Kenta Kazuno

Kenta Kazuno
数野 健太
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1985-11-25) 25 November 1985
Ōtsu, Japan
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking14 (MD 23 July 2015)
11 (XD 9 March 2017)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Japan
Sudirman Cup
2015 Dongguan Mixed team
2017 Gold Coast Mixed team
Thomas Cup
2010 Kuala Lumpur Men's team
Asia Mixed Team Championships
2017 Ho Chi Minh Mixed team
East Asian Games
2009 Hong Kong Men's team
BWF profile

Kenta Kazuno (数野 健太, Kazuno Kenta; born 25 November 1985) is a Japanese badminton player specializing in doubles.[1] He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[2]

Achievements

BWF Grand Prix

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
2009 German Open Kenichi Hayakawa Lee Yong-dae
Shin Baek-cheol
13–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2010 Dutch Open Yoshiteru Hirobe Hirokatsu Hashimoto
Noriyasu Hirata
17–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2012 U.S. Open Yoshiteru Hirobe Hiroyuki Endo
Kenichi Hayakawa
15–21, 10–21 Runner-up
2014 Russian Open Kazushi Yamada Takuto Inoue
Yuki Kaneko
19–21, 22–20, 21–13 Winner [3]
2014 Vietnam Open Kazushi Yamada Andrei Adistia
Hendra Aprida Gunawan
21–15, 21–23, 17–21 Runner-up [4]
2015 Malaysia Masters Kazushi Yamada Chen Hung-ling
Wang Chi-lin
21–19, 14–21, 21–17 Winner [5]
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2013 Osaka International Kazushi Yamada Takatoshi Kurose
Sho Zeniya
21–14, 21–11 Winner
2014 Osaka International Kazushi Yamada Jun Bong-chan
Kim Duck-yong
21–19, 21–11 Winner
2015 Polish Open Kazushi Yamada Adam Cwalina
Przemysław Wacha
21–19, 21–12 Winner [6]
2015 Osaka International Kazushi Yamada Takuto Inoue
Yuki Kaneko
21–9, 21–19 Winner [7]
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

  1. ^ "Kenta Kazuno 数野健太 プロフィール - 日本ユニシス実業団 バドミントン部". Unisys. Archived from the original on 29 May 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  2. ^ "2016 Summer Olympics - Athletes: Kenta Kazuno". ESPN. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Ivanov is the 2014 Russian Open singles champion". National Badminton Federation of Russia (in Russian). 27 July 2014. Archived from the original on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  4. ^ "Japanese badminton teen wins Yonex- Sunrise Vietnam GP Open". VietnamPlus. 8 September 2014. Archived from the original on 10 July 2025. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  5. ^ Sukumar, Dev; Leung, Edwin (18 January 2015). "Yonex Sunrise Malaysia Masters 2015 – Review: Glory for Okuhara". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 16 December 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
  6. ^ Liew, Vincent (21 March 2015). "Daren Liew, Chan Peng Soon/Goh Liu Ying win Polish Open". BadmintonPlanet.com. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
  7. ^ Komiya, Miyuki (5 April 2015). "OSAKA INT'L 2015 – Japan shares titles with China, Korea". Badzine. Archived from the original on 15 May 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2025.