Kazushi Yamada

Kazushi Yamada
Personal information
Country Japan
Born (1987-02-21) 21 February 1987 (age 37)
Niihama, Ehime, Japan
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking14 (MS) 2 December 2010
14 (MD) 23 July 2015
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Japan
Thomas Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Kuala Lumpur Men's team
East Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Hong Kong Men's team
BWF profile

Kazushi Yamada (山田和司, Yamada Kazushi, born 21 February 1987) is a Japanese badminton player from the Unisys team.[1][2] In 2010, he competed at the Guangzhou Asian Games.[3]

Achievements

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Men's Doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Malaysia Masters Japan Kenta Kazuno Chinese Taipei Chen Hung-ling
Chinese Taipei Wang Chi-lin 		21-19, 14–21, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Vietnam Open Japan Kenta Kazuno Indonesia Andrei Adistia
Indonesia Hendra Aprida Gunawan 		21-15, 21–23, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2014 Russian Open Japan Kenta Kazuno Japan Takuto Inoue
Japan Yuki Kaneko 		19-21, 22–20, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge or Series

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2012 Osaka International Japan Kazumasa Sakai Walkover 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010 Osaka International Japan Sho Sasaki 14-21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Osaka International Japan Kenta Kazuno Japan Takuto Inoue
Japan Yuki Kaneko 		21-9, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Polish Open Japan Kenta Kazuno Poland Adam Cwalina
Poland Przemysław Wacha 		21-19, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Osaka International Japan Kenta Kazuno South Korea Jun Bong-chan
South Korea Kim Duck-yong 		21-19, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Osaka International Japan Kenta Kazuno Japan Takatoshi Kurose
Japan Sho Zeniya 		21-14, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

  1. ^ "選手・スタッフ紹介 山田 和司 ヤマダ・カズシ" (in Japanese). Saishunkan Co.Ltd. Archived from the original on 18 February 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  2. ^ "日本ユニシス実業団バドミントン部" (in Japanese). Unisys. Archived from the original on 12 December 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  3. ^ "日本選手団名簿 -バドミントン" (PDF) (in Japanese). Japanese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2 July 2017.


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