Hiroyuki Endo

The native form of this personal name is Endō Hiroyuki. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Hiroyuki Endo (遠藤 大由, Endō Hiroyuki, born 16 December 1986) is a retired Japanese badminton player. He competed at the 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics.^[2][3] In 2009, he joined the Unisys badminton team.^[4]

Hiroyuki Endo
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	(1986-12-16) 16 December 1986 (age 36) Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan
Residence	Tokyo, Japan
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Retired	9 September 2021^[1]
Handedness	Right
Men's doubles
Highest ranking	2 (with Kenichi Hayakawa 19 June 2014)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Japan World Championships 2015 Jakarta Men's doubles Sudirman Cup 2015 Dongguan Mixed team 2019 Nanning Mixed team 2017 Gold Coast Mixed team Thomas Cup 2014 New Delhi Men's team 2018 Bangkok Men's team 2010 Kuala Lumpur Men's team 2012 Wuhan Men's team Asian Championships 2019 Wuhan Men's doubles 2012 Qingdao Men's doubles 2013 Taipei Men's doubles Asia Mixed Team Championships 2017 Ho Chi Minh Mixed team Asia Team Championships 2016 Hyderabad Men's team 2020 Manila Men's team
BWF profile

Career

Endo won the 1st point in the Thomas Cup finals with Kenichi Hayakawa beating Tan Boon Heong and Hoon Thien How and led the momentum for the Japanese team to claim the Thomas Cup for the first time, being the fourth nation to win the Thomas cup after Indonesia, China and Malaysia. Known for his defensive skills alongside his knowledge of the game, Endo has reached the finals of the All England Open tournament a total of 5 times, being the runner up three times with his then partner, Kenichi Hayakawa and winning back to back titles, defending his 2020 All England Open title in 2021 with his current partner, Yuta Watanabe.

In July 2021, Endo competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's doubles partnering Yuta Watanabe. They were stopped in the quarter-finals, losing to Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin, the eventual champions, in straight games.^[5]

Retirement

At the beginning of September 2021 Hiroyuki Endo, at that time World No. 5 together with Yuta Watanabe, decided to resign from the Japanese National badminton team. This announcement just after the 2020 Tokyo Olympics was made together with the announcement of retirements of men's doubles compatriots Keigo Sonoda and Takeshi Kamura.^[6] Endo, already 34 at the time of his retirement, wanted his partner Yuta Watanabe to fully concentrate on playing men’s doubles with him and stop playing mixed doubles for some time. When he could not come to an agreement with Watanabe, he chose to retire. Meanwhile Yuta, because he won the mixed doubles bronze medal in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, still wanted to play both disciplines.^[7] “Thank you for your hard work as a National representative! You stayed as an A team member for 13 years. You piled up the endurance day by day. I guess you could do it because you hate to lose. I know you have been going through a lot of things, but you are amazing!” wrote Endo’s wife on twitter. Endo became coach of his badminton club Nihon Unisys in Japan after his retirement.

 

Hiroyuki Endo

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Kenichi Hayakawa	Liu Xiaolong   Qiu Zihan	16–21, 23–21, 20–22	Bronze

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Qingdao Sports Centre Conson Stadium, Qingdao, China	Kenichi Hayakawa	Kim Gi-jung   Kim Sa-rang	12–21, 16–21	Silver
2013	Taipei Arena, Taipei, Taiwan	Kenichi Hayakawa	Kim Gi-jung   Kim Sa-rang	21–19, 13–21, 14–21	Bronze
2019	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Yuta Watanabe	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon   Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	21–18, 21–3	Gold

BWF World Tour (4 titles, 5 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[8] 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 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[9]

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Malaysia Open	Super 750	Yuta Watanabe	Takeshi Kamura   Keigo Sonoda	8–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2018	Thailand Open	Super 500	Yuta Watanabe	Takeshi Kamura   Keigo Sonoda	17–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2018	Korea Open	Super 500	Yuta Watanabe	Takuro Hoki   Yugo Kobayashi	9–21, 21–15, 21–10	Winner
2018	BWF World Tour Finals	World Tour Finals	Yuta Watanabe	Li Junhui   Liu Yuchen	15–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2019	German Open	Super 300	Yuta Watanabe	Takeshi Kamura   Keigo Sonoda	15–21, 21–11, 21–12	Winner
2019	New Zealand Open	Super 300	Yuta Watanabe	Mohammad Ahsan   Hendra Setiawan	22–20, 15–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2019	BWF World Tour Finals	World Tour Finals	Yuta Watanabe	Mohammad Ahsan   Hendra Setiawan	22–24, 19–21	Runner-up
2020	All England Open	Super 1000	Yuta Watanabe	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon   Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	21–18, 12–21, 21–19	Winner
2021	All England Open	Super 1000	Yuta Watanabe	Takeshi Kamura   Keigo Sonoda	21–15, 17–21, 21–11	Winner

BWF Superseries (7 runners-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.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	China Masters	Kenichi Hayakawa	Chai Biao   Zhang Nan	18–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2012	World Superseries Finals	Kenichi Hayakawa	Mathias Boe   Carsten Mogensen	17–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2013	All England Open	Kenichi Hayakawa	Liu Xiaolong   Qiu Zihan	11–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2013	China Masters	Kenichi Hayakawa	Ko Sung-hyun   Lee Yong-dae	23–25, 19–21	Runner-up
2014	All England Open	Kenichi Hayakawa	Mohammad Ahsan   Hendra Setiawan	19–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2014	French Open	Kenichi Hayakawa	Mathias Boe   Carsten Mogensen	21–18, 9–21, 7–21	Runner-up
2016	All England Open	Kenichi Hayakawa	Vladimir Ivanov   Ivan Sozonov	23–21, 18–21, 16–21	Runner-up

  BWF Superseries Finals tournament

  BWF Superseries Premier tournament

  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (3 titles, 3 runners-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
2010	Australian Open	Kenichi Hayakawa	Kang Woo-kyum   Park Tae-sang	21–15, 21–16	Winner
2011	Australian Open	Kenichi Hayakawa	Naoki Kawamae   Shoji Sato	21–17, 21–18	Winner
2011	Russian Open	Kenichi Hayakawa	Naoki Kawamae   Shoji Sato	18–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2011	Indonesia Grand Prix Gold	Kenichi Hayakawa	Mohammad Ahsan   Bona Septano	13–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2012	U.S. Open	Kenichi Hayakawa	Yoshiteru Hirobe   Kenta Kazuno	21–15, 21–10	Winner
2014	German Open	Kenichi Hayakawa	Takeshi Kamura   Keigo Sonoda	19–21, 21–14, 14–21	Runner-up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 runner-up)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Osaka International	Yoshiteru Hirobe	Hirokatsu Hashimoto   Noriyasu Hirata	21–16, 21–23, 17–21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

References

1. "Kamura, Sonoda and Endo retire from the Japanese national team". 360 badminton. 9 September 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
2. "Players: Hiroyuki Endo". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
3. . Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 17 March 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
4. "選手・スタッフ紹介: 遠藤 大由 Hiroyuki Endo". Unisys (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 March 2017.
5. "Endo Hiroyuki". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
6. "Hiroyuki Endo, Keigo Sonoda, and Takeshi Kamura resigns Japanese National Badminton Team". BadmintonPlanet.com. Retrieved 23 April 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
7. "Endo wanted partner Watanabe to focus only on men's doubles?". 360badminton.com. Retrieved 23 April 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
8. Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). . Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
9. Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
10. . Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
11. . IBadmintonstore. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.

External links

• Hiroyuki Endo at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com  
• Hiroyuki Endo at BWFbadminton.com  
• Hiroyuki Endo at the International Olympic Committee
• Hiroyuki Endo at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)