Hiroki Okamura

Hiroki Okamura
Okamura at the 2023 Kaohsiung Masters
Personal information
Born (1998-12-06) 6 December 1998
Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan[1]
Height177 cm (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Weight74 kg (163 lb)[1]
Sport
CountryJapan
SportBadminton
HandednessRight[2]
Coached byHiroyuki Endo
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking18 (MD with Kenya Mitsuhashi, 27 August 2024)
99 (XD with Naru Shinoya, 29 March 2018)
Current ranking373 (MD with Kyohei Yamashita, 17 March 2026)
BWF profile
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Japan
Asia Mixed Team Championships
2025 Qingdao Mixed team
Asia Team Championships
2024 Selangor Men's team
World Junior Championships
2016 Bilbao Mixed team
Asian Junior Championships
2016 Bangkok Mixed team

Hiroki Okamura (岡村 洋輝, Okamura Hiroki; born 6 December 1998) is a Japanese badminton player affiliated with BIPROGY team.[3] He competes primarily in men's doubles and has won two BWF World Tour Super 100 titles alongside Kenya Mitsuhashi. Okamura reached a career-high men's doubles world ranking of 18 on 27 August 2024.

Early career

Okamura began competing in international junior events in 2016, partnering with Masayuki Onodera in boys' doubles and with Nami Matsuyama and Sayaka Hobara in mixed doubles. At the Dutch Junior that year, Okamura and Onodera won the boys' doubles title, defeating compatriots Kyohei Yamashita and Naoki Yamazawa in three games. Okamura also won the mixed doubles at the same tournament with Matsuyama.[4] At the German Junior, Okamura and Onodera reached the boys' doubles final but lost to Yamashita and Yamazawa, and Okamura and Hobara finished as runners-up in the mixed doubles.[5] Later in 2016, Okamura and Onodera won the boys' doubles title at the India Junior International, defeating India's Krishna Prasad Garaga and Dhruv Kapila.[6]

Okamura was part of the Japanese team that won bronze medals at both the 2016 World Junior Championships in Bilbao and the 2016 Asian Junior Championships in Bangkok in the mixed team event.

Career

2017–2019

In 2017, Okamura won the mixed doubles title at the Malaysia International with Naru Shinoya.[7] The following year, he partnered with Masayuki Onodera in men's doubles at the Sydney International, where they won the title with a straight-games victory over Singapore's Danny Bawa Chrisnanta and Terry Hee.[8]

In 2019, Okamura and Onodera reached the final of the Canada Open, a BWF World Tour Super 100 event, but lost to Denmark's Mathias Boe and Mads Conrad-Petersen in straight games.[9]

2022–2023

Okamura returned to the Indonesia International in 2022 with Onodera, where they finished as runners-up to Indonesia's Rahmat Hidayat and Pramudya Kusumawardana.[10]

From 2023, Okamura began a new men's doubles partnership with Kenya Mitsuhashi. In September, the pair won the Super 100 Vietnam Open title, defeating Indonesia's Hardianto and Ade Yusuf Santoso.[11] In October, they won the Indonesia International, overcoming South Korea's Ki Dong-ju and Kim Jae-hwan in three games.[12] Later that month, they captured the Indonesia Masters Super 100 title with a straight-games win over Malaysia's Choong Hon Jian and Muhammad Haikal.[13] In November, Okamura and Mitsuhashi reached the quarterfinals of the Japan Masters (Super 500), after defeating Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan in the first round and reigning world champions Kang Min-hyuk and Seo Seung-jae in the second round, both in straight games.[14] They lost in the quarterfinals to China's He Jiting and Ren Xiangyu, who went on to win the tournament.[15]

2024–2026

Okamura contributed to Japanese teams that won bronze medals at the 2024 Asia Team Championships in Selangor and the 2025 Asia Mixed Team Championships in Qingdao. He and Mitsuhashi reached a career-high men's doubles world ranking of 18 on 27 August 2024.

In 2026, Okamura formed a new men's doubles partnership with Kyohei Yamashita; the duo debuted at the Swiss Open in March, where they reached the second round but were defeated by the Indian pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty.[16]

Personal life

Okamura married on 23 February 2026.[17]

Achievements

BWF World Tour (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[18] 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.[19]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2019 Canada Open Super 100 Masayuki Onodera Mathias Boe
Mads Conrad-Petersen 		12–21, 18–21 Runner-up [9]
2023 Vietnam Open Super 100 Kenya Mitsuhashi Hardianto
Ade Yusuf Santoso 		21–19, 21–19 Winner [11]
2023 (II) Indonesia Masters Super 100 Kenya Mitsuhashi Choong Hon Jian
Muhammad Haikal 		21–16, 21–18 Winner [13]
2026 Orléans Masters Super 300 Kyohei Yamashita Hu Keyuan
Lin Xiangyi

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

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2018 Sydney International Masayuki Onodera Danny Bawa Chrisnanta
Terry Hee 		21–6, 21–11 Winner [8]
2022 (II) Indonesia International Masayuki Onodera Rahmat Hidayat
Pramudya Kusumawardana 		21–23, 21–16, 15–21 Runner-up [10]
2023 (II) Indonesia International Kenya Mitsuhashi Ki Dong-ju
Kim Jae-hwan 		20–22, 21–16, 21–8 Winner [12]

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2017 Malaysia International Naru Shinoya Yogendran Krishnan
Prajakta Sawant 		21–10, 24–22 Winner [7]
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

BWF Junior International (4 titles, 2 runners-up)

Boys' doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2016 Dutch Junior Masayuki Onodera Kyohei Yamashita
Naoki Yamazawa 		17–21, 21–11, 22–20 Winner [4]
2016 German Junior Masayuki Onodera Kyohei Yamashita
Naoki Yamazawa 		14–21, 19–21 Runner-up [5]
2016 India Junior International Masayuki Onodera Krishna Prasad Garaga
Dhruv Kapila 		11–5, 12–14, 11–9, 13–11 Winner [6]

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2016 Dutch Junior Nami Matsuyama Naoki Yamazawa
Sayaka Hobara 		21–16, 21–19 Winner [4]
2016 German Junior Sayaka Hobara Naoki Yamazawa
Nami Matsuyama 		22–20, 14–21, 11–21 Runner-up [5]
2016 India Junior International Nami Matsuyama Chen Tang Jie
Tew Jia Jia 		8–11, 8–11, 11–6, 13–11, 11–4 Winner [6]
  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament

References

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  5. ^ a b c Myojin, Kenichi (16 March 2016). "German Junior Championships 2016 | Reports". Nippon Badminton Association (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 30 August 2018. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
  6. ^ a b c Myojin, Kenichi (4 September 2016). "Result: Badminton India Junior 2016". Nippon Badminton Association (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 14 June 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
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  14. ^ "Kumamoto Masters Japan 2023 - "The Daddies" Fail to Break Through Mitsuhashi/Okamura's Defense". Djarum Badminton (in Indonesian). 14 November 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2026.
  15. ^ "Kumamoto Masters Japan 2023". Orléans Masters Badminton. 19 November 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2026.
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  19. ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
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