Keigo_Sonoda Knowpia

Keigo Sonoda
園田啓悟
Keigo Sonoda; 園田啓悟
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	20 February 1990 (age 34); Yatsushiro, Kumamoto, Japan
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Handedness	Right
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	69 (MS 1 December 2011); 2 (MD with Takeshi Kamura 26 January 2017); 19 (XD 31 March 2016)
Current ranking	11 (MD with Takeshi Kamura 30 August 2022)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Japan
World Championships
Sudirman Cup
Thomas Cup
Asian Games
Asia Championships
Asia Mixed Team Championships
Asia Team Championships
Asian Junior Championships
	BWF profile

Keigo Sonoda (園田啓悟, Sonoda Keigo, born 20 February 1990) is a Japanese badminton player.^[1] He affiliated with the YKK AP Yatsushiro, before joining the Tonami team in 2010. Sonoda was part of the national team that won the 2014 Thomas Cup. He captured his first Superseries title at the 2016 Hong Kong Open, and reached a career high of world number 2 in the men's doubles partnered with Takeshi Kamura in January 2017.^[2]^[3]

Sonoda won the silver medal at the 2018 World Championships and a bronze in 2017. In the continental level, he helped the national team to win the 2017 Asia Mixed Team Championships, and he also collected a silver and three bronze medals in the individual men's doubles event. He competed at the 2014 and 2018 Asian Games.^[4] He retired in 2021 after competing at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Career edit

Sonoda competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Partnered with Takeshi Kamura, the duo was eliminated in the quarter-finals by the second seeds Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan.^[5]

Achievements edit

BWF World Championships edit

Men's doubles

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

Asian Championships edit

Men's doubles

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

BWF World Tour (3 titles, 8 runners-up) edit

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[6] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton 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.^[7]

Men's doubles

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

BWF Superseries (2 titles, 2 runners-up) edit

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

Superseries Finals Tournament

Superseries Premier Tournament

Superseries Tournament

BWF Grand Prix (3 titles) edit

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

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 1 runner-up) edit

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Osaka International	Sho Zeniya	18–21, 21–16, 21–16	Winner

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Osaka International	Takatoshi Kurose	Shu Wada Tatsuya Watanabe	21–14, 21–14	Winner
2011	Malaysia International	Takeshi Kamura	Chen Chung-jen Lin Yen-jui	21–13, 21–17	Winner
2012	Osaka International	Takeshi Kamura	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Agripina Prima Rahmanto Putra	21–17, 21–23, 21–18	Winner
2012	Scottish International	Takeshi Kamura	Hiroyuki Saeki Ryota Taohata	16–21, 21–11, 21–17	Winner
2013	Austrian International	Takeshi Kamura	Hiroyuki Saeki Ryota Taohata	18–21, 21–15, 18–21	Runner-up

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

References edit

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