Japan Masters (badminton)

The Japan Masters is an annual badminton tournament held in Japan. It became part of the BWF World Tour tournaments in 2023. BWF categorised Japan Masters as one of the nine BWF World Tour Super 500 events in the BWF events structure since 2023.^[1][2] On 18 April 2022, the city of Kumamoto was confirmed to be the host of this tournament for the 2023–2026 BWF World Tour cycle.^[3]

Japan Masters

Official website
Founded	2023; 2 years ago (2023)
Editions	2 (2024)
Location	Kumamoto Japan
Venue	Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium (2024)
Prize money	USD$420,000 (2024)
Men's
Draw	32S / 32D
Current champions	Li Shifeng (singles) Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto (doubles)
Most singles titles	1 Viktor Axelsen Li Shifeng
Most doubles titles	1 He Jiting Ren Xiangyu Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto
Women's
Draw	32S / 32D
Current champions	Akane Yamaguchi (singles) Liu Shengshu Tan Ning (doubles)
Most singles titles	1 Gregoria Mariska Tunjung Akane Yamaguchi
Most doubles titles	1 Zhang Shuxian Zheng Yu Liu Shengshu Tan Ning
Mixed doubles
Draw	32
Current champions	Dechapol Puavaranukroh Supissara Paewsampran
Most titles (male)	1 Zheng Siwei Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Most titles (female)	1 Huang Yaqiong Supissara Paewsampran
Super 500
Arctic Open Australian Open Hong Kong Open Hylo Open Indonesia Masters Japan Masters Korea Open Malaysia Masters Thailand Open
Last completed
2024 Japan Masters

Winners

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles	Ref
2023	Viktor Axelsen	Gregoria Mariska Tunjung	He Jiting Ren Xiangyu	Zhang Shuxian Zheng Yu	Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong	[4]
2024	Li Shifeng	Akane Yamaguchi	Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Liu Shengshu Tan Ning	Dechapol Puavaranukroh Supissara Paewsampran	[5]

Performances by nation

As of the 2024 edition

Pos.	Nation	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	Total
1	China	1		1	2	1	5
2	Indonesia		1	1			2
3	Denmark	1					1
	Japan		1				1
	Thailand					1	1
Total		2	2	2	2	2	10