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Character Introduction
Kenichi Hayakawa is a Japanese male badminton player.
In November 2010, Hayakawa represented Japan at the Guangzhou Asian Games, competing in the men’s doubles (with Dayu Endo) and team events.
In 2011, Hayakawa and Dayu Endo competed in the Australian Open and defended their title in the Men’s Doubles Final, defeating teammates Naoki Kawamae and Shoji Sato 2-0 (21-17, 21-18).
In 2012, Hayakawa teamed up with Dayu Endo to compete in the U.S. Open Badminton Championships, winning the Men’s Doubles Final, defeating teammates Yoshitoshi Hirobe/Kenta Kurono 2-0 (21-15, 21-10).
In August 2013, Kenichi Hayakawa participated in the World Badminton Championships in Guangzhou, China, where he competed with Misaki Matsutomo and Dayu Endo in the Mixed Doubles and Men’s Doubles events. In mixed doubles, he and Misaki Matsutomo defeated the Czech pair 2-0 in the first round, and then 2-0 (21-7, 21-19) in the second round to advance to the 13th seeded Anders Christiansen/Julie Hohmann of Denmark; and then beat Kim Ki-jung/Jung Kyung-yin of South Korea 2-1 (21-16, 11-21, 21-11) in the third round, to advance to the last eight; but finally, he had to fight a hard-fought battle in the third round to defeat Kim Ki-jung/Jung Kyung-yin of South Korea 1-2 (21-16, 11-21, 21-11), to advance to the last eight; and finally, he was defeated in a hard-fought battle in the third round. In the men’s doubles, he and Tontowi Ahmad/Liliana Nasir of Indonesia, the No. 3 seeds, went out 1-2 (10-21, 21-17, 19-21) after a hard-fought three-set match. As for the men’s doubles, he and Dayu Endo played in the men’s doubles event as the No. 4 seeds. They had a blank in the first round, and advanced in the second and third rounds with 2-0 victories over the English and Malaysian pairings; but by the quarterfinals, they were defeated 0-2 (13-21, 20-22) by No. 8 seeded Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng of China, and stopped in the round of 8.
In February 2017, Kenichi Hayakawa announced his retirement after the Badminton S/J League. He began coaching the Japan National Badminton Team B from the same year.
Equipment Used
FORTIUS 10 QUICK/POWER; CALIBER VS TOUR
Major Achievements
- 2016 All England Badminton Open Men’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2016 Germany Badminton Golden Grand Prix Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2015 China Badminton Premier Super Tournament Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2015 Japan Badminton Premier Super Tournament Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2015 World Badminton Championships Men’s Doubles 3rd Runner-up
- 2015 Sudirman Cup Runner-up
- 2015 Badminton Asia Championships Mixed Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2015 Singapore Badminton Super Tournament Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2015 All England Badminton Championships Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2015 Germany Badminton Golden Grand Prix Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2014 Badminton World Cup Super Series Finals Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2014 Badminton France Super Series Men’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2014 Japan Badminton Super Series Mixed Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2014 Thomas Cup Men’s Team Champion
- 2014 Badminton India Superseries Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2014 All England Badminton Men’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2014 Germany Badminton Golden Grand Prix Men’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2014 Malaysia Badminton Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2014 Korea Badminton Super Tournament Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2013 China Badminton Super Tournament Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2013 Denmark Badminton Super Tournament Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2013 China Badminton Masters Men’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2013 Badminton Asia Championships Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2013 All England Badminton Super Tournament Men’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2012 BWF Super Series Finals Men’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2012 China Badminton Premier Super Tournament Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2012 China Badminton Masters Men’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2012 USA Badminton Golden Grand Prix Mixed Doubles Runner-up
- 2012 USA Badminton Golden Grand Prix Men’s Doubles Champion
- 2012 Singapore Badminton Premier Tournament Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2012 Thomas Cup Men’s Team Bronze Medal
- 2012 Badminton Asia Championships Men’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2012 Badminton Australia Golden Grand Prix Mixed Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2012 Badminton Australia Golden Grand Prix Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2012 Badminton Switzerland Golden Grand Prix Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2012 Badminton Germany Golden Grand Prix Men’s Doubles quarter-finals
- 2011 Indonesia Badminton Grand Prix Men’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2011 Russia Badminton Grand Prix Mixed Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2011 Russia Badminton Grand Prix Men’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2011 Australian Open Men’s Doubles Champion
- 2010 Thomas Cup Men’s Team Bronze Medal
- 2010 Australian Open Men’s Doubles Champion
- 2009 German Badminton Open Men’s Doubles Runner-up
