Keigo Sonoda

Keigo Sonoda (園田 啓悟, Sonoda Keigo, born 20 February 1990) is a Japanese badminton player.[1] He affiliated with the YKK AP Yatsushiro, before joining the Tonami team in 2010. Sonoda was part of the national team that won the 2014 Thomas Cup. He captured his first Superseries title at the 2016 Hong Kong Open, and reached a career high of world number 2 in the men's doubles partnered with Takeshi Kamura in January 2017.[2][3]

Keigo Sonoda 園田 啓悟
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	20 February 1990 Yatsushiro, Kumamoto, Japan
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Handedness	Right
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	69 (MS 1 December 2011) 2 (MD 26 January 2017) 19 (XD 31 March 2016)
Current ranking	4 (MD 17 March 2020)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Japan World Championships 2018 Nanjing Men's doubles 2017 Glasgow 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 Asian Games 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Men's team Asia Championships 2018 Wuhan Men's doubles 2016 Wuhan Men's doubles 2017 Wuhan Men's doubles 2019 Wuhan Men's doubles Asia Mixed Team Championships 2017 Ho Chi Minh Mixed team Asia Team Championships 2016 Hyderabad Men's team Asian Junior Championships 2007 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team
BWF profile

Sonoda won the silver medal at the 2018 World Championships and a bronze in 2017. In the continental Asia, he helps the national team won the 2017 Asia Mixed Team Championships, also collected a silver and three bronze medals in the individual men's doubles event. He competed at the 2014 and 2018 Asian Games.[4]

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland	Takeshi Kamura	Mohammad Ahsan Rian Agung Saputro	12–21, 15–21	Bronze
2018	Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park, Nanjing, China	Takeshi Kamura	Li Junhui Liu Yuchen	12–21, 19–21	Silver

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Takeshi Kamura	Lee Yong-dae Yoo Yeon-seong	17–21, 18–21	Bronze
2017	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Takeshi Kamura	Li Junhui Liu Yuchen	15–21, 21–13, 18–21	Bronze
2018	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Takeshi Kamura	Li Junhui Liu Yuchen	21–11, 10–21, 13–21	Silver
2019	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Takeshi Kamura	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	21–15, 17–21, 15–21	Bronze

BWF World Tour (3 titles, 7 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[5] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[6]

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Malaysia Open	Super 750	Takeshi Kamura	Hiroyuki Endo Yuta Watanabe	21–8, 21–10	Winner
2018	Thailand Open	Super 500	Takeshi Kamura	Hiroyuki Endo Yuta Watanabe	21–17, 21–19	Winner
2018	Denmark Open	Super 750	Takeshi Kamura	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	15–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2018	Hong Kong Open	Super 500	Takeshi Kamura	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	13–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2019	German Open	Super 300	Takeshi Kamura	Hiroyuki Endo Yuta Watanabe	21–15, 11–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2019	Malaysia Open	Super 750	Takeshi Kamura	Li Junhui Liu Yuchen	12–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2019	Singapore Open	Super 500	Takeshi Kamura	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	21–13, 19–21, 21–17	Winner
2019	Australian Open	Super 300	Takeshi Kamura	Ko Sung Hyun Shin Baek-Cheol	11–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2019	Korea Open	Super 500	Takeshi Kamura	Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto	16–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2019	Fuzhou China Open	Super 750	Takeshi Kamura	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	17–21, 9–21	Runner-up

BWF Superseries (2 titles, 2 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two levels: Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Singapore Open	Takeshi Kamura	Fu Haifeng Zhang Nan	11–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2016	Hong Kong Open	Takeshi Kamura	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	21–19, 21–19	Winner
2016	Dubai World Superseries Finals	Takeshi Kamura	Goh V Shem Tan Wee Kiong	14–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2017	Australia Open	Takeshi Kamura	Hendra Setiawan Tan Boon Heong	21–17, 21–19	Winner

  Superseries Finals Tournament

  Superseries Premier Tournament

  Superseries Tournament

BWF Grand Prix (3 titles)

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Canada Open	Takeshi Kamura	Hiroyuki Saeki Ryota Taohata	12–21, 21–16, 21–19	Winner
2013	U.S. Open	Takeshi Kamura	Liang Jui-wei Liao Kuan-hao	21–16, 27–25	Winner
2014	German Open	Takeshi Kamura	Hiroyuki Endo Kenichi Hayakawa	21–19, 14–21, 21–14	Winner

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 1 runner-up)

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Osaka International	Sho Zeniya	18–21, 21–16, 21–16	Winner

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Osaka International	Takatoshi Kurose	Shu Wada Tatsuya Watanabe	21–14, 21–14	Winner
2011	Malaysia International	Takeshi Kamura	Chen Chung-jen Lin Yen-jui	21–13, 21–17	Winner
2012	Osaka International	Takeshi Kamura	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Agripina Prima Rahmanto	21–17, 21–23, 21–18	Winner
2012	Scottish International	Takeshi Kamura	Hiroyuki Saeki Ryota Taohata	16–21, 21–11, 21–17	Winner
2013	Austrian International	Takeshi Kamura	Hiroyuki Saeki Ryota Taohata	18–21, 21–15, 18–21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

References

1. "Players: Keigo Sonoda". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
2. "Badminton player: 園田　啓悟　Keigo Sonoda". www.tonami.co.jp (in Japanese). Tonami. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
3. "選手プロフィール 園田 啓悟そのだ けいご". www.badminton.or.jp (in Japanese). Nippon Badminton Association. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
4. "Men's Team - Entry List by Event". Incheon 2014 official website. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
5. "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. 29 November 2017.
6. "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. 15 January 2018.

External links

• Keigo Sonoda at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com