Takuto Inoue

Takuto Inoue
井上 拓斗
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1995-02-26) 26 February 1995 (age 29)
Genkai, Saga, Japan
Height1.628 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Retired1 April 2024 [1]
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking7 (MD with Yuki Kaneko 12 July 2018)
182 (XD with Yuki Fukushima 12 February 2015)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Japan
Thomas Cup
Silver medal – second place 2018 Bangkok Men's team
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Men's team
Asia Mixed Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Hong Kong Mixed team
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2012 Chiba Boys' doubles
Silver medal – second place 2012 Chiba Mixed team
Asian Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Gimcheon Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Kota Kinabalu Mixed team
BWF profile

Takuto Inoue (井上 拓斗, Inoue Takuto, born 26 February 1995) is a former Japanese badminton player from the Unisys team.[2][3] He won his first senior international title at the 2013 Romanian International tournament in the men's singles and doubles event.[4]

Achievements

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BWF World Junior Championships

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Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Chiba Port Arena, Chiba, Japan Japan Yuki Kaneko Hong Kong Lee Chun Hei
Hong Kong Ng Ka Long
16–21, 17–21 Silver Silver

BWF World Tour (1 title, 2 runners-up)

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The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[5] 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.[6]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 German Open Super 300 Japan Yuki Kaneko Indonesia Fajar Alfian
Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto
21–16, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Indonesia Open Super 1000 Japan Yuki Kaneko Indonesia Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Indonesia Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
13–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2022 Canada Open Super 100 Japan Kenya Mitsuhashi Japan Ayato Endo
Japan Yuta Takei
15–21, 8–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

BWF Superseries (1 runner-up)

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The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[7] 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.[8] 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
2017 Japan Open Japan Yuki Kaneko Indonesia Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Indonesia Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
12–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Superseries Finals tournament
  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 4 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
2014 Russian Open Japan Yuki Kaneko Japan Kenta Kazuno
Japan Kazushi Yamada
21–19, 20–22, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Thailand Open Japan Yuki Kaneko Indonesia Berry Angriawan
Indonesia Rian Agung Saputro
21–17, 14–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 China Masters Japan Yuki Kaneko Chinese Taipei Chen Hung-ling
Chinese Taipei Wang Chi-lin
14–21, 6–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 U.S. Open Japan Yuki Kaneko Chinese Taipei Lu Ching-yao
Chinese Taipei Yang Po-han
15–21, 21–13, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Dutch Open Japan Yuki Kaneko Chinese Taipei Liao Min-chun
Chinese Taipei Su Cheng-heng
22–24, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 3 runners-up)

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Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2013 Romanian International France Lucas Corvée 10–21, 21–17, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Romanian International Japan Yuki Kaneko France Quentin Vincent
France Sébastien Vincent
21–10, 21–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Osaka International Japan Yuki Kaneko Japan Kenta Kazuno
Japan Kazushi Yamada
9–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Austrian Open Japan Yuki Kaneko Denmark Frederik Colberg
Denmark Rasmus Fladberg
21–19, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2022 Réunion Open Japan Kenya Mitsuhashi Japan Shuntaro Mezaki
Japan Haruya Nishida
21–16, 18–21, 10–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2022 Mongolia International Japan Kenya Mitsuhashi Japan Ayato Endo
Japan Yuta Takei
14–21, 21–12, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 Malaysia International Japan Masayuki Onodera Malaysia Fazriq Razif
Malaysia Wong Vin Sean
21–16, 18–21, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

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  1. ^ "井上 拓斗選手、五十嵐 優選手、高上 麟龍選手引退のお知らせ" (in Japanese). biprogy.com. 1 April 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Players: Takuto Inoue". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  3. ^ "井上 拓斗 Takuto Inoue" (in Japanese). Unisys. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Takuto wins singles and doubles titles in Romanian Int'l Series" (in Japanese). Badpal. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  5. ^ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  6. ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  7. ^ "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
  8. ^ "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". IBadmintonstore. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
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