Kenichi Hayakawa
Kenichi Hayakawa at the2013 French Super Series.
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	(1986-04-05)5 April 1986 (age 39) Shiga Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Retired	31 March 2017[1]
Handedness	Right
Men's & mixed doubles
Career record	MD, 256 wins, 151 losses (62.90%) XD, 90 wins, 96 losses (48.39%)
Highest ranking	2 (MD withHiroyuki Endo, 19 June 2014) 12 (XD withMisaki Matsutomo, 19 June 2014)
Medal record Men'sbadminton Representing Japan World Championships 2015 Jakarta Men's doubles Sudirman Cup 2015 Dongguan Mixed team Thomas Cup 2014 New Delhi Men's team 2010 Kuala Lumpur Men's team 2012 Wuhan Men's team Asian Championships 2012 Qingdao Men's doubles 2013 Taipei Men's doubles 2015 Wuhan Mixed doubles Asia Team Championships 2016 Hyderabad Men's team East Asian Games 2009 Hong Kong Men's team
BWF profile

Kenichi Hayakawa (早川 賢一,Hayakawa Ken'ichi; born 5 April 1986) is a retired Japanesebadminton 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]

Hayakawa won the first point in the2014 Thomas Cup finals withHiroyuki Endo beating 2004 World Junior ChampionsHoon Thien How andTan 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 theJapan 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]

Men's doubles

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

Men's doubles

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

Mixed doubles

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

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,^[5] was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by theBadminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels wereSuperseries 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	Hiroyuki Endo	Chai Biao Zhang Nan	18–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2012	World Superseries Finals	Hiroyuki Endo	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	17–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2013	All England Open	Hiroyuki Endo	Liu Xiaolong Qiu Zihan	11–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2013	China Masters	Hiroyuki Endo	Ko Sung-hyun Lee Yong-dae	23–25, 19–21	Runner-up
2014	All England Open	Hiroyuki Endo	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	19–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2014	French Open	Hiroyuki Endo	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	21–18, 9–21, 7–21	Runner-up
2016	All England Open	Hiroyuki Endo	Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov	23–21, 18–21, 16–21	Runner-up

 BWF Superseries Finals tournament

 BWF Superseries Premier tournament

 BWF Superseries tournament

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

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2009	German Open	Kenta Kazuno	Lee Yong-dae Shin Baek-cheol	13–21, 16–21	Runner-up	[7]
2010	Australian Open	Hiroyuki Endo	Kang Woo-kyum Park Tae-sang	21–15, 21–16	Winner
2011	Australian Open	Hiroyuki Endo	Naoki Kawamae Shoji Sato	21–17, 21–18	Winner
2011	Russian Open	Hiroyuki Endo	Naoki Kawamae Shoji Sato	18–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2011	Indonesia Grand Prix Gold	Hiroyuki Endo	Mohammad Ahsan Bona Septano	13–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2012	U.S. Open	Hiroyuki Endo	Yoshiteru Hirobe Kenta Kazuno	21–15, 21–10	Winner
2014	German Open	Hiroyuki Endo	Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda	19–21, 21–14, 14–21	Runner-up	[8]

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	U.S. Open	Misaki Matsutomo	Tony Gunawan Vita Marissa	13–21, 10–21	Runner-up

 BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

 BWF Grand Prix tournament

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Banuinvest International	Kenta Kazuno	Julian Hristov Konstantin Dobrev	21–10, 21–13	Winner
2007	Victorian International	Kenta Kazuno	Chad Whitehead Mark Prior	21–7, 21–15	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Osaka International	Shizuka Matsuo	Hirokatsu Hashimoto Mizuki Fujii	21–14, 21–11	Winner

 BWF International Challenge tournament

 BWF International Series tournament

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