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Yuki Kaneko 金子 祐樹 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Koshigaya, Saitama, Japan | 22 July 1994|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Handedness | Left | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Men's & mixed doubles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | 7 (MD with Takuto Inoue 12 July 2018) 12 (XD with Misaki Matsutomo 27 December 2022) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | 21 (XD with Misaki Matsutomo 2 January 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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BWF profile |
Yuki Kaneko (金子 祐樹, Kaneko Yūki, born 22 July 1994) is a Japanese badminton player affiliated with the Unisys team. [1] [2] He won his first senior international title at the Romanian International tournament in the men's doubles event partnered with Takuto Inoue. [3]
In 2020, Ayaka Takahashi announced that she had married Kaneko; she is a now-retired teammate in both the Japanese national and Unisys teams. Kaneko is also the mixed doubles partner of Misaki Matsutomo, Takahashi's former women's doubles partner. [4]
Boys' doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2012 | Chiba Port Arena, Chiba, Japan | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 16–21, 17–21 | ![]() |
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 |
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2018 | German Open | Super 300 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 21–16, 21–18 | ![]() |
2018 | Indonesia Open | Super 1000 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 13–21, 16–21 | ![]() |
Mixed doubles
Year | Tournament | Level | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2021 | All England Open | Super 1000 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 14–21, 13–21 | ![]() |
2023 | Syed Modi International | Super 300 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 22–20, 19–21, 23–25 | ![]() |
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 |
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2017 | Japan Open | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 12–21, 15–21 | ![]() |
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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2014 | Russian Open | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 21–19, 20–22, 13–21 | ![]() |
2016 | Thailand Open | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 21–17, 14–21, 18–21 | ![]() |
2017 | China Masters | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 14–21, 6–21 | ![]() |
2017 | U.S. Open | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 15–21, 21–13, 21–13 | ![]() |
2017 | Dutch Open | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 22–24, 18–21 | ![]() |
Men's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2013 | Romanian International | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 21–10, 21–10 | ![]() |
2015 | Osaka International | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 9–21, 19–21 | ![]() |
2017 | Austrian Open | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 21–19, 21–17 | ![]() |
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