Kodai Naraoka

Awards and nominations

Achievements

World Championships Men's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref 2023 Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark Kunlavut Vitidsarn 21–19, 18–21, 7–21 Silver Silver

Asian Championships Men's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref 2024 Ningbo Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Ningbo, China Li Shifeng 21–14, 15–21, 12–21 Bronze Bronze

Youth Olympic Games Boys' singles

World Junior Championships Boys' singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref 2017 Among Rogo Sports Hall, Yogyakarta, Indonesia Leong Jun Hao 14–21, 20–22 Bronze Bronze 2018 Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada Kunlavut Vitidsarn 9–21, 11–21Silver Silver

BWF World Tour (3 titles, 6 runners-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.

Men's singles Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result Ref 2022 Korea Masters Super 300 Jeon Hyeok-jin 17–21, 16–21 Runner-up 2022 Singapore Open Super 500 Anthony Sinisuka Ginting 21–23, 17–21 Runner-up 2022 Taipei Open Super 300 Chou Tien-chen 21–14, 10–21, 6–21 Runner-up 2022 Vietnam Open Super 100 Sun Feixiang 10–21, 21–14, 21–17 Winner 2023 Malaysia Open Super 1000 Viktor Axelsen 6–21, 15–21 Runner-up 2023 China Masters Super 750 Kenta Nishimoto 21–13, 21–13 Winner 2024 Australian Open Super 500 Lee Zii Jia 19–21, 21–11, 18–21 Runner-up 2024 China Open Super 1000 Weng Hongyang 17–21, 12–21 Runner-up 2025 Japan Masters Super 500 Kenta Nishimoto 21–11, 10–21, 21–15 Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 2 runners-up) Men's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2018 Osaka International Yu Igarashi 21–14, 11–21, 12–21 Runner-up 2018 Yonex / K&D Graphics International Koki Watanabe 14–21, 21–14, 15–21 Runner-up 2019 Lao International Minoru Koga 22–20, 22–20 Winner 2019 Jamaica International Kevin Cordón 21–17, 21–8 Winner 2019 Mongolia International Kunlavut Vitidsarn 9–21, 21–17, 23–21 Winner 2019 Dubai International Yusuke Onodera 21–14, 21–17 Winner 2019 Yonex / K&D Graphics International Jason Ho-Shue 21–13, 21–14 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament

BWF Junior International (1 runner-up) Boys' singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref 2015 Australian Junior International Kenya Mitsuhashi 20–22, 21–14, 16–21 Runner-up BWF Junior Future Series tournament

Record against selected opponents Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 23 August 2026.

Player Matches Win Lost Victor Lai 1 0 1 –1 Shi Yuqi 16 5 11 –6 Zhao Junpeng 1 1 0 +1 Chou Tien-chen 9 3 6 –3 Anders Antonsen 10 5 5 0 Viktor Axelsen 7 1 6 –5 Alex Lanier 2 1 1 0 Christo Popov 7 3 4 –1 Kevin Cordón 1 1 0 +1 Srikanth Kidambi 4 4 0 +4

Player Matches Win Lost Prannoy H. S. 7 6 1 +5 Lakshya Sen 8 6 2 +4 Anthony Sinisuka Ginting 4 1 3 –2 Sony Dwi Kuncoro 1 1 0 +1 Lee Zii Jia 6 3 3 0 Liew Daren 1 1 0 +1 Loh Kean Yew 8 0 8 –8 Kunlavut Vitidsarn 14 5 9 –4 Kantaphon Wangcharoen 3 3 0 +3