Hiroki Nishi

Hiroki Nishi
Nishi at the 2023 Kaohsiung Masters
Personal information
Born (2003-03-21) 21 March 2003
Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
CountryJapan
SportBadminton
HandednessRight
Coached byLee Wan Wah
Hiroyuki Endo
Men's & mixed doubles
Career recordMD: 48 wins, 19 losses (71.64%)
XD: 45 wins, 21 losses (68.18%)
Highest ranking26 (MD with Kakeru Kumagai, 10 March 2026)
30 (XD with Akari Sato, 30 July 2024)
Current ranking27 (MD with Kakeru Kumagai, 17 March 2026)
BWF profile
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Japan
Asia Team Championships
2026 Qingdao Men's team
Asia Mixed Team Championships
2025 Qingdao Mixed team
World Junior Championships
2019 Kazan Mixed team

Hiroki Nishi (西 大輝, Nishi Hiroki; born 21 March 2003) is a Japanese badminton player who specializes in doubles. He is a member of the Japanese national team and plays for the BIPROGY team. Nishi has won three BWF World Tour Super 100 titles: two in mixed doubles with Akari Sato and one in men's doubles with Kakeru Kumagai. He has achieved a career-high world ranking of No. 26 in men's doubles and No. 30 in mixed doubles.

Early career

Nishi began playing badminton at the Nagaokakyo City Sports Shonendan junior club. He attended Oharano Junior High School and Kyoto Prefectural Otokuni High School.[1] He represented Japan at the 2019 World Junior Championships, where the team earned a bronze medal in the mixed team event.[2]

After graduating in 2021, Nishi enrolled at Ryukoku University, where he studied Sports Science.[3] During his time at university, he partnered with Akari Sato in mixed doubles. The pair placed third at the All Japan Championships,[4] which led to their selection for the 2023 Japanese national B team. They were the first student-athletes from the Ryukoku University Badminton Club to be selected for the national team.[5] In his final year at university, Nishi won the mixed doubles title at the 2024 All Japan Inter-Collegiate Championships with partner Sumire Nakade.[6]

Career

2023

In 2023, Nishi and Sato won three international titles. They secured their first World Tour title at the Vietnam Open, defeating Ruttanapak Oupthong and Jhenicha Sudjaipraparat in the final.[7] The pair subsequently won the Kaohsiung Masters by defeating the top-seeded Indonesian pair of Dejan Ferdinansyah and Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja.[8] They also won the Indonesia International and finished as runners-up at the Indonesia Masters Super 100.[9][10]

2024

In 2024, Nishi competed in both men's and mixed doubles. He formed a men's doubles partnership with Kakeru Kumagai. The pair finished as runners-up at the Super 100 Odisha Masters and the Kazakhstan International. In mixed doubles, Nishi and Sato won the Saipan International title and advanced to the quarter-finals of the Super 300 Orléans Masters.[11] The pair achieved a career-high world ranking of No. 30 on 30 July. On the national circuit, they finished as runners-up at the All Japan Championships after an injury to Sato forced them to retire in the final.[12]

2025

Nishi turned professional on 1 April, joining the BIPROGY team following his graduation from university.[13] He was part of the Japanese squad that earned a bronze medal at the Asia Mixed Team Championships.[14] In mixed doubles, he and Sato made their Asian Championships debut, eliminated in the first round after winning their initial round-robin matches.[15] The pair later secured their first national title at the Japan Ranking Circuit, defeating Olympic medalist Yuta Watanabe and Misaki Matsutomo in the final.[16] Their partnership concluded on 1 July, following Sato's retirement from professional badminton.[17]

Focusing on men's doubles with Kumagai, Nishi won his first international title as a pair at the Northern Marianas Open.[18] On the World Tour, the duo won the Super 100 Kaohsiung Masters and finished as runners-up at the Super 100 Indonesia Masters I.[19][20] They also reached the semi-finals of the Malaysia Super 100 and the quarter-finals at both the Australian Open and the Japan Masters.[21][22] These results helped Nishi reach a career-high world ranking of 32 in men's doubles by late November.

2026

Nishi and Kumagai began the season with their Super 1000 debut at the Malaysia Open. The pair advanced to the second round, where they lost to compatriots Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi.[23] He was part of the Japanese team that won Japan's first men's team title at the Asia Team Championships. In the final against China, Nishi and Kumagai defeated He Jiting and Ren Xiangyu in three games.[24] Nishi achieved a career-high world ranking of 26 on 10 March.

Achievements

BWF World Tour (3 titles, 3 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[25] 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.[26]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2024 Odisha Masters Super 100 Kakeru Kumagai Huang Di
Liu Yang 		13–21, 21–19, 25–27 Runner-up [27][28]
2025 (I) Indonesia Masters Super 100 Kakeru Kumagai Jin Yong
Na Sung-seung 		19–21, 21–13, 13–21 Runner-up [29][20]
2025 Kaohsiung Masters Super 100 Kakeru Kumagai Su Ching-heng
Wu Guan-xun 		21–18, 21–17 Winner [19]

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2023 (I) Indonesia Masters Super 100 Akari Sato Yap Roy King
Valeree Siow 		21–13, 14–21, 14–21 Runner-up [30]
2023 Vietnam Open Super 100 Akari Sato Ruttanapak Oupthong
Jhenicha Sudjaipraparat 		15–21, 21–18, 21–14 Winner [31]
2023 Kaohsiung Masters Super 100 Akari Sato Dejan Ferdinansyah
Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja 		22–20, 12–21, 21–14 Winner [32][3]

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2024 Kazakhstan International Kakeru Kumagai Lucas Corvée
Ronan Labar 		14–21, 19–21 Runner-up [33]
2025 Northern Marianas Open Kakeru Kumagai Haruki Kawabe
Kenta Matsukawa 		21–15, 23–25, 21–13 Winner [18][34]

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2023 (II) Indonesia International Akari Sato Choong Hon Jian
Go Pei Kee 		22–20, 18–21, 21–14 Winner [35][36]
2024 Saipan International Akari Sato Yuichi Shimogami
Sayaka Hobara 		21–11, 21–10 Winner [37][38]
  BWF International Challenge tournament

Performance timeline

Key
W F SF QF #R RR Q# A G S B NH N/A DNQ
(W) won; (F) finalist; (SF) semi-finalist; (QF) quarter-finalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze medal; (NH) not held; (N/A) not applicable; (DNQ) did not qualify.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

National team

  • Junior level
Team events 2019 Ref
World Junior Championships B [2]
  • Senior level
Team events 2026 Ref
Asia Team Championships G [24]
Thomas Cup Q

Individual competitions

Junior level

  • Boys' doubles
Events 2019
World Junior Championships 3R
  • Mixed doubles
Events 2019 Ref
World Junior Championships 3R

Senior level

Men's doubles
Events 2026
Asian Championships Q
Tournament BWF World Tour Best Ref
2024 2025 2026
Malaysia Open A 2R 2R ('26) [23]
All England Open A 1R 1R ('26)
Swiss Open A 2R 2R ('26)
Ruichang China Masters A 2R A 2R ('25)
Orléans Masters A QF QF ('26)
Taipei Open A 1R 1R ('25)
Thailand Open A 1R 1R ('25)
Macau Open A 2R 2R ('25) [39]
Indonesia Masters Super 100 A F F ('23, '25) [20]
QF
Kaohsiung Masters A W W ('25) [19]
Malaysia Super 100 A SF SF ('25)
Korea Masters A 1R 1R ('23, '25) [40]
Japan Masters A QF QF ('25) [22]
Australian Open A QF QF ('25) [21]
Guwahati Masters QF A QF ('24)
Odisha Masters F A F ('24) [27]
Year-end ranking 108 34 26
Tournament 2024 2025 2026 Best Ref

Record against selected opponents

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 8 January 2026.[41]

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