Ryota Taohata

is a Japanese badminton player who affiliated with Nihon Unisys team since April 2011. He was a bronze medalist at the 2013 East Asian Games in the men's doubles event, and was part of the Japanese team that won silver medal at the 2016 Asia Team Championships. He won the mixed doubles titles at the 2012 Canada Open and 2014 Russian Open. He retired from the Unisys team on 31 March 2017.

Achievements

East Asian Games Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2013 Binhai New Area Dagang Gymnasium,Tianjin, China Hiroyuki Saeki Chen Hung-ling Lu Chia-pin 19–21, 21–15, 17–21 Bronze Bronze

BWF Grand Prix The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2012 Canada Open Hiroyuki Saeki Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda 21–12, 16–21, 19–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2012 Canada Open Ayaka Takahashi Takeshi Kamura Koharu Yonemoto 21–14, 21–16 Winner 2016 Chinese Taipei Masters Koharu Yonemoto Tang Chun Man Tse Ying Suet 3–11, 7–11, 12–14 Runner-up BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2011 Austrian International Hiroyuki Saeki Anthony Clark Chris Langridge 15–21, 16–21 Runner-up 2012 Austrian International Hiroyuki Saeki K. T. Rupesh Kumar Sanave Thomas 21–23, 20–22 Runner-up 2012 Scottish International Hiroyuki Saeki Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda 21–16, 11–21, 17–21 Runner-up 2013 Austrian International Hiroyuki Saeki Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda 21–18, 15–21, 21–18 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament