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Kakeru Kumagai

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Kakeru Kumagai
熊谷 翔
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (2002-01-05) 5 January 2002 (age 22)
Ōsaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
HandednessLeft
CoachKenichi Hayakawa
Hiroyuki Endo
Lee Wan Wah (NBA, 2023)
Men's & mixed doubles
Career recordMD: 25 wins, 16 losses (60.98%)
XD: 11 wins, 11 losses (50.00%)
Highest ranking76 (MD with Kota Ogawa, 28 November 2023)
107 (XD with An Sato, 31 October 2023)
Current ranking170 (MD with Hiroki Nishi, 8 October 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Japan
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Kazan Mixed team
BWF profile

Kakeru Kumagai (熊谷 翔, Kumagai Kakeru, born 5 January 2002) is a Japanese badminton player from Miyagi Prefecture.[1] He graduated from Nihon University then continued his career as a professional badminton player by joining the BIPROGY badminton team.[2]

Career

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2023

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Kumagai was selected as a representative of the 2023 Japan national badminton team (team B) in the men's doubles sector with Kota Ogawa and the mixed doubles with An Sato.[3] While on the national team, He was coached by former Malaysian men's doubles player Lee Wan Wah (bronze medalist at the 2001 and 2007 World Championships).

2024

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He graduated from Nihon University and officially joined the BIPROGY badminton team on April 1 2024.[4]At BIPROGY, Kumagai plays in the doubles sector coached by former Japanese men's doubles players Hiroyuki Endo and Kenichi Hayakawa.

He started his first international tournament after officially joining BIPROGY at Kazakhstan International in the men's doubles sector partnering Hiroki Nishi. His debut together with Hiroki Nishi managed to beat the world number 47 pair Ondřej Král / Adam Mendrek in the semifinals in two straight games. However, they lost in the final to the world number 42 pair from France Lucas Corvée / Ronan Labar and finished as runner-up.

In June 2024, Kumagai took part in the team tournament of the 74th All Japan Business Corporation Championships as a member of the BIPROGY men's team. In the semifinal against NTT East, Kumagai played as the second men's doubles partner with one of the world's top players Yuta Watanabe. The Kumagai / Watanabe pair defeated Japan national team men's doubles representatives Kazuki Shibata / Naoki Yamada in two straight games. In the final round, the Kumagai / Watanabe pair also defeated the 2021 world champion men's doubles and Olympic Paris representatives Takuro Hoki / Yugo Kobayashi in two straight games (21–8, 21–18). The BRIPOGY men's team managed to win the tournament, beating the TONAMI Transportation team 3–0 in the final.[5] The pair Kakeru Kumagai / Yuta Watanabe were awarded the Most Valuable Players (MVP).

Achievements

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BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)

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The BWF World Tour, which was introduced on 19 March 2017 and was held in 2018,[6] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[7]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2023 (I) Indonesia Masters Super 100 Japan Kota Ogawa Indonesia Sabar Karyaman Gutama
Indonesia Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani
18–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [8]

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 runner-up)

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Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2024 Kazakhstan International Japan Hiroki Nishi France Lucas Corvée
France Ronan Labar
14–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [9]
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

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  1. ^ "Kakeru KUMAGAI | Profile". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  2. ^ "熊谷 翔 BIPROGYバドミントンチーム" (in Japanese). BIPROGY Inc. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  3. ^ "【日本代表情報】2023年の日本代表およびスタッフが正式決定!" (in Japanese). Badminton Spirit. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  4. ^ "4/1(月)に熊谷 翔選手、沖本 優大選手、谷岡 大后選手、坂井 叶選手が加入しました" (in Japanese). BIPROGY Inc. 1 April 2024. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  5. ^ "【【全日本実業団2024】BIPROGYがトナミ運輸に3-0で快勝!7回目のV達成!<男子結果>" (in Japanese). Badminton Spirit. 23 June 2024. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  8. ^ "Indonesia Masters 2023 - Sabar/Reza Kuasai Podium Teratas" (in Indonesian). Djarum Badminton. 10 September 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  9. ^ Hirata, Noriyasu. "結果 カザフスタンインターナショナルチャレンジ2024" (in Japanese). Nippon Badminton Association. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
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