Kyohei Yamashita

Early career In 2016, Yamashita competed at junior international level, partnering Naoki Yamazawa in boys' doubles. The pair finished as runners-up at the Dutch Junior before winning the German Junior; they faced Hiroki Okamura and Masayuki Onodera in both finals.

2022–2023: World top 15 and team medals Yamashita and Shinoya reached a career-high mixed doubles world ranking of 13 in December 2022. Their 2022 season was highlighted by quarterfinal appearances at the Denmark Open and the Australian Open. In 2023, the pair reached the semifinals of the German Open and the Canada Open, as well as the quarterfinals of the All England Open. In men's doubles, Yamashita and Midorikawa won the Osaka International in 2023. Yamashita then resumed his men's doubles partnership with Midorikawa. They won consecutive titles at the Sydney International and the North Harbour International.

In 2025, Yamashita and Midorikawa reached the semifinals of the Swiss Open, having defeated the world No. 2 pair Goh Sze Fei and Nur Izzuddin in the first round, and also advanced to the semifinals at the Taipei Open. Yamashita also won another bronze medal with the Japanese team at the Sudirman Cup. The pair reached a career-high men's doubles ranking of 25 in September 2025 and finished the season as runners-up at the Super 500 Japan Masters, losing the final to South Korea's Kim Won-ho and Seo Seung-jae.

Achievements World Championships Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref

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 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.

Men's doubles Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2025 Japan Masters Super 500 Hiroki Midorikawa Kim Won-ho Seo Seung-jae 22–20, 11–21, 16–21 Runner-up 2026 India Open Super 750 Hiroki Midorikawa Liang Weikeng Wang Chang 21–17, 23–25, 16–21 Runner-up 2026 Orléans Masters Super 300 Hiroki Okamura Hu Keyuan Lin Xiangyi 19–21, 14–21 Runner-up 2026 U.S. Open Super 300 Hiroki Okamura Chen Zhi-ray Lin Yu-chieh 21–18, 16–21, 21–16 Winner 2026 Canada Open Super 300 Hiroki Okamura Christian Faust Kjær Rasmus Kjær 13–21, 21–10, 21–17 Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles) Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2019 Malaysia International Hiroki Midorikawa Liang Weikeng Shang Yichen 18–21, 21–10, 21–16 Winner 2023 Osaka International Hiroki Midorikawa Wei Chun-wei Wu Guan-xun 21–14, 21–14 Winner 2024 Sydney International Hiroki Midorikawa Lai Po-yu Tsai Fu-cheng 21–14, 21–16 Winner 2024 North Harbour International Hiroki Midorikawa Lai Po-yu Tsai Fu-cheng 16–21, 21–14, 21–14 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF Junior International (1 title, 1 runner-up) Boys' doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2016 Dutch Junior Naoki Yamazawa Hiroki Okamura Masayuki Onodera 21–17, 11–21, 20–22 Runner-up 2016 German Junior Naoki Yamazawa Hiroki Okamura Masayuki Onodera 21–14, 21–19 Winner BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament

Performance timeline

National team Junior level Team events 2016 Ref Asian Junior Championships B

Senior level Team events 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Ref Asian Games B NH A Sudirman Cup NH B NH B NH

Individual competitions Senior level Men's doubles

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Naru Shinoya

Players Feng Yanzhe & Huang Dongping 5 1 4 –3 Jiang Zhenbang & Wei Yaxin 2 0 2 –2 Zheng Siwei & Huang Yaqiong 2 0 2 –2 Marcus Ellis & Lauren Smith 3 3 0 +3 Thom Gicquel & Delphine Delrue 1 0 1 –1 Mark Lamsfuß & Isabel Lohau 3 3 0 +3 Tang Chun Man & Tse Ying Suet 3 1 2 –1

Players Praveen Jordan & Melati Daeva Oktavianti 2 0 2 –2 Yuta Watanabe & Arisa Higashino 3 0 3 –3 Chen Tang Jie & Toh Ee Wei 1 0 1 –1 Kim Won-ho & Jeong Na-eun 8 1 7 –6 Seo Seung-jae & Chae Yoo-jung 2 0 2 –2 Dechapol Puavaranukroh & Sapsiree Taerattanachai 3 1 2 –1

Hiroki Midorikawa

Players Chen Boyang & Liu Yi 2 0 2 –2 Liang Weikeng & Wang Chang 1 0 1 –1 Lee Jhe-huei & Yang Po-hsuan 1 0 1 –1 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy & Chirag Shetty 1 1 0 +1

Players Aaron Chia & Soh Wooi Yik 2 1 1 0 Goh Sze Fei & Nur Izzuddin 3 2 1 +1 Ong Yew Sin & Teo Ee Yi 1 1 0 +1 Kim Won-ho & Seo Seung-jae 3 0 3 –3

Hiroki Okamura Players Satwiksairaj Rankireddy & Chirag Shetty 1 0 1 –1 Goh Sze Fei & Nur Izzuddin 1 0 1 –1