Riku Hatano

Early career Riku Hatano began playing badminton at the age of seven in Memuro, Hokkaido. He attended Obihiro Daiichi Junior High School and Saitama Sakae High School. While at Saitama Sakae High School, he won the boys' singles title at the 2018 All Japan Junior Badminton Championships (JOC Junior Olympic Cup). He was also the singles runner-up at the National High School Invitational Tournament in both 2018 and 2019.

On the international junior circuit, Hatano was a member of the Japanese team that won a silver medal at the 2018 Asian Junior Championships.

In 2022, Hatano won his first senior international titles at the Slovak Open by defeating Chi Yu-jen in the final. He also finished as the runner-up to Tanaka at the North Harbour International. He was also a member of the Japanese squad that secured a bronze medal at the 2022 Thomas Cup. He later finished as the runner-up in two International Challenge tournaments: the Malaysia International, where he was defeated by Minoru Koga, and the Indonesia International, where he lost to Koo Takahashi.

BWF International Challenge tournament BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International (1 runner-up) Boys' doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2018 Banthongyord Junior International Takuma Kawamoto Liang Weikeng Shang Yichen 21–18, 16–21, 11–21 Runner-up BWF Junior International Challenge tournament

Performance timeline

National team Junior level Team events 2018 Ref Asian Junior Championships S

Senior level Team events 2022 Ref Asia Team Championships RR Thomas Cup B

Individual competitions Junior level Senior level

Record against selected opponents Record against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 5 July 2025.

Player Matches Win Lost Viktor Axelsen 1 0 1 –1 Alex Lanier 1 1 0 +1 Lakshya Sen 1 0 1 –1 Kodai Naraoka 2 0 2 –2

Player Matches Win Lost Lee Zii Jia 1 0 1 –1 Loh Kean Yew 1 0 1 –1 Kunlavut Vitidsarn 1 0 1 –1