Naoki Kawamae

Naoki Kawamae (川前 直樹, Kawamae Naoki; born 6 November 1982) is a Japanese badminton player from the NTT East team.^[1] In 2012, he competed at the London Olympics, but did not advance to the knock-out stage after placing third in the group stage.^[2]

Naoki Kawamae
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	(1982-11-06) 6 November 1982 (age 42) Nara Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Handedness	Right
Men's doubles
Highest ranking	9 (5 April 2012)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Japan Thomas Cup 2010 Kuala Lumpur Men's team 2012 Wuhan Men's team
BWF profile

Achievements

BWF Grand Prix (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Australian Open	Shoji Sato	Hiroyuki Endo Kenichi Hayakawa	17–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2011	Russian Open	Shoji Sato	Hiroyuki Endo Kenichi Hayakawa	21–18, 21–17	Winner
2011	India Grand Prix Gold	Shoji Sato	Andrei Adistia Christopher Rusdianto	21–17, 12–21, 23–21	Winner
2012	Swiss Open	Shoji Sato	Fang Chieh-min Lee Sheng-mu	21–13, 21–14	Winner

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (7 titles, 3 runners-up)

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Southern PanAm International	Keishi Kawaguchi	9–15, 15–9, 9–15	Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Canterbury International	Yusuke Shinkai	Keishi Kawaguchi Toru Matsumoto	15–11, 15–4	Winner
2004	Western Australia International	Yusuke Shinkai	Keishi Kawaguchi Toru Matsumoto	15–8, 15–12	Winner
2008	Osaka International	Keishi Kawaguchi	Ko Sung-hyun Kwon Yi-goo	11–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2008	Canadian International	Keishi Kawaguchi	Howard Bach Khankham Malaythong	21–15, 21–15	Winner
2009	Estonian International	Shoji Sato	Andrey Ashmarin Anton Ivanov	21–13, 21–9	Winner
2009	Swedish International	Shoji Sato	Chris Langridge David Lindley	15–21, 21–14, 21–17	Winner
2009	Austrian International	Shoji Sato	Yoshiteru Hirobe Hajime Komiyama	21–19, 21–17	Winner
2009	Croatian International	Shoji Sato	Mads Conrad-Petersen Mads Pieler Kolding	15–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2009	Canadian International	Shoji Sato	Alvin Lau Li Chi-Lin	21–15, 21–12	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament