Takeshi Kamura
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	(1990-02-14)14 February 1990 (age 35) Saga Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	66 kg (146 lb)
Handedness	Right
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	2 (MD withKeigo Sonoda 26 January 2017) 37 (XD withKoharu Yonemoto 1 July 2013)
Medal record Men'sbadminton Representing Japan World Championships 2018 Nanjing Men's doubles 2017 Glasgow Men's doubles Sudirman Cup 2015 Dongguan Mixed team 2019 Nanning Mixed team 2017 Gold Coast Mixed team Thomas Cup 2014 New Delhi Men's team 2018 Bangkok Men's team Asian Games 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Men's team Asian Championships 2018 Wuhan Men's doubles 2016 Wuhan Men's doubles 2017 Wuhan Men's doubles 2019 Wuhan Men's doubles Asia Mixed Team Championships 2017 Ho Chi Minh Mixed team Asia Team Championships 2016 Hyderabad Men's team Asian Junior Championships 2007 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team
BWF profile

Takeshi Kamura (嘉村健士,Kamura Takeshi; born 14 February 1990) is a Japanesebadminton player. He was selected to join the national team in 2013 and retired in 2021. Kamura was part of the national team that won the2014 Thomas Cup. He captured his first Superseries title at the2016 Hong Kong Open, and reached a career high of world number 2 in the men's doubles partnered withKeigo Sonoda in January 2017.^[1][2]

Kamura won the silver medal at the2018 World Championships and a bronze in2017. In the continental level, he helped the national team to win the2017 Asia Mixed Team Championships, and he also collected a silver and three bronze medals in the individual men's doubles event. He competed at the2014 and2018 Asian Games.^[3]

Kamura competed at the2020 Summer Olympics. Partnered withKeigo Sonoda, the duo was eliminated in the quarter-finals by the second seedsMohammad Ahsan andHendra Setiawan.^[4]

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland	Keigo Sonoda	Mohammad Ahsan Rian Agung Saputro	12–21, 15–21	Bronze
2018	Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park, Nanjing, China	Keigo Sonoda	Li Junhui Liu Yuchen	12–21, 19–21	Silver

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Keigo Sonoda	Lee Yong-dae Yoo Yeon-seong	17–21, 18–21	Bronze
2017	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Keigo Sonoda	Li Junhui Liu Yuchen	15–21, 21–13, 18–21	Bronze
2018	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Keigo Sonoda	Li Junhui Liu Yuchen	21–11, 10–21, 13–21	Silver
2019	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Keigo Sonoda	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	21–15, 17–21, 15–21	Bronze

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[5] 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 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[6]

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2018	Malaysia Open	Super 750	Keigo Sonoda	Hiroyuki Endo Yuta Watanabe	21–8, 21–10	Winner
2018	Thailand Open	Super 500	Keigo Sonoda	Hiroyuki Endo Yuta Watanabe	21–17, 21–19	Winner
2018	Denmark Open	Super 750	Keigo Sonoda	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	15–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2018	Hong Kong Open	Super 500	Keigo Sonoda	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	13–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2019	German Open	Super 300	Keigo Sonoda	Hiroyuki Endo Yuta Watanabe	21–15, 11–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2019	Malaysia Open	Super 750	Keigo Sonoda	Li Junhui Liu Yuchen	12–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2019	Singapore Open	Super 500	Keigo Sonoda	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	21–13, 19–21, 21–17	Winner
2019	Australian Open	Super 300	Keigo Sonoda	Ko Sung-hyun Shin Baek-Cheol	11–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2019	Korea Open	Super 500	Keigo Sonoda	Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto	16–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2019	Fuzhou China Open	Super 750	Keigo Sonoda	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	17–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2021	All England Open	Super 1000	Keigo Sonoda	Hiroyuki Endo Yuta Watanabe	15–21, 21–17, 11–21	Runner-up	[7]

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,^[8] 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.^[9] 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
2016	Singapore Open	Keigo Sonoda	Fu Haifeng Zhang Nan	11–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2016	Hong Kong Open	Keigo Sonoda	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	21–19, 21–19	Winner
2016	Dubai World Superseries Finals	Keigo Sonoda	Goh V Shem Tan Wee Kiong	14–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2017	Australia Open	Keigo Sonoda	Hendra Setiawan Tan Boon Heong	21–17, 21–19	Winner

 Superseries Finals Tournament

 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
2012	Canada Open	Keigo Sonoda	Hiroyuki Saeki Ryota Taohata	12–21, 21–16, 21–19	Winner
2013	U.S. Open	Keigo Sonoda	Liang Jui-wei Liao Kuan-hao	21–16, 27–25	Winner
2014	German Open	Keigo Sonoda	Hiroyuki Endo Kenichi Hayakawa	21–19, 14–21, 21–14	Winner	[10]

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Canada Open	Koharu Yonemoto	Ryota Taohata Ayaka Takahashi	14–21, 16–21	Runner-up

 BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

 BWF Grand Prix tournament

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2009	Vietnam International	Takuma Ueda	Chow Pak Chuu Hong Chieng Hun	21–14, 21–14	Winner
2011	Malaysia International	Keigo Sonoda	Chen Chung-jen Lin Yen-jui	21–13, 21–17	Winner
2012	Osaka International	Keigo Sonoda	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Agripina Prima Rahmanto Putra	21–17, 21–23, 21–18	Winner	[11]
2012	Scottish International	Keigo Sonoda	Hiroyuki Saeki Ryota Taohata	16–21, 21–11, 21–17	Winner	[12]
2013	Austrian International	Keigo Sonoda	Hiroyuki Saeki Ryota Taohata	18–21, 21–15, 18–21	Runner-up	[13]

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2011	New Zealand International	Koharu Yonemoto	Danny Bawa Chrisnanta Vanessa Neo	14–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2011	Osaka International	Koharu Yonemoto	Keisuke Kawaguchi Shinobu Ogura	21–18, 21–7	Winner	[14]
2012	Osaka International	Koharu Yonemoto	Riky Widianto Richi Puspita Dili	15–21, 19–21	Runner-up	[11]

 BWF International Challenge tournament

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