Tōru Matsumoto

Tōru Matsumoto (Japanese: 松本徹; Matsumoto Tōru) is a retired Japanese badminton player from NTT East Badminton Club.[1] He studied in Hieizan High School graduated from and Waseda University. After playing 8 years in club, he served as a manager for 3 years before finally retiring in 2015.[2]

Tōru Matsumoto
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	14 July 1977 Obata-cho, Mie Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Handedness	Right
Event	Men's singles & doubles
BWF profile

Achievements

IBF International

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2003	Southern Pan Am Classic	Andrew Dabeka	14–17, 12–15	Runner-up
2003	São Paulo Cup	Shōji Satō	13–15, 4–15	Runner-up
2003	Ballarat International	Sho Sasaki	15–12, 17–16	Winner
2003	Carebaco International	Yuichi Ikeda	15–9, 15–3	Winner
2002	Macau Satellite	Hidetaka Yamada	15–8, 10–15, 17–14	Winner
2001	Smiling Fish International	Jason Wong	1–15, 1–15	Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Miami International	Keishi Kawaguchi	Anders Kristiansen Simon Mollyhus	2–15, 15–9, 5–15	Runner-up
2005	Peru International	Keishi Kawaguchi	José Antonio Crespo Nicolás Escartín	15–7, 15–3	Winner
2005	Portugal International	Keishi Kawaguchi	Anthony Clark Simon Archer	15–17, 4–15	Runner-up
2004	Western Australia International	Keishi Kawaguchi	Naoki Kawamae Yusuke Shinkai	8–15, 12–15	Runner-up
2004	Canterbury International	Keishi Kawaguchi	Naoki Kawamae Yusuke Shinkai	11–15, 4–15	Runner-up
2003	Carebaco International	Keishi Kawaguchi	Björn Siegemund Ingo Kindervater	15–10, 10–15, 15–17	Runner-up
2001	Auckland International	Takanori Aoki	Christopher Blair Daniel Shirley	3–7, 3–7, 7–5, ?, ?	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	Macau Satellite	Miyuki Tai	Li Wing Mui Wong Tsz Yin	11–1, 11–5	Winner

References

1. "Profile : Toru MATSUMOTO". bwfbadminton.com. BWF. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
2. "2015年度 引退選手からのメッセージ". www.ntt-east.co.jp (in Japanese). NTT East Club Japan. Retrieved 13 October 2020.