Riichi Takeshita

Riichi Takeshita
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1989-07-28) 28 July 1989
Saga Prefecture, Japan
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
HandednessRight
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking33 (MS 12 March 2015)
123 (MD 2 December 2010)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Japan
Thomas Cup
2012 Wuhan Men's team
Asian Games
2018 Jakarta-Palembang Men's team
Asian Junior Championships
2007 Kuala Lumpur Boys' singles
2007 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team
BWF profile

Riichi Takeshita (武下利一, Takeshita Riichi; born 28 July 1989) is a Japanese badminton player.[1][2]

Achievements

Asian Junior Championships

Boys' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2007 Stadium Juara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Mohamad Arif Abdul Latif 19–21, 18–21 Bronze

BWF World Tour

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[3] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[4]

Men's singles

Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result
2018 Chinese Taipei Open Super 300 Lee Zii Jia 17–21, 21–16, 11–21 Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels: Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref
2016 New Zealand Open Huang Yuxiang 12–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2014 Russian Open Vladimir Ivanov 21–16, 5–21, 21–17 Runner-up [5]
2013 New Zealand Open Xue Song 21–16, 16–21, 21–17 Winner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref
2011 New Zealand International Wong Wing Ki 21–19, 21–19 Winner
2013 Austrian International Kento Momota 19–21, 12–21 Runner-up [6][7]
2014 Osaka International Ng Ka Long 13–21, 12–21 Runner-up [8]
2014 Sydney International Huang Guoxing 9–11, 11–7, 11–5, 11–4 Winner
2016 Yonex / K&D Graphics International Sergey Sirant 21–13, 21–18 Winner
2017 Smiling Fish International Pannawit Thongnuam 19–21, 22–24 Runner-up
2018 Sydney International Soo Teck Zhi 21–18, 21–11 Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

  1. ^ "Players: Riichi Takeshita". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  2. ^ "武下利一 Takeshita Riichi". www.badmintoncn.com (in Chinese). badmintoncn.com. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  3. ^ "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. 29 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. 15 January 2018.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Austrian International 2013 [IC] | Results". NTT East (in Japanese). 23 February 2013. Archived from the original on 13 April 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  7. ^ "Badminton Austria International 2013 | Results". Nippon Badminton Association (in Japanese). 23 February 2013. Archived from the original on 6 November 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  8. ^ Komiya, Miyuki (6 April 2014). "OSAKA INT'L 2014 – Home team takes 3". Badzine. Archived from the original on 23 September 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2025.


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