Yugo Kobayashi

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]

Yugo Kobayashi
小林優吾
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1995-07-10) 10 July 1995
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)
BWF profile

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland Takuro Hoki Mohammad Ahsan
Hendra Setiawan
23–25, 21-9, 15–21 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 Takuro Hoki Hiroyuki Endo
Yuta Watanabe
21–9, 15–21, 10–21 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 Takuro Hoki Mathias Boe
Carsten Mogensen
11–21, 20–22 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 U.S. Open Wakana Nagahara Robert Mateusiak
Nadiezda Zieba
21–16, 21–18 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 Takuro Hoki Adrian Liu
Derrick Ng
21–17, 21–19 Winner
2016 Spanish International Takuro Hoki Mathias Christiansen
David Daugaard
21–10, 21–6 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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