Nyl Yakura

Nyl Kiyoshi Yakura (born 14 February 1993) is a Canadian badminton player.^[1][2] He captured two gold medals at the Pan American Games, winning the men's doubles title in 2019 and 2023, and also a silver in the mixed doubles in 2019.^[3][4] Yakura, who grew up in Pickering, Ontario, currently lives in Toronto and trains at the KC Badminton Club in Markham.^[5] He has Japanese and Indonesian heritage.^[6]

Nyl Yakura
Yakura at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Birth name	Nyl Kiyoshi Yakura
Country	Canada
Born	(1993-02-14) 14 February 1993 (age 32) Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Residence	Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	150 lb (68 kg)
Handedness	Right
Coach	Kevin Cao
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	181 (MS, 13 December 2012) 29 (MD with Jason Ho-Shue, 28 June 2018) 59 (XD with Kristen Tsai, 24 September 2019)
Current ranking	69 (MD with Jonathan Lai, 20 May 2025)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Canada Pan American Games 2019 Lima Men's doubles 2023 Santiago Men's doubles 2019 Lima Mixed doubles Pan Am Championships 2016 Campinas Men's doubles 2016 Campinas Mixed doubles 2017 Havana Men's doubles 2018 Guatemala City Men's doubles 2019 Aguascalientes Men's doubles 2023 Kingston Men's doubles 2013 Santo Domingo Men's doubles 2017 Havana Mixed doubles 2018 Guatemala City Mixed doubles 2021 Guatemala City Men's doubles 2024 Guatemala City Men's doubles 2019 Aguascalientes Mixed doubles 2022 San Salvador Men's doubles 2022 San Salvador Mixed doubles 2025 Lima Men's doubles Pan Am Mixed Team Championships 2013 Santo Domingo Mixed team 2014 Markham Mixed team 2016 Campinas Mixed team 2017 Santo Domingo Mixed team 2019 Lima Mixed team 2023 Guadalajara Mixed team 2025 Aguascalientes Mixed team Pan Am Male Cup 2018 Tacarigua Men's team 2020 Salvador Men's team 2022 Acapulco Men's team 2024 São Paulo Men's team Pan Am Junior Championships 2010 Santo Domingo Boys' singles 2010 Santo Domingo Boys' doubles 2010 Santo Domingo Mixed doubles 2011 Kingston Boys' doubles 2011 Kingston Mixed doubles 2011 Kingston Mixed team
BWF profile

Career

Yakura competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.^[7]

In June 2021, Yakura was named to Canada's Olympic team.^[8] Competing in the men's doubles event with Jason Ho-Shue, his pace was stopped in the group stage.^[9]

Achievements

Pan American Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Polideportivo 3, Lima, Peru	Jason Ho-Shue	Phillip Chew Ryan Chew	21–11, 19–21, 21–18	Gold
2023	Olympic Training Center, Santiago, Chile	Adam Dong	Fabrício Farias Davi Silva	19–21, 21–15, 21–18	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Polideportivo 3, Lima, Peru	Kristen Tsai	Joshua Hurlburt-Yu Josephine Wu	21–18, 12–21, 15–21	Silver

Pan Am Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Kevin Li	Adrian Liu Derrick Ng	21–17, 6–21, 16–21	Silver
2016	Clube Fonte São Paulo, Campinas, Brazil	Jason Ho-Shue	Phillipe Gaumond Maxime Marin	21–13, 21–13	Gold
2017	Sports City Coliseum, Havana, Cuba	Jason Ho-Shue	Austin Bauer Ty Alexander Lindeman	21–18, 21–6	Gold
2018	Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala	Jason Ho-Shue	Phillip Chew Ryan Chew	21–17, 21–17	Gold
2019	Gimnasio Olímpico, Aguascalientes, Mexico	Jason Ho-Shue	Osleni Guerrero Leodannis Martínez	21–11, 20–22, 21–10	Gold
2021	Sagrado Corazon de Jesus, Guatemala City, Guatemala	Jason Ho-Shue	Phillip Chew Ryan Chew	Walkover	Silver
2022	Palacio de los Deportes Carlos "El Famoso" Hernández, San Salvador, El Salvador	Adam Dong	Job Castillo Luis Montoya	21–17, 19–21, 13–21	Bronze
2023	G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport, Kingston, Jamaica	Adam Dong	Kevin Lee Ty Alexander Lindeman	21–10, 16–21, 22–20	Gold
2024	Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala	Adam Dong	Chen Zhi-yi Presley Smith	14–21, 11–21	Silver
2025	Videna Poli 2, Lima, Peru	Jonathan Lai	Chen Zhi-yi Presley Smith	10–21, 23–21, 11–21	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Clube Fonte São Paulo, Campinas, Brazil	Brittney Tam	Nathan Osborne Josephine Wu	21–17, 21–17	Gold
2017	Sports City Coliseum, Havana, Cuba	Brittney Tam	Toby Ng Rachel Honderich	13–21, 14–21	Silver
2018	Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala	Kristen Tsai	Ty Alexander Lindeman Josephine Wu	14–21, 24–26	Silver
2019	Gimnasio Olímpico, Aguascalientes, Mexico	Kristen Tsai	Fabrício Farias Jaqueline Lima	22–24, 19–21	Bronze
2022	Palacio de los Deportes Carlos "El Famoso" Hernández, San Salvador, El Salvador	Crystal Lai	Ty Alexander Lindeman Josephine Wu	14–21, 15–21	Bronze

Pan Am Junior Championships

Boys' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Luiz Enrique Dias Dos Santos Junior	18–21, 21–18, 21–11	Gold

Boys' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Henry Wiebe	Neil Tai-Pow Andrew Wilkinson	21–8, 21–18	Gold
2011	National Indoor Sports Centre, Kingston, Jamaica	Clinton Wong	Andrew Lau Andrew Wilkinson	16–21, 21–17, 21–8	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Adrianna Giuffre	Michael Diamond Surabhi Kadam	19–21, 21–16, 21–16	Gold
2011	National Indoor Sports Centre, Kingston, Jamaica	Adrianna Giuffre	Andrew Wilkinson Jody Chan	21–18, 17–21, 21–16	Gold

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 6 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Yonex / K&D Graphics International	B. R. Sankeerth	Frederik Colberg Rasmus Fladberg	8–21, 21–18, 6–21	Runner-up
2017	Internacional Mexicano	Jason Ho-Shue	Job Castillo Lino Muñoz	18–21, 21–11, 21–17	Winner
2018	Brazil International	Jason Ho-Shue	Tarun Kona Saurabh Sharma	21–7 retired	Winner
2019	Yonex / K&D Graphics International	Jason Ho-Shue	Chen Xin-yuan Lin Yu-chieh	21–23, 20–22	Runner-up
2021	Internacional Mexicano	Adam Dong	Fabio Caponio Giovanni Toti	21–10, 21–10	Winner
2022	Sydney International	Adam Dong	Lee Fang-chih Lee Fang-jen	12–21, 21–16, 16–21	Runner-up
2022	Peru Challenge	Adam Dong	Jason Ho-Shue Joshua Hurlburt-Yu	15–21, 21–18, 12–21	Runner-up
2023	Peru Challenge	Adam Dong	Kevin Lee Ty Alexander Lindeman	16–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2023	Canadian International	Adam Dong	Mohamad Arif Abdul Latif Jonathan Lai	21–13, 17–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2024	Hungarian International	Jonathan Lai	Oliver Butler Samuel Jones	9–21, 21–11, 21–11	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Yonex / K&D Graphics International	Kristen Tsai	Oliver Leydon-Davis Susannah Leydon-Davis	21–11, 21–8	Winner

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