Kenichi Hayakawa

Kenichi Hayakawa
Kenichi Hayakawa at the 2013 French Super Series.
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1986-04-05) 5 April 1986 (age 38)
Shiga Prefecture, Japan
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Retired31 March 2017[1]
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Career recordMD, 256 wins, 151 losses (62.90%)
XD, 90 wins, 96 losses (48.39%)
Highest ranking2 (MD with Hiroyuki Endo, 19 June 2014)
12 (XD with Misaki Matsutomo, 19 June 2014)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Jakarta Men's doubles
Sudirman Cup
Silver medal – second place 2015 Dongguan Mixed team
Thomas Cup
Gold medal – first place 2014 New Delhi Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Kuala Lumpur Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Wuhan Men's team
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2012 Qingdao Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Taipei Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Wuhan Mixed doubles
Asia Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 Hyderabad Men's team
East Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Hong Kong Men's team
BWF profile

Kenichi Hayakawa (早川 賢一, Hayakawa Ken'ichi, born 5 April 1986) is a retired Japanese badminton player. He has been a runner-up of the All England three times (2013, 2014 and 2016) along with his partner, Hiroyuki Endo. He competed at the 2010 and 2014 Asian Games.[2]

Career

Hayakawa won the first point in the 2014 Thomas Cup finals with Hiroyuki Endo beating 2004 World Junior Champions Hoon Thien How and Tan Boon Heong and lead the momentum for the Japanese team to claim the Thomas Cup for the first time, being the fourth nation to win Thomas cup after Indonesia, China and Malaysia.

On 31 March 2017, Hayakawa retired as a badminton player.[1] He was appointed as the Japan national badminton team coach in 2017.[3] Hayakawa stepped down as the national team coach in 2023 and became the men's team manager for BIPROGY.[4]

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia Japan Hiroyuki Endo China Liu Xiaolong
China Qiu Zihan 		16–21, 23–21, 20–22 Bronze Bronze

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Qingdao Sports Centre Conson Stadium,
Qingdao, China 		Japan Hiroyuki Endo South Korea Kim Gi-jung
South Korea Kim Sa-rang 		12–21, 16–21 Silver Silver
2013 Taipei Arena,
Taipei, Taiwan 		Japan Hiroyuki Endo South Korea Kim Gi-jung
South Korea Kim Sa-rang 		21–19, 13–21, 14–21 Bronze Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China 		Japan Misaki Matsutomo Hong Kong Lee Chun Hei
Hong Kong Chau Hoi Wah 		17–21, 19–21 Bronze Bronze

BWF Superseries (7 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[5] 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.[6] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 China Masters Japan Hiroyuki Endo China Chai Biao
China Zhang Nan 		18–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012 World Superseries Finals Japan Hiroyuki Endo Denmark Mathias Boe
Denmark Carsten Mogensen 		17–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 All England Open Japan Hiroyuki Endo China Liu Xiaolong
China Qiu Zihan 		11–21, 9–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 China Masters Japan Hiroyuki Endo South Korea Ko Sung-hyun
South Korea Lee Yong-dae 		23–25, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2014 All England Open Japan Hiroyuki Endo Indonesia Mohammad Ahsan
Indonesia Hendra Setiawan 		19–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2014 French Open Japan Hiroyuki Endo Denmark Mathias Boe
Denmark Carsten Mogensen 		21–18, 9–21, 7–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 All England Open Japan Hiroyuki Endo Russia Vladimir Ivanov
Russia Ivan Sozonov 		23–21, 18–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Superseries Finals tournament
  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (3 titles, 5 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 German Open Japan Kenta Kazuno South Korea Lee Yong-dae
South Korea Shin Baek-cheol 		13–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010 Australian Open Japan Hiroyuki Endo South Korea Kang Woo-kyum
South Korea Park Tae-sang 		21–15, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 Australian Open Japan Hiroyuki Endo Japan Naoki Kawamae
Japan Shoji Sato 		21–17, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 Russian Open Japan Hiroyuki Endo Japan Naoki Kawamae
Japan Shoji Sato 		18–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2011 Indonesia Grand Prix Gold Japan Hiroyuki Endo Indonesia Mohammad Ahsan
Indonesia Bona Septano 		13–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012 U.S. Open Japan Hiroyuki Endo Japan Yoshiteru Hirobe
Japan Kenta Kazuno 		21–15, 21–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 German Open Japan Hiroyuki Endo Japan Takeshi Kamura
Japan Keigo Sonoda 		19–21, 21–14, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 U.S. Open Japan Misaki Matsutomo United States Tony Gunawan
Indonesia Vita Marissa 		13–21, 10–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles)

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2007 Banuinvest International Japan Kenta Kazuno Bulgaria Julian Hristov
Bulgaria Konstantin Dobrev 		21–10, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2007 Victorian International Japan Kenta Kazuno Australia Chad Whitehead
Australia Mark Prior 		21–7, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Osaka International Japan Shizuka Matsuo Japan Hirokatsu Hashimoto
Japan Mizuki Fujii 		21–14, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

  1. ^ a b "Announcement of the retirement of players Kenichi Hayakawa and Ryota Taohata" (in Japanese). BIPROGY. 3 April 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Profile: Hayakawa Kenichi". Incheon 2014 official website. Archived from the original on 3 October 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  3. ^ "代表選手 2017年" (in Japanese). Nippon Badminton Association. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  4. ^ "Team/Staff Profile: Kenichi Hayakawa" (in Japanese). BIPROGY. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  5. ^ "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
  6. ^ "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". IBadmintonstore. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
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