Shintaro Ikeda

is a male badminton player from Japan.

Career Ikeda won the bronze medal at the 2007 World Championships in men's doubles with Shuichi Sakamoto, marking the first-ever medal won by Japanese men since the tournament's inception in 1977. They were defeated in the semifinals by Jung Jae-sung and Lee Yong-dae of South Korea, 16–21, 12–21.

He has taken part at two Olympic Games, competing in the men's doubles with Shuichi Sakamoto in 2008 and the mixed doubles with Reiko Shiota in 2012.

Awards and nominations + Award Year Category Result Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) Awards 2007 Special Achievement Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Awards 2007 International Competition Outstanding Achievement

Achievements World Championships Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref

was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011. Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2012 Singapore Open Reiko Shiota Chen Hung-ling Cheng Wen-hsing 17–21, 11–21 Runner-up Superseries Tournament

BWF Grand Prix The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation since 1983.

Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2007 Russian Open Shuichi Sakamoto Kristof Hopp Ingo Kindervater 16–21, 20–22 Runner-up

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2010 Dutch Open Reiko Shiota Alexandr Nikolaenko Valeri Sorokina 20–22, 9–21 Runner-up 2011 German Open Reiko Shiota Robert Blair Gabrielle White 21–16, 16–21, 15–21 Runner-up 2011 Russian Open Reiko Shiota Alexandr Nikolaenko Valeri Sorokina 18–21, 14–21 Runner-up BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2007 Osaka International Shuichi Sakamoto Cho Gun-woo Han Sang-hoon 18–21, 21–16, 11–21 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament