Naoki Kawamae

Naoki Kawamae
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1982-11-06) 6 November 1982 (age 42)
Nara Prefecture, Japan
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
HandednessRight
Men's doubles
Highest ranking9 (5 April 2012)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Japan
Thomas Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Kuala Lumpur Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Wuhan Men's team
BWF profile

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]

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 Japan Shoji Sato Japan Hiroyuki Endo
Japan Kenichi Hayakawa 		17–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2011 Russian Open Japan Shoji Sato Japan Hiroyuki Endo
Japan Kenichi Hayakawa 		21–18, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 India Grand Prix Gold Japan Shoji Sato Indonesia Andrei Adistia
Indonesia Christopher Rusdianto 		21–17, 12–21, 23–21 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2012 Swiss Open Japan Shoji Sato Chinese Taipei Fang Chieh-min
Chinese Taipei Lee Sheng-mu 		21–13, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) 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 Japan Keishi Kawaguchi 9–15, 15–9, 9–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2004 Canterbury International Japan Yusuke Shinkai Japan Keishi Kawaguchi
Japan Toru Matsumoto 		15–11, 15–4 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2004 Western Australia International Japan Yusuke Shinkai Japan Keishi Kawaguchi
Japan Toru Matsumoto 		15–8, 15–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2008 Osaka International Japan Keishi Kawaguchi South Korea Ko Sung-hyun
South Korea Kwon Yi-goo 		11–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2008 Canadian International Japan Keishi Kawaguchi United States Howard Bach
United States Khankham Malaythong 		21–15, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2009 Estonian International Japan Shoji Sato Russia Andrey Ashmarin
Russia Anton Ivanov 		21–13, 21–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2009 Swedish International Japan Shoji Sato England Chris Langridge
England David Lindley 		15–21, 21–14, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2009 Austrian International Japan Shoji Sato Japan Yoshiteru Hirobe
Japan Hajime Komiyama 		21–19, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2009 Croatian International Japan Shoji Sato Denmark Mads Conrad-Petersen
Denmark Mads Pieler Kolding 		15–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2009 Canadian International Japan Shoji Sato Canada Alvin Lau
Canada Li Chi-Lin 		21–15, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

  1. ^ "選手 川前 直樹" (in Japanese). Japanese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  2. ^ "佐藤翔・川前組、最終戦で五輪初勝利" (in Japanese). Sankei Sports. Retrieved 20 June 2017.


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