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Kodai Naraoka

Kodai Naraoka
Naraoka at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (2001-06-30) 30 June 2001 (age 23)
Aomori, Aomori, Japan
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Weight69 kg (152 lb)[1]
HandednessRight
CoachNaraoka Hiroshi
Men's singles
Career record235 wins, 103 losses
Highest ranking2 (12 December 2023)
Current ranking7 (14 January 2025)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Copenhagen Men's singles
Sudirman Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Suzhou Mixed team
Thomas Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Aarhus Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Bangkok Men's team
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou Men's singles
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou Men's team
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Ningbo Men's singles
Asia Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Manila Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Selangor Men's team
Youth Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Buenos Aires Boys' singles
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Markham Boys' singles
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Bilbao Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Yogyakarta Boys' singles
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Yogyakarta Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Markham Mixed team
Asian Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Jakarta Mixed team
Representing International Olympic Committee Mixed-NOCs
Youth Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Buenos Aires Mixed team
BWF profile

Kodai Naraoka (奈良岡 功大, Naraoka Kōdai, born 30 June 2001) is a Japanese badminton player affiliated with NTT East.[2] Born in Aomori, he started playing badminton at the age of 5 with the influence of his father.[3] He won the silver medal at the 2023 World Championships.[4]

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]

2024 Australian Open

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In the 2024 Australian Open, Kodai managed to make it to the finals, against arguably his greatest rival, Lee Zii Jia. He lost, 21-16, 12-21, 12-21.

Awards and nominations

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Award Year Category Result Ref.
BWF Awards 2022 Eddy Choong Most Promising Player of the Year Won [6]

Achievements

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BWF World Championships

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Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref
2023 Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark Thailand Kunlavut Vitidsarn 21–19, 18–21, 7–21 Silver Silver [4]

Asian Games

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Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref
2022 Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China China Shi Yuqi 5–21, 15–21 Bronze Bronze [7]

Asian Championships

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Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref
2024 Ningbo Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Ningbo, China China Li Shifeng 21–14, 15–21, 12–21 Bronze Bronze [8]

Youth Olympic Games

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Boys' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref
2018 Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires, Argentina France Arnaud Merklé 21–17, 24–26, 22–20 Bronze [9]

World Junior Championships

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Boys' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref
2017 Among Rogo Sports Hall, Yogyakarta, Indonesia Malaysia Leong Jun Hao 14–21, 20–22 Bronze Bronze [10]
2018 Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada Thailand Kunlavut Vitidsarn 9–21, 11–21 Silver Silver [11]

BWF World Tour (2 titles, 6 runners-up)

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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
2022 Korea Masters Super 300 South Korea Jeon Hyeok-jin 17–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [14]
2022 Singapore Open Super 500 Indonesia Anthony Sinisuka Ginting 21–23, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [15]
2022 Taipei Open Super 300 Chinese Taipei Chou Tien-chen 21–14, 10–21, 6–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [16]
2022 Vietnam Open Super 100 China Sun Feixiang 10–21, 21–14, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [17]
2023 Malaysia Open Super 1000 Denmark Viktor Axelsen 6–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [18]
2023 China Masters Super 750 Japan Kenta Nishimoto 21–13, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [19]
2024 Australian Open Super 500 Malaysia Lee Zii Jia 19–21, 21–11, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [20]
2024 China Open Super 1000 China Weng Hongyang 17–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [21]

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 2 runners-up)

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Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2018 Osaka International Japan Yu Igarashi 21–14, 11–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 Yonex / K&D Graphics International Japan Koki Watanabe 14–21, 21–14, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Lao International Japan Minoru Koga 22–20, 22–20 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Jamaica International Guatemala Kevin Cordón 21–17, 21–8 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Mongolia International Thailand Kunlavut Vitidsarn 9–21, 21–17, 23–21 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Dubai International Japan Yusuke Onodera 21–14, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Yonex / K&D Graphics International Canada Jason Ho-Shue 21–13, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

BWF Junior International (1 runner-up)

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Boys' singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2015 Australian Junior International Japan Kenya Mitsuhashi 20–22, 21–14, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Junior Future Series tournament

Record against selected opponents

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Record against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 13 August 2024.[22]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "選手プロフィール" (in Japanese). Nippon Badminton Association. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "【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.
  6. ^ "Axelsen, Zheng and Huang Rewarded For Stellar Seasons". Badminton World Federation. 5 December 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "【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.
  9. ^ "【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.
  10. ^ Alleyne, Gayle (21 October 2017). "Contrasting Fortunes – Semi-Finals: BWF World Junior Championships 2017". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  11. ^ "【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.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ "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.
  16. ^ "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.
  17. ^ "Nguyen Thuy Linh wins trophy at Vietnam Open badminton tournament". Vietnam Plus. 3 October 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  18. ^ "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.
  19. ^ Sukumar, Dev (26 November 2023). "China Masters: Naraoka Breaks Title Jinx". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  20. ^ 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.
  21. ^ 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.
  22. ^ "Kodai Naraoka head to head". BWF-Tournament Software. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
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