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- BWF Grand Prix
- BWF International Challenge
- BWF International Series
The U.S. International (officially Yonex / K&D Graphics International) is an open international badminton tournament held in Orange County, California, United States. This tournament previously a Grand Prix level. [1] [2] In 2016, this tournament downgraded to BWF International Challenge level. [3] In 2017, the tournament has both International Challenge and International Series event. [4]
Howard Bach is a Vietnamese-American male badminton player from the United States. He was the 2005 world champion in the men's doubles with Tony Gunawan.
Isis Poon Lok Yan is a badminton player from Hong Kong. She competed at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics in women's doubles event.
Sayaka Sato is a Japanese badminton player. She competed for Japan at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Kristína Gavnholt is a Czech badminton player. She competed for Czech Republic at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics.
Chou Tien-chen is a Taiwanese badminton player. He became the first local shuttler in 17 years to win the men's singles title of the Chinese Taipei Open in 2016 since Indonesian-born Fung Permadi won it in 1999. He won his first BWF Super Series title at the 2014 French Open, beating Wang Zhengming of China 10–21, 25–23, 21–19 in the finals. He is the record holder of three consecutive Bitburger Open Grand Prix Gold titles from 2012 till 2014.
Kaori Imabeppu is a Japanese badminton player, who is a singles specialist from Nara Prefecture, Japan. In 2008, she won the Portugal and Croatian International tournaments in the women's singles event.
Kim Sa-rang is a South Korean badminton player. He competed at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics.
Ayaka Takahashi is a retired Japanese badminton player who was affiliated with Unisys badminton team. She is an Olympic Games gold medalist, two-time Asian Champion, two-time Asian Games silver medalist, and World Championship bronze medalist.
Naoko Fukuman is a Japanese badminton player.
Luo Yu is a Chinese badminton player who specializes in doubles. Together with her twin sister, Luo Ying, they competed in the international badminton, and were ranked as World number 1 on 10 March 2016. The twins participated at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics but did not advance to the knocked-out stage after placing third in the group stage. The biggest title of their career to date, the 2015 BWF Superseries Finals, sent the pair to #1 in the world rankings.
Shin Seung-chan is a South Korean doubles specialist badminton player. She won the women's doubles bronze medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and 2014 BWF World Championships. Shin clinched the women's and mixed doubles gold at the 2015 Summer Universiade, also in the team event in 2013 and 2015.
Beiwen Zhang is a Chinese-born American badminton player who is a singles specialist.
Chau Hoi Wah is a Hong Kong badminton player, specializes in doubles play. She was the first ever Hong Kong player that won the Asian Championships in 2014, and also a bronze medalist at the World Championships in 2017 alongside Lee Chun Hei. She competed at the Asian Games for four consecutive times from 2006–2018, and also in 2016 Summer Olympics.
Lu Kai is a Chinese badminton player who specializes in doubles. He won the mixed doubles gold medal at the 2009 Asian Junior Championships partnered with Bao Yixin, and later at the 2017 Asian Championships with Huang Yaqiong.
Yu Xiaohan is a retired badminton player from China. She won the 2015 Singapore Super Series with Ou Dongni. Yu was suspended for 7 months by BWF because one of her sample during 2015 Summer Universiade contained sibutramine. She announced her retirement through her personal social media Weibo on 13 October 2019, where before, she had given a resignation letter to the coach on 30 September 2019.
Shiho Tanaka is a Japanese retired badminton player who affiliates with Hokuto Bank team. She was the bronze medalists at the 2018 World Championships in the women's doubles, and at the 2015 Summer Universiade in the women's singles. She won the year-end tournament Superseries Finals in 2017. Tanaka was part of Japanese winning team at the 2017 Asia Mixed Team Championships, 2018 Uber Cup, and at the 2018 Asia Women's Team Championships.
Hong Jingyu (洪静宇), also known as Jing Yu Hong, is a professional badminton player from China who is a doubles and mixed specialist. She started her badminton career at the age of 9.
Wong Wai Hong is a badminton player from Hong Kong. In 2010, he became the runner-up at the Polish International tournament in the men's doubles event partnered with Yohan Hadikusumo Wiratama. In 2011, he won the Austrian International tournament in the mixed doubles event partnered with Chau Hoi Wah. In 2012, Wong and his partner repeat their success in Austria. Partnering with Chan Yun Lung in the men's doubles, he became the runner-up at the 2013 Vietnam International tournament.
James Gan Teik Chai (颜德财) was a Malaysian badminton player. He won the men's doubles title at the 2004 French International tournament partnered with Koo Kien Keat. He also won the 2009 Australian Open Grand Prix tournament with Tan Bin Shen. Teamed-up with Ong Soon Hock, he won the 2012 BWF International tournament in Mauritius, Argentina, and Brazil.
Yu Igarashi is a Japanese badminton player. He won his first international title at the 2017 Osaka International tournament.