Taichi Saito

is a Japanese badminton player affiliated with NTT East club.

Achievements

BWF World Tour (4 runners-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, 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, and the BWF Tour Super 100.

Men's doubles Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2019 Orléans Masters Super 100 Akira Koga Lee Yang Wang Chi-lin 21–16, 20–22, 15–21 Runner-up 2019 Akita Masters Super 100 Akira Koga Ou Xuanyi Zhang Nan 14–21, 19–21 Runner-up 2019 Indonesia Masters Super 100 Akira Koga Ou Xuanyi Zhang Nan 21–11, 10–21, 20–22 Runner-up 2023 Syed Modi International Super 300 Akira Koga Choong Hon Jian Muhammad Haikal 21–18, 18–21, 16–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title) Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2018 South Australia International Akira Koga Danny Bawa Chrisnanta Terry Hee 21–11, 19–21, 21–16 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament

Record against selected opponents Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 23 August 2026.

Akira Koga

Players He Jiting & Tan Qiang 1 0 1 –1 Li Junhui & Liu Yuchen 1 0 1 –1 Liang Weikeng & Wang Chang 2 1 1 0 Liu Yuchen & Ou Xuanyi 6 1 5 –4 Lee Jhe-huei & Yang Po-hsuan 2 0 2 –2 Lee Yang & Wang Chi-lin 6 1 5 –4 Kim Astrup & Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 3 1 2 –1 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy & Chirag Shetty 4 2 2 0 Mohammad Ahsan & Hendra Setiawan 3 0 3 –3 Fajar Alfian & Muhammad Rian Ardianto 6 1 5 –4 Marcus Fernaldi Gideon & Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo 2 0 2 –2

Players Takeshi Kamura & Keigo Sonoda 2 0 2 –2 Takuro Hoki & Yugo Kobayashi 6 2 4 –2 Aaron Chia & Soh Wooi Yik 9 4 5 –1 Goh Sze Fei & Nur Izzuddin 4 3 1 +2 Goh V Shem & Tan Wee Kiong 1 0 1 –1 Ong Yew Sin & Teo Ee Yi 2 0 2 –2 Kang Min-hyuk & Seo Seung-jae 2 0 2 –2 Ko Sung-hyun & Shin Baek-cheol 6 1 5 –4 Bodin Isara & Maneepong Jongjit 1 0 1 –1 Supak Jomkoh & Kittinupong Kedren 1 1 0 +1