Yuki Kaneko (badminton)

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Yuki Kaneko
金子 祐樹
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1994-07-22) 22 July 1994 (age 30)
Koshigaya, Saitama, Japan
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Spouse
(m. 2020)
HandednessLeft
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking7 (MD with Takuto Inoue 12 July 2018)
12 (XD with Misaki Matsutomo 27 December 2022)
Current ranking21 (XD with Misaki Matsutomo 2 January 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Sudirman Cup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Vantaa Mixed team
Thomas Cup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Bangkok Men's team
Asian Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Men's team
Asia Mixed Team Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Hong Kong Mixed team
World Junior Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 Chiba Boys' doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 Chiba Mixed team
Asian Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 Gimcheon Mixed team
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]

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Personal life

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]

Achievements

BWF World Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2012 Chiba Port Arena, Chiba, Japan Flag of Japan.svg Takuto Inoue Flag of Hong Kong.svg Lee Chun Hei
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Ng Ka Long
16–21, 17–21 Med 2.png Silver

BWF World Tour (1 title, 3 runners-up)

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

YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018 German Open Super 300 Flag of Japan.svg Takuto Inoue Flag of Indonesia.svg Fajar Alfian
Flag of Indonesia.svg Muhammad Rian Ardianto
21–16, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2018 Indonesia Open Super 1000 Flag of Japan.svg Takuto Inoue Flag of Indonesia.svg Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Flag of Indonesia.svg Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
13–21, 16–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2021 All England Open Super 1000 Flag of Japan.svg Misaki Matsutomo Flag of Japan.svg Yuta Watanabe
Flag of Japan.svg Arisa Higashino
14–21, 13–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2023 Syed Modi International Super 300 Flag of Japan.svg Misaki Matsutomo Flag of Indonesia.svg Dejan Ferdinansyah
Flag of Indonesia.svg Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja
22–20, 19–21, 23–25Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

BWF Superseries (1 runner-up)

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

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017 Japan Open Flag of Japan.svg Takuto Inoue Flag of Indonesia.svg Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Flag of Indonesia.svg Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
12–21, 15–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF Superseries Finals tournament
  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 4 runners-up)

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

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2014 Russian Open Flag of Japan.svg Takuto Inoue Flag of Japan.svg Kenta Kazuno
Flag of Japan.svg Kazushi Yamada
21–19, 20–22, 13–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2016 Thailand Open Flag of Japan.svg Takuto Inoue Flag of Indonesia.svg Berry Angriawan
Flag of Indonesia.svg Rian Agung Saputro
21–17, 14–21, 18–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2017 China Masters Flag of Japan.svg Takuto Inoue Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chen Hung-ling
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Wang Chi-lin
14–21, 6–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2017 U.S. Open Flag of Japan.svg Takuto Inoue Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lu Ching-yao
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Yang Po-han
15–21, 21–13, 21–13Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2017 Dutch Open Flag of Japan.svg Takuto Inoue Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Liao Min-chun
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Su Cheng-heng
22–24, 18–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2013 Romanian International Flag of Japan.svg Takuto Inoue Flag of France.svg Quentin Vincent
Flag of France.svg Sebastien Vincent
21–10, 21–10Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2015 Osaka International Flag of Japan.svg Takuto Inoue Flag of Japan.svg Kenta Kazuno
Flag of Japan.svg Kazushi Yamada
9–21, 19–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2017 Austrian Open Flag of Japan.svg Takuto Inoue Flag of Denmark.svg Frederik Colberg
Flag of Denmark.svg Rasmus Fladberg
21–19, 21–17Gold medal icon.svgWinner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

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