Yugo Kobayashi
小林優吾
Kobayashi at 2019 BWF World Championships
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1995-07-10) 10 July 1995 (age 28)
Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
HandednessLeft
CoachTan Kim Her
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking1 (MD with Takuro Hoki 20 September 2022)
25 (XD with Misaki Matsutomo 9 August 2018)
Current ranking6 (MD with Takuro Hoki 16 January 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Huelva Men's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2019 Basel Men's doubles
Sudirman Cup
Silver medal – second place 2021 Vantaa Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Suzhou Mixed team
Thomas Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Aarhus Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Bangkok Men's team
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou Men's team
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Dubai Men's doubles
Asia Mixed Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Hong Kong Mixed team
Asia Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Manila Men's team
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2012 Chiba Mixed team
Asian Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Gimcheon Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Kota Kinabalu Mixed team
BWF profile

Yugo Kobayashi (小林 優吾, Kobayashi Yūgo, born 10 July 1995) is a Japanese badminton player affiliated with Tonami team.[1][2] He was the men's doubles silver medalist at the 2019 World Championships[3] and the men's doubles gold medalist at the 2021 World Championships, being first ever Japanese men's doubles to become world champions.

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 St. Jakobshalle,
Basel, Switzerland 		Japan Takuro Hoki Indonesia Mohammad Ahsan
Indonesia Hendra Setiawan 		23–25, 21–9, 15–21 Silver Silver
2021 Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín,
Huelva, Spain 		Japan Takuro Hoki China He Jiting
China Tan Qiang 		21–12, 21–18 Gold Gold

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2023 Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Indoor Hall,
Dubai, United Arab Emirates 		Japan Takuro Hoki Malaysia Ong Yew Sin
Malaysia Teo Ee Yi 		16–21, 24–26 Bronze Bronze

BWF World Tour (6 titles, 4 runners-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 Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[5]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Korea Open Super 500 Japan Takuro Hoki Japan Hiroyuki Endo
Japan Yuta Watanabe 		21–9, 15–21, 10–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2021 Denmark Open Super 1000 Japan Takuro Hoki Denmark Kim Astrup
Denmark Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 		21–18, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2021 Indonesia Masters Super 750 Japan Takuro Hoki Indonesia Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Indonesia Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo 		21–11, 17–21, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2021 Indonesia Open Super 1000 Japan Takuro Hoki Indonesia Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Indonesia Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo 		14–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2021 BWF World Tour Finals World Tour Finals Japan Takuro Hoki Indonesia Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Indonesia Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo 		21–16, 13–21, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2022 Thailand Open Super 500 Japan Takuro Hoki Indonesia Fajar Alfian
Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto 		13–4r 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2022 Malaysia Open Super 750 Japan Takuro Hoki Indonesia Fajar Alfian
Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto 		24–22, 16–21, 21–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Singapore Open Super 750 Japan Takuro Hoki China Liang Weikeng
China Wang Chang 		21–13, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Japan Open Super 750 Japan Takuro Hoki Chinese Taipei Lee Yang
Chinese Taipei Wang Chi-lin 		19–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 Australian Open Super 500 Japan Takuro Hoki South Korea Kang Min-hyuk
South Korea Seo Seung-jae 		17–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 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 doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 U.S. Open Japan Takuro Hoki Denmark Mathias Boe
Denmark Carsten Mogensen 		11–21, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 U.S. Open Japan Wakana Nagahara Poland Robert Mateusiak
Poland Nadieżda Zięba 		21–16, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles)

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 USA International Japan Takuro Hoki Canada Adrian Liu
Canada Derrick Ng 		21–17, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Spanish International Japan Takuro Hoki Denmark Mathias Christiansen
Denmark David Daugaard 		21–10, 21–6 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. ^ "Players: Yugo Kobayashi". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Badminton player: 小林 優吾 Yugo Kobayashi" (in Japanese). Tonami. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  3. ^ Sukumar, Dev (26 August 2019). "Wristy Trickery Wins the Day – Basel 2019". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  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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