Yuta Watanabe (badminton)

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For the basketball player, see Yuta Watanabe. For the baseball player, see Yuta Watanabe (baseball).

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The native form of this personal name is Watanabe Yūta. This article uses the Western name order.
Yuta Watanabe
渡辺 勇大
File:Yuta Watanabe.jpg
Watanabe with Hiroyuki Endo
Personal information
Country Japan
Born (1997-06-13) 13 June 1997 (age 27)
Suginami, Japan
Height 1.67 m
Weight 56 kg
Handedness Left
Coach Jeremy Gan
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking 4 (MD with Hiroyuki Endo, 5 March 2019)
1 (XD with Arisa Higashino, 8 November 2022)
Current ranking 5 (XD with Arisa Higashino, 16 July 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Mixed doubles
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Basel Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2021 Huelva Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2022 Tokyo Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Copenhagen Mixed doubles
Sudirman Cup
Silver medal – second place 2019 Nanning Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2021 Vantaa Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Gold Coast Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Suzhou Mixed team
Thomas Cup
Silver medal – second place 2018 Bangkok Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Aarhus Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Bangkok Men's team
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou Men's team
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Wuhan Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Manila Mixed doubles
Asia Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Ho Chi Minh Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Hong Kong Mixed team
Asia Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Manila Men's team
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Alor Setar Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Alor Setar Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Lima Boys' doubles
Asian Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Taipei Boys' doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Taipei Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Bangkok Boys' singles
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Bangkok Mixed team
BWF profile

Yuta Watanabe (渡辺 勇大 Watanabe Yūta?, born 13 June 1997) is a Japanese badminton player.[1] He is a member of the Nihon Unisys team, and national team A representative.[2] Known for his quick and explosive movements with signature drop shots on court, Watanabe, together with Arisa Higashino, had won 2 consecutive bronze medals in the mixed doubles event at the 2020[3] and 2024 Summer Olympics,[4] as well as being four-time BWF World Championships medalists.

Career

Early years

Watanabe started his career in badminton when he joined the Kodaira junior club in Tokyo in 2005. He had shown his talent in badminton when he won some national event when he was in the elementary school. He made a partnership with Arisa Higashino as his senior in Tomioka Dai-ichi Junior High School in 2012.[2]

Watanabe was selected to join national junior team competed at the 2014 Asian Junior Championships, and helped the team win the mixed team bronze medal. He also settled for another bronze medal in the boys' doubles event partnered with Kenya Mitsuhashi. At the World Junior Championships in Alor Setar, Malaysia, he won the bronze medals in the mixed doubles event with Arisa Higashino and in the mixed team event.[5][6] In June 2014, he made his first appearance in the senior international event at the Japan Open, competed in the mixed doubles with Higashino, but the duo was defeated in the first round. He captured two titles at the 2014 Korea Junior Open in the boys' and mixed doubles event teamed-up with Mitsuhashi and Chiharu Shida respectively.

Watanabe started the 2015 season, by winning the boys' doubles title at the Dutch Junior tournament with Kenya Mitsuhashi, and finished as the semi-finalists in the mixed doubles with Chiharu Shida, and later won the mixed doubles title in German Junior tournament. In July, he competed at the Asian Junior Championships, clinched the bronze medals in the boys' singles and mixed team events. He reached his first final in the senior international event at the 2015 Russian Open a BWF Grand Prix tournament. At the Danish Junior Cup, he clinched two titles by winning the boys' singles and doubles events. In November, he won the boys' doubles bronze medal at the World Junior Championships in Lima, Peru.

In 2016, Watanabe won his first senior title at Vietnam International Challenge in the mixed doubles paired-up with Higashino, besides that he became a runner-up in the men's doubles with Mitsuhashi.[7] In 2017, Watanabe started a new partnership with Hiroyuki Endo in the men's doubles. The notional points they both have managed them to compete in the Superseries event; while he and Higashino also have sufficient ranking to entered the Superseries stage. The best achievement during the season is to reach the semi-finals at German Open and Malaysia Masters in the men's doubles, and also semi-finals at the All England Open in the mixed doubles.

2018: Break to top 5 BWF rankings in both mixed and men's doubles; All England Open title

Significant progress occurs in 2018 season. Watanabe with his partner Higashino in the mixed doubles and Endo in the men's doubles are able to break the international doubles stage by reaching third and five place in the BWF rankings. Watanabe and Higashino became the first mixed doubles from Japan to win the All England Open since the tournament was first contested in 1899.[8] En route to the finals, they beating the top three seeds,[9] and then clinched the title after defeating the fifth seeded pair Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong in the rubber game.[8] Both also finished in the semi-finals at the Malaysia, Japan, French, and Fuzhou China Opens; and in the year-end tournament BWF World Tour Finals. Meanwhile, paired with Endo, they won the Korean Open title; and finished as finalists in the Malaysia Open, Thailand Open and World Tour Finals.

2021

In March, Watanabe won both the men's and mixed doubles disciplines in the All England Open with Hiroyuki Endo and Arisa Higashino. He was the first player in over 19 years to accomplish such a feat.[10] In July, he competed at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the men's doubles partnering Endo, and in the mixed doubles with Higashino. Watanabe and Endo's pace was stopped in the quarter-finals to eventual gold medalists Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin, while in the mixed doubles, Watanabe and Higashino clinched a bronze medal after winning the bronze medal game against Tang Chun Man and Tse Ying Suet in straight games.[11][12]

Achievements

Olympic Games

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2020 Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, Tokyo, Japan Japan Arisa Higashino Hong Kong Tang Chun Man
Hong Kong Tse Ying Suet		 21–17, 23–21 Bronze medal.svg Bronze
2024 Porte de La Chapelle Arena, Paris, France Japan Arisa Higashino South Korea Seo Seung-jae
South Korea Chae Yoo-jung		 21–13, 22–20 Bronze medal.svg Bronze

World Championships

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 St. Jakobshalle,
Basel, Switzerland		 Japan Arisa Higashino China Zheng Siwei
China Huang Yaqiong		 11–21, 15–21 Bronze Bronze
2021 Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín,
Huelva, Spain		 Japan Arisa Higashino Thailand Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Thailand Sapsiree Taerattanachai		 13–21, 14–21 Silver Silver
2022 Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium,
Tokyo, Japan		 Japan Arisa Higashino China Zheng Siwei
China Huang Yaqiong		 13–21, 16–21 Silver Silver
2023 Royal Arena,
Copenhagen, Denmark		 Japan Arisa Higashino South Korea Seo Seung-jae
South Korea Chae Yoo-jung		 15–21, 13–21 Bronze Bronze

Asian Games

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2022 Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China Japan Arisa Higashino China Zheng Siwei
China Huang Yaqiong		 15–21, 14–21 Silver Silver

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China		 Japan Hiroyuki Endo Indonesia Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Indonesia Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo		 21–18, 21–3 Gold Gold

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2022 Muntinlupa Sports Complex,
Metro Manila, Philippines		 Japan Arisa Higashino China Wang Yilyu
China Huang Dongping		 12–21, 22–24 Bronze Bronze

World Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Centro de Alto Rendimiento de la Videna,
Lima, Peru		 Japan Kenya Mitsuhashi China He Jiting
China Zheng Siwei		 13–21, 16–21 Bronze Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Stadium Sultan Abdul Halim,
Alor Setar, Malaysia		 Japan Arisa Higashino China Huang Kaixiang
China Chen Qingchen		 19–21, 12–21 Bronze Bronze

Asian Junior Championships

Boys' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2015 CPB Badminton Training Center, Bangkok, Thailand China Lin Guipu 10–21, 12–21 Bronze Bronze

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Taipei Gymnasium,
Taipei, Taiwan		 Japan Kenya Mitsuhashi China Huang Kaixiang
China Zheng Siwei		 10–21, 8–21 Bronze Bronze

BWF World Tour (15 titles, 15 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[13] 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.[14]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Malaysia Open Super 750 Japan Hiroyuki Endo Japan Takeshi Kamura
Japan Keigo Sonoda		 8–21, 10–21 2nd Runner-up
2018 Thailand Open Super 500 Japan Hiroyuki Endo Japan Takeshi Kamura
Japan Keigo Sonoda		 17–21, 19–21 2nd Runner-up
2018 Korea Open Super 500 Japan Hiroyuki Endo Japan Takuro Hoki
Japan Yugo Kobayashi		 9–21, 21–15, 21–10 1st Winner
2018 BWF World Tour Finals World Tour Finals Japan Hiroyuki Endo China Li Junhui
China Liu Yuchen		 15–21, 11–21 2nd Runner-up
2019 German Open Super 300 Japan Hiroyuki Endo Japan Takeshi Kamura
Japan Keigo Sonoda		 15–21, 21–11, 21–12 1st Winner
2019 New Zealand Open Super 300 Japan Hiroyuki Endo Indonesia Mohammad Ahsan
Indonesia Hendra Setiawan		 22–20, 15–21, 17–21 2nd Runner-up
2019 BWF World Tour Finals World Tour Finals Japan Hiroyuki Endo Indonesia Mohammad Ahsan
Indonesia Hendra Setiawan		 22–24, 19–21 2nd Runner-up
2020 All England Open Super 1000 Japan Hiroyuki Endo Indonesia Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Indonesia Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo		 21–18, 12–21, 21–19 1st Winner
2021 All England Open Super 1000 Japan Hiroyuki Endo Japan Takeshi Kamura
Japan Keigo Sonoda		 21–15, 17–21, 21–11 1st Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 All England Open Super 1000 Japan Arisa Higashino China Zheng Siwei
China Huang Yaqiong		 15–21, 22–20, 21–16 1st Winner
2018 Hong Kong Open Super 500 Japan Arisa Higashino China Wang Yilyu
China Huang Dongping		 21–18, 21–14 1st Winner
2019 Malaysia Masters Super 500 Japan Arisa Higashino Thailand Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Thailand Sapsiree Taerattanachai		 21–18, 21–18 1st Winner
2019 All England Open Super 1000 Japan Arisa Higashino China Zheng Siwei
China Huang Yaqiong		 17–21, 20–22 2nd Runner-up
2019 Thailand Open Super 500 Japan Arisa Higashino China Wang Yilyu
China Huang Dongping		 22–24, 21–23 2nd Runner-up
2019 Hong Kong Open Super 500 Japan Arisa Higashino China He Jiting
China Du Yue		 22–20, 21–16 1st Winner
2021 All England Open Super 1000 Japan Arisa Higashino Japan Yuki Kaneko
Japan Misaki Matsutomo		 21–14, 21–13 1st Winner
2021 Denmark Open Super 1000 Japan Arisa Higashino Thailand Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Thailand Sapsiree Taerattanachai		 21–18, 21–9 1st Winner
2021 French Open Super 750 Japan Arisa Higashino Denmark Mathias Christiansen
Denmark Alexandra Bøje		 21–8, 21–17 1st Winner
2021 Indonesia Open Super 1000 Japan Arisa Higashino Thailand Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Thailand Sapsiree Taerattanachai		 12–21, 13–21 2nd Runner-up
2021 BWF World Tour Finals World Tour Finals Japan Arisa Higashino Thailand Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Thailand Sapsiree Taerattanachai		 19–21, 11–21 2nd Runner-up
2022 All England Open Super 1000 Japan Arisa Higashino China Wang Yilyu
China Huang Dongping		 21–19, 21–19 1st Winner
2022 Indonesia Open Super 1000 Japan Arisa Higashino China Zheng Siwei
China Huang Yaqiong		 14–21, 16–21 2nd Runner-up
2022 Japan Open Super 750 Japan Arisa Higashino Thailand Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Thailand Sapsiree Taerattanachai		 21–16, 21–23, 18–21 2nd Runner-up
2023 Malaysia Open Super 1000 Japan Arisa Higashino China Zheng Siwei
China Huang Yaqiong		 19–21, 11–21 2nd Runner-up
2023 India Open Super 750 Japan Arisa Higashino China Wang Yilyu
China Huang Dongping		 Walkover 1st Winner
2023 Singapore Open Super 750 Japan Arisa Higashino Denmark Mathias Christiansen
Denmark Alexandra Bøje		 14–21, 22–20, 16–21 2nd Runner-up
2023 Indonesia Open Super 1000 Japan Arisa Higashino China Zheng Siwei
China Huang Yaqiong		 14–21, 11–21 2nd Runner-up
2023 Japan Open Super 750 Japan Arisa Higashino Thailand Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Thailand Sapsiree Taerattanachai		 17–21, 21–16, 21–15 1st Winner
2024 Malaysia Open Super 1000 Japan Arisa Higashino South Korea Kim Won-ho
South Korea Jeong Na-eun		 21–18, 21–15 1st Winner
2024 All England Open Super 1000 Japan Arisa Higashino China Zheng Siwei
China Huang Yaqiong		 16–21, 11–21 2nd Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix (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.

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Russian Open Japan Arisa Higashino Malaysia Chan Peng Soon
Malaysia Goh Liu Ying		 13–21, 21–23 2nd Runner-up
     BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
     BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 2 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Austrian Open Japan Kenya Mitsuhashi England Marcus Ellis
England Chris Langridge		 14–21, 16–21 2nd Runner-up
2016 Vietnam International Japan Kenya Mitsuhashi Malaysia Ong Yew Sin
Malaysia Teo Ee Yi		 19–21, 14–21 2nd Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Vietnam International Japan Arisa Higashino Thailand Tinn Isriyanet
Thailand Pacharapun Chochuwong		 21–16, 21–14 1st Winner
     BWF International Challenge tournament
     BWF International Series tournament

Performance timeline

Key
W F SF QF #R RR Q# A SF-B S G NH N/A


National team

  • Junior level
Team events 2014 2015 Ref
Asian Junior Championships B B
World Junior Championships B 4th [6]
  • Senior level
Team events 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Asia Team Championships NH QF NH A NH A NH
Asia Mixed Team Championships G NH S NH QF
Asian Games NH B NH B NH
Thomas Cup NH S NH B B NH
Sudirman Cup B NH S NH S NH B

Individual competitions

Junior level

  • Boys' singles
Event 2015
Asia Junior Championships B
World Junior Championships 2R
  • Boys' doubles
Event 2014 2015
Asia Junior Championships B 1R
World Junior Championships 1R B
  • Mixed doubles
Event 2014 Ref
Asia Junior Championships 3R
World Junior Championships B [5]

Senior level

Men's singles
Tournament Grand Prix Best
2015
Russian Open 1R 1R ('15)
Year-end ranking 1,091 973
Men's doubles
Event 2017 2018 2019 2020 Ref
Asian Championships 2R QF G NH
World Championships 2R 3R 2R NH
Olympic Games NH QF [11]
Tournament BWF Superseries / Grand Prix BWF World Tour Best Ref
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Syed Modi International A 1R A NH 1R ('18)
German Open A SF 1R W NH W ('19)
All England Open A 1R SF 2R W W W ('20, '21) [10]
Korea Open A W 2R NH W ('18)
Korea Masters A QF A NH QF ('16)
Thailand Open A F SF NH F ('18)
Indonesia Masters A NH 1R QF A QF ('19)
Indonesia Open A 1R 2R QF NH A QF ('19)
Malaysia Open A 1R F 1R NH F ('18)
Malaysia Masters A SF 2R QF A NH SF ('17)
Singapore Open A 1R A 2R NH 2R ('19)
Japan Open A 2R A 1R QF NH QF ('19)
U.S. Open A 2R A NH 2R ('16)
Denmark Open A 1R QF w/d A QF ('19)
French Open A 2R SF NH A SF ('19)
Hong Kong Open A 2R A 1R SF NH SF ('19)
Australian Open A 2R A 1R NH 2R ('17)
New Zealand Open A F NH F ('19)
China Open A 1R 1R 1R QF NH QF ('19)
China Masters A 2R 2R NH 2R ('18, '19)
Russian Open 2R A NH 2R ('15)
U.S. Grand Prix 1R N/A NH 1R ('15)
Superseries / World Tour Finals DNQ F F DNQ F ('18, '19)
Year-end ranking 224 62 27 5 6 5 5 4
Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Best
Mixed doubles
Event 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Ref
Asian Championships 1R 2R QF NH B w/d QF
Asian Games NH QF NH S NH
World Championships 2R 3R B NH S S B NH
Olympic Games NH B NH B [12]
Tournament BWF Superseries / Grand Prix BWF World Tour Best Ref
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Malaysia Open A 1R SF 1R NH 1R F W W ('24)
India Open A 1R A W QF W ('23)
Indonesia Masters A NH 1R SF A SF A w/d A SF ('19, '21)
German Open A 1R 2R QF NH 1R 2R A QF ('19)
French Open A SF SF NH W w/d SF QF W ('21)
All England Open A SF W F 2R W W 2R F W ('18, '21, '22) [8][10]
Thailand Open A 1R F NH SF A F ('19)
Malaysia Masters A 1R W A NH QF A W ('19)
Singapore Open A 1R A 1R NH A F 1R F ('23)
Indonesia Open A 2R QF 1R NH F F F 1R F ('21, '22, '23)
Canada Open A NH A QF QF ('23)
U.S. Open A 2R A NH A 2R ('16)
Korea Open A QF QF NH A SF SF ('23)
Japan Open 1R Q8 2R A SF QF NH F W W ('23)
Australian Open A 1R A SF NH w/d w/d SF ('19)
China Open A QF 1R QF QF NH QF QF ('16, '18, '19, '23)
Hong Kong Open A 2R A W W NH w/d W ('18, '19)
Denmark Open A 1R 1R w/d W QF 2R W ('21)
Hylo Open A w/d A —
Korea Masters A 2R A NH A 2R ('16)
Japan Masters NH SF SF ('23)
China Masters A SF A SF SF NH 1R SF ('16, '18, '19)
Superseries / World Tour Finals DNQ SF SF DNQ F w/d SF F ('21)
New Zealand Open A QF A NH QF ('16)
Russian Open A F A NH F ('15)
Year-end ranking 421 184 22 29 3 3 5 4 4 2 1
Tournament 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Best

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