Shintaro Ikeda

Shintaro Ikeda (池田 信太郎, Ikeda Shintaro; born December 27, 1980 in Fukuoka) is a male badminton player from Japan.

Shintaro Ikeda
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	(1980-12-27) 27 December 1980 (age 44) Ōnojō Fukuoka, Japan
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
Handedness	Right
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	8 (XD with Reiko Shiota, 2 October 2012) 11 (MD with Shuichi Sakamoto, 21 August 2007)
Medal record Men's Badminton Representing  Japan World Championships 2007 Kuala Lumpur Men's doubles East Asian Games 2009 Hong Kong Men's team
BWF profile

Career

Ikeda won the bronze medal in the 2007 BWF World Championships in men's doubles with Shuichi Sakamoto. They were defeated in semifinals by Jung Jae-sung and Lee Yong-dae of South Korea, 16–21, 12–21.

He has taken part at two Olympic Games, competing in the men's doubles with Shuichi Sakamoto in 2008 and the mixed doubles with Reiko Shiota in 2012.

Achievements

World Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Putra Indoor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Shuichi Sakamoto	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	16–21, 12–21	Bronze

BWF Superseries (1 runner-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,^[1] was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011.^[2] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Singapore Open	Reiko Shiota	Chen Hung-ling Cheng Wen-hsing	17–21, 11–21	Runner-up

  Superseries Tournament

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation since 1983.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Russian Open	Shuichi Sakamoto	Kristof Hopp Ingo Kindervater	16–21, 20–22	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Dutch Open	Reiko Shiota	Alexandr Nikolaenko Valeri Sorokina	20–22, 9–21	Runner-up
2011	German Open	Reiko Shiota	Robert Blair Gabrielle White	21–16, 16–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2011	Russian Open	Reiko Shiota	Alexandr Nikolaenko Valeri Sorokina	18–21, 14–21	Runner-up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2007	Osaka International	Shuichi Sakamoto	Cho Gun-woo Han Sang-hoon	18–21, 21–16, 11–21	Runner-up	[3]

  BWF International Challenge tournament