Kodai Naraoka
Kodai Naraoka (
In his junior career, Naraoka has won a silver at the World Junior Championships in 2018, where he previously claimed a bronze in 2017. He represented his country competed at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina, won the bronze medals in the boys' singles and mixed team event.[5]
Awards and nominations
[edit]Award | Year | Category | Result | Ref. |
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BWF Awards | 2022 | Eddy Choong Most Promising Player of the Year | Won | [6] |
Achievements
[edit]BWF World Championships
[edit]Men's singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
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2023 | Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark | Kunlavut Vitidsarn | 21–19, 18–21, 7–21 | Silver | [4] |
Asian Games
[edit]Men's singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
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2022 | Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China | Shi Yuqi | 5–21, 15–21 | Bronze | [7] |
Asian Championships
[edit]Men's singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
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2024 | Ningbo Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Ningbo, China | Li Shifeng | 21–14, 15–21, 12–21 | Bronze | [8] |
Youth Olympic Games
[edit]Boys' singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
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2018 | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires, Argentina | Arnaud Merklé | 21–17, 24–26, 22–20 | Bronze | [9] |
World Junior Championships
[edit]Boys' singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
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2017 | Among Rogo Sports Hall, Yogyakarta, Indonesia | Leong Jun Hao | 14–21, 20–22 | Bronze | [10] |
2018 | Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada | Kunlavut Vitidsarn | 9–21, 11–21 | Silver | [11] |
BWF World Tour (2 titles, 6 runners-up)
[edit]The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[12] 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, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[13]
Men's singles
Year | Tournament | Level | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
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2022 | Korea Masters | Super 300 | Jeon Hyeok-jin | 17–21, 16–21 | Runner-up | [14] |
2022 | Singapore Open | Super 500 | Anthony Sinisuka Ginting | 21–23, 17–21 | Runner-up | [15] |
2022 | Taipei Open | Super 300 | Chou Tien-chen | 21–14, 10–21, 6–21 | Runner-up | [16] |
2022 | Vietnam Open | Super 100 | Sun Feixiang | 10–21, 21–14, 21–17 | Winner | [17] |
2023 | Malaysia Open | Super 1000 | Viktor Axelsen | 6–21, 15–21 | Runner-up | [18] |
2023 | China Masters | Super 750 | Kenta Nishimoto | 21–13, 21–13 | Winner | [19] |
2024 | Australian Open | Super 500 | Lee Zii Jia | 19–21, 21–11, 18–21 | Runner-up | [20] |
2024 | China Open | Super 1000 | Weng Hongyang | 17–21, 12–21 | Runner-up | [21] |
BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 2 runners-up)
[edit]Men's singles
Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2018 | Osaka International | Yu Igarashi | 21–14, 11–21, 12–21 | Runner-up |
2018 | Yonex / K&D Graphics International | Koki Watanabe | 14–21, 21–14, 15–21 | Runner-up |
2019 | Lao International | Minoru Koga | 22–20, 22–20 | Winner |
2019 | Jamaica International | Kevin Cordón | 21–17, 21–8 | Winner |
2019 | Mongolia International | Kunlavut Vitidsarn | 9–21, 21–17, 23–21 | Winner |
2019 | Dubai International | Yusuke Onodera | 21–14, 21–17 | Winner |
2019 | Yonex / K&D Graphics International | Jason Ho-Shue | 21–13, 21–14 | Winner |
- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
BWF Junior International (1 runner-up)
[edit]Boys' singles
Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2015 | Australian Junior International | Kenya Mitsuhashi | 20–22, 21–14, 16–21 | Runner-up |
- BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
- BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
- BWF Junior International Series tournament
- BWF Junior Future Series tournament
Record against selected opponents
[edit]Record against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 13 August 2024.[22]
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "
選手 奈良岡 功 大 (ならおか こうだい)" (in Japanese). Japanese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 19 November 2018. - ^ "
選手 プロフィール" (in Japanese). Nippon Badminton Association. Retrieved 8 September 2023. - ^ "
最年少 勝利 の奈良岡 、夢 はもちろん「東京 五輪 で金 」/バドミントン" (in Japanese). Sankei Sports. 3 December 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2018. - ^ a b "Kunlavut outlasts Naraoka in men's final at badminton world championships". The Japan Times. 28 August 2023. Archived from the original on 8 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ^ "【バド×スピ!
連載 〈第 14回 〉】「最後 まであきらめなかったことは今後 につながる」" (in Japanese). Badminton Spirit. 31 October 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018. - ^ "Axelsen, Zheng and Huang Rewarded For Stellar Seasons". Badminton World Federation. 5 December 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
- ^ "バドミントン
男女 シングルス奈良岡 功 大 と大堀 彩 が銅 メダル獲得 日本 勢 2大会 連続 【アジア大会 】" (in Japanese). TBS. 16 October 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2024. - ^ "【アジア
選手権 2024】奈良岡 功 大 はファイナルゲームで敗 れベスト4<準決勝 結果 >" (in Japanese). Badminton Spirit. 14 April 2024. Retrieved 29 September 2024. - ^ "【ユース
五輪 】奈良岡 功 大 が男子 シングルスで銅 メダル!団体 も銅 を獲得 !" (in Japanese). Badminton Spirit. 13 October 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2024. - ^ Alleyne, Gayle (21 October 2017). "Contrasting Fortunes – Semi-Finals: BWF World Junior Championships 2017". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
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世界 ジュニア2018】奈良岡 は決勝 で敗 れて銀 メダル!<決勝 戦 >" (in Japanese). Badminton Spirit. 19 November 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2024. - ^ 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.
- ^ Palar, Sanjeev (17 April 2022). "Home heroes sweep majority of titles at 2022 Korea Masters as Olympic champ Chen Yu Fei beaten by He Bingjiao again". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 25 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ "Anthony ends slump to win Singapore Badminton Open". The Jakarta Post. 19 July 2022. Archived from the original on 25 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ "Tai and Chou thrill with Taipei Open finals wins". Taipei Times. 25 July 2022. Archived from the original on 25 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ "Nguyen Thuy Linh wins trophy at Vietnam Open badminton tournament". Vietnam Plus. 3 October 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
- ^ "アクセルセンがマレーシアOP
優勝 、奈良岡 は疲労 隠 せず準 V". AFPBB. 16 January 2023. Archived from the original on 9 September 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023. - ^ Sukumar, Dev (26 November 2023). "China Masters: Naraoka Breaks Title Jinx". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- ^ Jiwani, Rory (16 June 2024). "BWF Australian Open 2024: Lee Zii Jia outlasts Naraoka Kodai to claim second title in a month". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- ^ Tanaka, Yukifima (22 September 2024). "
宮崎 友花 と奈良岡 功 大 は準 優勝 |バドミントン・中国 オープン2024" (in Japanese). International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 29 September 2024. - ^ "Kodai Naraoka head to head". BWF-Tournament Software. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
External links
[edit]- Kodai Naraoka at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)
- Kodai Naraoka at BWFBadminton.com
- Kodai Naraoka at Olympedia
- Kodai Naraoka at Olympics.com
- Kodai Naraoka at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- 2001 births
- Living people
- People from Aomori (city)
- Sportspeople from Aomori Prefecture
- Japanese male badminton players
- Aomori High School alumni
- Badminton players at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
- Badminton players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic badminton players for Japan
- Badminton players at the 2022 Asian Games
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan
- Asian Games medalists in badminton
- Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games
- 21st-century Japanese sportsmen