Osamu Nagashima

Osamu Nagashima (長島 理, Nagashima Osamu; born 21 October 1979) is a Japanese para-badminton player.^[1][2] He reached the quarter-finals of the men's singles WH1 at the 2020 Summer Paralympics but did not advance to the final four.^[3] In the 2024 Summer Paralympics, he was eliminated in the group stages of the men's singles WH1 event. He also reached the semi-finals of the men's doubles WH1–WH2 event with his partner Takumi Matsumoto but eventually lost in the bronze medal match.^[4]

Osamu Nagashima 長島 理
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	(1979-10-21) 21 October 1979 (age 45) Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Handedness	Left
Men's singles WH1 Men's doubles WH1–WH2 Mixed doubles WH1–WH2
Highest ranking	5 (MS 16 April 2024) 6 (MD with Atsuya Watanabe 1 October 2019) 2 (XD with Yuma Yamazaki 1 January 2019)
Current ranking	6 (MS) 30 (MD with Takumi Matsumoto) (17 September 2024)
Medal record Men's para-badminton Representing  Japan World Championships 2011 Guatemala City Men's doubles 2005 Hsinchu Men's doubles 2005 Hsinchu Mixed doubles 2007 Bangkok Men's singles 2009 Seoul Men's singles 2009 Seoul Men's doubles 2009 Seoul Mixed doubles 2013 Dortmund Men's singles 2013 Dortmund Men's doubles 2013 Dortmund Mixed doubles 2015 Stoke Mandeville Men's doubles 2019 Basel Men's doubles Asian Para Games 2010 Guangzhou Men's singles 2014 Incheon Men's singles 2018 Jakarta Men's singles 2018 Jakarta Mixed doubles Asian Championships 2004 Kuala Lumpur Men's singles 2004 Kuala Lumpur Men's doubles 2012 Yeoju Men's doubles 2012 Yeoju Mixed doubles 2016 Beijing Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Biography

Nagashima was an active badminton player during his years in junior high school. During his university years, he suffered a spinal cord injury in an accident and became wheelchair-bound. He later discovered wheelchair badminton and started to compete in international para-badminton tournaments.^[5]

Achievements

World Championships

Men's singles WH1

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Gymnasium 1, Bangkok, Thailand	Choi Jung-man	4–21, 12–21	Bronze
2009	Olympic Fencing Gymnasium, Seoul, South Korea	Lee Sam-seop	16–21, 22–20, 9–21	Bronze
2013	Helmut-Körnig-Halle, Dortmund, Germany	Jakarin Homhual	21–14, 16–21, 21–23	Bronze

Men's doubles WH1–WH2

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Hsinchu Municipal Gymnasium, Hsinchu, Taiwan	Yukiya Kusunose	Airam Fernández Francisco Pineda	2–0	Bronze
2009	Olympic Fencing Gymnasium, Seoul, South Korea	Tsutomu Shimada	Hiroki Fujino Mitsuyoshi Noine	21–16, 21–11	Bronze
			David Toupé Avni Kertmen	16–21, 17–21
			Lee Sam-seop Lee Yong-ho	16–21, 14–21
			Shalom Kalvansky Shalom Shalom	21–9, 21–9
2011	Coliseo Deportivo, Guatemala City, Guatemala	Seiji Yamami	Avni Kertmen Thomas Wandschneider	10–21, 15–21	Silver
2013	Helmut-Körnig-Halle, Dortmund, Germany	Seiji Yamami	David Toupé Thomas Wandschneider	13–21, 15–21	Bronze
2015	Stoke Mandeville Stadium, Stoke Mandeville, England	Chan Ho Yuen	Kim Jung-jun Lee Dong-seop	9–21, 13–21	Bronze
2019	St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland	Atsuya Watanabe	Kim Jung-jun Lee Dong-seop	13–21, 21–15, 14–21	Bronze

Mixed doubles WH1–WH2

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Hsinchu Municipal Gymnasium, Hsinchu, Taiwan	Midori Kagotani	Choi Jung-man Nam Sun	2–1	Bronze
2009	Olympic Fencing Gymnasium, Seoul, South Korea	Midori Shimada	David Toupé Sonja Häsler	21–10, 21–16	Bronze
			Lee Yong-ho Son Ok-cha	12–21, 22–20, 17–21
			Lee Sam-seop Lee Mi-ok	14–21, 20–22
			Roberto Galdos Marta Rodriguez	21–9, 21–9
2013	Helmut-Körnig-Halle, Dortmund, Germany	Rie Ogura	Avni Kertmen Emine Seçkin	19–21, 13–21	Bronze

Asian Para Games

Men's singles WH1

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Tianhe Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China	Zulkafli Shaari	21–14, 21–13	Bronze
2014	Gyeyang Gymnasium, Incheon, South Korea	Choi Jung-man	15–21, 14–21	Bronze
2018	Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia	Qu Zimo	16–21, 18–21	Bronze

Mixed doubles WH1–WH2

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia	Yuma Yamazaki	Mai Jianpeng Li Hongyan	16–21, 15–21	Bronze

Asian Championships

Men's singles WH1

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Stadium Titiwangsa, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Kusum Weerasinghe	15–10, 9–15, 15–17	Bronze

Men's doubles WH1–WH2

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Stadium Titiwangsa, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Yukiya Kusunose	Madzlan Saibon Zulkafli Shaari	3–15, 0–15	Bronze
2012[a]	Yeoju Sports Center, Yeoju, South Korea	Tsutomu Shimada	Jakarin Homhual Chatchai Kornpeekanok	19–21, 19–21	Bronze
			Kim Jung-jun Lee Sam-seop	9–21, 12–21
			Fang Chih-tsung Ong Yu-yu	21–11, 21–12
2016	China Administration of Sport for Persons with Disabilities, Beijing, China	Chan Ho Yuen	Kim Jung-jun Lee Sam-seop	9–21, 10–21	Bronze

Mixed doubles WH1–WH2

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012[a]	Yeoju Sports Center, Yeoju, South Korea	Yoko Egami	Tsutomu Shimada Rie Ogura	21–19, 21–17	Bronze
			Kim Kyung-hoon Kim Yun-sim	11–21, 12–21
			Kim Sung-hun Lee Sun-ae	8–21, 8–21

BWF Para Badminton World Circuit (1 runner-up)

The BWF Para Badminton World Circuit – Grade 2, Level 1, 2 and 3 tournaments has been sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation from 2022.^[6][7]

Men's singles WH1

Year	Tournament	Level	Opponent	Score	Result
2023	Western Australia Para Badminton International	Level 2	Ryu Dong-hyun	18–21, 13–21	Runner-up

International tournaments (from 2011–2021) (8 titles, 2 runners-up)

Men's singles WH1

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Peru Para Badminton International	Hiroshi Murayama	21–14, 21–16	Winner
2018	Turkish Para Badminton International	David Toupé	21–14, 21–15	Winner
2019	Denmark Para Badminton International	Hiroshi Murayama	21–13, 11–21, 9–21	Runner-up

Men's doubles WH1–WH2

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Peru Para Badminton International	Hiroshi Murayama	Kouhei Kobayashi Atsuya Watanabe	21–11, 21–14	Winner
2017	USA Para Badminton International	Chan Ho Yuen	Kim Jung-jun Lee Sam-seop	11–21, 16–21	Winner

Mixed doubles WH1–WH2

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Peru Para Badminton International	Rie Ogura	Rodolfo Cano Pilar Jáuregui	21–10, 21–18	Winner
2017	USA Para Badminton International	Yuma Yamazaki	Kim Jung-jun Kang Jung-kum	21–18, 8–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2018	Spanish Para Badminton International	Yuma Yamazaki	Jakarin Homhual Amnouy Wetwithan	17–21, 22–20, 21–17	Winner
2018	Turkish Para Badminton International	Yuma Yamazaki	Jakarin Homhual Amnouy Wetwithan	21–9, 21–16	Winner
2018	Thailand Para Badminton International	Yuma Yamazaki	Kim Jung-jun Son Ok-cha	21–12, 21–14	Winner

Notes

1. This tournament uses a round robin system.