Keigo Sonoda

Keigo Sonoda
Personal information
Born (1990-02-20) 20 February 1990
Yatsushiro, Kumamoto, Japan
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
CountryJapan
SportBadminton
HandednessRight
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking69 (MS 1 December 2011)
2 (MD with Takeshi Kamura 26 January 2017)
19 (XD 31 March 2016)
BWF profile
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Japan
World Championships
2018 Nanjing Men's doubles
2017 Glasgow Men's doubles
Sudirman Cup
2015 Dongguan Mixed team
2019 Nanning Mixed team
2017 Gold Coast Mixed team
Thomas Cup
2014 New Delhi Men's team
2018 Bangkok Men's team
Asian Games
2018 Jakarta-Palembang Men's team
Asia Championships
2018 Wuhan Men's doubles
2016 Wuhan Men's doubles
2017 Wuhan Men's doubles
2019 Wuhan Men's doubles
Asia Mixed Team Championships
2017 Ho Chi Minh Mixed team
Asia Team Championships
2016 Hyderabad Men's team
Asian Junior Championships
2007 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team

Keigo Sonoda (園田 啓悟, Sonoda Keigo; born 20 February 1990) is a Japanese badminton player.[1] He affiliated with the YKK AP Yatsushiro, before joining the Tonami team in 2010. Sonoda was part of the national team that won the 2014 Thomas Cup. He captured his first Superseries title at the 2016 Hong Kong Open, and reached a career high of world number 2 in the men's doubles partnered with Takeshi Kamura in January 2017.[2][3]

Sonoda won the silver medal at the 2018 World Championships and a bronze in 2017. In the continental level, he helped the national team to win the 2017 Asia Mixed Team Championships, and he also collected a silver and three bronze medals in the individual men's doubles event. He competed at the 2014 and 2018 Asian Games.[4] He retired in 2021 after competing at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Career

Sonoda competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Partnered with Takeshi Kamura, the duo was eliminated in the quarter-finals by the second seeds Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan.[5]

Achievements

World Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2017 Emirates Arena,
Glasgow, Scotland 		Takeshi Kamura Mohammad Ahsan
Rian Agung Saputro 		12–21, 15–21 Bronze [6]
2018 Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park,
Nanjing, China 		Takeshi Kamura Li Junhui
Liu Yuchen 		12–21, 19–21 Silver [7]

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China 		Takeshi Kamura Lee Yong-dae
Yoo Yeon-seong 		17–21, 18–21 Bronze
2017 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China 		Takeshi Kamura Li Junhui
Liu Yuchen 		15–21, 21–13, 18–21 Bronze
2018 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China 		Takeshi Kamura Li Junhui
Liu Yuchen 		21–11, 10–21, 13–21 Silver
2019 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China 		Takeshi Kamura Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo 		21–15, 17–21, 15–21 Bronze

BWF World Tour (3 titles, 8 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[8] 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.[9]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2018 Malaysia Open Super 750 Takeshi Kamura Hiroyuki Endo
Yuta Watanabe 		21–8, 21–10 Winner [10]
2018 Thailand Open Super 500 Takeshi Kamura Hiroyuki Endo
Yuta Watanabe 		21–17, 21–19 Winner [11]
2018 Denmark Open Super 750 Takeshi Kamura Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo 		15–21, 16–21 Runner-up [12]
2018 Hong Kong Open Super 500 Takeshi Kamura Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo 		13–21, 12–21 Runner-up [13]
2019 German Open Super 300 Takeshi Kamura Hiroyuki Endo
Yuta Watanabe 		21–15, 11–21, 12–21 Runner-up [14]
2019 Malaysia Open Super 750 Takeshi Kamura Li Junhui
Liu Yuchen 		12–21, 17–21 Runner-up [15]
2019 Singapore Open Super 500 Takeshi Kamura Mohammad Ahsan
Hendra Setiawan 		21–13, 19–21, 21–17 Winner [16]
2019 Australian Open Super 300 Takeshi Kamura Ko Sung-hyun
Shin Baek-Cheol 		11–21, 17–21 Runner-up [17]
2019 Korea Open Super 500 Takeshi Kamura Fajar Alfian
Muhammad Rian Ardianto 		16–21, 17–21 Runner-up [18]
2019 Fuzhou China Open Super 750 Takeshi Kamura Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo 		17–21, 9–21 Runner-up [19]
2021 All England Open Super 1000 Takeshi Kamura Hiroyuki Endo
Yuta Watanabe 		15–21, 21–17, 11–21 Runner-up [20]

BWF Superseries (2 titles, 2 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[21] 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.[22] 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
2016 Singapore Open Takeshi Kamura Fu Haifeng
Zhang Nan 		11–21, 20–22 Runner-up
2016 Hong Kong Open Takeshi Kamura Mathias Boe
Carsten Mogensen 		21–19, 21–19 Winner
2016 Dubai World Superseries Finals Takeshi Kamura Goh V Shem
Tan Wee Kiong 		14–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2017 Australia Open Takeshi Kamura Hendra Setiawan
Tan Boon Heong 		21–17, 21–19 Winner
  Superseries Finals Tournament
  Superseries Tournament

BWF Grand Prix (3 titles)

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 Ref
2012 Canada Open Takeshi Kamura Hiroyuki Saeki
Ryota Taohata 		12–21, 21–16, 21–19 Winner [23]
2013 U.S. Open Takeshi Kamura Liang Jui-wei
Liao Kuan-hao 		21–16, 27–25 Winner [24]
2014 German Open Takeshi Kamura Hiroyuki Endo
Kenichi Hayakawa 		21–19, 14–21, 21–14 Winner [25]
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 1 runner-up)

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref
2011 Osaka International Sho Zeniya 18–21, 21–16, 21–16 Winner [26]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2011 Osaka International Takatoshi Kurose Shu Wada
Tatsuya Watanabe 		21–14, 21–14 Winner [26]
2011 Malaysia International Takeshi Kamura Chen Chung-jen
Lin Yen-jui 		21–13, 21–17 Winner [27]
2012 Osaka International Takeshi Kamura Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Agripina Prima Rahmanto Putra 		21–17, 21–23, 21–18 Winner [28]
2012 Scottish International Takeshi Kamura Hiroyuki Saeki
Ryota Taohata 		16–21, 21–11, 21–17 Winner [29]
2013 Austrian International Takeshi Kamura Hiroyuki Saeki
Ryota Taohata 		18–21, 21–15, 18–21 Runner-up [30]
  BWF International Challenge tournament

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