Yugo Kobayashi

Career 2025 Kobayashi and Hoki began their 2025 season in April following Kobayashi's recovery from a knee injury. In May, Kobayashi represented Japan at the Sudirman Cup in Xiamen, where the team earned bronze medals. That same month, Kobayashi and Hoki reached the semi-finals of the Malaysia Masters. The pair subsequently advanced to the quarter-finals of the Indonesia Open in June and the World Championships in August, followed by a semi-final appearance at the Korea Open in September. In October, Kobayashi and Hoki won their first title of the year at the Super 750 Denmark Open. They defeated the Indian duo Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty in the semifinals—their first victory over the pair in six years. They claimed the title by overcoming the Indonesian pair Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Shohibul Fikri. The following month, he was a member of the Japanese squad that secured the nation's first men's team title at the Asia Team Championships in Qingdao. Later in the season, the pair advanced to the second round at the All England Open in March and the Asian Championships in April. In April, Kobayashi withdrew from the Japanese squad for the Thomas Cup in Horsens due to an injury.

Records First Japanese men's doubles pair to win gold at the BWF World Championships (2021, partnered with Takuro Hoki).

Achievements World Championships Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2019 St. Jakobshalle,Basel, Switzerland Takuro Hoki Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan 23–25, 21–9, 15–21 Silver Silver 2021 Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín,Huelva, Spain Takuro Hoki He Jiting Tan Qiang 21–12, 21–18 Gold Gold

Asian Championships Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2023 Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Indoor Hall,Dubai, United Arab Emirates Takuro Hoki Ong Yew Sin Teo Ee Yi 16–21, 24–26 Bronze Bronze

BWF World Tour (7 titles, 5 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 Tours are 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 2018 Korea Open Super 500 Takuro Hoki Hiroyuki Endo Yuta Watanabe 21–9, 15–21, 10–21 Runner-up 2021 Denmark Open Super 1000 Takuro Hoki Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 21–18, 21–12 Winner 2021 Indonesia Masters Super 750 Takuro Hoki Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo 21–11, 17–21, 21–19 Winner 2021 Indonesia Open Super 1000 Takuro Hoki Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo 14–21, 18–21 Runner-up 2021 BWF World Tour Finals World Tour Finals Takuro Hoki Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo 21–16, 13–21, 21–17 Winner 2022 Thailand Open Super 500 Takuro Hoki Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto 13–4 Winner 2022 Malaysia Open Super 750 Takuro Hoki Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto 24–22, 16–21, 21–9 Winner 2023 Singapore Open Super 750 Takuro Hoki Liang Weikeng Wang Chang 21–13, 21–18 Winner 2023 Japan Open Super 750 Takuro Hoki Lee Yang Wang Chi-lin 19–21, 13–21 Runner-up 2023 Australian Open Super 500 Takuro Hoki Kang Min-hyuk Seo Seung-jae 17–21, 17–21 Runner-up 2024 Japan Masters Super 500 Takuro Hoki Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto 15–21, 21–17, 17–21 Runner-up 2025 Denmark Open Super 750 Takuro Hoki Fajar Alfian Muhammad Shohibul Fikri 21–18, 15–21, 21–19 Winner

BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 1 runner-up) The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2016 U.S. Open Takuro Hoki Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen 11–21, 20–22 Runner-up

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2016 U.S. Open Wakana Nagahara Robert Mateusiak Nadieżda Zięba 21–16, 21–18 Winner 2016 Spanish International Takuro Hoki Mathias Christiansen David Daugaard 21–10, 21–6 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.

Takuro Hoki

Players Chai Biao & Hong Wei 1 0 1 –1 Chen Boyang & Liu Yi 5 5 0 +5 He Jiting & Tan Qiang 7 2 5 –3 Li Junhui & Liu Yuchen 7 2 5 –3 Liang Weikeng & Wang Chang 10 5 5 0 Liu Cheng & Zhang Nan 5 2 3 –1 Liu Yuchen & Ou Xuanyi 5 2 3 –1 Chen Hung-ling & Wang Chi-lin 2 2 0 +2 Lee Jhe-huei & Yang Po-hsuan 5 1 4 –3 Lee Yang & Wang Chi-lin 9 4 5 –1 Kim Astrup & Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 16 8 8 0 Mathias Boe & Carsten Mogensen 5 1 4 –3 Marcus Ellis & Chris Langridge 1 0 1 –1 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy & Chirag Shetty 7 2 5 –3 Mohammad Ahsan & Rian Agung Saputro 1 0 1 –1 Mohammad Ahsan & Hendra Setiawan 6 3 3 0

Players Fajar Alfian & Muhammad Rian Ardianto 9 4 5 –1 Marcus Fernaldi Gideon & Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo 15 4 11 –7 Hiroyuki Endo & Yuta Watanabe 3 2 1 +1 Takeshi Kamura & Keigo Sonoda 7 2 5 –3 Aaron Chia & Soh Wooi Yik 12 9 3 +6 Goh Sze Fei & Nur Izzuddin 6 3 3 0 Goh V Shem & Tan Wee Kiong 2 1 1 0 Koo Kien Keat & Tan Boon Heong 1 0 1 –1 Ong Yew Sin & Teo Ee Yi 11 9 2 +7 Vladimir Ivanov & Ivan Sozonov 3 0 3 –3 Kang Min-hyuk & Seo Seung-jae 9 3 6 –3 Kim Gi-jung & Kim Sa-rang 1 1 0 +1 Kim Won-ho & Seo Seung-jae 6 0 6 –6 Ko Sung-hyun & Shin Baek-cheol 1 0 1 –1 Bodin Isara & Maneepong Jongjit 1 0 1 –1 Supak Jomkoh & Kittinupong Kedren 3 3 0 +3

Misaki Matsutomo Players Wang Yilyu & Huang Dongping 1 0 1 –1 Zhang Nan & Li Yinhui 1 0 1 –1 Zheng Siwei & Chen Qingchen 1 0 1 –1 Zheng Siwei & Huang Yaqiong 1 0 1 –1 Chris Adcock & Gabrielle Adcock 2 2 0 +2 Marcus Ellis & Lauren Smith 1 0 1 –1 Praveen Jordan & Debby Susanto 1 0 1 –1 Tontowi Ahmad & Liliyana Natsir 1 0 1 –1

Wakana Nagahara Players Robert Mateusiak & Nadieżda Zięba 1 1 0 +1