Minoru Koga

Minoru Koga (古賀 穂, Koga Minoru, born 30 September 1996) is a Japanese badminton player.[1] He was the mixed doubles gold medalist at the 2013 Asian Youth Games partnered with Akane Yamaguchi.[2] Koga was part of the national junior team that won the bronze medals at the 2014 Asian and World Junior Championships.[3] Koga who educated at the Waseda University was the men's singles champion at the 68 National University Championships.[4] He was the runner-up at the 2018 Canada Open.[5]

Minoru Koga
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1996-09-30) 30 September 1996
Fukuoka, Japan
HandednessLeft
Men's singles
Highest ranking71 (24 January 2023)
Current ranking93 (19 September 2023)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Japan
Asia Mixed Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Hong Kong Mixed team
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Alor Setar Mixed team
Asian Youth Games
Gold medal – first place 2013 Nanjing Mixed doubles
Asian Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Taipei Mixed team
BWF profile

Achievements

Asian Youth Games

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Nanjing Sport Institute,
Nanjing, China		 Japan Akane Yamaguchi Thailand Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Thailand Puttita Supajirakul		 21–19, 19–21, 21–17 Gold Gold

BWF World Tour (1 runner-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 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[7]

Men's singles

Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result
2018 Canada Open Super 100 China Lu Guangzu 15–21, 10–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 2 runners-up)

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2019 Slovenian International India Sourabh Verma 17–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Lao International Japan Kodai Naraoka 20–22, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Swedish Open Singapore Loh Kean Yew 21–11, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2022 Mexican International Brazil Jonathan Matias 10–21, 22–20, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Thailand International Chinese Taipei Chi Yu-jen 15–21, 21–17, 22–20 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References
  1. "古賀 穂/ Koga Minoru" (in Japanese). TMONY Japan Corporation. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  2. "BADMINTON: Japan upends Thailand for mixed doubles gold". jschina.com.cn. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  3. "2014年世界ジュニアバドミントン選手権大会" (in Japanese). Nippon Badminton Association. Archived from the original on 30 August 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  4. "【インカレ】早稲田大・古賀穂が頂点に輝く！＜男子シングルス＞" (in Japanese). Badminton Spirit. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  5. "【Super100】櫻本＆高畑が今季４度目のV！＜カナダOP＞" (in Japanese). Badminton Spirit. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  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.


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