Sho Sasaki

is a retired Japanese badminton player from the Tonami Transportation team. He competed in the 2012 London Olympics and the 2016 Rio Olympics. He also participated in four Asian Games from 2002 to 2014.

Career In 2007, he won the All Japan Badminton Championships in men's singles and 7 international tournaments: the Bahrain Satellite, the Banuinvest International, the Osaka International, the Israel International, the Mauritius International, the Victorian International, and the Italian International. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he reached the quarter-finals in the men's singles, losing to Lin Dan. In 2016, he did not advance to the knock-out stage after finishing second in the group stage. He beat Petr Koukal of the Czech Republic, but was defeated by Rajiv Ouseph of Great Britain.

In 2017, he announced his retirement from the international badminton. He was ranked as high as No.6 in his career.

Awards In May 2012 he received the People's Honor Award from Hokuto City, and in 2013, he received a Sports Award at the Toyama Shinbun Culture, Performing Arts and Sports Awards Ceremony.

BWF Grand Prix The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Men's Singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref 2008 German Open Lee Hyun-il 20–22, 5–21 Runner-up 2010 Dutch Open Ajay Jayaram 21–16, 21–19 Winner 2011 Australian Open Wong Choong Hann 21–11, 12–21. 21–19 Winner 2011 U.S. Open Nguyen Tien Minh 21–17, 21–18 Winner 2011 Vietnam Open Nguyen Tien Minh 13–21, 17–21 Runner-up BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series Men's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref 2001 Cuba International Shōji Satō 10–15, 5–15 Runner-up 2002 Nigeria International Shōji Satō 15–7, 15–10 Winner 2003 Giraldilla International Richard Vaughan 11–15, 15–6, 15–12 Winner 2003 Slovak International Hidetaka Yamada 15–10, 15–13 Winner 2007 Bahrain Satellite Pablo Abián 21–10, 21–11 Winner 2007 Banuinvest International Andre Kurniawan Tedjono 21–8, 21–12 Winner 2007 Osaka International Shōji Satō 19–21, 21–14, 21–19 Winner 2007 Hatzor International Petr Koukal 21–15, 21–16 Winner 2007 Mauritius International Niels Christian Kaldau 21–10, 21–13 Winner 2007 Victorian International Yousuke Nakanishi 21–10, 21–9 Winner 2007 Italian International Andrew Dabeka 21–6, 16–21, 21–17 Winner 2010 Osaka International Kazushi Yamada 21–14, 21–17 Winner

Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2001 Ten Days of Dawn Shōji Satō Afshin Bozorgzadeh Ali Shahhoseini 15–9, 15–12 Winner 2001 Cuba International Shōji Satō Reizel Acosta Lázaro Jerez Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament