Minoru Koga Explained

Minoru Koga
Country:Japan
Birth Date:1996 9, df=yes
Birth Place:Fukuoka, Japan
Height:166 cm
Handedness:Left
Event:Men's singles
Highest Ranking:56
Date Of Highest Ranking:21 March 2023
Current Ranking:160
Date Of Current Ranking:11 June 2024
Bwf Id:8D6BECF8-51A1-423B-8BB7-61BF9ED23D5F

is a Japanese badminton player.[1] He was the mixed doubles gold medalist at the 2013 Asian Youth Games partnered with Akane Yamaguchi.[2] Koga was part of the national junior team that won the bronze medals at the 2014 Asian and World Junior Championships.[3] Koga who educated at the Waseda University was the men's singles champion at the 68 National University Championships.[4] He was the runner-up at the 2018 Canada Open.[5]

Achievements

Asian Youth Games

Mixed doubles

BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented 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 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[7]

Men's singles

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 2 runners-up)

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2019Slovenian International Sourabh Verma17–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2019Lao International Kodai Naraoka20–22, 20–22 Runner-up
2019Swedish Open Loh Kean Yew21–11, 21–15 Winner
2022Mexican International Jonathan Matias10–21, 22–20, 21–13 Winner
2023Thailand International Chi Yu-jen15–21, 21–17, 22–20 Winner
2023Malaysia International Takuma Kawamoto21–17, 10–21, 21–11 Winner
2023Bahrain International Riki Takei11–21, 21–15, 21–18 Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

Record against selected opponents

Record against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 11 June 2024.[8]

PlayerMatchesWinLost
Shi Yuqi1 0 1 –1
Loh Kean Yew1 1 0 +1
Kunlavut Vitidsarn1 1 0 +1
Kodai Naraoka1 0 1 –1
Zhao Junpeng1 1 0 +1
Nguyễn Tiến Minh1 1 0 +1

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 古賀 穂/ Koga Minoru . TMONY Japan Corporation . 27 June 2018 . Japanese.
  2. News: BADMINTON: Japan upends Thailand for mixed doubles gold . jschina.com.cn . 27 June 2018.
  3. News: 2014年世界ジュニアバドミントン選手権大会 . Nippon Badminton Association . 27 June 2018 . Japanese . https://web.archive.org/web/20180830082114/http://badminton.or.jp/2014/world_junior/index.htm . 30 August 2018 . dead .
  4. News: 【インカレ】早稲田大・古賀穂が頂点に輝く!<男子シングルス> . Badminton Spirit . 27 June 2018 . Japanese.
  5. News: 【Super100】櫻本&高畑が今季4度目のV!<カナダOP> . Badminton Spirit . 27 June 2018 . Japanese.
  6. Web site: Alleyne . Gayle . BWF Launches New Events Structure . . 19 March 2017 . 29 November 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20171201164159/http://bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2017/03/19/bwf-launches-new-event-structure/ . 1 December 2017.
  7. Web site: Sukumar . Dev . Action-Packed Season Ahead! . Badminton World Federation . 10 January 2018 . 15 January 2018 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180113162925/http://bwfworldtour.com/news-single/2018/01/10/action-packed-season-ahead/ . 13 January 2018.
  8. Web site: Minoru Koga head to head . BWF-Tournament Software . 11 June 2024.