Takuma Obayashi

is a Japanese badminton player affiliated with Tonami. He won his first BWF World Tour title at the 2023 Indonesia Masters Super 100 II.

Career Obayashi made his international senior debut at the Vietnam International Challenge in 2018, and participated in his first BWF World Tour tournament, the Canada Open, later that year. He reached the finals of a senior international tournament for the first time at the Osaka International in 2019, finishing runner-up to countryman and former Saitama Sakae High School teammate Koki Watanabe.

Achievements

BWF World Tour (1 title, 2 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 singles

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 2 runners-up) Men's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref 2019 Osaka International Koki Watanabe 21–19, 17–21, 7–21 Runner-up 2020 Jamaica International Yushi Tanaka 21–11, 17–21, 21–12 Winner 2020 Peru Future Series Yushi Tanaka 13–21, 21–8, 18–21 Runner-up 2022 Canadian International Brian Yang 21–11, 21–17 Winner 2023 Vietnam International Lê Đức Phát 21–14, 21–15 Winner 2023 Saipan International Jeon Hyeok-jin 21–19, 21–16 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International (1 title, 1 runner-up) Boys' doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2017 German Junior Hikaru Minegishi Mahiro Kaneko Yunosuke Kubota 15–21, 18–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2017 India Junior International Natsu Saito Rinov Rivaldy Angelica Wiratama 18–21, 21–16, 21–17 Winner

BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament

Performance timeline

National team Junior level Team events 2016 2017 Asian Junior Championships B B World Junior Championships A B

Senior level Team events 2024 Asia Team Championships B

Individual competitions Junior level Events 2016 2017 Asian Junior Championships 3R A World Junior Championships A QF

Senior level

Record against selected opponents Record against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 15 May 2025.

Player Matches Win Lost Victor Lai 1 1 0 +1 Chou Tien-chen 2 0 2 –2 Anders Antonsen 3 1 2 –1 Viktor Axelsen 1 0 1 –1 Alex Lanier 3 1 2 –1 Lakshya Sen 2 0 2 –2

Player Matches Win Lost Tommy Sugiarto 1 1 0 +1 Kodai Naraoka 4 0 4 –4 Loh Kean Yew 1 0 1 –1 Kunlavut Vitidsarn 3 1 2 –1 Kantaphon Wangcharoen 3 3 0 +3