Ryota Taohata

Ryota Taohata
垰畑 亮太
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1988-11-21) 21 November 1988
Okagaki, Fukuoka, Japan
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Retired31 March 2017[1]
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking29 (MD 11 July 2013)
97 (XD 15 December 2016)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Japan
Asia Team Championships
2016 Hyderabad Men's team
East Asian Games
2013 Tianjin Men's doubles
BWF profile

Ryota Taohata (垰畑 亮太, Taohata Ryōta; born 21 November 1988) is a Japanese badminton player who affiliated with Nihon Unisys team since April 2011.[2][3] He was a bronze medalist at the 2013 East Asian Games in the men's doubles event, and was part of the Japanese team that won silver medal at the 2016 Asia Team Championships. He won the mixed doubles titles at the 2012 Canada Open and 2014 Russian Open.[3][4] He retired from the Unisys team on 31 March 2017.[5]

Achievements

East Asian Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Binhai New Area Dagang Gymnasium,
Tianjin, China
Hiroyuki Saeki Chen Hung-ling
Lu Chia-pin
19–21, 21–15, 17–21 Bronze

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Canada Open Hiroyuki Saeki Takeshi Kamura
Keigo Sonoda
21–12, 16–21, 19–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2012 Canada Open Ayaka Takahashi Takeshi Kamura
Koharu Yonemoto
21–14, 21–16 Winner
2014 Russian Open Misato Aratama Ivan Sozonov
Olga Morozova
21–12, 21–10 Winner [6]
2016 Chinese Taipei Masters Koharu Yonemoto Tang Chun Man
Tse Ying Suet
3–11, 7–11, 12–14 Runner-up [7]
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 Austrian International Hiroyuki Saeki Anthony Clark
Chris Langridge
15–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2012 Austrian International Hiroyuki Saeki K. T. Rupesh Kumar
Sanave Thomas
21–23, 20–22 Runner-up
2012 Scottish International Hiroyuki Saeki Takeshi Kamura
Keigo Sonoda
21–16, 11–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2013 Austrian International Hiroyuki Saeki Takeshi Kamura
Keigo Sonoda
21–18, 15–21, 21–18 Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. ^ "Announcement of the retirement of players Kenichi Hayakawa and Ryota Taohata" (in Japanese). BIPROGY. 3 April 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Players: Ryota Taohata". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  3. ^ a b "垰畑 亮太 Ryota Taohata". www.unisys.co.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 27 February 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Players: Ryota Taohata". www.smash-net.tv (in Japanese). TMONY Japan Corporation. 5 July 2020. Archived from the original on 28 December 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  5. ^ "早川賢一選手、垰畑亮太選手引退のお知らせ". www.unisys.co.jp (in Japanese). 3 April 2017. Archived from the original on 28 December 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ Winters, Max (16 October 2016). "Mine defeats Kawakami in all Japanese final at BWF Chinese Taipei Masters". Inside the Games. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2025.