Sung Shuo Yun (June 15, 1997) is a female badminton player from Chinese Taipei.
After starting to participate in adult international competitions, Song Shuo-yun primarily focuses on singles, while also competing in women’s doubles and mixed doubles events.
In November 2019, Song Shuo-yun reached the final of the Norway International, where she won her first international title by defeating Vietnamese player Nguyen Thi Sen in straight sets (21-16, 21-18).
By late September 2022, Song Shuo-yun had moved to the Americas and participated in the BWF World Tour Canada Open. She achieved notable victories over the world-ranked No. 21 American player Zhang Beiwen and Olympic and World Championship gold medalist Carolina Marin, unexpectedly advancing to the final. However, she lost to world-ranked No. 13 Li Wen Shan in straight sets (16-21, 15-21) in the final.
Su Li Yang (December 27, 2001) is a male badminton player from Chinese Taipei.
Su Liyan’s father, Su Zhiming, was a former badminton player.
At the age of 16, he reached the semifinals of the 2017 Sydney International Series Senior International Championships. He won his first international title at the 2018 Junior International in Italy.
In 2019, he won the Mongolia Junior International, followed by a bronze medal at the Asian Junior Championships.
Chou Tien Chen (January 8, 1990) is a male badminton player from Chinese Taipei, specializing in singles, whose world ranking also reached a career-best second place on August 6, 2019, and who won a silver medal in the men’s singles at the 2018 Asian Games.
In July 2012, Zhou Tiancheng participated in the Canadian Badminton Grand Prix and made it to the men’s singles final, eventually winning his first career Grand Prix men’s singles title with a 2-1 (15-21, 21-16, 21-9) comeback victory over his teammate, Yohyun Lin.
At the end of October 2012, Zhou Tiansheng moved to Europe and won his first Grand Prix title at the Bitburger Golden Grand Prix in Germany, defeating his home country’s Mark Zwiebler, and then won the Icelandic International, the Norwegian International, and the Welsh International.
In August 2013, Zhou Tiancheng participated in the World Badminton Championships in Guangzhou, China, playing in the men’s singles event, defeating Slovenia’s Istok Utrusha 2-0 in the first round to advance, but went out in the second round, 1-2 (10-21, 21-19, 10-21) to the 9th seeded player, Denmark’s Jane O. Jorgensen.
In October 2014, Zhou Tiansheng played in the French Superseries, and finally won the men’s singles final against fifth seed Wang Wiming 10-21, 25-23, 21-19, picking up his first career Superseries title and becoming Chinese Taipei’s first Superseries men’s singles champion! Zhou Tiancheng’s world ranking also came to the eighth place with the results of the French tournament, entering the world’s top ten for the first time. He traveled to Germany every other week in search of defending his Bitburger Golden Grand Prix title, defeating world No. 9 third seed Tian Houwei in the semifinals, and then completing a men’s singles trifecta with a straight-sets victory over Ireland’s Scott Evans in the finals (21-17, 21-10), and making it to the quarterfinals of China’s premier superseries in the following week before losing to two-time Olympic gold medalist Lin Dan.
In July 2015, in the semifinals of the Chinese Taipei Badminton Golden Grand Prix, world No. 8 Zhou Tiancheng defeated the famous Lin Dan 21-19, 18-21, 21-16, for his first win in four meetings between the two.
On August 17, 2016, Zhou Tiancheng lost 0-2 to Li Zongwei in the men’s singles quarterfinals of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
On August 28, 2018, Zhou Tiancheng was the runner-up in the men’s singles final of the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, losing 1-2 to host Jonathan.
On July 21, 2019, the Badminton World Federation Tour Indonesia Open, won the deciding game 21-15 to win 2-1, topping the Super 1000 level for the first time in his career.
In March 2020, Zhou Tiancheng traveled to England to participate in the All England Open. In the end, he lost 0-2 (13-21, 14-21) to Denmark’s Anselmo Ansalon in the final, finishing second in the men’s singles.
In July 2021, Zhou Tiansheng traveled to Tokyo to compete in the 2020 Summer Olympics and was seeded 2nd in the men’s singles event of the badminton tournament. In the last eight, against the reigning gold medalist Chen Long of China, who had lost all nine of his matches prior to the tournament, Zhou Tiansheng ultimately lost 1-2 (14-21, 21-9, 14-21), stopping him in the last eight of the Olympics for the second time.
In August 2022, Zhou Tiancheng traveled to the 27th World Badminton Championships in Tokyo, Japan, and played in the men’s singles event as the fourth seed, eventually losing to Anselmo Ansalon 15-21, 17-21 in the quarterfinals to collect the third place.
In May 2024, Zhou Tiancheng played as the team’s first singles in the quarterfinals of the Thomas Cup team competition against Denmark’s Anselmo, and finally won a thrilling 2:1 (21:19, 14:21, 21:19), and finally Chinese Taipei entered the quarterfinals with 3:1 Denmark, which was the team’s best result since its participation in the tournament.
On August 2, 2024, Zhou Tiancheng suffered a reversal against Lakshya in the Men’s Singles Quarterfinals of the Paris Olympics 21-19,15-21,12-21, stopping in the quarterfinals.
Kantaphon Wangcharoen, formerly known as Wangcharoen, Wang Jiaolun, and Wang Zhengkan, born in 1998, is a Thai badminton player.
In April 2014, Kantaphon Wangcharoen represented Thailand at the World Junior Badminton Championships in Alor Setar, Malaysia, helping his team win third place in the mixed team. In August of the same year, he played in the Singapore International Series, winning the second place in the men’s singles final after abandoning the match in the third set.
In July 2016, Kantaporn Wangcharoen represented Thailand at the Asian Junior Badminton Championships in his home country, helping his team win third place in the mixed team. In November of the same year, he represented Thailand at the World Junior Badminton Championships in Bilbao, Spain, where he helped his team to win third place in the mixed team, as well as third place in the men’s singles.
In February 2017, Kantaporn Wangcharoen played in the Thailand Badminton Masters and won the second place in the men’s singles final, defeating Tommy Sugiarto, the No. 3 seed of the tournament and Indonesia’s No. 1 player, 0-2 (17-21, 11-21), in the men’s singles final. In August of the same year, he represented Thailand at the Southeast Asian Games badminton tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, winning the men’s team bronze medal.
Wong Ko Lwin managed to win the bronze medal in the men’s singles at the World Championships in 2019, creating the best-ever performance by a Thai men’s singles player, and was also nominated for the Badminton World Federation’s Rookie of the Year award.
Takuma Ohayashi (Japanese: おおばやし たくま; August 7, 1999) is a Japanese male badminton player and a current member of the Japan national badminton team (B team). Born in Fukui Prefecture, he graduated from Katsuyama Nanbu Junior High School and Saitama Ei High School, and graduated from Waseda University.On April 1, 2022, he joined Tonami Transportation Co. and became a member of the badminton section of the company at the same time.
In March 2020, Takuma Ohayashi competed in the Jamaica Badminton International Tournament and won his first international singles title, defeating teammate Yukishi Tanaka 21-11, 17-21, 21-12 in the men’s singles final.
Tanaka Yūshi(Japanese: たなか ゆうし, May 5, 1999) is a Japanese male badminton player and a current member of the Japan national badminton team. Born in Kumamoto Prefecture, he graduated from Kikuchi Minami Junior High School and Yashiro Higashi High School.
In December 2021, Tanaka Chungshi reached the final of the All-Japan Comprehensive Badminton Championships, winning the national title with a surprise victory over pre-tournament favorite Naraoka Kondo.
In September 2022, Tanaka played in the Poland Badminton International and won his first title in an international series.
Naraoka Kōdai (Japanese: ならおか こうだい , June 30, 2001), from Aomori Prefecture, is a Japanese male badminton player and a member of the Japan national badminton team A team.
In September 2017, Naraoka Kōdai appeared at the World Junior Badminton Championships in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, where Japan won the bronze medal in the first mixed team event, while in the singles event, Naraoka Kōdai won the bronze medal, defeating the tournament’s No. 4 seed, Leong Chun Ho of Malaysia, 0-2 (14-21, 20-22).
In October 2018, he represented Japan at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where Naraoka Kondo still fought hard in the three-fourth place finals on the final day, defeating the newly crowned European Junior Champion, Arnaud Mechel of France, in a thrilling 2-1 (21-17, 24-26, 22-20) victory to win the bronze medal in the men’s singles. In November of the same year, he represented Japan at the World Junior Badminton Championships in Markham, Canada, where he helped Japan win the third place in the mixed team in the first team event, and the second place in the men’s singles in the men’s singles final against the tournament’s top seeded and defending champion Kunravut Wittisham, 0-2 (9-21, 11-21), earning him the runner-up spot in the men’s singles at the World Junior Championships.
In February 2019, Naraoka Konda played in the Laos Badminton International Series as the second seed, eventually meeting the men’s singles final with No. 1 seeded player Koga Hiroshi and defeating his opponent 22-20, 22-20 for his first individual title in international competition.
In November 2023, Konda Naraoka played in the China Badminton Masters, winning his first career Super750 title with a 21-13, 21-13 victory over teammate Kenta Nishimoto in the final.
World Ranking – Men’s Singles 5, Week 30, 2024
Olympic Points – Men’s Singles 5, 82815 points
Finals Ranking – Men’s Singles 12, 46890 points
Equipment Used
ASTROX 99 Pro; ASTROX 99 Sapphire Navy; ASTROX 99; VBS-66 NANO; NANORAY Z SPEED Bright Orange; THRUSTER RYUGA II PRO; A970 NitroLite; EXBOLT 63; NANORAY Z SPEED Yellow; SHB65Z2MEX
Major Achievements
2024 Australian Open Badminton Men’s Singles Runner Up
Men’s Singles Quarter-finals of Badminton Asia Championships 2024
2024 India Open Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
2023 China Shenzhen Badminton Masters Men’s Singles Champion
2022 Hangzhou Asian Games Badminton Men’s Singles Bronze Medalist
2022 Hangzhou Asian Games Badminton Men’s Team Third Place Member
2023 World Badminton Championships Men’s Singles Runner-up
2023 Japan Open Badminton Men’s Singles Quarter-finalist
2023 Korea Open Badminton Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
2023 Canada Open Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
2023 Singapore Open Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
2023 Sudirman Cup Mixed Team Championships 3rd Runner-up
2023 Malaysia Open Men’s Singles Runner-up
2022 Badminton World Finals Men’s Singles Quarter-finalist
2022 Australian Open Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
2022 France Open Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
Denmark Open Men’s Singles Quarter-finals 2022
2022 Vietnam Open Men’s Singles Champion
2022 Chinese Taipei Open Men’s Singles Runner-up
2022 Singapore Open Men’s Singles 1st Runner-up
2022 Thailand Open Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
2022 Thomas Cup Men’s Team Badminton 3rd Runner-up
2022 Korea Badminton Masters Men’s Singles Runner-up
2020 Thomas Cup Badminton Men’s Team 3rd Runner-up
2019 USA Badminton International Challenge Men’s Singles Champion
2019 Dubai Badminton International Challenge Men’s Singles Champion
2019 Russia Badminton Open Men’s Singles Quarterfinals
2019 Mongolia Badminton International Men’s Singles Champion
2019 Jamaica Badminton International Men’s Singles Champion
2019 Laos Badminton International Men’s Singles Champion
Buenos Aires Youth Olympic Games 2018 Men’s Singles 3rd Place
2018 World Youth Badminton Championships Men’s Singles Runner-up
2018 World Junior Badminton Championships Mixed Team 3rd Place
2017 World Junior Badminton Championships Men’s Singles 3rd Place
World Junior Badminton Championships 2017 Mixed Team 3rd Place
2017 Vietnam Badminton Grand Prix Men’s Singles Quarterfinals
2017 Asian Junior Badminton Championships Mixed Team 3rd Runner-up
World Junior Badminton Championships Mixed Team 3rd Runner-up 2016
Lee Zii Jia is a Malaysian national badminton player. Born in a sports family, his father Lee Chee Heng and mother Liew Suet Ping were both former basketball national players, his elder sister Lee Tze Yu is a former badminton national player and his younger brother Lee Twin is a former state player. He started playing badminton at the age of 5 under his parents’ arrangement and spent his elementary school years at Alor Setar Kee Chinese School. Lee Tzu-Cha also enjoyed playing basketball from a young age and NBA basketball superstar Kobe Bryant is his idol.
He was soon selected to join the Bukit Jalil Sports School due to his impressive performance in the Under 12 Badminton Tournament. However, his results during his six years at the school were not too impressive. It was only in 2015 that he made more progress, winning the Perak and Kuala Lumpur Open youth titles, and also playing in international tournaments; he was finally selected for the national team at the end of the year in the National Badminton Reserve Selection Tournament with his outstanding performance.
In November 2016, he represented Malaysia in the World Junior Badminton Championships in Bilbao, Spain, playing as the second seed in the men’s singles competition, losing 0-2 (18-21, 19-21) to Indonesia’s Zico in the semifinals, finishing third.
In September 2017, Li Zijia played in the Poland Badminton International Tournament, defeating teammate and tournament second seed Song Joon Yang 2-0 (21-17, 21-16) in the men’s singles final to win the adult tournament and his first international series men’s singles title.
On October 7, 2018, the men’s singles final of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) 300 tournament – Chinese Taipei Open was won by Malaysia’s Lee Tsz-Ka 2-1 Riichi Takeshita of Japan .
On December 9, 2019, in the men’s singles badminton final of the 30th Southeast Asian Games, Lee Tzu-Cha collected his first ever gold medal of the mixed games with two 21-18 victories over Singaporean player Lok Kin Yew.
In the men’s singles final of the 2021 All England Open Badminton Championships, Li Zijia defeated Anselmo Ansalon to win the title, which was Li Zijia’s first appearance at the event .
On July 6, 2021, Lee Tzu-Cha was the flag bearer of the Malaysian delegation at the Tokyo Olympics.
On November 8, 2021, Li Zijia withdrew from the men’s singles final of the 2021 BWF Tour Super 500 HYLO Germany Open due to a back injury, and Locke Jianyou won the title.
On January 26, 2022, he announced on social media that he had reached a settlement with the Malaysian Badminton Federation and successfully left the team to become a free agent.
At the end of April 2022, Lee Zijia played as the third seed in the Asian Championships held in Manila, Philippines. In the final, Lee Zijia faced the 2018 Asian Games Men’s Singles Champion, Indonesia’s Jonatan Christie, and eventually Lee Zijia took down his opponent in straight sets (21-17, 23-21) to win the title. The title was also the first for Lee Tzu-Cha since he turned freelancer while Lee Tzu-Cha is also the sixth Asian Championships men’s singles champion in Malaysia’s history.
In October 2023, Lee broke a 17-month title drought when he won the Arctic Badminton Open final against Wong Chi Yung in straight sets, 21:14, 21:15, to win the title.
Heo Kwang Hee (August 11, 1995 in South Korea) is a South Korean badminton player.
In October 2012, Heo Kwang Hee represented the national team at the World Junior Badminton Championships in Chiba, Japan, winning bronze medals in the mixed team and men’s singles events.
At the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, he eliminated Japan’s world No. 1 Kento Momota in the men’s group stage to reach the round of eight.
