Kyohei Yamashita

Japanese badminton player (born 1998) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kyohei Yamashita (山下 恭平, Yamashita Kyōhei; born 12 October 1998) is a Japanese badminton player who specializes in doubles.[2] He is a member of the Japanese national team and is affiliated with the NTT East team.[3] Competing in mixed doubles with partner Naru Shinoya, he achieved a career-high world ranking of No. 13 in the discipline. Yamashita won a bronze medal in the mixed doubles at the 2021 BWF World Championships in Huelva with Shinoya. He has also earned team bronze medals representing Japan at the 2023 Sudirman Cup and the 2022 Asian Games.

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Yamashita at the 2025 Taipei Open
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1998-10-12) October 12, 1998 (age 26)
Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Weight69 kg (152 lb)[1]
HandednessRight
CoachLee Wan Wah
Hiroyuki Endo
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking27 (MD with Hiroki Midorikawa, 22 July 2025)
13 (XD with Naru Shinoya, 27 December 2022)
Current ranking27 (MD with Hiroki Midorikawa, 22 July 2025)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Japan
World Championships
2021 HuelvaMixed doubles
Sudirman Cup
2023 SuzhouMixed team
2025 XiamenMixed team
Asian Games
2022 HangzhouMen's team
Asian Junior Championships
2016 BangkokMixed team
BWF profile
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Following Shinoya's retirement in 2024, Yamashita shifted his focus to men's doubles, reuniting with partner Hiroki Midorikawa. The pair has secured multiple International Challenge titles and reached a career-high men's doubles world ranking of No. 27.

Career

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2021

Kyohei Yamashita won the mixed doubles bronze medal at the 2021 BWF World Championships after losing in the semifinals to compatriots Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino, 13–21, 8–21.[4]

2024

In the first half of 2024, Yamashita partnered with Naru Shinoya in mixed doubles, pursuing qualification for the Paris 2024 Olympics. On the BWF World Tour, their highest finish was a quarterfinal at the Thailand Masters. Despite competing in several high-level tournaments, including the All England Open, the pair did not qualify for the Olympics.[5][6] Their partnership concluded on April 2024, following Shinoya's retirement from the national team.[7]

Yamashita then shifted his focus to men's doubles with Hiroki Midorikawa. As their world ranking had fallen due to the earlier focus on mixed doubles, they returned to the international circuit in August. The pair won two consecutive titles at the International Challenge level, the Sydney International and the North Harbour International.[8][9] These results led to a climb in their ranking, reaching a career high of No. 104 as of 28 October 2024. In domestic competitions, Yamashita and Midorikawa swept Japan's three major men's doubles titles in 2024: the Japan Ranking Circuit, the All Japan Members Badminton Championships, and the All Japan Badminton Championships.[10][11][12]

2025

Yamashita continued his men's doubles partnership with Midorikawa into 2025 season. In March, they reached the semifinals of the Swiss Open. In the first round, they upset the world No. 2 ranked Malaysian pair, Goh Sze Fei and Nur Izzuddin, before losing to the eventual champions, Kittinupong Kedren and Dechapol Puavaranukroh of Thailand.[13][14] In May, they also reached the semifinals of the Taipei Open. Yamashita was part of the Japanese team that won a bronze medal at the Sudirman Cup held in Xiamen.[15] On 22 July 2025, Yamashita and Midorikawa reached a career-high men's doubles world ranking of No. 27.

Achievements

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BWF World Championships

Mixed doubles

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Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2021 Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín,
Huelva, Spain
Japan Naru Shinoya Japan Yuta Watanabe
Japan Arisa Higashino
13–21, 8–21 Bronze Bronze [4]
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BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[16] 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.[17]

Mixed doubles

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Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
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 [18]
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BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles)

Men's doubles

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Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2019 Malaysia International Japan Hiroki Midorikawa China Liang Weikeng
China Shang Yichen
18–21, 21–10, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [19]
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 [20]
2024 Sydney International Japan Hiroki Midorikawa Chinese Taipei Lai Po-yu
Chinese Taipei Tsai Fu-cheng
21–14, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [8]
2024 North Harbour International Japan Hiroki Midorikawa Chinese Taipei Lai Po-yu
Chinese Taipei Tsai Fu-cheng
16–21, 21–14, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [9]
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  BWF International Challenge tournament

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

Boys' doubles

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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
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  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament

Performance timeline

Key
W F SF QF #R RR Q# A G S B NH N/A DNQ
(W) won; (F) finalist; (SF) semi-finalist; (QF) quarter-finalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze medal; (NH) not held; (N/A) not applicable; (DNQ) did not qualify.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

National team

  • Junior level
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Team events2016Ref
Asian Junior Championships B [21]
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  • Senior level
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Team events2022202320242025Ref
Asian Games B NH
Sudirman Cup NH B NH B [22]
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Individual competitions

Senior level

Men's doubles
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Tournament BWF World Tour Best Ref
2018 2019 2023 2024 2025
Indonesia Masters A QF QF ('25)
Orléans Masters A 2R 2R ('25)
Swiss Open A SF SF ('25) [13]
Taipei Open A SF SF ('25)
Thailand Open A 2R 2R ('25) [23]
Malaysia Masters A 2R 2R ('25) [24]
Singapore Open A 1R 1R ('25)
Indonesia Open A 1R 1R ('25)
Japan Open A 2R 2R ('25)
Baoji China Masters N/A QF A QF ('24)
Hong Kong Open A Q ('25)
China Masters A Q ('25)
Korea Open A Q ('25)
Arctic Open N/A A Q ('25)
Syed Modi International A 1R A 1R ('23)
Indonesia Masters Super 100 A 1R A 1R ('19)
Akita Masters QF A N/A QF ('18)
Year-end ranking 265 214 211 131 27
Tournament2018201920232024 2025BestRef
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Mixed doubles
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Event2021202220232024Ref
Asian Championships NH QF 1R 1R
Asian Games NH 1R NH
World Championships B 3R 2R NH [4]
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Tournament BWF World Tour Best Ref
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Malaysia Open A NH 1R 1R 2R 2R ('24)
India Open A NH A QF 1R QF ('23)
Indonesia Masters A 1R A 2R 2R 2R ('23,'24)
Thailand Masters A 2R NH A QF QF ('24) [5]
German Open A NH 1R SF A SF ('23)
French Open A NH A 2R 2R 1R 2R ('22,'23)
All England Open A 1R QF 1R QF ('23) [6][25]
Swiss Open A NH A 1R 2R A 2R ('23)
Thailand Open A NH QF A QF ('22)
Malaysia Masters A NH 1R QF A QF ('23)
Singapore Open A NH A 1R A 1R ('23)
Indonesia Open A 2R 1R 1R A 2R ('21)
Australian Open A NH QF QF A QF ('22,'23)
Canada Open A NH A SF A SF ('23)
Japan Open A NH 1R 1R A 1R ('22,'23)
Korea Open A NH A 1R A 1R ('23)
Hong Kong Open A NH 1R A 1R ('23)
Vietnam Open 2R NH A 2R ('19)
China Open A NH 2R A 2R ('23)
Denmark Open A QF 1R A QF ('22)
Kumamoto Masters N/A QF A QF ('23)
China Masters A NH 2R A 2R ('23)
Syed Modi International A NH A QF A QF ('23)
Indonesia Masters Super 100 1R NH A 1R ('19)
Akita Masters F NH N/A F ('19) [18]
Year-end ranking 73 73 42 13 17 60 13
Tournament201920202021202220232024BestRef
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