Hirokatsu Hashimoto

Personal information

Country

Japan

Born

18 December 1985 (age 38)
Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan

Height

1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)

Weight

75 kg (165 lb)

Handedness

Right

Men's & mixed doubles

Highest ranking

7 (MD 26 April 2012)
15 (XD 16 September 2010)

Medal record

Men's badminton

Representing Japan
Sudirman Cup
	2015 Dongguan	Mixed team
Thomas Cup
	2014 New Delhi	Men's team
	2010 Kuala Lumpur	Men's team
	2012 Wuhan	Men's team
Asian Championships
	2011 Chengdu	Men's doubles
East Asian Games
	2009 Hong Kong	Men's team

BWF profile

Hirokatsu Hashimoto (橋本博且, Hashimoto Hirokatsu, born 18 December 1985) is a Japanese badminton player from Tonami Transportation badminton team. In 2013, he and his men's doubles partner Noriyasu Hirata, received the Badminton Nippon League's Valuable Player Award. He competed at the 2010 and 2014 Asian Games. His best achievement is to win the 2014 Thomas Cup.^[1]

Achievements

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Sichuan Gymnasium, Chengdu, China	Noriyasu Hirata	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	12–21, 15–21	Silver

BWF World Tour

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[2] 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.^[3]

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Akita Masters	Super 100	Hiroyuki Saeki	Akbar Bintang Cahyono Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani	16–21, 6–21	Runner-up

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,^[4] was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011.^[5] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	India Open	Noriyasu Hirata	Angga Pratama Rian Agung Saputro	21–17, 21–9	Winner

BWF Superseries Finals tournament

BWF Superseries Premier tournament

BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix

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
2009	New Zealand Open	Noriyasu Hirata	Rupesh Kumar K. T. Sanave Thomas	16–21, 21–15, 13–21	Runner-up
2010	Dutch Open	Noriyasu Hirata	Yoshiteru Hirobe Kenta Kazuno	21–17, 21–13	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Australian Open	Mizuki Fujii	Songphon Anugritayawon Kunchala Voravichitchaikul	15–21, 9–21	Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Osaka International	Noriyasu Hirata	Yoshiteru Hirobe Hajime Komiyama	19–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2010	Osaka International	Noriyasu Hirata	Hiroyuki Endo Yoshiteru Hirobe	16–21, 23–21, 21–17	Winner
2018	Osaka International	Hiroyuki Saeki	Mohamad Arif Abdul Latif Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub	21–19, 15–21, 21–15	Winner