Akira Koga

Akira Koga
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1994-03-08) 8 March 1994 (age 29)
Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
HandednessRight
Men's doubles
Highest ranking14 (with Taichi Saito, 12 December 2023)
Current ranking14 (with Taichi Saito, 2 January 2024)
BWF profile

Akira Koga (古賀 輝, Koga Akira, born 8 March 1994) is a Japanese badminton player who also play for the NTT East club.[1] In 2012, his last year as a junior, he was instrumental in Japan's first ever mixed team title at the 2012 Asian Junior Badminton Championships. He and Akane Yamaguchi beat Pei Tianyi and Huang Yaqiong to begin the tie.[2] At the World Junior Championships the same year, he and Yamaguchi played the last match of the mixed team tie in the final against China. They lost their third game to Wang Yilyu and Chen Qingchen 22–24, giving China the title.[3]

Achievements

BWF World Tour (4 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[4] 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.[5]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Orléans Masters Super 100 Japan Taichi Saito Chinese Taipei Lee Yang
Chinese Taipei Wang Chi-lin
21–16, 20–22, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Akita Masters Super 100 Japan Taichi Saito China Ou Xuanyi
China Zhang Nan
14–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Indonesia Masters Super 100 Japan Taichi Saito China Ou Xuanyi
China Zhang Nan
21–11, 10–21, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 Syed Modi International Super 300 Japan Taichi Saito Malaysia Choong Hon Jian
Malaysia Muhammad Haikal
21–18, 18–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title)

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 South Australia International Japan Taichi Saito Singapore Danny Bawa Chrisnanta
Singapore Terry Hee
21–11, 19–21, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. ^ "選手・スタッフ紹介 / 古賀 輝". www.ntt-east.co.jp (in Japanese). NTT. Archived from the original on 27 April 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  2. ^ "2012 Asian Junior Results". tournamentsoftware.com. BWF. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  3. ^ "2012 World Junior Results". tournamentsoftware.com. BWF. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.