Takuro Hoki

Takurō Hoki
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1995-08-14) 14 August 1995
Yanai, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
CoachLee Wan Wah[1]
Hiroyuki Endo[1]
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking1 (MD with Yugo Kobayashi 20 September 2022)
19 (XD with Wakana Nagahara 9 July 2019)
Current ranking16 (MD with Yugo Kobayashi 8 July 2025)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Japan
World Championships
2021 Huelva Men's doubles
2019 Basel Men's doubles
Sudirman Cup
2019 Nanning Mixed team
2021 Vantaa Mixed team
2017 Gold Coast Mixed team
2023 Suzhou Mixed team
2025 Xiamen Mixed team
Thomas Cup
2020 Aarhus Men's team
2022 Bangkok Men's team
Asian Games
2018 Jakarta-Palembang Men's team
2022 Hangzhou Men's team
Asian Championships
2023 Dubai Men's doubles
Asia Mixed Team Championships
2017 Ho Chi Minh Mixed team
2019 Hong Kong Mixed team
Asia Team Championships
2020 Manila Men's team
Asian Junior Championships
2013 Kota Kinabalu Mixed team
BWF profile

Takuro Hoki (保木 卓朗, Hoki Takurō; born 14 August 1995) is a Japanese badminton player affiliated with Tonami team.[2][3] He was the men's doubles silver medalist at the 2019 World Championships[4] and the men's doubles gold medalist at the 2021 World Championships, being first ever Japanese men's doubles to become world champions.

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2019 St. Jakobshalle,
Basel, Switzerland 		Yugo Kobayashi Mohammad Ahsan
Hendra Setiawan 		23–25, 21–9, 15–21 Silver [5]
2021 Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín,
Huelva, Spain 		Yugo Kobayashi He Jiting
Tan Qiang 		21–12, 21–18 Gold

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2023 Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Indoor Hall,
Dubai, United Arab Emirates 		Yugo Kobayashi Ong Yew Sin
Teo Ee Yi 		16–21, 24–26 Bronze

BWF World Tour (6 titles, 5 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[6] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[7]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2018 Korea Open Super 500 Yugo Kobayashi Hiroyuki Endo
Yuta Watanabe 		21–9, 15–21, 10–21 Runner-up
2021 Denmark Open Super 1000 Yugo Kobayashi Kim Astrup
Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 		21–18, 21–12 Winner
2021 Indonesia Masters Super 750 Yugo Kobayashi Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo 		21–11, 17–21, 21–19 Winner
2021 Indonesia Open Super 1000 Yugo Kobayashi Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo 		14–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2021 BWF World Tour Finals World Tour Finals Yugo Kobayashi Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo 		21–16, 13–21, 21–17 Winner [8]
2022 Thailand Open Super 500 Yugo Kobayashi Fajar Alfian
Muhammad Rian Ardianto 		13–4r Winner
2022 Malaysia Open Super 750 Yugo Kobayashi Fajar Alfian
Muhammad Rian Ardianto 		24–22, 16–21, 21–9 Winner
2023 Singapore Open Super 750 Yugo Kobayashi Liang Weikeng
Wang Chang 		21–13, 21–18 Winner [9]
2023 Japan Open Super 750 Yugo Kobayashi Lee Yang
Wang Chi-lin 		19–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2023 Australian Open Super 500 Yugo Kobayashi Kang Min-hyuk
Seo Seung-jae 		17–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2024 Japan Masters Super 500 Yugo Kobayashi Fajar Alfian
Muhammad Rian Ardianto 		15–21, 21–17, 17–21 Runner-up

BWF Superseries (1 runner-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[10] was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011.[11] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2017 Japan Open Sayaka Hirota Wang Yilyu
Huang Dongping 		13–21, 8–21 Runner-up [12][13]
  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-up)

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
2016 U.S. Open Yugo Kobayashi Mathias Boe
Carsten Mogensen 		11–21, 20–22 Runner-up [14]
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles)

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 USA International Yugo Kobayashi Adrian Liu
Derrick Ng 		21–17, 21–19 Winner
2016 Spanish International Yugo Kobayashi Mathias Christiansen
David Daugaard 		21–10, 21–6 Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament

References

  1. ^ a b "Announcement of the 2025 Japan National Team Players and Staff" (PDF) (in Japanese). Nippon Badminton Association. 21 January 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  2. ^ "Players: Takuro Hoki". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  3. ^ "Badminton player: 保木 卓朗 Takurou Hoki" (in Japanese). Tonami. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  4. ^ Sukumar, Dev (26 August 2019). "Wristy Trickery Wins the Day – Basel 2019". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Momota, Nagahara, Matsumoto become Japan's 1st repeat badminton world champs". Kyodo News+. 26 August 2019. Archived from the original on 18 April 2025. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  8. ^ Liew, Vincent (5 December 2021). "Viktor Axelsen, Takuro Hoki/Yugo Kobayashi Win 2021 BWF World Tour Finals". BadmintonPlanet.com. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  9. ^ Kumar, Prem (12 June 2023). "Singapore Open: Hoki/Kobayashi's 'Stubbornness' Vindicated". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 12 June 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  10. ^ "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
  11. ^ "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". IBadmintonstore. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  12. ^ Etchells, Daniel (24 September 2017). "Axelsen claims men's singles crown at BWF Japan Open". Inside the Games. Archived from the original on 14 March 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
  13. ^ Alleyne, Gayle (24 September 2017). "'Minions' to the 'Four'– Doubles Finals: Daihatsu Yonex Japan Open 2017". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 6 October 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
  14. ^ Sukumar, Dev (11 July 2016). "Boe/Mogensen Claim Gold – Yonex US Open Review". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 18 April 2025. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
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