Kanta Tsuneyama
常山幹太

Personal information

Country

Japan

Born

21 June 1996 (age 27)
Shiga Prefecture, Japan

Height

1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)

Weight

60 kg (132 lb)

Handedness

Right

Men's singles

Highest ranking

10 (26 November 2019)

Current ranking

18 (30 January 2024)

Medal record

Men's badminton

Representing Japan
Sudirman Cup
	2023 Suzhou	Mixed team
Thomas Cup
	2018 Bangkok	Men's team
	2020 Aarhus	Men's team
	2022 Bangkok	Men's team
Asian Games
	2018 Jakarta–Palembang	Men's team
	2022 Hangzhou	Men's team
Asian Championships
	2023 Dubai	Men's singles
Asia Team Championships
	2020 Manila	Men's team
Asia Mixed Team Championships
	2019 Hong Kong	Mixed team
World Junior Championships
	2014 Alor Setar	Mixed team
Asian Junior Championships
	2014 Taipei	Boys' singles
	2014 Taipei	Boys' doubles
	2014 Taipei	Mixed team
Representing Mixed-NOCs
Youth Olympic Games
	2014 Nanjing	Mixed doubles

BWF profile

Kanta Tsuneyama (常山幹太, Tsuneyama Kanta, born 21 June 1996) is a Japanese badminton player.^[1]^[2]

Achievements

Asian Championships

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2023	Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Indoor Hall, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Anthony Sinisuka Ginting	13–21, 16–21	Bronze

Youth Olympic Games

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Nanjing Sport Institute, Nanjing, China	Lee Chia-hsin	Cheam June Wei Ng Tsz Yau	14–21, 21–23	Silver

Asia Junior Championships

Boys' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei, Taiwan	Shi Yuqi	21–19, 16–21, 16–21	Silver

Boys' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei, Taiwan	Hashiru Shimono	Kim Jae-hwan Kim Jung-ho	16–21, 17–21	Bronze

BWF World Tour (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[3] 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 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[4]

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Level	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Thailand Open	Super 500	Tommy Sugiarto	21–16, 13–21, 21–9	Winner
2019	Korea Masters	Super 300	Lin Dan	24–22, 21–12	Winner
2021	French Open	Super 750	Chou Tien-chen	15–21, 21–8, 21–17	Winner
2023	Spain Masters	Super 300	Kenta Nishimoto	21–15, 18–21, 19–21	Runner-up

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 singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	U.S. Open	Lee Hyun-il	22–24, 8–21	Runner-up
2017	Canada Open	Kento Momota	22–20, 14–21, 21–14	Winner

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF Grand Prix tournament

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

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Austrian Open	Anders Antonsen	9–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2016	Finnish Open	Nguyễn Tiến Minh	21–10, 21–14	Winner
2016	Spanish International	Anders Antonsen	21–14, 20–22, 18–21	Runner-up
2017	Austrian Open	Pablo Abián	21–10, 12–21, 21–11	Winner