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
Country	Japan
Born	(1996-09-30) 30 September 1996 (age 27) Fukuoka, Japan
Handedness	Left
Men's singles
Highest ranking	71 (24 January 2023)
Current ranking	93 (19 September 2023)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Japan Asia Mixed Team Championships 2019 Hong Kong Mixed team World Junior Championships 2014 Alor Setar Mixed team Asian Youth Games 2013 Nanjing Mixed doubles Asian Junior Championships 2014 Taipei Mixed team
BWF profile

Achievements

Asian Youth Games

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Nanjing Sport Institute, Nanjing, China	Akane Yamaguchi	Dechapol Puavaranukroh   Puttita Supajirakul	21–19, 19–21, 21–17	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	Lu Guangzu	15–21, 10–21	Runner-up

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

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Slovenian International	Sourabh Verma	17–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2019	Lao International	Kodai Naraoka	20–22, 20–22	Runner-up
2019	Swedish Open	Loh Kean Yew	21–11, 21–15	Winner
2022	Mexican International	Jonathan Matias	10–21, 22–20, 21–13	Winner
2023	Thailand International	Chi Yu-jen	15–21, 21–17, 22–20	Winner
2023	Malaysia International	Takuma Kawamoto	21–17, 10–21, 21–11	Winner
2023	Bahrain International	Riki Takei	11–21, 21–15, 21–18	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. (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). . 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. from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

External links

• Minoru Koga at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com