Takuto Inoue

Takuto Inoue
井上拓斗
Takuto Inoue; 井上拓斗
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	26 February 1995 (age 29); Genkai, Saga, Japan
Height	1.628 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb)
Handedness	Right
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	7 (MD with Yuki Kaneko 12 July 2018); 182 (XD with Yuki Fukushima 12 February 2015)
Current ranking	58 (MD with Kenya Mitsuhashi 22 November 2022)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Japan
Thomas Cup
Asian Games
Asia Mixed Team Championships
World Junior Championships
Asian Junior Championships
	BWF profile

Takuto Inoue (井上拓斗, Inoue Takuto, born 26 February 1995) is a Japanese badminton player from the Unisys team.^[1]^[2] He won his first senior international title at the 2013 Romanian International tournament in the men's singles and doubles event.^[3]

Achievements

BWF World Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

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

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

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[4] 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.^[5]

Men's doubles

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

BWF Superseries (1 runner-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,^[6] 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.^[7] 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	Yuki Kaneko	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	12–21, 15–21	Runner-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

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Russian Open	Yuki Kaneko	Kenta Kazuno Kazushi Yamada	21–19, 20–22, 13–21	Runner-up
2016	Thailand Open	Yuki Kaneko	Berry Angriawan Rian Agung Saputro	21–17, 14–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2017	China Masters	Yuki Kaneko	Chen Hung-ling Wang Chi-lin	14–21, 6–21	Runner-up
2017	U.S. Open	Yuki Kaneko	Lu Ching-yao Yang Po-han	15–21, 21–13, 21–13	Winner
2017	Dutch Open	Yuki Kaneko	Liao Min-chun Su Cheng-heng	22–24, 18–21	Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF Grand Prix tournament

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

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Romanian International	Lucas Corvée	10–21, 21–17, 21–15	Winner

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Romanian International	Yuki Kaneko	Quentin Vincent Sébastien Vincent	21–10, 21–10	Winner
2015	Osaka International	Yuki Kaneko	Kenta Kazuno Kazushi Yamada	9–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2017	Austrian Open	Yuki Kaneko	Frederik Colberg Rasmus Fladberg	21–19, 21–17	Winner
2022	Réunion Open	Kenya Mitsuhashi	Shuntaro Mezaki Haruya Nishida	21–16, 18–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2022	Mongolia International	Kenya Mitsuhashi	Ayato Endo Yuta Takei	14–21, 21–12, 19–21	Runner-up
2023	Malaysia International	Masayuki Onodera	Fazriq Razif Wong Vin Sean	21–16, 18–21, 21–15	Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

References

^ "Players: Takuto Inoue". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
^ "井上拓斗 Takuto Inoue" (in Japanese). Unisys. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
^ "Takuto wins singles and doubles titles in Romanian Int'l Series" (in Japanese). Badpal. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
^ 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.
^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
^ "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
^ "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". IBadmintonstore. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.

External links

Takuto Inoue at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com

[1] "Players: Takuto Inoue". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 5 October 2016.

[2] "井上拓斗 Takuto Inoue" (in Japanese). Unisys. Retrieved 5 October 2016.

[3] "Takuto wins singles and doubles titles in Romanian Int'l Series" (in Japanese). Badpal. Retrieved 24 May 2017.

[4] 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.

[5] Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

[6] "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.

[7] "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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