Takeshi Kamura

Takeshi Kamura (嘉村健士, Kamura Takeshi, born 14 February 1990) is a Japanese badminton player. He affiliated with the Tonami team since 2012, and has been selected to join the national team in 2013. Kamura was part of the national team that won the 2014 Thomas Cup. He captured his first Superseries title at the 2016 Hong Kong Open, and reached a career high of world number 2 in the men's doubles partnered with Keigo Sonoda in January 2017.[1][2]

Takeshi Kamura
嘉村　健士
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1990-02-14) 14 February 1990
Saga Prefecture, Japan
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking2 (MD 26 January 2017)
37 (XD 1 July 2013)
Current ranking4 (MD 17 March 2020)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Japan
World Championships
2018 Nanjing Men's doubles
2017 Glasgow Men's doubles
Sudirman Cup
2015 Dongguan Mixed team
2019 Nanning Mixed team
2017 Gold Coast Mixed team
Thomas Cup
2014 New Delhi Men's team
2018 Bangkok Men's team
Asian Games
2018 Jakarta-Palembang Men's team
Asian Championships
2018 Wuhan Men's doubles
2016 Wuhan Men's doubles
2017 Wuhan Men's doubles
2019 Wuhan Men's doubles
Asia Mixed Team Championships
2017 Ho Chi Minh Mixed team
Asia Team Championships
2016 Hyderabad Men's team
Asian Junior Championships
2007 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team
BWF profile

Kamura won the silver medal at the 2018 World Championships and a bronze in 2017. In the continental Asia, he helps the national team won the 2017 Asia Mixed Team Championships, also collected a silver and three bronze medals in the individual men's doubles event. He competed at the 2014 and 2018 Asian Games.[3]

Kamura has announced in an interview that the Tokyo Olympics will be his "last shot at an Olympics."[4]

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Emirates Arena,
Glasgow, Scotland		 Keigo Sonoda Mohammad Ahsan
Rian Agung Saputro		 12–21, 15–21 Bronze
2018 Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park,
Nanjing, China		 Keigo Sonoda Li Junhui
Liu Yuchen		 12–21, 19–21 Silver

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China		 Keigo Sonoda Lee Yong-dae
Yoo Yeon-seong		 17–21, 18–21 Bronze
2017 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China		 Keigo Sonoda Li Junhui
Liu Yuchen		 15–21, 21–13, 18–21 Bronze
2018 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China		 Keigo Sonoda Li Junhui
Liu Yuchen		 21–11, 10–21, 13–21 Silver
2019 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China		 Keigo Sonoda Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo		 21–15, 17–21, 15–21 Bronze

BWF World Tour (3 titles, 7 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[5] 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.[6]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Malaysia Open Super 750 Keigo Sonoda Hiroyuki Endo
Yuta Watanabe		 21–8, 21–10 Winner
2018 Thailand Open Super 500 Keigo Sonoda Hiroyuki Endo
Yuta Watanabe		 21–17, 21–19 Winner
2018 Denmark Open Super 750 Keigo Sonoda Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo		 15–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2018 Hong Kong Open Super 500 Keigo Sonoda Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo		 13–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2019 German Open Super 300 Keigo Sonoda Hiroyuki Endo
Yuta Watanabe		 21–15, 11–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2019 Malaysia Open Super 750 Keigo Sonoda Li Junhui
Liu Yuchen		 12–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2019 Singapore Open Super 500 Keigo Sonoda Mohammad Ahsan
Hendra Setiawan		 21–13, 19–21, 21–17 Winner
2019 Australian Open Super 300 Keigo Sonoda Ko Sung Hyun
Shin Baek-Cheol		 11–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2019 Korea Open Super 500 Keigo Sonoda Fajar Alfian
Muhammad Rian Ardianto		 16–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2019 Fuzhou China Open Super 750 Keigo Sonoda Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo		 17–21, 9–21 Runner-up

BWF Superseries (2 titles, 2 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two levels: Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Singapore Open Keigo Sonoda Fu Haifeng
Zhang Nan		 11–21, 20–22 Runner-up
2016 Hong Kong Open Keigo Sonoda Mathias Boe
Carsten Mogensen		 21–19, 21–19 Winner
2016 Dubai World Superseries Finals Keigo Sonoda Goh V Shem
Tan Wee Kiong		 14–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2017 Australia Open Keigo Sonoda Hendra Setiawan
Tan Boon Heong		 21–17, 21–19 Winner
  Superseries Finals Tournament
  Superseries Premier Tournament
  Superseries Tournament

BWF Grand Prix (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

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
2012 Canada Open Keigo Sonoda Hiroyuki Saeki
Ryota Taohata		 12–21, 21–16, 21–19 Winner
2013 U.S. Open Keigo Sonoda Liang Jui-wei
Liao Kuan-hao		 21–16, 27–25 Winner
2014 German Open Keigo Sonoda Hiroyuki Endo
Kenichi Hayakawa		 21–19, 14–21, 21–14 Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Canada Open Koharu Yonemoto Ryota Taohata
Ayaka Takahashi		 14–21, 16–21 Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 3 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 Vietnam International Takuma Ueda Chow Pak Chuu
Hong Chieng Hun		 21–14, 21–14 Winner
2011 Malaysia International Keigo Sonoda Chen Chung-jen
Lin Yen-jui		 21–13, 21–17 Winner
2012 Osaka International Keigo Sonoda Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Agripina Prima Rahmanto		 21–17, 21–23, 21–18 Winner
2012 Scottish International Keigo Sonoda Hiroyuki Saeki
Ryota Taohata		 16–21, 21–11, 21–17 Winner
2013 Austrian International Keigo Sonoda Hiroyuki Saeki
Ryota Taohata		 18–21, 21–15, 18–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 New Zealand International Koharu Yonemoto Danny Bawa Chrisnanta
Vanessa Neo Yu Yan		 14–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2011 Osaka International Koharu Yonemoto Keisuke Kawaguchi
Shinobu Ogura		 21–18, 21–7 Winner
2013 Osaka International Koharu Yonemoto Riky Widianto
Richi Puspita Dili		 15–21, 19–21 Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References
  1. "Players: Takeshi Kamura". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  2. "Badminton player: 嘉村　健士　Takeshi Kamura". www.tonami.co.jp (in Japanese). Tonami. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  3. "Men's Team - Entry List by Event". Incheon 2014 official website. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  4. "Kamura and Sonoda prove that in doubles, opposites really do attract". Olympic Channel. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  5. "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. 29 November 2017.
  6. "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. 15 January 2018.
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