Kenichi Hayakawa

Badminton player

Kenichi Hayakawa

Kenichi Hayakawa at the 2013 French Super Series.

Personal information
Country| Japan
Born|  (1986-04-05) 5 April 1986 (age 38)
Shiga Prefecture, Japan
Height| 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Retired| 31 March 2017[1]
Handedness| Right
Men's & mixed doubles
Career record| MD, 256 wins, 151 losses (62.90%)
XD, 90 wins, 96 losses (48.39%)
Highest ranking| 2 (MD with Hiroyuki Endo, 19 June 2014)
12 (XD with Misaki Matsutomo, 19 June 2014)

Medal record

Men's badminton
Representing  Japan
World Championships
|  2015 Jakarta | Men's doubles
Sudirman Cup
|  2015 Dongguan | Mixed team
Thomas Cup
|  2014 New Delhi | Men's team
|  2010 Kuala Lumpur | Men's team
|  2012 Wuhan | Men's team
Asian Championships
|  2012 Qingdao | Men's doubles
|  2013 Taipei | Men's doubles
|  2015 Wuhan | Mixed doubles
Asia Team Championships
|  2016 Hyderabad | Men's team
East Asian Games
|  2009 Hong Kong | Men's team

BWF profile

Kenichi Hayakawa (早川 賢一, Hayakawa Ken'ichi, born 5 April 1986) is a retired Japanese badminton player. He has been a runner-up of the All England three times (2013, 2014 and 2016) along with his partner, Hiroyuki Endo. He competed at the 2010 and 2014 Asian Games.[2]

## Career

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Hayakawa won the first point in the 2014 Thomas Cup finals with Hiroyuki Endo beating 2004 World Junior Champions Hoon Thien How and Tan Boon Heong and lead the momentum for the Japanese team to claim the Thomas Cup for the first time, being the fourth nation to win Thomas cup after Indonesia, China and Malaysia.

On 31 March 2017, Hayakawa retired as a badminton player.[1] He was appointed as the Japan national badminton team coach in 2017.[3] Hayakawa stepped down as the national team coach in 2023 and became the men's team manager for BIPROGY.[4]

## Achievements

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### BWF World Championships

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Men's doubles

Year  | Venue  | Partner  | Opponent  | Score  | Result

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2015 | Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia  |  Hiroyuki Endo |  Liu Xiaolong
Qiu Zihan | 16–21, 23–21, 20–22  |  Bronze

### Asian Championships

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Men's doubles

Year  | Venue  | Partner  | Opponent  | Score  | Result

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2012 | Qingdao Sports Centre Conson Stadium,
Qingdao, China  |  Hiroyuki Endo |  Kim Gi-jung
Kim Sa-rang | 12–21, 16–21  |  Silver
2013 | Taipei Arena,
Taipei, Taiwan  |  Hiroyuki Endo  |  Kim Gi-jung
Kim Sa-rang  | 21–19, 13–21, 14–21  |  Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year  | Venue  | Partner  | Opponent  | Score  | Result

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2015 | Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China  |  Misaki Matsutomo |  Lee Chun Hei
Chau Hoi Wah | 17–21, 19–21  |  Bronze

### BWF Superseries (7 runners-up)

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The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[5] 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.[6] 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

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2012 | China Masters |  Hiroyuki Endo |  Chai Biao
Zhang Nan | 18–21, 17–21  |  Runner-up
2012 | World Superseries Finals |  Hiroyuki Endo  |  Mathias Boe
Carsten Mogensen | 17–21, 19–21  |  Runner-up
2013 | All England Open |  Hiroyuki Endo  |  Liu Xiaolong
Qiu Zihan | 11–21, 9–21  |  Runner-up
2013 | China Masters  |  Hiroyuki Endo  |  Ko Sung-hyun
Lee Yong-dae | 23–25, 19–21  |  Runner-up
2014 | All England Open  |  Hiroyuki Endo  |  Mohammad Ahsan
Hendra Setiawan | 19–21, 19–21  |  Runner-up
2014 | French Open |  Hiroyuki Endo  |  Mathias Boe
Carsten Mogensen  | 21–18, 9–21, 7–21  |  Runner-up
2016 | All England Open  |  Hiroyuki Endo  |  Vladimir Ivanov
Ivan Sozonov | 23–21, 18–21, 16–21  |  Runner-up

BWF Superseries Finals tournament
BWF Superseries Premier tournament
BWF Superseries tournament

### BWF Grand Prix (3 titles, 5 runners-up)

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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

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2009 | German Open |  Kenta Kazuno |  Lee Yong-dae
Shin Baek-cheol | 13–21, 16–21  |  Runner-up
2010 | Australian Open |  Hiroyuki Endo |  Kang Woo-kyum
Park Tae-sang | 21–15, 21–16  |  Winner
2011 | Australian Open  |  Hiroyuki Endo  |  Naoki Kawamae
Shoji Sato | 21–17, 21–18  |  Winner
2011 | Russian Open |  Hiroyuki Endo  |  Naoki Kawamae
Shoji Sato  | 18–21, 17–21  |  Runner-up
2011 | Indonesia Grand Prix Gold |  Hiroyuki Endo  |  Mohammad Ahsan
Bona Septano | 13–21, 14–21  |  Runner-up
2012 | U.S. Open |  Hiroyuki Endo  |  Yoshiteru Hirobe
Kenta Kazuno | 21–15, 21–10  |  Winner
2014 | German Open  |  Hiroyuki Endo  |  Takeshi Kamura
Keigo Sonoda | 19–21, 21–14, 14–21  |  Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year  | Tournament  | Partner  | Opponent  | Score  | Result

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2012 | U.S. Open |  Misaki Matsutomo |  Tony Gunawan
Vita Marissa | 13–21, 10–21  |  Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
BWF Grand Prix tournament

### BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles)

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Men's doubles

Year  | Tournament  | Partner  | Opponent  | Score  | Result

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2007  | Banuinvest International |  Kenta Kazuno |  Julian Hristov
Konstantin Dobrev | 21–10, 21–13  |  Winner
2007  | Victorian International |  Kenta Kazuno  |  Chad Whitehead
Mark Prior | 21–7, 21–15  |  Winner

Mixed doubles

Year  | Tournament  | Partner  | Opponent  | Score  | Result

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2010  | Osaka International |  Shizuka Matsuo |  Hirokatsu Hashimoto
Mizuki Fujii | 21–14, 21–11  |  Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament
BWF International Series tournament

## References

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1. ^ a b "Announcement of the retirement of players Kenichi Hayakawa and Ryota Taohata" (in Japanese). BIPROGY. 3 April 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
2. ^ "Profile: Hayakawa Kenichi". Incheon 2014 official website. Archived from the original on 3 October 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
3. ^ "代表選手 2017年" (in Japanese). Nippon Badminton Association. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
4. ^ "Team/Staff Profile: Kenichi Hayakawa" (in Japanese). BIPROGY. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
5. ^ "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
6. ^ "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". IBadmintonstore. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kenichi Hayakawa.

* Kenichi Hayakawa at BWFBadminton.com
* Kenichi Hayakawa at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (archived)
* Kenichi Hayakawa at Olympics.com
* Kenichi Hayakawa at Olympedia

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