Hiroki Midorikawa
Midorikawa at the2025 Taipei Open
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	(2000-05-17)17 May 2000 (age 25) Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	56 kg (123 lb)
Handedness	Right
Coach	Lee Wan Wah Norio Imai
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	25 (MD withKyohei Yamashita, 23 September 2025) 7 (XD withNatsu Saito, 21 October 2025)
Current ranking	26 (MD with Kyohei Yamashita) 8 (XD with Natsu Saito) (25 November 2025)
Medal record Men'sbadminton Representing Japan Sudirman Cup 2025 Xiamen Mixed team Asian Championships 2025 Ningbo Mixed doubles Asia Mixed Team Championships 2025 Qingdao Mixed team World Junior Championships 2017 Yogyakarta Mixed team 2018 Markham Mixed team Asian Junior Championships 2018 Jakarta Mixed team 2017 Jakarta Mixed team
BWF profile

Hiroki Midorikawa (緑川 大輝,Midorikawa Hiroki; born 17 May 2000) is a Japanesebadminton player who specializes in doubles. He plays for the NTT East team and is a member of theJapanese national team.^[1] He primarily competes in mixed doubles withNatsu Saito, reaching a career-highworld ranking of No. 7 as of 21 October 2025. Together, they won twoWorld Tour Super 500 titles – the2023 Canada Open and the2025 Indonesia Masters – and secured a silver medal at the2025 Asian Championships.^[2][3][4] Midorikawa also competes in men's doubles withKyohei Yamashita, achieving a career-high world ranking of 25 in September 2025.

Born on 17 May 2000 in Saitama Prefecture, Midorikawa began playing badminton at the age of seven, influenced by his parents and older sister. He resides in Sayama City and attended Sanno Elementary, followed bySaitama Sakae Junior and Senior High School.^[5] In his third year of junior high, he won the team competition and was the runner-up in singles at the National Junior High School Tournament. In 2017, he won the doubles competition at the All Japan Junior Championships.^[6]

Midorikawa describes himself as "self-paced and positive." When a shoulder injury prevented him from smashing, instead of being discouraged, he proactively used the opportunity to improve the precision of his drop shots and clears, as well as his footwork. Midorikawa views his relatively short stature as an advantage, believing his high energy and mobility help overcome limitations sometimes associated with shorter players, contrasting the common view that taller players have a natural advantage.^[6] His primary focus is mixed doubles withNatsu Saito, who was his classmate at Saitama Sakae Junior and Senior High School. They began playing together in their second year of high school.^[7]

From 2019 to 2023, Midorikawa studiedsports science atWaseda University.^[8]

Following his graduation from Waseda University, Midorikawa joined theNTT East badminton team in April 2023. He and his mixed doubles partner, Natsu Saito, were promoted to the Japanese A national team under coachJeremy Gan. In their first year on the A team, the pair won their firstWorld Tour Super 500 title at theCanada Open, defeating Danish duo ofMathias Thyrri andAmalie Magelund in the final.^[2] They also finished runner-up at theAustralian Open and reached the semifinals of both theHong Kong Open and theArctic Open.^[9]

In mixed doubles, Midorikawa and Saito reached the final of theIndonesia Masters, finishing as runners-up to the top seedsZheng Siwei andHuang Yaqiong.^[10] They qualified for theBWF World Tour Finals in December but were eliminated in the round-robin stage.

Midorikawa also partnered withKyohei Yamashita in men's doubles. After returning to international competition in August, they won two consecutive International Challenge titles at theSydney International and theNorth Harbour International.^[11][12] Domestically, the pair swept all three of Japan's major national titles in 2024: theJapan Ranking Circuit, theAll Japan Members Championships, and theAll Japan Championships.^[13][14][15]

In 2025, Midorikawa was selected for the Japanese national team in both mixed and men's doubles. He contributed to the Japanese squads that earned bronze medals at theAsia Mixed Team Championships and at theSudirman Cup.^[16][17]

In mixed doubles, he and Saito won theIndonesia Masters title in January and secured a silver medal at theAsian Championships in April.^[18][4] The pair also reached the semifinals of the Super 750Denmark Open and the quarterfinals of several major tournaments, including theWorld Championships,Malaysia Open, andIndonesia Open,India Open,Japan Open, andFrench Open.^[19][20] They achieved a career-high world ranking of No. 7 as of 21 October. In November, the dissolution of their partnership was announced. Midorikawa subsequently formed a new partnership with Olympic bronze medalistNami Matsuyama, with their international debut planned for the2026 Malaysia Open.^[21][22]

In men's doubles, Midorikawa and Yamashita reached the semifinals of theSwiss Open in March and theTaipei Open in May.^[23][24] On 23 September 2025, Midorikawa and Yamashita achieved a career-high world ranking of No. 25. The pair concluded the season with a runner-up finish at the Super 500Japan Masters in November, losing toKim Won-ho andSeo Seung-jae.^[25]

Midorikawa married on 2 February 2025.^[26]

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2025	Ningbo Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Ningbo, China	Natsu Saito	Tang Chun Man Tse Ying Suet	15–21, 21–17, 13–21	Silver	[4]

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[27] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by theBadminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[28]

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2025	Japan Masters	Super 500	Kyohei Yamashita	Kim Won-ho Seo Seung-jae	22–20, 11–21, 16–21	Runner-up	[25]

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2022	Canada Open	Super 100	Natsu Saito	Ye Hong-wei Lee Chia-hsin	21–12, 12–21, 15–21	Runner-up	[29]
2023	Canada Open	Super 500	Natsu Saito	Mathias Thyrri Amalie Magelund	21–17, 16–21, 21–13	Winner	[2]
2023	Australian Open	Super 500	Natsu Saito	Feng Yanzhe Huang Dongping	14–21, 21–16, 15–21	Runner-up	[9]
2024	Indonesia Masters	Super 500	Natsu Saito	Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong	15–21, 16–21	Runner-up	[10]
2025	Indonesia Masters	Super 500	Natsu Saito	Guo Xinwa Chen Fanghui	21–15, 21–17	Winner	[3]

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2019	Malaysia International	Kyohei Yamashita	Liang Weikeng Shang Yichen	18–21, 21–10, 21–16	Winner	[30]
2023	Osaka International	Kyohei Yamashita	Wei Chun-wei Wu Guan-xun	21–14, 21–14	Winner	[31]
2024	Sydney International	Kyohei Yamashita	Lai Po-yu Tsai Fu-cheng	21–14, 21–16	Winner	[11]
2024	North Harbour International	Kyohei Yamashita	Lai Po-yu Tsai Fu-cheng	16–21, 21–14, 21–14	Winner	[12]

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2019	Waikato International	Natsu Saito	Simon Leung Gronya Somerville	21–15, 21–13	Winner	[32]
2019	Vietnam International	Natsu Saito	Vichayapong Kanjanakeereewong Ruethaichanok Laisuan	21–16, 21–8	Winner	[33]
2021	Belgian International	Natsu Saito	Jesper Toft Clara Graversen	21–18, 21–9	Winner	[34][35]
2022	Belgian International	Natsu Saito	Chiu Hsiang-chieh Lin Xiao-min	21–13, 21–17	Winner	[36]

 BWF International Challenge tournament

 BWF International Series tournament

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