japan) ／ 日本語

A three-time world champion. In 2026 she won the China Open (Super 1000) in July and took silver at the BWF World Championships in August.

📅 Lost the China Masters semi-final to An Se-young 13-21, 15-21 on 5 September, so her 2025 title there is not defended / 3rd seed at the Denmark Open, into the semi-finals (WANG Zhi Yi on the 17th)

Nozomi Okuhara Badminton: 2026 Results, Match by Match

奥原希望／Tokyo Badminton Association (Tokyo, Japan) ／ 日本語

The 2017 world champion. Unseeded at the Swiss Open in March 2026, she beat the 4th seed and reached the semi-finals; the following week she won the Orleans Masters as the 5th seed without losing a match and, seeded 11th, won three matches in a row to reach the quarter-finals of the BWF World Championships in August.

📅 Out in the China Masters quarter-final to WANG Zhi Yi on 4 September / team event only at the 2026 Asian Games, where Japan's women took silver / into the Denmark Open semi-finals after the all-Japanese quarter-final on the 16th, when Tomoka Miyazaki retired in the third game (An Se-young on the 17th)

Fukushima / Matsumoto Badminton: 2026 Results, Match by Match

福島由紀／松本麻佑／Gifu Bluvic / Honegori Sagamihara (Japan) ／ 日本語

🏆Indonesia Open (Super 1000) champions in June: five wins from the 5th seeding, beating Liu Shengshu and Tan Ning (CHN) 21-15, 18-21, 21-18 in the final. All three of their 2026 individual finals were against that pair; they were runners-up at the India Open (Super 750) in January and at the China Open (Super 1000) in July. The week before the China Open they reached the Japan Open semi-finals and lost the deciding game 21-23.

📅 Conceded their Denmark Open second-round match (their first) on 15 October to fellow Japanese pair Suzuki / Yamakita, trailing 6-11 in the first game / Women's team silver and out in the individual second round at the 2026 Asian Games / defending French Open champions, top seeds in the 15 October draw with an all-Japanese first round (Hara / Kiyose)

Tomoka Miyazaki Badminton: 2026 Results, Match by Match

宮崎友花／ACT SAIKYO (Yamaguchi, Japan) ／ 日本語

All Japan champion in 2024, and 20 years old. Semi-finalist at the China Open (Super 1000) in July 2026 and, as the 8th seed, round of 16 at the BWF World Championships in August. Both matches she won at the China Open started with a 16-21 loss in the opening game. In February she reached the semi-finals of the German Open as the 4th seed, losing to Wang Zhiyi 10-21, 18-21, and in March she was the 3rd seed and a quarter-finalist at the Swiss Open. The twenty matches we hold for 2026 read fourteen wins and six defeats.

📅 Runner-up at the China Masters on 6 September, losing the final to An Se-young 17-21, 6-21 — the furthest she has gone in any event we record in 2026 / beat 🇯🇵Hina Akechi 21-8, 21-16 in the Swiss Open first round on 11 March, one of two wins over her in 2026 / team silver and out in the individual third round at the 2026 Asian Games / 6th seed at the Denmark Open, retired at 4-7 in the third game of the quarter-final against Nozomi Okuhara on the 16th (no reason has been given)

Kenta Nishimoto Badminton: 2026 Results, Match by Match

西本拳太／JTEKT Stingers (Aichi, Japan) ／ 日本語

Men's singles bronze medallist at the 2018 Asian Games. Unseeded at the 2026 BWF World Championships, he beat 5th seed Christo POPOV (FRA) 21-17, 21-19 in the first round, then lost the second round after taking the opening game.

📅 Out in the China Masters second round to Anders Antonsen / out in the individual second round at the 2026 Asian Games

Riko Gunji Badminton: 2026 Results, Match by Match

郡司莉子／Saishunkan Pharmaceutical (Kumamoto, Japan) ／ 日本語

The 2019 world junior champion. She beat the 8th seed at the Swiss Open in March 2026 to reach the quarter-finals, reached the last eight again at the Orleans Masters the following week as the 7th seed, and won her first Super 300 title at the Canada Open in July, beating Line CHRISTOPHERSEN (DEN) 21-15, 15-21, 21-6 in the final — and lost to the same opponent 15-21, 21-11, 11-21 in the China Masters first round in September.

📅 Out in the China Masters first round / team event only at the 2026 Asian Games, where Japan's women took silver

Iwanaga / Nakanishi Badminton: 2026 Results, Match by Match

岩永鈴／中西貴映／BIPROGY (Tokyo, Japan) ／ 日本語

Bronze medallists at the 2025 World Championships in Paris. 🆕Seeded 3rd and quarter-finalists at the Swiss Open in March 2026; the twelve matches we hold for 2026 read six wins and six defeats. Quarter-finalists at the China Open (Super 1000) in July 2026, where they pushed the second game to 24-26, and round of 16 as the 7th seeds at the 2026 World Championships.

📅 Seeded 6th at the China Masters in September / the Swiss Open first and second rounds took exactly the same shape — win the opening game, lose the second 13-21, take the decider / bronze at the 2026 Asian Games / runners-up at the Arctic Open in 2025, out in the second round as top seeds in 2026

Hoki / Kobayashi Badminton: 2026 Results, Match by Match

保木卓朗／小林優吾／Tonami Transportation (Toyama, Japan) ／ 日本語

The first Japanese men's doubles pair to win the World Championships, in 2021, and the first from Japan to reach world No. 1 in the discipline, on 20 September 2022. Semi-finalists at the Daihatsu Japan Open in July 2026, where their second round finished 21-19, 19-21, 21-19 — two points in every game.

📅 Out in the individual second round at the 2026 Asian Games / defending champions at the Denmark Open, but out in the first round on 13 October

Watanabe / Taguchi Badminton: 2026 Results, Match by Match

渡辺勇大／田口真彩／ACT SAIKYO (Yamaguchi, Japan) ／ 日本語

Yuta Watanabe won mixed doubles bronze at both Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024. Paired since September 2024, they won the Chinese Taipei Open on 2 August 2026 and the Korea Masters on 9 August — back-to-back titles that took the pair to a career-high World No. 13 on 11 August, from No. 38 on 5 May.

📅 Out in the individual second round at the 2026 Asian Games / not at the Malaysia Super 100 they won in 2025, and out in the Denmark Open second round to the 8th seeds / defending pair at the All Japan Championships in December

Yushi Tanaka Badminton: 2026 Results, Match by Match

田中湧士／NTT East (Tokyo, Japan) ／ 日本語

🏆He won the Swiss Open in March 2026 unseeded, five matches and five wins, beating Alwi Farhan 21-18, 21-12 in the final, then went out in the second round of the Orleans Masters the following week as the 6th seed. He is also All Japan men's singles champion from 2021 and 2024. At the Daihatsu Japan Open in July 2026 he reached the semi-finals, and all four of his matches there went to three games. He opened the 2026 World Championships by beating the 16th seed 21-17, 21-14. We record sixteen of his matches in 2026: eleven wins, five defeats.

📅 Out in the China Masters first round, in a rematch with 3rd seed Kunlavut Vitidsarn / team event only at the 2026 Asian Games, where Japan's men lost in the quarter-final / his Swiss Open title from March was added here on 20 September 2026, and his two Orleans Masters matches on 22 September

Hirota / Sakuramoto Badminton: 2026 Results, Match by Match

廣田彩花／櫻本絢子／Gifu Bluvic / Yonex (Japan) ／ 日本語

Sayaka Hirota took World Championships silver three years running, in 2017, 2018 and 2019. The pair were runners-up at the 79th All Japan Championships in December 2025 and are third in the Japanese rankings of August 2026.

📅 Beat fellow Japanese pair Hirokami / Hobara 21-13, 21-15 in the Denmark Open second round on 15 October, then lost the all-Japanese quarter-final on the 16th 14-21, 10-21 to Nakade / Takahashi / Lost the China Masters semi-final on 5 September to another Japanese pair, who went on to win the title — their deepest run of 2026 / not in Japan's 10-strong Asian Games squad

Koki Watanabe Badminton: 2026 Results, Match by Match

渡邉航貴／BIPROGY (Tokyo, Japan) ／ 日本語

Runner-up at the Daihatsu Japan Open in July 2026 after five matches, including 21-13, 21-17 over Anders Antonsen in the quarter-finals. He did not play the World Championships a month later: he was one place short on the qualifying cut-off date and went in as first reserve. 🆕At the Swiss Open, which he won in 2023, he reached the quarter-finals in 2026 — and the man who beat him there, Yushi Tanaka, went on to take the title.

📅 Out in the China Masters first round to Jason Gunawan, who went on to win the title / team event only at the 2026 Asian Games, where Japan's men lost in the quarter-final / plays in BIPROGY's men's J block in the S/J League 2026-27

An Se-young Badminton: 2026 Results, Match by Match

アン・セヨン／South Korea ／ 日本語

🌏 The first overseas player page on this site. She won the 2026 BWF World Championships in August as the top seed, beating Akane Yamaguchi 21-17, 21-14 in the final. Yamaguchi had beaten her 21-18, 21-13 in the 2025 Korea Open final.

🥇 Won the Asian Games 2026 women's singles gold on 29 September, beating Akane Yamaguchi 21-17, 21-9 in the final (a second straight title) / won the China Masters on 6 September, beating Tomoka Miyazaki 21-17, 21-6 / top seed at the Denmark Open, into the semi-finals (Nozomi Okuhara on the 17th), then the French Open (draw out on 15 October) / her home Korea Open in November

Yuichi Shimogami Badminton: 2026 Results, Match by Match

霜上雄一／Hitachi Information and Communication Engineering (Kanagawa, Japan) ／ 日本語

🔥 The only player on this site entered in two events — men's doubles with Takumi Nomura and mixed doubles with Sayaka Hobara — so losing one event does not end his week. He was still playing two days after his men's doubles exit at the 2026 World Championships, and three days after his mixed doubles exit at the China Masters.

📅 Quarter-finalist in men's doubles at the China Masters / out in the mixed doubles second round at the 2026 Asian Games

Sayaka Hobara Badminton: 2026 Results, Match by Match

保原彩夏／Yonex (Tokyo, Japan) ／ 日本語

Entered in two events: women's doubles with Rui Hirokami and mixed doubles with Yuichi Shimogami. Seeded in both at the 2026 World Championships (14th in women's doubles, 13th in mixed), she played two matches on 19 August and won both, then played two on 20 August and lost both. 🆕Women's doubles semi-finalist as 4th seed at the Orléans Masters in March 2026 (added on 22 September 2026); the fourteen matches we hold for 2026 read six wins and eight defeats. 🆕She was also a women's doubles semi-finalist at the Indonesia Open in June, losing to Yuki Fukushima / Mayu Matsumoto (set out separately from the fourteen).

📅 Out in the Denmark Open women's doubles second round (with Rui Hirokami) on 15 October, 13-21, 15-21 to fellow Japanese pair Hirota / Sakuramoto / The pair who beat her in the Orléans semi-final lost the final to Sumire Nakade / Miyu Takahashi / The pair who beat her in the Swiss Open second round also beat Rin Iwanaga / Kie Nakanishi in September / out in the first round of both events at the China Masters — mixed on 1 September, women's on 2 September / out in the mixed doubles second round at the 2026 Asian Games

Kumagai / Nishi Badminton: 2026 Results, Match by Match

熊谷翔／西大輝／BIPROGY (Tokyo, Japan) ／ 日本語

Japan's second men's doubles pair, behind Hoki / Kobayashi. The eleven matches we recorded in 2026 are six wins and five losses, and their best result is the quarter-finals of the China Open (Super 1000) in July. 🆕At the Swiss Open in March they went out in the second round to the pair who finished runners-up — and in August they beat the pair who had won that final. They met CHIU Hsiang Chieh / WANG Chi-Lin (TPE) twice in 28 days, winning 21-6, 21-23, 21-11 and then losing 14-21, 14-21.

📅 They came from a game down in the Swiss Open first round in March / out in the China Masters first round on 2 September / men's doubles quarter-finalist at the 2026 Asian Games, losing to the top seeds / quarter-finalists again at the Denmark Open, losing 5-21, 17-21 to the top seeds Kim / Seo on 16 October

Anders Antonsen Badminton: 2026 Results, Match by Match

アンダース・アントンセン／Denmark ／ 日本語

🌏 The second overseas player page on this site. The three matches against Japanese players we recorded in 2026 are one win and two losses — and both players who beat him went on to finish runner-up at that same tournament. He lost the opening game in six of the twelve matches where we hold the score.

📅 🆕his Japan Open first round (Toma Junior Popov 21-17, 21-13 in 46 minutes) and second round (Moh. Zaki Ubaidillah 21-12, 21-19 in 54 minutes), added on 18 September 2026 / semi-finalist as the 5th seed at the China Masters, losing 21-15, 20-22, 16-21 to Jason Gunawan on 5 September — and Gunawan went on to win the title on 6 September / defending French Open champion; the draw came out on 15 October (we record only the Japanese entries' matches)

Nakade / Takahashi Badminton: 2026 Results, Match by Match

中出すみれ／髙橋美優／BIPROGY (Tokyo, Japan) ／ 日本語

🥇 China Masters 2026 champions (Super 750) on 6 September, and Japan Ranking Circuit champions in May. We record thirteen matches for them in 2026 and they won all thirteen, five at the Orléans Masters in March, two in May, one at the Taipei Open in August and five in September. They came from a game down to beat the seventh seeds 13-21, 21-17, 21-16 in the China Masters first round, won the quarter-final 25-23 in the third, came through a 74-minute all-Japanese semi-final and took the final 21-18, 21-18. 🏆The title moved them up thirteen places, from world No. 42 to No. 29 on the list of 8 September 2026.

📅 Beat a Hong Kong pair 21-9, 21-19 as 7th seeds in the Denmark Open second round on 15 October, then beat fellow Japanese pair Hirota / Sakuramoto 21-14, 21-10 in the quarter-final on the 16th to reach the semi-finals (Suzuki / Yamakita on the 17th) / China Masters champions on 6 September, beating BAO Li Jing / CAO Zi Han 21-18, 21-18 / Orléans Masters champions in March, unseeded, 22-20, 12-21, 21-18 in the final (added on 22 September 2026) / Japan Ranking Circuit champions in May, 19-21, 21-16, 21-16 in the final / not in Japan's 2026 Asian Games squad / BIPROGY's women are in the S block of the S/J League 2026-27

FENG / HUANG Badminton: 2026 Results, Match by Match

馮彦哲／黄東萍／China ／ 日本語

🌏 The third overseas player page on this site, and the first overseas pair. World No. 1 in mixed doubles as of 1 September 2026. The twelve matches we recorded in 2026 are ten wins and two defeats, and both defeats were finals. In the World Championships third round on 20 August they beat Yuta Watanabe / Maya Taguchi 21-19, 21-18, two points in each game, and 12 days later beat the same pair 21-9, 19-21, 27-25 in the China Masters first round.

📅 China Masters champions on 6 September, beating HOO Pang Ron / LAI Pei Jing 21-19, 21-16 / silver at the 2026 World Championships, losing the final 20-22, 21-19, 15-21 to Thom Gicquel / Delphine Delrue / our pages list them as defending champions at the Denmark Open, the French Open and the Hong Kong Open (French Open draw out on 15 October)

Chen Yufei Badminton: 2026 Results, Match by Match

陳雨菲／China ／ 日本語

🌏 The fourth overseas player page on this site. The eight matches we recorded in 2026 are five wins and three losses — and four of those five wins came after she had lost the opening game. She was runner-up at the China Open (Super 1000) on home soil in July and went out in the third round of the 2026 World Championships as the 4th seed. 🔴Her Olympic gold came at the Tokyo Games, held in 2021, not at Paris.

📅 Out in the World Championships third round on 20 August, 21-15, 23-25, 17-21 to Pornpawee Chochuwong / we hold no match of hers at the China Masters 2026 / singles silver medallist at the previous Asian Games in Hangzhou

Wang Zhiyi Badminton: 2026 Results, Match by Match

王祉怡／China ／ 日本語

🌏 The fifth overseas player page on this site. The 14 matches we recorded in 2026 are ten wins and four losses, and she won all nine she played before a semi-final. The four losses are three semi-finals (to Akane Yamaguchi, An Se-young and Tomoka Miyazaki) and the German Open final in February (to Han Qianxi). She took bronze at the 2026 World Championships as the 3rd seed. 🔴Building this page turned up an error of our own, and we corrected her World Championships third round to 21-11, 15-21, 21-17 (88 minutes).

📅 Semi-finalist as the 2nd seed at the China Masters, which ended on 6 September / All England champion for the first time in March 2026 / our pages list her as the holder at the Hong Kong Open 2026 and the All England 2027 / 2nd seed at the Denmark Open, into the semi-finals (Akane Yamaguchi on the 17th)

Shi Yuqi Badminton: 2026 Results, Match by Match

石宇奇／China ／ 日本語

🌏 The sixth overseas player page on this site, and the 2025 world champion. The eight matches we recorded in 2026 are four wins and four losses — but two of those wins came when his opponent retired. 🏆At the Japan Open in July he reached the quarter-final as the top seed and lost 21-14, 10-21, 11-21 to Christo Popov, who went on to win the title (the second round and the quarter-final were added on 18 September 2026). He went out in the first round at the 2026 World Championships as the defending champion and top seed, and in the first round again at the China Masters.

📅 🆕his Japan Open second round (Brian Yang 16-21, 21-19, 21-18 in 65 minutes) and quarter-final (Christo Popov 21-14, 10-21, 11-21 in 63 minutes), added on 18 September 2026 / out in the China Masters first round on 1 September, 11-21, 10-21 to Loh Kean Yew / out in the World Championships first round on 17 August, 14-21, 21-13, 19-21 in 73 minutes to Ayush Shetty / men's singles silver medallist at the previous Asian Games in Hangzhou

JIA / ZHANG Badminton: 2026 Results, Match by Match

賈一凡／張殊賢／China ／ 日本語

🌏 The seventh overseas page on this site. The five matches we recorded in 2026 are one win and four defeats — and they took the opening game in four of them. ⚡They were runners-up at the Daihatsu Japan Open in July, losing the final 21-14, 15-21, 29-30, with the other pair reaching the 30-point cap first from 29-29. Jia Yifan has won the BWF World Championships four times, each with a different partner.

📅 Out in the second round of the Asian Games 2026 individual event on 26 September, 21-9, 18-21, 15-21 to Rin Iwanaga / Kie Nakanishi of Japan (China took the women's team gold) / out in the China Masters semi-final on 5 September, 14-21, 13-21 to Bao Lijing / Cao Zihan / out in the World Championships quarter-final on 21 August as fourth seeds, 21-16, 15-21, 13-21 to Treesa Jolly / Gayatri Gopichand Pullela / listed by us as the defending champions of the Hong Kong Open 2026 in November, an event promoted to Super 750 from 2027

Christo Popov Badminton: 2026 Results, Match by Match

クリスト・ポポフ／France ／ 日本語

🌏 The eighth overseas page on this site. ⚡Six of the seventeen matches we recorded in 2026 were against Japanese opponents, and those six are three wins and three losses. 🏆He won the Japan Open in July, taking all five matches from the first round to the final, beating the top seed Shi Yuqi 14-21, 21-10, 21-11 in the quarter-final, Kodai Naraoka 21-14, 21-11 in the semi-final and Koki Watanabe 21-11, 21-19 in the final. 🔻At the 2026 World Championships he lost in the first round on two consecutive days — the men's doubles on 17 August and the men's singles on 18 August, both to Japanese opponents.

📅 🆕his Japan Open first round (Weng Hongyang 21-14, 23-21), second round (Leong Jun Hao 16-21, 21-11, 21-17) and quarter-final (Shi Yuqi 14-21, 21-10, 21-11), his Japan Open men's doubles first round (Alfian and Fikri 19-21, 13-21) and his China Open first round (Lee Cheuk Yiu 21-7, 8-21, 21-14), added on 18 September 2026 / out in the China Masters semi-final on 5 September as the 2nd seed, 15-21, 19-21 to Lee Cheuk Yiu / beat Kodai Naraoka 21-10, 21-14 in the quarter-final the day before, the second straight-games win over him in 2026 / 🆕his first two China Masters singles rounds and both doubles matches there, added on 17 September / out in the China Open men's singles second round on 23 July as the 5th seed, 18-21, 13-21 in 44 minutes to Lin Chun-yi, added on 8 September / 2nd seed at the Denmark Open, into the semi-finals on a walkover from Yudai Okimoto in the quarter-final on 16 October / the French Open, his home event, made its draw on 15 October (we record only the Japanese entries' matches)

Li Shifeng Badminton: 2026 Results, Match by Match

李詩灃／China ／ 日本語

🌏 The ninth overseas page on this site, and the 2023 Asian Games men's singles champion from Hangzhou. ⚡The eight matches we hold a score for in 2026 are three wins and five defeats, and four of the defeats were against Japanese players. 🔁Kodai Naraoka beat him twice within 13 days — the World Championships third round on 20 August and the China Masters first round on 2 September. ✅His two World Championships wins, in the first and second rounds, were added on 17 September 2026 — until then they were not in our records. 🆕The German Open in February (lost to Minoru Koga) and the Swiss Open in March (beat Yudai Okimoto) were added on 23 September 2026.

📅 Out in the China Masters first round on 2 September, 18-21, 7-21 in 48 minutes to Kodai Naraoka / 🆕semi-finalist as the top seed at the Swiss Open 2026 in March (beat Yudai Okimoto 21-17, 21-15 in round two), added on 23 September / out in the World Championships third round on 20 August as the 8th seed, 21-13, 21-23, 11-21 in 77 minutes to Naraoka after taking the opening game / 🆕his first-round win on 17 August (21-7, 21-10 against Dmitriy PANARIN) and second-round win on 19 August (21-19, 21-19 against Leong Jun Hao), added on 17 September / team silver and out in the individual second round at the 2026 Asian Games in Ichinomiya, Aichi

Chou Tien-chen Badminton: 2026 Results, Match by Match

周天成／Taiwan ／ 日本語

🌏 The tenth overseas page on this site. 🔁The twelve matches we hold a score for in 2026 are nine wins and three defeats: after a defeat on 15 July he won nine in a row, and his last two defeats came against players he had beaten at the China Open in July. 🏆He won that China Open (Super 1000) at 36 — his second Super 1000 title, seven years after the 2019 Indonesia Open. 🥉He took bronze at the 2026 World Championships, losing the semi-final to Kodai Naraoka.

📅 Out in the China Masters first round on 2 September as the 4th seed, 20-22, 15-21 to Toma Junior Popov / lost the World Championships semi-final on 22 August 21-17, 11-21, 10-21 to Kodai Naraoka for bronze / won the China Open final on 26 July 21-15, 7-21, 21-13 over Toma Junior Popov / 🆕his Japan Open first-round defeat on 15 July (19-21, 6-21 to Nhat Nguyen) and three wins in the China Open and World Championships early rounds, added on 17 September / quarter-finalist as 3rd seed at the Arctic Open 2026 / into the Denmark Open quarter-finals as of 15 October (runs to 18 October)

Toma Junior Popov Badminton: 2026 Results, Match by Match

トマ・ジュニア・ポポフ／France ／ 日本語

🌏 The eleventh overseas page on this site. ⚡The sixteen matches we hold a score for in 2026 are eight wins and eight losses — but split by event they look nothing alike: 7-4 in men's singles and 1-4 in the men's doubles he plays with Christo Popov. 🥈He was runner-up at the China Open (Super 1000) in July, and 🔁38 days later he beat the man who had beaten him in that final, Chou Tien-chen, in the China Masters first round. ⚠️Two players called Popov appear on our tournament pages.

📅 🆕out in round one of both events at the Japan Open on 15 July (Antonsen 17-21, 13-21 in singles; Alfian and Fikri 19-21, 13-21 in doubles), added on 18 September 2026 / lost the China Masters second round on 3 September 19-21, 22-24 in 56 minutes to Lee Cheuk Yiu, a day after beating the 4th seed Chou Tien-chen 22-20, 21-15 / 🆕out in the China Masters men's doubles second round with Christo Popov, 17-21, 24-22, 9-21 to the eventual champions Rankireddy and Shetty, added on 17 September / last 16 at the World Championships, losing the third round on 20 August 17-21, 21-17, 14-21 in 78 minutes to Anders Antonsen / runner-up at the China Open on 26 July, 15-21, 21-7, 13-21 in 64 minutes to Chou Tien-chen / the French Open, his home event, made its draw on 15 October (we record only the Japanese entries' matches)

Lin Chun-yi Badminton: 2026 Results, Match by Match

林俊易／Chinese Taipei ／ 日本語

🌏 The twelfth overseas page on this site. 🏆He won the All England Open (Super 1000) in March 2026 — the first men's singles title there for a player from Chinese Taipei. ⚠️And we hold not a single match from that title run. ⚡The eleven matches we do hold are eight wins and three losses, and all eight wins come from two events: the India Open in January, which he won without losing a match, and the China Open in July. 🆕One of them, the second-round win over the then world No. 2 Christo Popov, had no line on our own tournament page until 8 September.

📅 Out in the World Championships second round on 19 August as the 12th seed, 21-13, 17-21, 11-21 in 70 minutes to Rasmus Gemke / semi-finalist at the China Open, losing 18-21, 17-21 in 48 minutes to Chou Tien-chen on 25 July / beat Christo Popov (5th seed) 21-18, 21-13 in 44 minutes in the second round there on 23 July / All England champion on 8 March, beating Lakshya Sen 21-15, 22-20 in 57 minutes / India Open champion on 18 January, winning all five matches and beating Jonatan Christie (3rd seed) 21-10, 21-18 in 38 minutes in the final

Victor Lai Badminton: 2026 Results, Match by Match

ビクター・ライ／Canada ／ 日本語

🌏 The thirteenth overseas page on this site, and the first Canadian. 🥉He took bronze at the 2026 World Championships as the 7th seed, a second one in a row after Paris in 2025. 🏆He won the Indonesia Open (Super 1000) in June, unseeded. ⚡The twelve matches we hold a score for in 2026 are nine wins and three losses, and every one of the three defeats came in a semi-final. 🆕We added his four India Open results from January, where he reached the semi-finals unseeded, on 20 September 2026, and his Indonesia Open final on 24 September. 🔢We also counted every match he played in those five events in the official BWF day data, which comes to twenty, and named the eight we do not hold. 🔻Only one of those eight is a defeat, the China Masters second round on 3 September, so our own record shows one loss fewer than he actually had.

📅 Beat Lakshya Sen 21-14, 21-7 in 38 minutes in the China Masters round of 32 on 2 September (we hold no record of the second round the next day, which BWF has as 18-21, 19-21 to Srikanth Kidambi) / lost the World Championships semi-final on 22 August 21-16, 13-21, 14-21 in 85 minutes to Alex Lanier (9th seed) for bronze / beat Rasmus Gemke 21-19, 21-18 in 54 minutes in the quarter-final on 21 August / semi-finalist at the China Open on 25 July, losing 21-14, 12-21, 15-21 in 73 minutes to Toma Junior Popov / won the Indonesia Open final on 7 June, beating Jonatan Christie 21-19, 21-8 in 39 minutes / semi-finalist at the India Open on 17 January, unseeded, losing 9-21, 21-6, 20-22 in 61 minutes to Lin Chun-yi after three wins

Weng Hongyang Badminton: 2026 Results, Match by Match

翁泓陽／China ／ 日本語

🌏 The fourteenth overseas page on this site. 🔥On 21 July he beat the 3rd seed, Anders Antonsen of Denmark, 22-20 in the decider in the China Open first round. ⚡The five matches we hold a score for in 2026 are two wins and three losses, and both wins went to three games while all three defeats ended in two. 🔴That first-round score was wrong in all eight places we had written it, and we corrected it on 9 September 2026. 🔢We also counted every match he played across four events in the official BWF day data, and named the three we have no score for. 🆕His Japan Open first round on 14 July (14-21, 21-23 to Christo Popov) was outside the three events we counted when this page went up, so we added it on 18 September 2026.

📅 🆕his Japan Open first round on 14 July, 14-21, 21-23 in 47 minutes to Christo Popov (5th seed), added on 18 September 2026 / lost the China Masters quarter-final on 4 September 18-21, 13-21 in 50 minutes to Jason Gunawan (HKG), though our tournament page holds no score for it / lost the World Championships first round on 17 August as the 16th seed, 17-21, 14-21 in 43 minutes to Yushi Tanaka / lost the China Open quarter-final on 24 July 25-27, 14-21 in 55 minutes to Lin Chun-yi / beat Anders Antonsen (3rd seed) 15-21, 21-17, 22-20 in 84 minutes in the first round on 21 July

Rasmus Gemke Badminton: 2026 Results, Match by Match

ラスムス・ゲムケ／Denmark ／ 日本語

🌏 The fifteenth overseas page on this site. 🥇Unseeded at the 2026 World Championships in August, he beat the 12th seed Lin Chun-yi on 19 August and the 3rd seed Jonatan Christie on 20 August to reach the quarter-finals — both from a game down, both in exactly 70 minutes. ⚡The eight matches we hold in 2026 are four wins and four losses: three wins and one loss in the four that went to three games, one win and three losses in the four that ended in two. 🆕We added three of them on 18 September 2026, so all eight of his results at the four events we counted in the official BWF day data are here. 🔴His China Open first round on 22 July, beating the 2nd seed, was not on our tournament page at all, so we added it on 9 September 2026.

📅 🆕added on 18 September 2026: the Japan Open first round (lost 14-21, 21-16, 18-21 in 68 minutes to Moh. Zaki UBAIDILLAH), the China Open round of 16 (lost 10-21, 19-21 in 51 minutes to Toma Junior Popov) and the World Championships first round (beat Julien CARRAGGI 21-11, 21-10 in 39 minutes) / lost the China Masters first round on 1 September 17-21, 14-21 in 51 minutes to 🇯🇵Kenta Nishimoto / lost the World Championships quarter-final on 21 August 19-21, 18-21 in 54 minutes to Victor Lai (7th seed) / beat Jonatan Christie (3rd seed) 11-21, 21-13, 21-18 in 70 minutes in the third round on 20 August / beat Kunlavut Vitidsarn (2nd seed) 21-13, 8-21, 21-19 in 71 minutes in the China Open first round on 22 July

Jonatan Christie Badminton: 2026 Results, Match by Match

ジョナタン・クリスティ／Indonesia ／ 日本語

🌏 The sixteenth overseas page on this site, and the first Indonesian: the world No. 4 in men's singles (13 October 2026, 85,031 points). ⚡The nine matches we hold in 2026 are five wins and four losses, and he won and lost 11 games each. 🆕We added four of them on 18 September 2026, including his Japan Open first-round exit as the 4th seed, so all nine of his results at the four events we counted in the official BWF day data are here. 🇯🇵His China Open first round on 22 July was against Yudai Okimoto of Japan, and it was not on our tournament page at all, so we added it on 9 September 2026. 🥈Runner-up at the Indonesia Open (Super 1000) in June as the 5th seed: four wins and one loss, with a 19-21, 8-21 final against Victor Lai. Those five are in a separate section, not counted in the nine (added on 24 September 2026).

📅 🆕added on 18 September 2026: the Japan Open first round (lost 16-21, 14-21 in 39 minutes to Panitchaphon TEERARATSAKUL), the China Open first round (beat 🇯🇵Yudai Okimoto 21-17, 6-21, 21-13 in 66 minutes), the World Championships first round (beat Matthias KICKLITZ 21-15, 21-14 in 36 minutes) and the China Masters first round (beat Leong Jun Hao 21-17, 21-19 in 44 minutes) / lost the China Masters second round on 3 September as the top seed, 16-21, 16-21 in 45 minutes to Jason Gunawan (HKG) / lost the World Championships third round on 20 August 21-11, 13-21, 18-21 in 70 minutes to Rasmus Gemke / beat Jia Heng Teh 19-21, 21-19, 21-11 in 64 minutes in the second round on 19 August / quarter-finalist at the China Open, losing 14-21, 17-21 in 46 minutes to Victor Lai on 24 July

Alex Lanier Badminton: 2026 Results, Match by Match

アレックス・ラニエ／France ／ 日本語

🌏 The seventeenth overseas page on this site. 🥇He won the 2026 World Championships in August as the 9th seed, beating 🇯🇵Kodai Naraoka (10th seed) 21-11, 21-11 in 50 minutes in the final. 🆕🏆In March he also won the Orléans Masters 2026 as the 2nd seed, his second title there in a row (added on 22 September 2026); our tournament pages now hold four matches for him, all four won. ⏱At the World Championships the three matches we hold are the quarter-final, the semi-final and the final, at 78, 85 and 50 minutes; the official BWF day data has him playing six, and the three we do not hold ran 39, 38 and 45 minutes. Only the long ones survived — the median of all 63 men's singles matches at that championship is 45 minutes. 🔁It looks like the opposite of Jonatan Christie's page, but one choice of ours causes both.

📅 Won the World Championships final on 23 August, 21-11, 21-11 in 50 minutes against 🇯🇵Kodai Naraoka / beat Victor Lai (7th seed) 16-21, 21-13, 21-14 in the semi-final on 22 August, 85 minutes and the second longest men's singles match of the event / beat Kunlavut Vitidsarn (2nd seed) 19-21, 21-16, 21-16 in 78 minutes in the quarter-final on 21 August / won the Orléans Masters 2026 on 22 March for two in a row, beating 🇯🇵Yudai Okimoto 21-14, 21-12 in 45 minutes in the semi-final

KIM / SEO Badminton: 2026 Results, Match by Match

キム・ウォンホ／ソ・スンジェ／South Korea ／ 日本語

🌏 The eighteenth overseas page on this site, and the first Korean pair: the world No. 1 in men's doubles (13 October 2026, 114,099 points). 🔴The eight matches we hold in 2026 are four wins and four defeats, but the official BWF day data has fifteen across the same four events, and the seven we do not hold were all wins. ⚡Every defeat sits among the eight we hold, and no game in them was lost by more than four points. 🔁One of the pairs who beat them, Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik, lost two finals to them in the same year.

📅 Top seeds at the Denmark Open, beat 🇯🇵Kumagai / Nishi 21-5, 21-17 in the quarter-final on 16 October to reach the semi-finals / lost the China Masters first round on 1 September as top seeds, 19-21, 19-21 in 42 minutes to Leo Rolly Carnando and Daniel Marthin / lost the World Championships semi-final on 22 August 17-21, 18-21 in 43 minutes to Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik (4th seeds) for bronze / beat Goh Sze Fei and Nur Izzuddin (6th seeds) 21-16, 21-16 in 41 minutes in the quarter-final on 21 August / beat 🇯🇵Yuichi Shimogami and Takumi Nomura 21-16, 21-13 in 38 minutes in the second round on 18 August / runners-up at the China Open on 26 July, 21-16, 19-21, 19-21 in 71 minutes to Alfian and Fikri / runners-up at the Japan Open on 19 July, 19-21, 17-21 in 45 minutes to the same pair

ALFIAN / FIKRI Badminton: 2026 Results, Match by Match

アルフィアン／フィクリ／Indonesia ／ 日本語

🌏 The nineteenth overseas page on this site, and the first Indonesian pair: the world No. 3 in men's doubles (13 October 2026, 95,053 points). 🔴The seven matches we hold in 2026 are six wins and one defeat, but the official BWF day data has thirteen across the same three events, and the six we do not hold were all wins. 🔥They won every one of the ten they played between 15 and 26 July, taking the Daihatsu Japan Open (Super 750) and the China Open (Super 1000) in consecutive weeks. 🔁Both finals were against the world No. 1 pair, KIM Won Ho and SEO Seung Jae.

📅 Lost the World Championships quarter-final on 21 August 19-21, 16-21 in 32 minutes to LEE Jhe-Huei and YANG Po-Hsuan (TPE) / won the China Open final on 26 July, 16-21, 21-19, 21-19 in 71 minutes against KIM Won Ho and SEO Seung Jae / beat LIANG Wei Keng and WANG Chang 21-19, 14-21, 21-19 in 66 minutes in the semi-final on 25 July / beat 🇯🇵Takumi Nomura and Yuichi Shimogami 21-19, 21-11 in 33 minutes in the second round on 23 July / won the Japan Open final on 19 July, 21-19, 21-17 in 45 minutes against the same Korean pair / 🆕beat the Popov brothers 21-19, 21-13 in 35 minutes in the Japan Open first round on 15 July, added on 18 September 2026

Lakshya Sen Badminton: 2026 Results, Match by Match

ラクシャ・セン／India ／ 日本語

🌏 The twentieth overseas page on this site, and the first Indian player: World No. 14 in men's singles (13 October 2026, 62,813 points). 🥈He was runner-up at the 2026 All England Open (Super 1000) in March, losing the final to Lin Chun-yi (TPE) 15-21, 20-22 in 57 minutes. ⚡The four results we hold in 2026 are one win and three defeats, and two of those defeats came against the same player, Victor Lai. 🔴Count the same four events in the official BWF day data and there are six; the two we lack are both from the 2026 World Championships — what is missing is not a run of results but a whole event.

📅 Lost the China Masters first round on 2 September, 14-21, 7-21 in 38 minutes, to Victor Lai / went out of the World Championships in the second round on 19 August as the 14th seed, 21-19, 19-21, 17-21 in 73 minutes to Garret Tan (USA) — we hold no score for it, the figures come from the official BWF day data / lost the China Open second round on 23 July to the same Victor Lai, 19-21, 11-21 in 46 minutes / beat 🇯🇵Yushi Tanaka 22-20, 15-21, 21-14 in 53 minutes in the first round on 22 July / lost the Japan Open first round on 15 July to 🇯🇵Koki Watanabe, 16-21, 14-21 in 38 minutes

Minoru Koga Badminton: 2026 Results, Match by Match

古賀穂／AC Nagano Parceiro ／ 日本語

🇯🇵 He left NTT East in April 2025 to turn professional in men's singles: 9th on Japan's national ranking published on 7 August 2026 (1,945.00 points) and World No. 50 as of 13 October 2026. ⚡He reached the semi-finals at the 2026 Vietnam Open: on 11 September he beat 22-20, 21-12 in 45 minutes the man who had beaten him 9-21, 19-21 nine days earlier at the Indonesia Masters Super 100 (NGUYEN Hai Dang, VIE). He lost the semi-final on 12 September to Sholeh AIDIL (MAS), 21-14, 15-21, 17-21 in 68 minutes. In February he came through qualifying to the quarter-finals of the German Open, beating 2nd seed Li Shi Feng 21-16, 21-15 on the way. We record eight matches: five wins and three defeats. 🔴The official BWF player data lists 16 events for him in 2026, two of which he won in successive weeks in January.

📅 Lost the Vietnam Open semi-final on 12 September to Sholeh AIDIL (MAS), 21-14, 15-21, 17-21 in 68 minutes / beat NGUYEN Hai Dang (VIE) 22-20, 21-12 in 45 minutes in the quarter-final on 11 September / beat Hein HTUT (MYA) 21-13, 21-10 in 37 minutes in the third round on 10 September / beat HUANG Ping-Hsien (TPE) 21-13, 12-21, 21-10 in 51 minutes in the second round on 9 September / lost the second round of the Indonesia Masters in Pontianak on 2 September as the 7th seed, 9-21, 19-21 in 43 minutes, to NGUYEN Hai Dang (VIE)

LIANG / WANG Badminton: 2026 Results, Match by Match

梁偉鏗／王昶／China ／ 日本語

🌏 The twenty-first overseas page on this site, and the first Chinese men's doubles pair: World No. 2 (13 October 2026, 95,089 points), 3,144 points behind second. 🥇On 23 August 2026 they beat Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik (MAS) 21-17, 21-16 in the World Championships final for their first world title as a pair. 🔴Of the five matches that took them to that title, the three we hold were all won in straight games (36, 30 and 35 minutes) — and the two we do not hold both went to three, at 53 and 60 minutes.

📅 Won the World Championships final on 23 August 21-17, 21-16 in 35 minutes against Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik (MAS, 4th seeds) / beat LEE Jhe-Huei and YANG Po-Hsuan (TPE) 21-18, 21-14 in 30 minutes in the semi-final on 22 August / beat Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty (IND, 5th seeds) 21-18, 21-9 in 36 minutes in the quarter-final on 21 August / lost the China Open semi-final on 25 July 19-21, 21-14, 19-21 in 66 minutes to Alfian and Fikri / lost the Japan Open quarter-final on 17 July 12-21, 19-21 in 33 minutes to 🇯🇵Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi

Han Yue Badminton: 2026 Results, Match by Match

韓悦／China ／ 日本語

🌏 The twenty-second overseas page on this site: World No. 8 in women's singles (13 October 2026, 69,728 points). She was the 5th seed and a quarter-finalist at both the China Open in July and the 2026 BWF World Championships in August. 🔴The three matches we hold in 2026 are one win and two defeats, but the official BWF day data has nine across the same three events, six wins and three losses — five of the six we do not hold were wins, and the three opponents we did keep are two Japanese players and the then world No. 1.

📅 Lost the World Championships quarter-final on 21 August 19-21, 12-21 in 40 minutes to An Se-young (KOR, 1st seed) / beat Kim Ga-eun (KOR, 12th seed) 21-19, 20-22, 21-14 in 59 minutes in the third round on 20 August — we hold no score for it, the figures come from the official BWF day data / lost the China Open quarter-final on 24 July 16-21, 21-14, 17-21 in 48 minutes to 🇯🇵Akane Yamaguchi / beat 🇯🇵Tomoka Miyazaki 21-10, 21-12 in 37 minutes in the Japan Open first round on 14 July

Hina Akechi Badminton: 2026 Results, Match by Match

明地陽菜／Saishunkan Pharmaceutical ／ 日本語

🔁 Her August and September international matches ended in exactly the same shape: she took the opening game by two points, lost the second, and lost the decider 19-21. One was the Korea Masters quarter-final in August, the other the China Masters first round in September — different tournament, different opponent, different country. 🆕Tomoka Miyazaki was her first-round opponent at both the Swiss Open in March and the China Masters in September — the only player she faced twice in 2026 (the ten matches we hold for 2026 read three wins and seven defeats). 🥇She won the Syed Modi International (Super 300) in November 2025 for her first BWF World Tour title. ⚠️The association roster lists her under the women's U24 national team, while her club calls her a 2026 Japan national team player; we publish both.

📅 Lost the China Masters 2026 first round on 2 September 21-19, 17-21, 19-21 in 69 minutes to 🇯🇵Tomoka Miyazaki in an all-Japanese tie / lost the Orleans Masters 2026 first round on 18 March 21-19, 13-21, 17-21 to 🇯🇵Nozomi Okuhara, the 5th seed and eventual champion / lost the Swiss Open 2026 first round on 11 March 8-21, 16-21 to 🇯🇵Tomoka Miyazaki, then the 3rd seed / lost the Korea Masters 2026 quarter-final in August 22-20, 15-21, 19-21 in 63 minutes to Ashmita Chaliha (IND) — we have no page for that event, the score comes from the BWF official player page / lost the China Open 2026 first round on 21 July 10-21, 21-10, 14-21 in 56 minutes to NGUYEN Thuy Linh (VIE) / lost the Daihatsu Japan Open 2026 first round on 14 July 6-21, 9-21 in 32 minutes to the top seed An Se Young (KOR) / played two singles rubbers for Saishunkan at the 76th All Japan Corporate Team Championships in June, winning one / reached the Thailand Masters 2026 quarter-finals in January as the 3rd seed, winning two matches before losing 21-12, 13-21, 12-21 in 47 minutes to 5th seed HUANG Yu-Hsun (TPE) — the scores are on our Thailand Masters 2027 page as 2026 results

Kunlavut Vitidsarn Badminton: 2026 Results, Match by Match

クンラビット・ビティサラン／Thailand ／ 日本語

🌏 The twenty-third overseas page on this site, and the first Thai player: World No. 1 in men's singles (13 October 2026, 91,115 points) and the 2023 world champion. ⚡The four matches our tournament pages recorded in 2026 are one win and three defeats, and all four went to three games. 🔢The official BWF day data has eleven at the same four events, seven of them won; the seven we do not hold are six wins and one defeat. 🔁He met Japan's Yushi Tanaka twice in 46 days and they won one each.

📅 Lost the China Masters quarter-final on 4 September 21-18, 17-21, 18-21 in 101 minutes to Anders Antonsen (5th seed) — our tournament page holds no score for it, the figures come from the official BWF day data / beat 🇯🇵Yushi Tanaka 15-21, 21-14, 22-20 in 66 minutes in the first round on 1 September / lost the World Championships quarter-final on 21 August 21-19, 16-21, 16-21 in 78 minutes to Alex Lanier (9th seed) / lost the China Open first round on 22 July 13-21, 21-8, 19-21 in 71 minutes to Rasmus Gemke

Lee Cheuk Yiu Badminton: 2026 Results, Match by Match

李卓耀／Hong Kong ／ 日本語

🌏 The twenty-fourth overseas page on this site, and the first player from Hong Kong: World No. 19 in men's singles (13 October 2026, 53,423 points) and the 2019 Hong Kong Open champion. 🥈Unseeded, he won four matches to reach the 2026 China Masters final in September and finished runner-up. 🔢Our tournament pages recorded three of his 2026 matches, one won; the official BWF day data has ten at the four events we have a page for, six of them won — and even at the event where he reached the final, we held only his last two.

📅 Lost the China Masters final on 6 September 9-21, 16-21 in 43 minutes to fellow Hong Kong player Jason Gunawan / beat Christo Popov (2nd seed) 21-15, 21-19 in 54 minutes in the semi-final on 5 September / won his first round, second round and quarter-final from 2 to 4 September — our tournament page holds no score for them, the figures come from the official BWF day data / lost the Japan Open second round on 16 July 21-14, 10-21, 11-21 in 55 minutes to 🇯🇵Yushi Tanaka

Jason Gunawan Badminton: 2026 Results, Match by Match

ジェイソン・グナワン／Hong Kong ／ 日本語

🌏 The twenty-fifth overseas page on this site: World No. 22 in men's singles (13 October 2026, 49,560 points), aged 22. 🥇He came into the China Masters 2026 unseeded and won all five matches for the title — our tournament page records it as the first Super 750 men's singles title for a Hong Kong player since that grading began in 2018. 🔢The five matches we hold are five wins, but the official BWF player data counts 14 events with 18 wins and 12 defeats across his 2026, and we have a page for just one of them.

📅 Won the China Masters final on 6 September 21-9, 21-16 in 43 minutes against his Hong Kong team-mate Lee Cheuk Yiu / beat Anders Antonsen (5th seed) 15-21, 22-20, 21-16 in 98 minutes in the semi-final on 5 September / beat top seed Jonatan Christie 21-16, 21-16 in 45 minutes in round two on 3 September / beat 🇯🇵Koki Watanabe 21-12, 21-17 in 44 minutes in round one on 1 September / named 2nd seed for the Vietnam Open that followed, but absent from the main draw

Takumi Nomura Badminton: 2026 Results, Match by Match

野村拓海／Japan ／ 日本語

🇯🇵 The forty-fifth player page on this site: men's doubles only, with Yuichi Shimogami, and World No. 25 on the official BWF list of 13 October 2026 (44,421 points). ⚡Our tournament pages record eight matches in 2026, four won and four lost, and they split cleanly by the opening game: three wins and no defeats when he took it, one win and four defeats when he did not. 🔴His partner played the Asian Games in September, but Nomura was not in that squad — and neither name is in the BWF main draw for the Arctic Open or the Denmark Open, so as of 15 October we have no autumn matches for him.

📅 Lost the China Masters 2026 quarter-final on 4 September 13-21, 21-19, 12-21 in 56 minutes to Tee Kai Wun / Yap Roy King (MAS) — his best result of the year in our records / beat C. Popov / T. J. Popov (FRA) 21-13, 21-17 in 39 minutes in the World Championships 2026 first round on 17 August, having only entered the draw on 24 July off the reserve list / 🆕 he was on the association's lists for the Arctic Open 2026, the Denmark Open 2026 and the French Open 2026 (draw out on 15 October) but is in none of the three BWF main draws, so as of 15 October he has no autumn matches

Yudai Okimoto Badminton: 2026 Results, Match by Match

沖本優大／Japan ／ 日本語

🇯🇵 The forty-sixth player page on this site: BIPROGY's 21-year-old men's singles player, World No. 23 on the official BWF list of 13 October 2026 (49,494 points). ⚡Our tournament pages record ten of his matches in 2026: five won, five lost — the best of them the Taipei Open 2026 title on 2 August, a 21-19, 21-12 win over Yoo Tae Bin (KOR) in the final and the first men's singles title won there by a Japanese player in 43 editions since 1980. 🔴His Canada Open title of July is still outside our records, because we have no page for that event.

📅 Unseeded semi-finalist at the Orleans Masters 2026 in March (lost 14-21, 12-21 to Alex Lanier) / lost the China Masters 2026 first round on 2 September 13-21, 21-12, 18-21 in 72 minutes to Julien CARRAGGI (BEL) / 🆕 lost the Arctic Open 2026 second round 16-21, 19-21 to Chou Tien-chen / beat Kodai Naraoka in the Denmark Open second round, then gave a walkover to 2nd seed Christo Popov in the quarter-final on 16 October (no reason has been given)

Akira Koga / Natsu Saito Badminton: 2026 Results, Match by Match

古賀輝／齋藤夏 ・ JTEKT / PLENTY GLOBAL LINX ／ 日本語

🇯🇵 The forty-seventh player page on this site: Japan's mixed doubles national-team pair for 2026, World No. 18 on the official BWF list of 13 October 2026 (49,590 points). 🥉Our tournament pages record ten of their 2026 matches across three events: seven won, three lost, with semi-final runs at the Thailand Masters in January and the Daihatsu Japan Open in July. Two of the three defeats were semi-finals, and in both the winners went on to take the title. 🏅They won the Canada Open (Super 300) on 5 July, but we hold no matches from that event.

📅 The Japan Open second round on 16 July was an all-Japanese tie, 21-10, 17-21, 21-8 over Yuta Watanabe / Maya Taguchi / lost the China Masters second round on 3 September 14-21, 21-19, 10-21 to the eighth seeds / quarter-finalists at the Arctic Open 2026 as the only pair sent as Japan's national team / quarter-finalists again at the Denmark Open, losing 15-21, 22-24 to HOO Pang Ron / LAI Pei Jing (MAS) on 16 October

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