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Takuma Obayashi

{{Short description|Japanese badminton player}}

{{Infobox badminton player

| name = Takuma Ōbayashi

| image =

| caption =

| birth_name =

| country = Japan

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|8|7}}

| birth_place = Katsuyama, Fukui, Japan

| height = 1.69 m

| weight = 68 kg

| coach =

| handedness = Right

| event = Men's singles

| career_record = 128 wins, 61 losses ({{tennis win percentage|won=128|lost=61|decimals=2}})

| highest_ranking = 30

| date_of_highest_ranking = 20 February 2024

| current_ranking = 41

| date_of_current_ranking = 15 July 2025

| bwfbadminton_id = 74076

| medal_templates =

{{MedalSport | Men's badminton }}

{{MedalCountry | {{JPN}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Asia Team Championships }}

{{MedalBronze | 2024 Selangor | Men's team }}

{{MedalCompetition | World Junior Championships }}

{{MedalBronze | 2017 Yogyakarta | Mixed team }}

{{MedalCompetition | Asian Junior Championships }}

{{MedalBronze | 2016 Bangkok | Mixed team }}

{{MedalBronze | 2017 Jakarta | Mixed team}}

}}

{{Nihongo|Takuma Obayashi|大林拓真|Ōbayashi Takuma|born 7 August 1999}} is a Japanese badminton player affiliated with Tonami. He won his first BWF World Tour title at the 2023 Indonesia Masters Super 100 II.{{cite web |title=選手プロフィール |url=https://www.badminton.or.jp/profile/obayashi_takuma.html |access-date=18 January 2024 |publisher=Nippon Badminton Association |language=ja}}{{Cite web |date=31 October 2023 |title=インドネシアマスターズII 2023 大林選手優勝！！ |url=https://tonami-badminton.jp/archives/1380 |access-date=18 January 2024 |website=トナミ運輸バドミントン部}}

Career

Obayashi made his international senior debut at the Vietnam International Challenge in 2018, and participated in his first BWF World Tour tournament, the Canada Open, later that year. He reached the finals of a senior international tournament for the first time at the Osaka International in 2019, finishing runner-up to countryman and former Saitama Sakae High School teammate Koki Watanabe. Obayashi would go on to win his first international title the following year at the Jamaica International.

Obayashi won his first BWF World Tour title at the Indonesia Masters Super 100 II in 2023. That year, he also reached the finals at the Vietnam Open and won two more International Challenge-level tournaments, including the inaugural Saipan International after winning the final against top-seeded Jeon Hyeok-jin. Obayashi later achieved notoriety for his upset victory over Anders Antonsen when making his Super 500-level debut at the 2023 Japan Masters, where he ultimately reached the semifinals before losing to world no. 1 Viktor Axelsen.{{Cite web |date=17 November 2023 |title=Kumamoto Masters: Qualifier Obayashi Stuns Antonsen |url=https://bwfworldtour.bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2023/11/17/kumamoto-masters-qualifier-obayashi-stuns-antonsen |access-date=18 January 2024 |website=BWF World Tour}}

Achievements

= BWF World Tour (1 title, 2 runners-up) =

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,{{cite web |last=Alleyne |first=Gayle |date=19 March 2017 |title=BWF Launches New Events Structure |url=http://bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2017/03/19/bwf-launches-new-event-structure/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201164159/http://bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2017/03/19/bwf-launches-new-event-structure/ |archive-date=1 December 2017 |access-date=29 November 2017 |publisher=Badminton World Federation}} 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, and the BWF Tour Super 100.{{cite web |last=Sukumar |first=Dev |date=10 January 2018 |title=Action-Packed Season Ahead! |url=http://bwfworldtour.com/news-single/2018/01/10/action-packed-season-ahead/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180113162925/http://bwfworldtour.com/news-single/2018/01/10/action-packed-season-ahead/ |archive-date=13 January 2018 |access-date=15 January 2018 |publisher=Badminton World Federation}}

Men's singles

class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"

! Year

! Tournament

! Level

! Opponent

! Score

! Result

! Ref

align="center" |2022

| align="left" |Canada Open

| align="left" |Super 100

| align="left" |{{flagicon|FRA}} Alex Lanier

| align="left" |12–21, 21–12, 13–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} Runner-up

| style="text-align:center; background:white" | {{cite web |last=Martinez |first=Sara Gonzalez |title=Lanier, from Europe to the world |url=https://www.badmintoneurope.com/cms/?clubid=4685&m=8612765&cmsid=239&pageid=5381 |publisher= Badminton Europe |date=4 October 2022 |access-date=25 August 2024 |language=}}

align="center" |2023

| align="left" |Vietnam Open

| align="left" |Super 100

| align="left" |{{flagicon|TPE}} Huang Yu-kai

| align="left" |13–21, 13–17

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} Runner-up

| style="text-align:center; background:white" | {{cite web |title=Nguyen Thuy Linh wins trophy at Vietnam Open 2023 badminton tournament |url=https://en.vietnamplus.vn/nguyen-thuy-linh-wins-trophy-at-vietnam-open-2023-badminton-tournament-post268123.vnp |publisher=Vietnam+ (VietnamPlus) |date=18 September 2023 |access-date=25 August 2024 |language=}}

align="center" |2023

| align="left" |Indonesia Masters Super 100 II

| align="left" |Super 100

| align="left" |{{flagicon|KOR}} Choi Ji-hoon

| align="left" |21–8, 21–19

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

| style="text-align:center; background:white" | {{cite web |title=Indonesia Masters II 2023 - Obayashi wins Men's Singles |url=https://www.djarumbadminton.com/en/internasional/berita/read/indonesia-masters-ii-2023-obayashi-juara-tunggal-putra/ |publisher=Djarum Badminton |date=29 October 2023 |access-date=25 August 2024 |language=id}}

:

= BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 2 runners-up) =

Men's singles

class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"

! Year

! Tournament

! Opponent

! Score

! Result

! Ref

style="background:#D8CEF6"

| align="center" | 2019

| align="left" | Osaka International

| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Koki Watanabe

| align="left" | 21–19, 17–21, 7–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{Silver2}} Runner-up

| style="text-align:center; background:white" | {{cite web |title=[Osaka International Challenge] Japanese athletes win in three events! Watanabe, Kawakami, Hobara and Sone become champions! |url=https://www.badspi.jp/201904081000/ |publisher=Badminton Spirit |date=8 April 2019 |access-date=25 August 2024 |language=ja}}

style="background:#D5D5D5"

| align="center" | 2020

| align="left" | Jamaica International

| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Yushi Tanaka

| align="left" | 21–11, 17–21, 21–12

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

| style="text-align:center; background:white" | {{cite web |title=First Winners in Jamaica – Pan Am Circuit 2020 |url=http://www.badmintonpanam.org/first-winners-in-jamaica-pan-am-circuit-2020/ |publisher=Badminton Pan America |date=10 March 2020 |access-date=23 August 2024}}

style="background:#E9E9E9"

| align="center" | 2020

| align="left" | Peru Future Series

| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Yushi Tanaka

| align="left" | 13–21, 21–8, 18–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{Silver2}} Runner-up

| style="text-align:center; background:white" | {{cite web |title=Peru Future Series Winners – Pan Am Circuit 2020 |url=http://www.badmintonpanam.org/peru-future-series-winners-pan-am-circuit-2020/ |publisher=Badminton Pan America |date=16 March 2020 |access-date=25 August 2024}}

style="background:#D8CEF6"

| align="center" | 2022

| align="left" | Canadian International

| align="left" | {{flagicon|CAN}} Brian Yang

| align="left" | 21–11, 21–17

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

| style="text-align:center; background:white" | {{cite web |last=Matsuda |first=Keita |title=結果 カナダインターナショナルチャレンジ |url=https://www.badminton.or.jp/games/2022/CanadianIC2022.html#day6 |publisher=Nippon Badminton Association |access-date=25 August 2024}}

style="background:#D8CEF6"

| align="center" | 2023

| align="left" | Vietnam International

| align="left" | {{flagicon|VNM}} Lê Đức Phát

| align="left" | 21–14, 21–15

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

| style="text-align:center; background:white" | {{cite web |title=Đức Phát vuột chức vô địch Vietnam International Challenge |url=https://vnexpress.net/duc-phat-vuot-chuc-vo-dich-vietnam-international-challenger-4585759.html |publisher=VnExpress |date=26 March 2023 |access-date=25 August 2024 |language=vi}}

style="background:#D8CEF6"

| align="center" | 2023

| align="left" | Saipan International

| align="left" | {{flagicon|KOR}} Jeon Hyeok-jin

| align="left" | 21–19, 21–16

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

| style="text-align:center; background:white" | {{cite web |title=TAKECARE Saipan International Finals Deliver |url=https://badmintonoceania.org/12415-2/ |publisher=Badminton Oceania |date=19 June 2023 |access-date=25 August 2024}}

: {{Color box|#D8CEF6|border=darkgray}} BWF International Challenge tournament

: {{Color box|#D5D5D5|border=darkgray}} BWF International Series tournament

: {{Color box|#E9E9E9|border=darkgray}} BWF Future Series tournament

Performance timeline

{{Performance key (badminton)}}

= National team =

  • Junior level

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center"

! Team events !! 2016 !! 2017

bgcolor="#ECF2FF"; align="left" | Asian Junior Championships

| bgcolor=CD7F32 | B

| bgcolor=CD7F32 | B

bgcolor="#ECF2FF"; align="left" | World Junior Championships

| A

| bgcolor=CD7F32 | B

  • Senior level

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center"

! Team events !! 2024

bgcolor="#ECF2FF"; align="left" | Asia Team Championships

| bgcolor=CD7F32 | B

= Individual competitions =

  • Junior level

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center"

! Events !! 2016 !! 2017

bgcolor="#ECF2FF"; align="left" | Asian Junior Championships

| bgcolor="#afeeee" | 3R

| A

bgcolor="#ECF2FF"; align="left" | World Junior Championships

| A

| bgcolor=FFEBCD | QF

  • Senior level

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center"
rowspan="2" width="260" | Tournament

! colspan="8" | BWF World Tour

! rowspan="2" | Best

! rowspan="2" | Ref

2018

!2019

!2020

!2021

!2022

!2023

!2024

!2025

align="left" | India Open

| colspan="2" | A

| colspan="2" style="color:#ccc" | NH

| colspan="2" | A

| bgcolor="#afeeee" | 2R

| bgcolor="#afeeee" | 1R

| bgcolor="#afeeee" | 2R ('24)

|

align="left" | Indonesia Masters

| colspan="7" | A

| bgcolor="#afeeee" | 1R

| bgcolor="#afeeee" | 1R ('25)

|

align="left" | Thailand Masters

| colspan="3" | A

| colspan="2" style="color:#ccc" | NH

| A

| bgcolor="FFEBCD" | QF

| A

| bgcolor="FFEBCD" | QF ('24)

|

align="left" | German Open

| colspan="2" |A

| colspan="2" style="color:#ccc" | NH

| colspan="3" |A

| bgcolor="#afeeee" | 1R

| bgcolor="#afeeee" | 1R ('25)

| {{cite web |last1=Tan |first1=Ming Wei |title=Shuttlers Justin, June Wei advance to German Open last 16 |url=https://www.nst.com.my/sports/badminton/2025/02/1181032/shuttlers-justin-june-wei-advance-german-open-last-16 |publisher=New Straits Times |access-date=1 March 2025 |date=27 February 2025}}

align="left" | Orléans Masters

| colspan="2" | A

| style="color:#ccc" | NH

| colspan="3" | A

| bgcolor="FFEBCD" | QF

| bgcolor=AFEEEE | 2R

| bgcolor="FFEBCD" | QF ('24)

|

align="left" | Swiss Open

| colspan="2" | A

| style="color:#ccc" | NH

| colspan="3" | A

| bgcolor="#afeeee" | 1R

| A

| bgcolor="#afeeee" | 1R ('24)

|

align="left" | Spain Masters

| colspan="4" | A

| style="color:#ccc" | NH

| A

| bgcolor="#afeeee" | 1R

| style="color:#ccc" | NH

| bgcolor="#afeeee" | 1R ('24)

|

align="left" | Taipei Open

| colspan="2" |A

| colspan="2" style="color:#ccc" | NH

| colspan="3" |A

| bgcolor="#afeeee" | 1R

| bgcolor="#afeeee" | 1R ('25)

|

align="left" | Thailand Open

| colspan="3" | A

| style="color:#ccc" | NH

| colspan="2" | A

| bgcolor=AFEEEE | 1R

| bgcolor=AFEEEE | 1R

| bgcolor=AFEEEE | 1R ('24, '25)

|

align="left" | Malaysia Masters

| colspan="3" | A

| style="color:#ccc" | NH

| colspan="2" | A

| bgcolor="#afeeee" | 1R

| A

| bgcolor="#afeeee" | 1R ('24)

|

align="left" | U.S. Open

| colspan="2" | A

| colspan="3" style="color:#ccc" | NH

| bgcolor="FFEBCD" | QF

| bgcolor="#afeeee" | 2R

| A

| bgcolor="FFEBCD" | QF ('23)

|

align="left" | Canada Open

| bgcolor="#afeeee" | 3R

| A

| colspan="2" style="color:#ccc" | NH

| bgcolor="D8BFD8" | F

| A

| bgcolor="#afeeee" | 2R

| bgcolor="#afeeee" | 1R

| bgcolor="D8BFD8" | F ('22)

|

align="left" | Japan Open

| colspan="2" | A

| colspan="2" style="color:#ccc" | NH

| colspan="2" | A

| bgcolor="#afeeee" | 1R

| A

| bgcolor="#afeeee" | 1R ('24)

|

align="left" | China Open

| colspan="2" | A

| colspan="3" style="color:#ccc" | NH

| A

| bgcolor="#afeeee" | 1R

| A

| bgcolor="#afeeee" | 1R ('24)

|

align="left" | Kaohsiung Masters

| colspan="5" style="color:#ccc" | N/A

| bgcolor="#afeeee" | 3R

| A

|

| bgcolor="#afeeee" | 3R ('23)

|

align="left" | Korea Open

| colspan="2" | A

| colspan="2" style="color:#ccc" | NH

| colspan="2" | A

| bgcolor="#afeeee" |2R

|

| bgcolor="#afeeee" | 2R ('24)

|

rowspan="2" align="left" | Indonesia Masters Super 100

| rowspan="2" | A

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#afeeee" | 3R

| rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:#ccc" | NH

| rowspan="2" | A

| bgcolor="#afeeee" |3R

| rowspan="2" | A

|

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="00FF00" | W ('23)

| rowspan="2" | {{cite web |last=Gelino |first=Gregorius |title=Didukung Publik Kota Pahlawan, Obayashi Menjuarai Indonesia Masters 2023 |url=https://www.metrotvnews.com/read/bmRCeWxV-didukung-publik-kota-pahlawan-obayashi-menjuarai-indonesia-masters-2023 |publisher=Metro TV |date=29 October 2023 |access-date=29 August 2024 |language=id}}

bgcolor="00FF00" | W

|

align="left" | Vietnam Open

| A

| bgcolor="#afeeee" | 2R

| colspan="2" style="color:#ccc" | NH

| A

| bgcolor="D8BFD8" | F

| A

|

| bgcolor="D8BFD8" | F ('23)

|

align="left" | Hong Kong Open

| colspan="2" | A

| colspan="3" style="color:#ccc" | NH

| A

| bgcolor="#afeeee" |2R

|

| bgcolor="#afeeee" | 2R ('24)

|

align="left" | Arctic Open

| colspan="2" | A

| colspan="3" style="color:#ccc" | NH

| A

| bgcolor="#afeeee" | 1R

|

| bgcolor="#afeeee" | 1R ('24)

|

align="left" | Denmark Open

| colspan="6" | A

| bgcolor="#afeeee" | 2R

|

| bgcolor="#afeeee" | 2R ('24)

|

align="left" | Korea Masters

| colspan="2" | A

| colspan="2" style="color:#ccc" | NH

| A

| bgcolor="#afeeee" | 2R

| bgcolor="FFEBCD" | QF

|

| bgcolor="FFEBCD" | QF ('24)

| {{cite web |title=Kiran George Stuns Fifth-Seed Takuma Obayashi To Enter Semifinals of Korea Masters |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/sports/badminton/kiran-george-stuns-fifth-seed-takuma-obayashi-to-enter-semifinals-of-korea-masters-article-115074520 |publisher=Times Now |access-date=22 November 2024 |date=8 November 2024}}

align="left" | Japan Masters

| colspan="5" style="color:#ccc" | N/A

| bgcolor="#FFFF00" |SF

| bgcolor="#afeeee" | 1R

|

| bgcolor="#FFFF00" | SF ('23)

| {{cite web |title=Antonsen skuffer i ujævn kvartfinale i Japan |url=https://avisendanmark.dk/sport/antonsen-skuffer-i-ujaevn-kvartfinale-i-japan |publisher=Avisen Danmark |date=17 November 2023 |access-date=29 August 2024 |language=da}}

align="left" | China Masters

| A

| colspan="3" style="color:#ccc" | NH

| colspan="2" | A

| bgcolor="#afeeee" | 2R

|

| bgcolor="#afeeee" | 2R ('24)

| {{cite web |title=Antonsen vinder sikkert og kan skimte dansk stormøde |url=https://sport.tv2.dk/badminton/2024-11-21-antonsen-vinder-sikkert-og-kan-skimte-dansk-stormoede |publisher=TV 2 Sport |access-date=22 November 2024 |language=da |date=21 November 2024}}

align="left" | Akita Masters

| bgcolor="#afeeee" | 1R

| bgcolor="FFEBCD" | QF

| colspan="3" style="color:#ccc" | NH

| colspan="3" style="color:#ccc" | N/A

| bgcolor="FFEBCD" | QF ('19)

|

align="left" | Year-end ranking

| 186

| 141

| 105

| 124

| 117

| 34

| 36

|

| colspan="2" | 30

Tournament20182019202020212022202320242025colspan="2" | Best

{{reflist|group=note}}

Record against selected opponents

Record against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 15 May 2025.{{cite web |title=Takuma OBAYASHI head to head |url=https://bwfbadminton.com/players/head-to-head/?t1p1=74076 |publisher=Badminton World Federation |access-date=15 May 2025}}

{{col-begin}}

{{col-break}}

class=wikitable style="text-align:center; font-size:small"
width="200" | Player

! width="50" | Matches

! width="50" | Win

! width="50" | Lost

! width="50" | {{abbr|Diff.|Difference}}

align="left" | {{flagicon|TPE}} Chou Tien-chen

| 2

02bgcolor="#ffddee" | –2
align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} Anders Antonsen

| 3

12bgcolor="#ffddee" | –1
align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} Viktor Axelsen

| 1

01bgcolor="#ffddee" | –1
align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} Lakshya Sen

| 2

02bgcolor="#ffddee" | –2
align="left" | {{flagicon|INA}} Tommy Sugiarto

| 1

10bgcolor="#ccffcc" | +1
align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Kodai Naraoka

| 4

04bgcolor="#ffddee" | –4
align="left" | {{flagicon|SGP}} Loh Kean Yew

| 1

01bgcolor="#ffddee" | –1
align="left" | {{flagicon|THA}} Kunlavut Vitidsarn

| 3

12bgcolor="#ffddee" | –1
align="left" | {{flagicon|THA}} Kantaphon Wangcharoen

| 3

30bgcolor="#ccffcc" | +3

{{col-end}}

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{BWFB|74076}}
  • {{BWFT|940CFF46-1E04-48E9-B334-93865F957CD6|member_id=74076}}

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