Keigo Sonoda
園田 啓悟
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1990-02-20) 20 February 1990 (age 33)
Yatsushiro, Kumamoto, Japan
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
HandednessRight
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking69 (MS 1 December 2011)
2 (MD with Takeshi Kamura 26 January 2017)
19 (XD 31 March 2016)
Current ranking11 (MD with Takeshi Kamura 30 August 2022)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Nanjing Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Glasgow Men's doubles
Sudirman Cup
Silver medal – second place 2015 Dongguan Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Nanning Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Gold Coast Mixed team
Thomas Cup
Gold medal – first place 2014 New Delhi Men's team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Bangkok Men's team
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Men's team
Asia Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Wuhan Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Wuhan Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Wuhan Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Wuhan Men's doubles
Asia Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Ho Chi Minh Mixed team
Asia Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 Hyderabad Men's team
Asian Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team
BWF profile

Keigo Sonoda (園田 啓悟, Sonoda Keigo, born 20 February 1990) is a Japanese badminton player.[1] He affiliated with the YKK AP Yatsushiro, before joining the Tonami team in 2010. Sonoda was part of the national team that won the 2014 Thomas Cup. He captured his first Superseries title at the 2016 Hong Kong Open, and reached a career high of world number 2 in the men's doubles partnered with Takeshi Kamura in January 2017.[2][3]

Sonoda won the silver medal at the 2018 World Championships and a bronze in 2017. In the continental level, he helped the national team to win the 2017 Asia Mixed Team Championships, and he also collected a silver and three bronze medals in the individual men's doubles event. He competed at the 2014 and 2018 Asian Games.[4] He retired in 2021 after competing at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Career

Sonoda competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Partnered with Takeshi Kamura, the duo was eliminated in the quarter-finals by the second seeds Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan.[5]

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Emirates Arena,
Glasgow, Scotland 		Japan Takeshi Kamura Indonesia Mohammad Ahsan
Indonesia Rian Agung Saputro 		12–21, 15–21 Bronze Bronze
2018 Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park,
Nanjing, China 		Japan Takeshi Kamura China Li Junhui
China Liu Yuchen 		12–21, 19–21 Silver Silver

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China 		Japan Takeshi Kamura South Korea Lee Yong-dae
South Korea Yoo Yeon-seong 		17–21, 18–21 Bronze Bronze
2017 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China 		Japan Takeshi Kamura China Li Junhui
China Liu Yuchen 		15–21, 21–13, 18–21 Bronze Bronze
2018 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China 		Japan Takeshi Kamura China Li Junhui
China Liu Yuchen 		21–11, 10–21, 13–21 Silver Silver
2019 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China 		Japan Takeshi Kamura Indonesia Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Indonesia Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo 		21–15, 17–21, 15–21 Bronze Bronze

BWF World Tour (3 titles, 8 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[6] 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.[7]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Malaysia Open Super 750 Japan Takeshi Kamura Japan Hiroyuki Endo
Japan Yuta Watanabe 		21–8, 21–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Thailand Open Super 500 Japan Takeshi Kamura Japan Hiroyuki Endo
Japan Yuta Watanabe 		21–17, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Denmark Open Super 750 Japan Takeshi Kamura Indonesia Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Indonesia Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo 		15–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 Hong Kong Open Super 500 Japan Takeshi Kamura Indonesia Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Indonesia Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo 		13–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 German Open Super 300 Japan Takeshi Kamura Japan Hiroyuki Endo
Japan Yuta Watanabe 		21–15, 11–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Malaysia Open Super 750 Japan Takeshi Kamura China Li Junhui
China Liu Yuchen 		12–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Singapore Open Super 500 Japan Takeshi Kamura Indonesia Mohammad Ahsan
Indonesia Hendra Setiawan 		21–13, 19–21, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Australian Open Super 300 Japan Takeshi Kamura South Korea Ko Sung-hyun
South Korea Shin Baek-Cheol 		11–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Korea Open Super 500 Japan Takeshi Kamura Indonesia Fajar Alfian
Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto 		16–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Fuzhou China Open Super 750 Japan Takeshi Kamura Indonesia Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Indonesia Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo 		17–21, 9–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2021 All England Open Super 1000 Japan Takeshi Kamura Japan Hiroyuki Endo
Japan Yuta Watanabe 		15–21, 21–17, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

BWF Superseries (2 titles, 2 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[8] 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.[9] 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
2016 Singapore Open Japan Takeshi Kamura China Fu Haifeng
China Zhang Nan 		11–21, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Hong Kong Open Japan Takeshi Kamura Denmark Mathias Boe
Denmark Carsten Mogensen 		21–19, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Dubai World Superseries Finals Japan Takeshi Kamura Malaysia Goh V Shem
Malaysia Tan Wee Kiong 		14–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Australia Open Japan Takeshi Kamura Indonesia Hendra Setiawan
Malaysia Tan Boon Heong 		21–17, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  Superseries Finals Tournament
  Superseries Premier Tournament
  Superseries Tournament

BWF Grand Prix (3 titles)

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
2012 Canada Open Japan Takeshi Kamura Japan Hiroyuki Saeki
Japan Ryota Taohata 		12–21, 21–16, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 U.S. Open Japan Takeshi Kamura Chinese Taipei Liang Jui-wei
Chinese Taipei Liao Kuan-hao 		21–16, 27–25 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 German Open Japan Takeshi Kamura Japan Hiroyuki Endo
Japan Kenichi Hayakawa 		21–19, 14–21, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 1 runner-up)

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2011 Osaka International Japan Sho Zeniya 18–21, 21–16, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 Osaka International Japan Takatoshi Kurose Japan Shu Wada
Japan Tatsuya Watanabe 		21–14, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 Malaysia International Japan Takeshi Kamura Chinese Taipei Chen Chung-jen
Chinese Taipei Lin Yen-jui 		21–13, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2012 Osaka International Japan Takeshi Kamura Indonesia Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Indonesia Agripina Prima Rahmanto Putra 		21–17, 21–23, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2012 Scottish International Japan Takeshi Kamura Japan Hiroyuki Saeki
Japan Ryota Taohata 		16–21, 21–11, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Austrian International Japan Takeshi Kamura Japan Hiroyuki Saeki
Japan Ryota Taohata 		18–21, 21–15, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

  1. ^ "Players: Keigo Sonoda". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Badminton player: 園田　啓悟　Keigo Sonoda" (in Japanese). Tonami. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  3. ^ "選手プロフィール 園田 啓悟そのだ けいご" (in Japanese). Nippon Badminton Association. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Men's Team - Entry List by Event". Incheon 2014 official website. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Badminton - SONODA Keigo". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  6. ^ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  7. ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  8. ^ "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
  9. ^ "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". IBadmintonstore. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.

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