Daiki Kajiwara

Daiki Kajiwara (梶原 大暉, Kajiwara Daiki; born 13 November 2001) is a Japanese para badminton player.^[2] He graduated from Nippon Sport Science University.^[3] He won the gold medal in the men singles WH2 and bronze medal in the men doubles WH1–WH2 event of the 2020 Summer Paralympics^[4] and 2024 Summer Paralympics.^[5]

Daiki Kajiwara 梶原 大暉
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	(2001-11-13) 13 November 2001 (age 23) Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan[1]
Men's singles WH2 Men's doubles WH1–WH2
Highest ranking	1 (MS 4 July 2022) 1 (MD with Keita Nishimura, 18 July 2022) 1 (MD with Hiroshi Murayama, 22 August 2023)
Current ranking	1 (MS) 8 (MD with Hiroshi Murayama) (27 August 2024)
Medal record Para-badminton Representing  Japan Paralympic Games 2020 Tokyo Men's singles 2024 Paris Men's singles 2020 Tokyo Men's doubles 2024 Paris Men's doubles World Championships 2022 Tokyo Men's singles 2024 Pattaya Men's singles Asian Para Games 2022 Hangzhou Men's singles Asian Youth Para Games 2021 Manama Boys' singles
BWF profile

Awards and nominations

Award	Year	Category	Result	Ref.
BWF Awards	2020/2021	BWF Male Para Badminton Player of The Year	Nominated	[6]
	2022		Won	[7]
	2023		Won	[8]
	2024		Nominated	[9]
Minoru Yoneyama Award	2022	2021 Minoru Yoneyama Award by Yonex Sports Foundation	Won	[10]
Shinji Hattori Award	2022	Shinji Hattori Sports Award	Won	[11]
Japan Para Sports Award	2023	Excellence Award	Won	[12]

Achievements

Paralympic Games

Men's singles WH2

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2020	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Kim Jung-jun	21–18, 21–19	Gold
2024	Porte de La Chapelle Arena, Paris, France	Chan Ho Yuen	21–10, 21–10	Gold

Men's doubles WH1–WH2

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2020	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Hiroshi Murayama	Jakarin Homhual Dumnern Junthong	21–18, 21–19	Bronze
2024	Porte de La Chapelle Arena, Paris, France	Hiroshi Murayama	Takumi Matsumoto Osamu Nagashima	19–21, 21–12, 21–15	Bronze

World Championships

Men's singles WH2

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Kim Jung-jun	21–12, 21–11	Gold
2024	Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall, Pattaya, Thailand	Yu Soo-young	21–16, 21–10	Gold

Asian Para Games

Men's singles WH2

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China	Yu Soo-young	21–15, 21–9	Gold

Asian Youth Para Games

Boys' singles WH2

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2021	Alba Club, Riffa, Bahrain	Yu Soo-young	21–15, 21–11	Gold

BWF Para Badminton World Circuit (30 titles, 4 runners-up)

The BWF Para Badminton World Circuit – Grade 2, Level 1, 2 and 3 tournaments has been sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation from 2022.^[13][14]

Men's singles WH2 (23 titles)

Year	Tournament	Level	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Spanish Para Badminton International I	Level 1	Rick Hellmann	21–9, 21–11	Winner
2022	Brazil Para Badminton International	Level 2	Jaime Aranguiz	21–12, 21–8	Winner
2022	Bahrain Para Badminton International	Level 2	Yu Soo-young	21–9, 21–6	Winner
2022	Dubai Para Badminton International	Level 2	Chan Ho Yuen	16–21, 21–5, 21–19	Winner
2022	Canada Para Badminton International	Level 1	Kim Jung-jun	21–12, 21–16	Winner
2022	4 Nations Para Badminton International	Level 1	Chan Ho Yuen	21–9, 11–6 retired	Winner
2022	Thailand Para Badminton International	Level 1	Yu Soo-young	21–10, 21–9	Winner
2023	Spanish Para Badminton International	Level 2	Kim Jung-jun	21–14, 21–11	Winner
2023	Spanish Para Badminton International I	Level 1	Kim Jung-jun	21–13, 21–7	Winner
2023	Brazil Para Badminton International	Level 2	Chan Ho Yuen	21–17, 21–10	Winner
2023	Thailand Para Badminton International	Level 2	Yu Soo-young	22–20, 21–13	Winner
2023	Bahrain Para Badminton International	Level 2	Chan Ho Yuen	21–14, 21–17	Winner
2023	Canada Para Badminton International	Level 1	Chan Ho Yuen	21–15, 21–1	Winner
2023	4 Nations Para Badminton International	Level 1	Kim Jung-jun	21–17, 19–21, 21–9	Winner
2023	Japan Para Badminton International	Level 2	Chan Ho Yuen	21–15, 21–15	Winner
2023	Dubai Para Badminton International	Level 2	Chan Ho Yuen	21–14, 21–15	Winner
2024	Spanish Para Badminton International II	Level 2	Thomas Jakobs	21–6, 21–17	Winner
2024	Spanish Para Badminton International I	Level 1	Kim Jung-jun	21–2, 21–9	Winner
2024	4 Nations Para Badminton International	Level 1	Chan Ho Yuen	21–16, 21–12	Winner
2024	Japan Para Badminton International	Level 2	Takumi Matsumoto	21–15, 21–12	Winner
2025	Spanish Para Badminton International II	Level 2	Rick Hellmann	21–7, 21–11	Winner
2025	Spanish Para Badminton International I	Level 1	Takumi Matsumoto	21–8, 21–7	Winner
2025	Thailand Para Badminton International	Level 2	Yu Soo-young	21–11, 21–9	Winner

Men's doubles WH1–WH2 (7 titles, 4 runners-up)

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Spanish Para Badminton International I	Level 1	Keita Nishimura	Noor Azwan Noorlan Muhammad Ikhwan Ramli	20–22, 21–19, 21–12	Winner
2022	Brazil Para Badminton International	Level 2	Keita Nishimura	Thomas Jakobs David Toupé	21–14, 21–19	Winner
2023	Spanish Para Badminton International	Level 2	Hiroshi Murayama	Jakarin Homhual Dumnern Junthong	21–8, 21–12	Winner
2023	Spanish Para Badminton International I	Level 1	Hiroshi Murayama	Choi Jung-man Kim Jung-jun	18–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2023	Brazil Para Badminton International	Level 2	Hiroshi Murayama	Prem Kumar Ale Abu Hubaida	21–3, 21–17	Winner
2023	Bahrain Para Badminton International	Level 2	Hiroshi Murayama	Mai Jianpeng Qu Zimo	7–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2023	Canada Para Badminton International	Level 1	Hiroshi Murayama	Choi Jung-man Kim Jung-jun	21–11, 17–21, 21–16	Winner
2023	4 Nations Para Badminton International	Level 1	Hiroshi Murayama	Choi Jung-man Kim Jung-jun	18–21, 21–19, 16–21	Runner-up
2024	4 Nations Para Badminton International	Level 1	Hiroshi Murayama	Jeong Jae-gun Yu Soo-young	14–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2024	Japan Para Badminton International	Level 2	Hiroshi Murayama	Takumi Matsumoto Keita Nishimura	21–19, 22–20	Winner
2025	Thailand Para Badminton International	Level 2	Keita Nishimura	Choi Jung-man Kim Jung-jun	21–23, 21–16, 21–17	Winner

International tournaments (2011–2021) (2 titles, 4 runners-up)

Men's singles WH2

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Denmark Para Badminton International	Rick Hellmann	21–9, 21–9	Winner
2020	Peru Para Badminton International	Kim Jung-jun	13–21, 14–21	Runner-up

Men's doubles WH1–WH2

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Dubai Para Badminton International	Hiroshi Murayama	Jeong Jae-gun Kim Kyung-hoon	17–21, 7–21	Runner-up
2019	Denmark Para Badminton International	Hiroshi Murayama	Young-chin Mi Thomas Wandschneider	21–12, 21–9	Winner
2020	Brazil Para Badminton International	Hiroshi Murayama	Mai Jianpeng Qu Zimo	12–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2020	Peru Para Badminton International	Hiroshi Murayama	Kim Jung-jun Lee Sam-seop	20–22, 21–15, 18–21	Runner-up