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Character Introduction
Watanabe Yuta , born June 13, 1997 in Suginami-ku, Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese badminton player.He joined Unisys Japan Ltd. in April 2016 and is a member of its badminton division, with the team number 12.On July 30, 2021, Watanabe Yuta/Yuka Higashino won the bronze medal in mixed doubles badminton at the Tokyo Olympics.
Isao Watanabe specializes in doubles events, having finished third in the mixed doubles at the World Junior Badminton Championships in 2014.
On March 19, 2018, the Badminton World Federation World Tour All England Open concluded, and Isao Watanabe/Yuka Higashino became the first Japanese pair in history to win the All England mixed doubles title.
In March 2020, in the men’s doubles final of the All England Badminton Open, the Japanese duo of Dayu Endo/Isao Watanabe won the men’s doubles final by defeating Indonesia’s top seeded Gideon/Sukamuyo 2:1.
In March 2021, he first defended his men’s doubles title at the All England Badminton Championships 2021 with partner Dayu Endo, defeating Kenshi Kaemura/Keigo Sonoda 21:15, 17:21 and 21:11, and then took the mixed doubles gold medal with Arisa Higashino, making light work of Yuki Kaneko/Misaki Matsumoto 21:14 and 21:13, respectively.
On July 29, 2021, in the Tokyo Olympics Mixed Doubles Semi-Final, Chinese pair Wang Yilu/Huang Dongping beat Japanese pair Isao Watanabe/Yuka Higashino 2-1 to reach the final. On the same day, in the Tokyo Olympic Games Men’s Doubles Quarterfinals, Isao Watanabe/Daiyu Endo were eliminated from the tournament with a 0-2 defeat against Yang Li/Qilin Wang (21-16, 21-19).On July 30, in the Tokyo Olympic Games Mixed Doubles Bronze Medal match, Isao Watanabe/Yuka Azuma won the Bronze Medal match against Hong Kong, China’s Teng Chunwen/Xie Yingxue with a 2-0 victory (21-17, 23-21) to win the Bronze Medal. won the bronze medal.
On December 19, 2021, in the Mixed Doubles Final of the Badminton World Championships, Isao Watanabe/Yusa Azuma lost 0-2 to Thailand’s Tejapol/Sasiri and finished second.
On March 31, 2022, Isao Watanabe announced that he would leave the Badminton Association of Japan, and that he would continue to work as an employee of “BIPROGY”.
On August 28, 2022, at the Badminton World Championships in Tokyo, Isao Watanabe/Yusa Azuma defeated Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong and won the silver medal at the Badminton World Championships.
World Ranking – Mixed Doubles 5, Week 31, 2024
Olympic Points – Mixed Doubles 3, 88485 points
Finals Ranking – Mixed Doubles 15, 44550 points
Equipment Used
AXFORCE 80; VOLTRIC Z-FORCE Ⅱ; DUORA Z-STRIKE; AERONAUT 9000I; AERONAUT 9000C; HALBERTEC 9000; AERONAUT 9000C (City Potential Edition); Li-Ning Line 1; SHB65Z2MEX
Major Achievements
- 2024 All England Open Badminton Championships Mixed Doubles Runner-up
- 2024 Malaysia Open Mixed Doubles Champion
- 2023 Badminton World Finals Mixed Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2023 Kumamoto Badminton Masters Mixed Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2023 French Open Mixed Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2022 Asian Games Badminton Mixed Doubles Silver Medalist
- 2023 World Badminton Championships Mixed Doubles Bronze Medalist
- 2023 Japan Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Champion
- 2023 Korea Open Mixed Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2023 Indonesia Open Mixed Doubles Runner-up
- 2023 Singapore Open Mixed Doubles Runner-up
- 2023 Sudirman Cup Mixed Team Championships Third Place Member
- 2023 India Open Mixed Doubles Champion
- 2023 Malaysia Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Runner-up
- 2022 Japan Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Runner-up
- 2022 World Badminton Championships Mixed Doubles Runner-up
- 2022 Indonesia Open Mixed Doubles Runner-up
- 2022 Thailand Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2022 Thomas Cup Men’s Team 3rd Runner-up Member
- 2022 Asian Badminton Championships Mixed Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2022 All England Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Champion
- 2021 World Badminton Championships Mixed Doubles Runner-up
- 2021 Badminton World Federation Year End Finals Mixed Doubles Runner-up
- 2021 Indonesia Open Mixed Doubles Runner-up
- 2021 Indonesia Badminton Masters Mixed Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2021 France Open Mixed Doubles Champion
- 2021 Denmark Open Mixed Doubles Champion
- 2021 Thomas Cup Men’s Badminton Team Championships 3rd Runner-up
- 2021 Sudirman Cup Mixed Team Championships Runner-up
- 2020 Tokyo Olympics Badminton Mixed Doubles 3rd Runner-up
- 2021 All England Open Men’s Doubles Champion
- 2021 All England Open Mixed Doubles Champion
- 2020 All England Badminton Open Men’s Doubles Champion
- 2020 Asian Badminton Championships Men’s Team Third Place
- 2019 Badminton World Federation Year-end Finals Men’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2019 Badminton World Federation Year-end Finals Mixed Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2019 Hong Kong China Open Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2019 China Hong Kong Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Champion
- 2019 China Fuzhou Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2019 France Badminton Open Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals
- France Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Quarter-finals 2019
- 2019 World Badminton Championships Mixed Doubles Third Place
- Thailand Badminton Open Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals 2019
- Thailand Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Runner-up 2019
- 2019 Australian Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2019 Sudirman Cup Mixed Team Runner-up
- 2019 New Zealand Badminton Open Men’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2019 Badminton Asia Championships Men’s Doubles Champion
- 2019 Badminton Asia Championships Mixed Team Runner-up
- 2019 All England Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Runner-up
- 2019 German Badminton Open Men’s Doubles Champion
- 2019 Indonesia Badminton Masters Mixed Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2019 Malaysia Badminton Masters Mixed Doubles Champion
- 2018 Badminton World Tour Finals Men’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2018 Badminton World Tour Finals Mixed Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2018 Hong Kong Badminton Open China Mixed Doubles Champion
- 2018 China Fuzhou Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2018 France Open Mixed Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2018 Korea Open Men’s Doubles Champion
- 2018 Japan Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2018 Asian Games Badminton Men’s Team Bronze Medal
- 2018 Thailand Badminton Open Men’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2018 Malaysia Open Badminton Mixed Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2018 Malaysia Open Badminton Men’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2018 Thomas Cup Men’s Team Silver Medal
- 2018 All England Open Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2018 All England Open Mixed Doubles Champion
- 2017 Sudirman Cup Mixed Team 3rd Runner-up
- 2017 All England Badminton Superseries Mixed Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2017 Germany Badminton Golden Grand Prix Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2017 Badminton Asia Championships Mixed Team Champion
- 2017 Malaysia Badminton Masters Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals
- Vietnam Badminton International Challenge Mixed Doubles Champion 2016
- 2016 Vietnam Badminton International Challenge Men’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2016 China Badminton Masters Mixed Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2016 Austrian Badminton Open Men’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2015 World Junior Badminton Championships Men’s Doubles 3rd Runner-up
- 2015 Russia Badminton Grand Prix Mixed Doubles Runner-up
- 2015 Asian Youth Badminton Championships Men’s Singles 3rd Runner-up
- 2015 Asian Youth Badminton Championships Mixed Team 3rd Runner-up
- 2014 World Junior Badminton Championships Mixed Doubles Third Place
- 2014 World Junior Badminton Championships Mixed Team 3rd Runner-up
- 2014 Asian Junior Badminton Championships Men’s Doubles Third Place
- 2014 Asian Junior Badminton Championships Mixed Team Third Place
