Kenya Mitsuhashi

Kenya Mitsuhashi
三橋健也
Kenya Mitsuhashi; 三橋健也
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	11 July 1997 (age 27); Gunma Prefecture, Japan
Height	172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Coach	Tan Kim Her
Men's doubles
Highest ranking	18 (with Hiroki Okamura, 27 August 2024)
Current ranking	18 (with Hiroki Okamura, 27 August 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Japan
Asia Team Championships
Summer Universiade
World Junior Championships
Asia Junior Championships
	BWF profile

Kenya Mitsuhashi (三橋健也, Mitsuhashi Ken'ya, born 11 July 1997) is a Japanese badminton player.^[2]^[3]

Career

After graduating from high school, he went on to Nihon University. In 2017, he participated in the Universiade (World University Championships) as a pair with Katsuki Tamate. In the semi-finals, he defeated the pair of Lee Yang and Lee Jhe-huei, who would later become gold medalists at the Tokyo Olympics, to advance to the finals. In the finals, he lost to Kim Jae-hwan and Seo Seung-jae, and came in second.

After graduating from university, he joined Nippon Unisys (now BIPROGY). He formed a pair with Takuto Inoue, who is two years older than him. They achieved results such as the runner-up in the All Japan Overall Championship in 2021 and the All Japan Adult Championship in 2022.

2023

From 2023, he will be paired with Hiroki Okamura, who is one year younger than him. In September, he won the Vietnam Open, marking his first BWF World Tour title.

At the Kumamoto Masters in November, they defeated world No. 9 Hendra Setiawan / Mohammad Ahsan in straight games in the first round.^[4] In the second round, they defeated world No. 6 and world champions Kang Min-hyuk / Seo Seung-jae in straight games to advance to the quarterfinals.^[5] In the quarterfinals, they lost to China's He Jiting / Ren Xiangyu, reaching the quarterfinals.^[6]

Achievements

Summer Universiade

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei, Taiwan	Katsuki Tamate	Kim Jae-hwan Seo Seung-jae	12–21, 19–21	Silver

BWF World Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Centro de Alto Rendimiento de la Videna, Lima, Peru	Yuta Watanabe	He Jiting Zheng Siwei	13–21, 16–21	Bronze

Asian Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei, Taiwan	Yuta Watanabe	Huang Kaixiang Zheng Siwei	10–21, 8–21	Bronze

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

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[7] 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.^[8]

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Canada Open	Super 100	Takuto Inoue	Ayato Endo Yuta Takei	15–21, 8–21	Runner-up
2023	Vietnam Open	Super 100	Hiroki Okamura	Hardianto Ade Yusuf Santoso	21–19, 21–19	Winner
2023 (II)	Indonesia Masters	Super 100	Hiroki Okamura	Choong Hon Jian Muhammad Haikal	21–16, 21–18	Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 4 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Vietnam International	Yuta Watanabe	Ong Yew Sin Teo Ee Yi	19–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2016	Austrian Open	Yuta Watanabe	Marcus Ellis Chris Langridge	14–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2022	Réunion Open	Takuto Inoue	Shuntaro Mezaki Haruya Nishida	21–16, 18–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2022	Mongolia International	Takuto Inoue	Ayato Endo Yuta Takei	14–21, 21–12, 19–21	Runner-up
2023 (II)	Indonesia International	Hiroki Okamura	Ki Dong-ju Kim Jae-hwan	20–22, 21–16, 21–8	Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Future Series tournament

References

^ ^a ^b "選手・スタッフ紹介". biprogy.com (in Japanese). 18 June 2024.
^ "Players: Kenya Mitsuhashi". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
^ "［連載］My Grip～グリップへのこだわり～ Vol.４渡辺勇大＆三橋健也（富岡高）" (in Japanese). Badminton Spirit. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
^ "熊本マスターズジャパン2023】「憧れの存在だったので、その憧れを捨てて向かっていけた」（岡村洋輝）＜初日／選手コメント-4＞" (in Japanese). BADMINTON SPIRIT. 14 November 2023.
^ "熊本マスターズジャパン2023】「ノンプレッシャーで勢いよくいきました」（岡村洋輝）＜3日目／選手コメント-9＞" (in Japanese). BADMINTON SPIRIT. 17 November 2023.
^ "【熊本マスターズジャパン2023】「レシーブで相手を揺さぶる前に、その過程でミスが出てしまった」（岡村洋輝）＜準々決勝／選手コメント-8＞" (in Japanese). BADMINTON SPIRIT. 17 November 2023.
^ 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.

External links

Kenya Mitsuhashi at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com

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[:0-1] "選手・スタッフ紹介". biprogy.com (in Japanese). 18 June 2024.

[2] "Players: Kenya Mitsuhashi". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 29 November 2016.

[3] "［連載］My Grip～グリップへのこだわり～ Vol.４渡辺勇大＆三橋健也（富岡高）" (in Japanese). Badminton Spirit. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2016.

[4] "熊本マスターズジャパン2023】「憧れの存在だったので、その憧れを捨てて向かっていけた」（岡村洋輝）＜初日／選手コメント-4＞" (in Japanese). BADMINTON SPIRIT. 14 November 2023.

[5] "熊本マスターズジャパン2023】「ノンプレッシャーで勢いよくいきました」（岡村洋輝）＜3日目／選手コメント-9＞" (in Japanese). BADMINTON SPIRIT. 17 November 2023.

[6] "【熊本マスターズジャパン2023】「レシーブで相手を揺さぶる前に、その過程でミスが出てしまった」（岡村洋輝）＜準々決勝／選手コメント-8＞" (in Japanese). BADMINTON SPIRIT. 17 November 2023.

[7] 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.

[8] 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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