| Kyōhei Yamashita | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Yamashita at the2025 Taipei Open | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1998-10-12)October 12, 1998 (age 27) Okayama Prefecture, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Lee Wan Wah Hiroyuki Endo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Men's & mixed doubles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 25 (MD withHiroki Midorikawa, 23 September 2025) 13 (XD withNaru Shinoya, 27 December 2022) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 26 (MD with Hiroki Midorikawa, 25 November 2025) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| BWF profile | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kyohei Yamashita (山下 恭平,Yamashita Kyōhei; born 12 October 1998) is a Japanesebadminton player who specializes in doubles.[2] He is a member of the Japanese national team and is affiliated with the NTT East team.[3] Competing in mixed doubles with partnerNaru Shinoya, he achieved a career-high world ranking of No. 13 in the discipline. Yamashita won a bronze medal in the mixed doubles at the2021 BWF World Championships inHuelva with Shinoya. He has also earned team bronze medals representing Japan at the2023 Sudirman Cup and the2022 Asian Games.
Following Shinoya's retirement in 2024, Yamashita shifted his focus to men's doubles, reuniting with partnerHiroki Midorikawa. The pair has secured multipleInternational Challenge titles and reached a career-high men's doubles world ranking of No. 27.
Kyohei Yamashita won the mixed doubles bronze medal at the2021 BWF World Championships after losing in the semifinals to compatriotsYuta Watanabe andArisa Higashino, 13–21, 8–21.[4]
In the first half of 2024, Yamashita partnered withNaru Shinoya in mixed doubles, pursuing qualification for theParis 2024 Olympics. Their best BWF World Tour result was a quarterfinal finish at theThailand Masters.[5] The pair did not qualify for the Olympics, and their partnership concluded in April 2024 following Shinoya's retirement from the national team.[6]
Yamashita then shifted his focus to men's doubles, reuniting with partnerHiroki Midorikawa. Returning to the international circuit in August, they won two consecutive titles at the International Challenge level: theSydney International and theNorth Harbour International.[7][8] Domestically, Yamashita and Midorikawa swept Japan's three major men's doubles titles in 2024: theJapan Ranking Circuit, theAll Japan Members Championships, and theAll Japan Championships.[9][10][11]
Yamashita continued his men's doubles partnership with Midorikawa into 2025 season. In March, they reached the semifinals of theSwiss Open. In the first round, they upset the world No. 2 ranked Malaysian pair,Goh Sze Fei andNur Izzuddin, before losing to the eventual champions,Kittinupong Kedren andDechapol Puavaranukroh of Thailand.[12][13] In May, they also reached the semifinals of theTaipei Open. Yamashita was part of the Japanese team that won a bronze medal at theSudirman Cup held in Xiamen.[14] On 23 September 2025, Yamashita and Midorikawa 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.[15]
Mixed doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain |  Naru Shinoya | Yuta WatanabeArisa Higashino | 13–21, 8–21 |  Bronze | [4] |
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[16] 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.[17]
Men's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Level | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Japan Masters | Super 500 | Hiroki Midorikawa |  Kim Won-hoSeo Seung-jae | 22–20, 11–21, 16–21 |  Runner-up | [15] |
Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Level | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Akita Masters | Super 100 | Naru Shinoya | Ko Sung-hyunEom Hye-won | 10–21, 17–21 | Runner-up | [18] |
Men's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Malaysia International | Hiroki Midorikawa |  Liang WeikengShang Yichen | 18–21, 21–10, 21–16 |  Winner | [19] |
| 2023 | Osaka International | Hiroki Midorikawa |  Wei Chun-weiWu Guan-xun | 21–14, 21–14 | Winner | [20] |
| 2024 | Sydney International | Hiroki Midorikawa | Lai Po-yuTsai Fu-cheng | 21–14, 21–16 | Winner | [7] |
| 2024 | North Harbour International | Hiroki Midorikawa | Lai Po-yu Tsai Fu-cheng | 16–21, 21–14, 21–14 | Winner | [8] |
Boys' doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Dutch Junior International | Naoki Yamazawa | Hiroki OkamuraMasayuki Onodera | 21–17, 11–21, 20–22 | Runner-up |
| 2016 | German Junior International | Naoki Yamazawa | Hiroki Okamura Masayuki Onodera | 21–14, 21–19 | Winner |
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | A | G | S | B | NH | N/A | DNQ |
| Team events | 2016 | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| Asian Junior Championships | B | [21] |
| Team events | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asian Games | B | NH | |||
| Sudirman Cup | NH | B | NH | B | [22] |
Men's doubles
| Tournament | BWF World Tour | Best | Ref | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2019 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |||
| Indonesia Masters | A | QF | QF ('25) | ||||
| Orléans Masters | A | 2R | 2R ('25) | ||||
| Swiss Open | A | SF | SF ('25) | [12] | |||
| Taipei Open | A | SF | SF ('25) | ||||
| Thailand Open | A | 2R | 2R ('25) | [23] | |||
| Malaysia Masters | A | 2R | 2R ('25) | [24] | |||
| Singapore Open | A | 1R | 1R ('25) | ||||
| Indonesia Open | A | 1R | 1R ('25) | ||||
| Japan Open | A | 2R | 2R ('25) | ||||
| Baoji China Masters | N/A | QF | A | QF ('24) | |||
| Hong Kong Open | A | 1R | 1R ('25) | ||||
| China Masters | A | 1R | 1R ('25) | [25] | |||
| Korea Open | A | 2R | 2R ('25) | ||||
| Denmark Open | A | 1R | 1R ('25) | [26] | |||
| French Open | A | 1R | 1R ('25) | [27] | |||
| Japan Masters | N/A | A | F | F ('25) | [15] | ||
| Australian Open | A | 1R | 1R ('25) | [28] | |||
| Syed Modi International | A | 1R | A | 1R ('23) | |||
| Indonesia Masters Super 100 | A | 1R | A | 1R ('19) | |||
| Akita Masters | QF | A | N/A | QF ('18) | |||
| Year-end ranking | 265 | 214 | 211 | 131 | 27 | ||
| Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Best | Ref |
| Event | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asian Championships | NH | QF | 1R | 1R | |
| Asian Games | NH | 1R | NH | ||
| World Championships | B | 3R | 2R | NH | [4] |
| Tournament | BWF World Tour | Best | Ref | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |||
| Malaysia Open | A | NH | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R ('24) | ||
| India Open | A | NH | A | QF | 1R | QF ('23) | ||
| Indonesia Masters | A | 1R | A | 2R | 2R | 2R ('23,'24) | ||
| Thailand Masters | A | 2R | NH | A | QF | QF ('24) | [5] | |
| German Open | A | NH | 1R | SF | A | SF ('23) | ||
| French Open | A | NH | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R ('22,'23) | |
| All England Open | A | 1R | QF | 1R | QF ('23) | [29][30] | ||
| Swiss Open | A | NH | A | 1R | 2R | A | 2R ('23) | |
| Thailand Open | A | NH | QF | A | QF ('22) | |||
| Malaysia Masters | A | NH | 1R | QF | A | QF ('23) | ||
| Singapore Open | A | NH | A | 1R | A | 1R ('23) | ||
| Indonesia Open | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | 2R ('21) | ||
| Australian Open | A | NH | QF | QF | A | QF ('22,'23) | ||
| Canada Open | A | NH | A | SF | A | SF ('23) | ||
| Japan Open | A | NH | 1R | 1R | A | 1R ('22,'23) | ||
| Korea Open | A | NH | A | 1R | A | 1R ('23) | ||
| Hong Kong Open | A | NH | 1R | A | 1R ('23) | |||
| Vietnam Open | 2R | NH | A | 2R ('19) | ||||
| China Open | A | NH | 2R | A | 2R ('23) | |||
| Denmark Open | A | QF | 1R | A | QF ('22) | |||
| Japan Masters | N/A | QF | A | QF ('23) | ||||
| China Masters | A | NH | 2R | A | 2R ('23) | |||
| Syed Modi International | A | NH | A | QF | A | QF ('23) | ||
| Indonesia Masters Super 100 | 1R | NH | A | 1R ('19) | ||||
| Akita Masters | F | NH | N/A | F ('19) | [18] | |||
| Year-end ranking | 73 | 73 | 42 | 13 | 17 | 60 | 13 | |
| Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Best | Ref |
