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)
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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