Takuro Hoki

Takurō Hoki
Personal information
Born (1995-08-14) 14 August 1995
Yanai, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Spouse
Rira Kawashima
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(m. 2020)​
Sport
CountryJapan
SportBadminton
Coached byLee 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 ranking8 (MD with Yugo Kobayashi, 21 April 2026)
BWF profile
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Huelva Men's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2019 Basel Men's doubles
Sudirman Cup
Silver medal – second place 2019 Nanning Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2021 Vantaa Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Gold Coast Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Suzhou Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2025 Xiamen 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 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou Men's team
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Dubai Men's doubles
Asia Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Ho Chi Minh Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Hong Kong Mixed team
Asia Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2026 Qingdao Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Manila Men's team
Asian Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Kota Kinabalu Mixed team

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, becoming the first Japanese men's doubles pair to win a world championship. Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi competed for Japan at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the men's doubles event.[5]

Career

2011–2013

Hoki made his international debut at the 2011 Osaka International, reaching the second round in men's doubles with Keiichiro Matsui.[6] In July 2013, he helped the Japanese team win a bronze medal at the Asian Junior Championships in Kota Kinabalu, where he also advanced to the second round in both boys' doubles with Yugo Kobayashi and mixed doubles with Wakana Nagahara.[7][8]

Hoki made his senior Super Series debut at the Japan Open in September 2013. Competing in men's doubles, he and Kobayashi advanced to the second round, while in the mixed doubles, he and Ayako Sakuramoto were eliminated in the first round by the eventual champions, Zhang Nan and Zhao Yunlei. Returning to the junior competition at the World Junior Championships the following month, Hoki helped the Japanese team achieve a fourth-place finish in the mixed team event.[9] In the individual events, he and Kobayashi were defeated in the first round of the boys' doubles by the Chinese pair, Huang Kaixiang and Zheng Siwei, while Hoki and Rena Miyaura reached the third round in mixed doubles.[10]

2014–2015

Continuing their men's doubles partnership, Hoki and Kobayashi secured their first international title at the USA International in October 2014, defeating the Canadian pair of Adrian Liu and Derrick Ng in the final. At the same tournament, Hoki also advanced to the mixed doubles quarterfinals with Kurumi Yonao.[11] In 2015, Hoki and Kobayashi reached the semifinals of the U.S. Open in June and the Chinese Taipei Masters in October. In September 2015, the pair competed at the Japan Open, where they were eliminated in the first round.

2016

In May 2016, Hoki represented Japan at the Thomas Cup, where the team advanced to the quarterfinals.[12] The following month, Hoki and Kobayashi won the men's doubles title at the Spanish International by defeating the Danish pair Mathias Christiansen and David Daugaard in the final.[13] In July, the duo reached the U.S. Open final but finished as runners-up after losing a three-game match to the Danish pair Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen.[14] They went on to reach the quarterfinals of the Korea Open in September. In October, they made their Super Series Premier debut at the Denmark Open, reaching the second round. The following month, at the China Open, they defeated the third seeds Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen in the first round to reach the quarterfinals, where they were eliminated by the Indonesian pair Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo and Marcus Fernaldi Gideon.[15][16]

2017

In early 2017, Hoki represented Japan at the inaugural Asia Mixed Team Championships in Ho Chi Minh City, helping the team win the gold medal.[17][18] He also competed at the Sudirman Cup in Gold Coast that year, contributing to Japan's bronze medal finish.[19] Hoki and Kobayashi reached the men's doubles quarterfinals of the Asian Championships in April and the semifinals of the Korea Open in September.[20][21] In mixed doubles, Hoki partnered with Sayaka Hirota to advance to the final of the Japan Open in September, where they finished as runners-up to the Chinese pair Wang Yilyu and Huang Dongping.[22] The pair later reached the semifinals of the Hong Kong Open.[23] Hoki and Kobayashi concluded their season at the Super Series Finals in December, where they were eliminated during the round-robin stage.

2018

In August 2018, Hoki competed at the Asian Games in Jakarta, where he reached the mixed doubles quarterfinals alongside Koharu Yonemoto. He also helped the Japanese men's team win a bronze medal, marking Japan's first medal in this event at the Asian Games in 48 years.[24][25] Hoki and Kobayashi advanced to the final of the Super 500 Korea Open in September, finishing as runners-up to the fellow Japanese pair Hiroyuki Endo and Yuta Watanabe in a three-game match.[26] The duo also progressed to the quarterfinals at both the Japan Open in September and the Denmark Open in October.[27] In the second half of the year, Hoki formed a new mixed doubles partnership with Wakana Nagahara. Together, they advanced to the quarterfinals of the French Open in October and the Hong Kong Open in November.[28]

2019

In March, Hoki represented Japan at the Asia Mixed Team Championships in Hong Kong, where the team won a silver medal.[29] In May, he contributed to the Japanese team's silver medal finish at the Sudirman Cup in Nanning.[30] On the World Tour, Hoki and Kobayashi reached the semifinals of the Malaysia Open in April and the Indonesia Open in July.[31][32] In August, at the World Championships in Basel, Switzerland, the duo advanced to the men's doubles final after defeating the defending champions, the Chinese pair Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen, in the semifinals.[33] They won the silver medal after a three-game match against the Indonesian pair Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan.[34] Meanwhile, Hoki and Nagahara reached a career-high mixed doubles world ranking of 19 in July and advanced to the quarterfinals of the French Open in October.[35]

2020

In January, Hoki and Nagahara advanced to the mixed doubles quarterfinals at the Malaysia Masters, following a second-round victory over the fourth-seeded Thai pair Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai.[36] Later that month, Hoki and Kobayashi reached the men's doubles quarterfinals at the Thailand Masters.[37] In February, Hoki competed at the Asia Team Championships in Manila, helping the Japanese men's team secure a bronze medal.[38] Following a second-round exit at the All England Open in March, the remainder of the 2020 tournament calendar was largely suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2021

Following his first-round exit from the All England Open in March, Hoki represented Japan at major international team events in September and October. He helped the team earn a silver medal at the Sudirman Cup in Vantaa and a bronze medal at the Thomas Cup in Aarhus. In October, Hoki and Kobayashi won their first BWF World Tour title at the Super 1000 Denmark Open, defeating the Danish pair Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen in the final.[39] During the Indonesian leg of the World Tour in November, they claimed the Super 750 Indonesia Masters title by overcoming the Indonesian pair of Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo.[40] The following week, they advanced to the final of the Super 1000 Indonesia Open but finished as runners-up to the same Indonesian pair.[41] The pair won two additional titles in December. They won the season-ending World Tour Finals by again defeating Gideon and Sukamuljo in the final.[42] Shortly thereafter, Hoki and Kobayashi claimed the gold medal at the World Championships in Huelva, Spain, by defeating the Chinese pair, He Jiting and Tan Qiang. With this victory, they became the first Japanese men's doubles pair to win a world championship.[34]

2022

In the first half of 2022, Hoki and Kobayashi reached the quarterfinals of the German Open, the All England Open, and the Asian Championships.[43] In May, Hoki represented Japan at the Thomas Cup, where the team earned a bronze medal.[44] Later that month, Hoki and Kobayashi won their first title of the season at the Super 500 Thailand Open after their opponents, Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto, retired during the first game of the final.[45] Following a quarterfinal appearance at the Indonesia Open in mid-June, the duo won the Super 750 Malaysia Open, again defeating Alfian and Ardianto in the final.[46] After reaching the quarterfinals at the Malaysia Masters[47] and the World Championships[48], Hoki and Kobayashi attained the world number-one ranking in men's doubles on 20 September 2022, becoming the first Japanese men's doubles pair to reach that position.[49] They concluded the year by reaching the quarterfinals at the French Open and the Hylo Open, and were eliminated in the round-robin stage of the season-ending World Tour Finals.[50]

2023

Hoki and Kobayashi claimed the Singapore Open title by defeating Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang in the final.[51] They also finished as runners-up at both the Japan Open and the Australian Open and earned a bronze medal at the Asian Championships.[52][53][54] The pair advanced to the semifinals of the China Open[55], the Malaysia Masters[56], and the Indonesia Masters.[57] In team events, Hoki contributed to Japan's bronze medal finishes at both Sudirman Cup[58] and the Asian Games.[59] Their performance over the season qualified them for the World Tour Finals in December, where they were eliminated in the group stage.[60][61]

2024

During the first half of the 2024 season, Hoki and Kobayashi reached the semifinals of four Super 750 and Super 1000 events: the Malaysia Open, India Open, French Open, and All England Open.[62][63][64][65] They also advanced to the quarterfinals of the Asian Championships in April and represented Japan at the Thomas Cup, where the Japanese team reached the quarterfinals.[66] At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, the pair were eliminated in the round-robin stage of the men's doubles event. In the latter half of the year, they reached the quarterfinals of both the Denmark Open and the China Masters. In November, they advanced to their first final of the year at the Japan Masters, finishing as runners-up to the Indonesian pair Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto.[67]

2025

Hoki and Kobayashi began their 2025 season in April, following Kobayashi's recovery from a knee injury.[68] They returned to competition at the Asian Championships, where they were eliminated in the first round.[69] In May, Hoki represented Japan at the Sudirman Cup in Xiamen, helping the team secure a bronze medal.[70] Later that month, Hoki and Kobayashi reached the semifinals of the Malaysia Masters.[71] They subsequently advanced to the quarterfinals of the Indonesia Open in June and the World Championships in August, before reaching the semifinals of the Korea Open in September.[72][73] In October, they secured their first title of the year at the Super 750 Denmark Open. During the tournament, they defeated the Indian duo Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty in the semifinals—their first victory over the pair in six years.[74] They claimed the title by overcoming the Indonesian pair Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Shohibul Fikri.[68]

2026

In January, Hoki and Kobayashi reached the quarterfinals of the Malaysia Open and the India Open.[75][76] The following month, Hoki was part of the Japanese squad that won Japan's first men's team title at the Asia Team Championships in Qingdao.[77] Later in the season, Hoki and Kobayashi advanced to the second round of both the All England Open in March and the Asian Championships in April.[78][79]

Personal life

Hoki married former NTT East badminton player Rira Kawashima in February 2020.[80] They have three children: a son named Minato (born 8 April 2021),[81] a daughter named Toa (born 9 June 2023),[82] and a third child named Aoto (born 15 April 2026).[83]

Achievements

World Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2019 St. Jakobshalle,
Basel, Switzerland 		Japan Yugo Kobayashi Indonesia Mohammad Ahsan
Indonesia Hendra Setiawan 		23–25, 21–9, 15–21 Silver Silver [84]
2021 Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín,
Huelva, Spain 		Japan Yugo Kobayashi China He Jiting
China Tan Qiang 		21–12, 21–18 Gold Gold [34]

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2023 Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Indoor Hall,
Dubai, United Arab Emirates 		Japan Yugo Kobayashi Malaysia Ong Yew Sin
Malaysia Teo Ee Yi 		16–21, 24–26 Bronze Bronze [54]

BWF World Tour (7 titles, 5 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[85] 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.[86]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2018 Korea Open Super 500 Japan Yugo Kobayashi Japan Hiroyuki Endo
Japan Yuta Watanabe 		21–9, 15–21, 10–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [26]
2021 Denmark Open Super 1000 Japan Yugo Kobayashi Denmark Kim Astrup
Denmark Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 		21–18, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [39]
2021 Indonesia Masters Super 750 Japan Yugo Kobayashi Indonesia Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Indonesia Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo 		21–11, 17–21, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [40]
2021 Indonesia Open Super 1000 Japan Yugo Kobayashi Indonesia Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Indonesia Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo 		14–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [41]
2021 BWF World Tour Finals World Tour Finals Japan Yugo Kobayashi Indonesia Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Indonesia Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo 		21–16, 13–21, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [42]
2022 Thailand Open Super 500 Japan Yugo Kobayashi Indonesia Fajar Alfian
Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto 		13–4r 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [45]
2022 Malaysia Open Super 750 Japan Yugo Kobayashi Indonesia Fajar Alfian
Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto 		24–22, 16–21, 21–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [46]
2023 Singapore Open Super 750 Japan Yugo Kobayashi China Liang Weikeng
China Wang Chang 		21–13, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [51]
2023 Japan Open Super 750 Japan Yugo Kobayashi Chinese Taipei Lee Yang
Chinese Taipei Wang Chi-lin 		19–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [52]
2023 Australian Open Super 500 Japan Yugo Kobayashi South Korea Kang Min-hyuk
South Korea Seo Seung-jae 		17–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [53]
2024 Japan Masters Super 500 Japan Yugo Kobayashi Indonesia Fajar Alfian
Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto 		15–21, 21–17, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [67]
2025 Denmark Open Super 750 Japan Yugo Kobayashi Indonesia Fajar Alfian
Indonesia Muhammad Shohibul Fikri 		21–18, 15–21, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [68]

BWF Superseries (1 runner-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[87] 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.[88] 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 Japan Sayaka Hirota China Wang Yilyu
China Huang Dongping 		13–21, 8–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [22][89]
  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 Japan Yugo Kobayashi Denmark Mathias Boe
Denmark Carsten Mogensen 		11–21, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [14]
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles)

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2014 USA International Japan Yugo Kobayashi Canada Adrian Liu
Canada Derrick Ng 		21–17, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [11]
2016 Spanish International Japan Yugo Kobayashi Denmark Mathias Christiansen
Denmark David Daugaard 		21–10, 21–6 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [13]
  BWF International Challenge tournament

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