Japan national badminton team

The Japan national badminton team (Japanese: 日本代表バドミントンチーム) represents Japan in international badminton team competitions. The Japanese women's team have won the Uber Cup 6 times, with their most recent being the 2018 Uber Cup. The men's team won their first Thomas Cup title in 2014. The mixed team were runners-up three times at the Sudirman Cup.

Japan

Association	Badminton Association of Japan
Confederation	Badminton Asia
President	Mitsuru Murai
BWF ranking
Current ranking	4 (7 January 2025)
Highest ranking	1 (4 October 2018)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances	17 (first in 1989)
Best result	Runners-up (2015, 2019, 2021)
Thomas Cup
Appearances	16 (first in 1964)
Best result	Champions (2014)
Uber Cup
Appearances	26 (first in 1966)
Best result	Champions (1966, 1969, 1972, 1978, 1981, 2018)
Asian Mixed Team Championships
Appearances	4 (first in 2017)
Best result	Champions (2017)
Asian Men's Team Championships
Appearances	9 (first in 1965)
Best result	Runners-up (2016)
Asian Women's Team Championships
Appearances	4 (first in 2016)
Best result	Champions (2018, 2020)

The Japanese badminton team has been prestigious in the Olympics, having won a gold medal in the 2016 Summer Olympics and a silver and 2 bronze medals.

Summer Olympic Games

As of the 2024 Olympics^[1]

Medals table

Badminton at Summer Olympics all time medal table-Japan

Events		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
MS	Men's singles	0	0	0	0
WS	Women's singles	0	0	1	1
MD	Men's doubles	0	0	0	0
WD	Women's doubles	1	1	1	3
XD	Mixed doubles	0	0	2	2
Total		1	1	4	6

List of medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Silver	Mizuki Fujii Reika Kakiiwa	2012 London	Badminton	Women's doubles
Gold	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Badminton	Women's doubles
Bronze	Nozomi Okuhara	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Badminton	Women's singles
Bronze	Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino	2020 Tokyo	Badminton	Mixed doubles
Bronze	Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino	2024 Paris	Badminton	Mixed doubles
Bronze	Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida	2024 Paris	Badminton	Women's doubles

Participation in BWF competitions

Thomas Cup[2] Year Result 1964 First round inter-zone (4th) 1967 Final round inter-zone (3rd) 1979 Semi-finalists 1982 Quarter-finalists 1984 Group stage − 7th 1990 Group stage − 5th / 6th 2004 Quarter-finalists 2006 Quarter-finalists 2008 Quarter-finalists 2010 Semi-finalists 2012 Semi-finalists 2014 Champions 2016 Quarter-finalists − 7th 2018 Runners-up 2020 Semi-finalists − 4th 2022 Semi-finalists − 4th 2024 Quarter-finalists − 5th

Uber Cup[3] Year Result 1966 Champions 1969 Champions 1972 Champions 1975 Runners-up 1978 Champions 1981 Champions 1984 Group stage − 7th 1986 Fourth place 1988 Fourth place 1990 Semi-finalists 1992 Group stage − 5th / 6th 1994 Group stage − 6th 1996 Group stage − 5th 1998 Group stage − 5th 2000 Group stage − 5th 2002 Group stage − 6th 2004 Semi-finalists 2006 Quarter-finalists 2008 Group stage − 9th 2010 Semi-finalists 2012 Semi-finalists 2014 Runners-up 2016 Semi-finalists − 3rd 2018 Champions 2020 Runners-up 2022 Semi-finalists − 3rd 2024 Semi-finalists − 4th

Sudirman Cup Year Round[4] Pos P/R 1989 Group 2 7th 1991 Group 1 6th 1993 Group 2 9th 1995 Group 2 10th 1997 Group 2 12th 1999 Group 2 10th 2001 Group 2 8th 2003 Group 2 9th 2005 Group 2 10th 2007 Group 2 9th 2009 Group 1 7th 2011 Quarter-finalists 5/8 2013 Quarter-finalists 5/8 2015 Runners-up 2nd 2017 Semi-finals 3rd 2019 Runners-up 2nd 2021 Runners-up 2nd 2023 Semi-finals 4th 2025 Semi-finals

**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Participation in Badminton Asia Team Championships

Men's team Year Result 2016 Runner-up 2018 Quarter-finalist 2020 Semi-finalist 2022 Group stage 2024 Semi-finalist

Women's team Year Result 2016 Runner-up 2018 Champions 2020 Champions 2022 Semi-finalist 2024 Semi-finalist

Mixed team Year Result 2017 Champions 2019 Runner-up 2023 Quarter-finalist 2025 Semi-finalist

Junior competitive record

World Junior Team Championships

See also: BWF World Junior Championships

Suhandinata Cup

Year	Result
2000	Group stage - 7th of 24
2002	Did not enter
2004	Group stage - 14th of 20
2006	Group stage - 5th of 28
2007	Group stage - 5th of 25
2008	Group stage - 6th of 21
2009	Group stage - 6th of 21
2010	Group stage - 5th of 24
2011	Group stage - 5th of 22
2012	Runner-up
2013	Fourth place
2014	Semi-finalist
2015	Fourth place
2016	Semi-finalist
2017	Semi-finalist
2018	Semi-finalist
2019	Semi-finalist
2020	Cancelled
2021	Cancelled
2022	Semi-finalist
2023	Quarter-finalist - 5th of 38
2024	Semi-finalist

Asian Junior Team Championships

See also: Badminton Asia Junior Championships

Men's team Year Result 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2004 2005

Women's team Year Result 1997 Semi-finalist 1998 1999 2000 Semi-finalist 2001 2002 Semi-finalist 2004 2005

Mixed team Year Result 2006 2007 Semi-finalist 2008 Quarter-finals 2009 Semi-finalist 2010 Group stage 2011 Quarter-finals 2012 Champions 2013 Semi-finalist 2014 Semi-finalist 2015 Semi-finalist 2016 Semi-finalist 2017 Semi-finalist 2018 Runner-up 2019 Quarter-finals 2023 Champions 2024 Quarter-finals - 7th of 15 2025 Semi-finalist

Players

Current squad

As of 29 July 2025 ^[5][6]

Men's team

Name	DoB/Age	Ranking of event
		MS	MD	XD
Kodai Naraoka	(2001-06-30) 30 June 2001 (age 24)	10	-	-
Kenta Nishimoto	(1994-08-30) 30 August 1994 (age 30)	13	-	-
Koki Watanabe	(1999-01-29) 29 January 1999 (age 26)	21	-	-
Yūshi Tanaka	(1999-10-05) 5 October 1999 (age 25)	27	-	-
Koo Takahashi	(2001-09-20) 20 September 2001 (age 23)	51	-	-
Shōgo Ogawa	(2001-01-04) 4 January 2001 (age 24)	59	-	-
Riki Takei	(2003-07-21) 21 July 2003 (age 22)	128	-	-
Yūdai Okimoto	(2005-05-28) 28 May 2005 (age 20)	280	-	-
Takurō Hoki	(1995-08-14) 14 August 1995 (age 30)	-	13	-
Yūgo Kobayashi	(1995-07-10) 10 July 1995 (age 30)	-	13	-
Hiroki Midorikawa	(2000-05-17) 17 May 2000 (age 25)	-	27	9
Kyohei Yamashita	(1998-10-12) 12 October 1998 (age 26)	-	27	-
Takumi Nomura	(1997-08-07) 7 August 1997 (age 28)	-	32	-
Yūichi Shimogami	(1998-03-05) 5 March 1998 (age 27)	-	32	20
Kenya Mitsuhashi	(1997-07-11) 11 July 1997 (age 28)	-	34	-
Hiroki Okamura	(1998-12-06) 6 December 1998 (age 26)	-	34	-
Kakeru Kumagai	(2002-01-05) 5 January 2002 (age 23)	-	89	-
Hiroki Nishi	(2003-03-21) 21 March 2003 (age 22)	-	89	-
Tori Aizawa	(1999-06-29) 29 June 1999 (age 26)	-	90	-
Daisuke Sano	(2000-06-03) 3 June 2000 (age 25)	-	90	-
Shuji Sawada	(2007-07-19) 19 July 2007 (age 18)	-	-	-
Tsubasa Yoshida	(2003-09-23) 23 September 2003 (age 21)	-	-	-

Women's team

Name	DoB/Age	Ranking of event
		WS	WD	XD
Akane Yamaguchi	(1997-06-06) 6 June 1997 (age 28)	4	-	-
Tomoka Miyazaki	(2006-08-17) 17 August 2006 (age 19)	8	-	-
Riko Gunji	(2002-07-31) 31 July 2002 (age 23)	23	-	-
Natsuki Nidaira	(1998-07-12) 12 July 1998 (age 27)	24	-	-
Kaoru Sugiyama	(2003-06-06) 6 June 2003 (age 22)	36	-	-
Nozomi Okuhara	(1995-03-13) 13 March 1995 (age 30)	62	-	-
Hina Akechi	(2005-03-14) 14 March 2005 (age 20)	67	-	-
Asuka Takahashi	(1999-11-13) 13 November 1999 (age 25)	70	-	-
Nami Matsuyama	(1998-06-28) 28 June 1998 (age 27)	-	3	-
Chiharu Shida	(1997-04-29) 29 April 1997 (age 28)	-	3	-
Yuki Fukushima	(1993-05-06) 6 May 1993 (age 32)	-	8	-
Mayu Matsumoto	(1995-08-07) 7 August 1995 (age 30)	-	8	-
Rin Iwanaga	(1999-05-21) 21 May 1999 (age 26)	-	9	-
Kie Nakanishi	(1995-12-24) 24 December 1995 (age 29)	-	9	-
Mizuki Otake	(2002-02-27) 27 February 2002 (age 23)	-	22	-
Miyu Takahashi	(2002-05-15) 15 May 2002 (age 23)	-	22	-
Arisa Igarashi	(1996-08-01) 1 August 1996 (age 29)	-	49	-
Hinata Suzuki	(2002-03-26) 26 March 2002 (age 23)	-	345	-
Nao Yamakita	(2005-10-30) 30 October 2005 (age 19)	-	345	-
Natsu Saitō	(2000-06-09) 9 June 2000 (age 25)	-	-	9
Sayaka Hobara	(1998-07-30) 30 July 1998 (age 27)	-	75	20
Aya Tamaki	(2006-10-07) 7 October 2006 (age 18)	-	-	-
Rima Sekino	(2002-10-29) 29 October 2002 (age 22)	-	-	-

Coaching staff

As of 1 April 2025 ^[7][8]

Role	Name
Head coach	Hitoshi Ōhori
Men's single coach	Shō Sasaki Kazumasa Sakai
Women's single coach	Takako Ida Shōji Satō
Men's doubles coach	Lee Wan Wah Hiroyuki Endo
Women's doubles coach	Kei Nakashima Mizuki Fujii
Mixed doubles coach	Norio Imai Noriyasu Hirata

• Players & Staffs (2025), badminton.or.jp