Kyohei Yamashita
山下 恭平
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1998-10-12) October 12, 1998 (age 25)
Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Weight69 kg (152 lb)[1]
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking206 (MD with Hiroki Midorikawa, 19 November 2019)
13 (XD with Naru Shinoya, 27 December 2022)
Current ranking17 (XD with Naru Shinoya, 2 January 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Huelva Mixed doubles
Sudirman Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Suzhou Mixed team
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou Men's team
BWF profile

Kyohei Yamashita (山下 恭平, Yamashita Kyohei, born 12 October 1998) is a Japanese badminton player who specializes in doubles.[2]

Yamashita, together with his partner Naru Shinoya, won the mixed doubles bronze medal at the 2021 World Championships after losing in the semifinals to compatriots Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino, 13–21, 8–21.[3]

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2021 Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín,
Huelva, Spain 		Japan Naru Shinoya Japan Yuta Watanabe
Japan Arisa Higashino 		13–21, 8–21 Bronze Bronze

BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[4] 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.[5]

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Akita Masters Super 100 Japan Naru Shinoya South Korea Ko Sung-hyun
South Korea Eom Hye-won 		10–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles)

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Malaysia International Japan Hiroki Midorikawa China Liang Weikeng
China Shang Yichen 		18–21, 21–10, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Osaka International Japan Hiroki Midorikawa Chinese Taipei Wei Chun-wei
Chinese Taipei Wu Guan-xun 		21–14, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Boys' doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Dutch Junior International Japan Naoki Yamazawa Japan Hiroki Okamura
Japan Masayuki Onodera 		21–17, 11–21, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 German Junior International Japan Naoki Yamazawa Japan Hiroki Okamura
Japan Masayuki Onodera 		21–14, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
  BWF Junior International Series tournament
  BWF Junior Future Series tournament

References

  1. ^ a b "選手プロフィール". Nippon Badminton Association. Archived from the original on 17 August 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Players: Naru Shinoya". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Japanese players reach three finals at badminton world championships". The Japan Times. 19 December 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

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