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Japan Open (badminton)
Annual badminton tournament in Japan
Annual badminton tournament in Japan
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Japan Open |
| Last | 2025 Japan Open |
| Last alias | 2025 Japan Open |
| Bar Color | #B9B9B5 |
| Founded | |
| Editions | 42 (2025) |
| City | Tokyo, Japan (2025) |
| Venue | Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium |
| Circuit | Super 750 |
| Men Draw | 32S / 32D |
| Men Current | Shi Yuqi (singles) |
| Kim Won-ho | |
| Seo Seung-jae (doubles) | |
| Men Most S | 6 |
| Lee Chong Wei | |
| Men Most D | 4 |
| Candra Wijaya | |
| Park Joo-bong | |
| Ricky Subagja | |
| Women Draw | 32S / 32D |
| Women Current | An Se-young (singles) |
| Liu Shengshu | |
| Tan Ning (doubles) | |
| Women Most S | 4 |
| Li Lingwei | |
| Akane Yamaguchi | |
| Women Most D | 4 |
| Chung So-young | |
| Ge Fei | |
| Gu Jun | |
| Mixed Draw | 32 |
| Mixed Current | Jiang Zhenbang |
| Wei Yaxin | |
| Mixed Most M | 5 |
| Park Joo-bong | |
| Mixed Most F | 6 |
| Chung Myung-hee | |
| Prize Money | USD$950,000 (2025) |
| Web site | https://daihatsu-japan-open.com/2024 |
| Logo | Japan Open.png |
Kim Won-ho Seo Seung-jae (doubles) Lee Chong Wei Candra Wijaya Park Joo-bong Ricky Subagja Liu Shengshu Tan Ning (doubles) Li Lingwei Akane Yamaguchi Chung So-young Ge Fei Gu Jun Wei Yaxin Park Joo-bong Chung Myung-hee
The Japan Open is an annual badminton tournament held in Japan. It became part of the BWF Super Series in 2007. Since 2018, the BWF has categorized the Japan Open as one of the five BWF World Tour Super 750 events in the BWF event structure.
Tournament history
The tournament was established in 1982 and was officially called the "First Yonex Cup Japan Open". It was the first international badminton tournament in Japan to offer prize money, with a total prize money of 10 million yen. The participants were the world's top badminton players from 19 countries. The first tournament was held from January 14 to 17, 1982 at the Shukugawa Gakuin Gymnasium, and Kobe Central Gymnasium in Kobe City, Hyōgo Prefecture.
By 1991, the event had grown to a size that attracted the largest number of competitors ever, with 262 competitors from 25 countries. To celebrate its 10th anniversary, the event's official name was changed to Yonex Japan Open. In 1996, the event's scale reached a new level, with 340 competitors from 26 countries competing before the Atlanta Olympics. In 1998, the event's official name was changed to Yonex Open Japan.
Since 2007, the tournament has become part of the BWF Super Series, with the total prize money increased to US$200,000. In 2013, the tournament produced its first local champion in 32 years. At the age of 16, Akane Yamaguchi reached the women's singles final and defeated Shizuka Uchida to become the youngest BWF Super Series champion.
Since 2017, the event has been sponsored by automobile manufacturer Daihatsu and officially named the Daihatsu Yonex Japan Open, with the total prize money increased to US $325,000.
Host cities
- 1982: Kobe
- 1983, 2024: Yokohama
- 1984–1985, 1987: Gunma
- 1986, 2022: Osaka
- 1988–2019, 2023, 2025–2026: Tokyo
Past winners
| Year | Men's singles | Women's singles | Men's doubles | Women's doubles | Mixed doubles | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | SWE Thomas Kihlström | CHN Li Lingwei | INA Rudy Heryanto | |||
| INA Hariamanto Kartono | ENG Nora Perry | |||||
| ENG Jane Webster | ENG Mike Tredgett | |||||
| ENG Nora Perry | ||||||
| 1983 | CHN Han Jian | CHN Han Aiping | SWE Stefan Karlsson | |||
| SWE Thomas Kihlström | ENG Gillian Clark | |||||
| ENG Gillian Gilks | SWE Thomas Kihlström | |||||
| ENG Nora Perry | ||||||
| 1984 | DEN Morten Frost | CHN Zheng Yuli | ENG Karen Beckman | |||
| ENG Gillian Gilks | ENG Martin Dew | |||||
| ENG Gillian Gilks | ||||||
| 1985 | CHN Zhao Jianhua | CHN Wu Jianqiu | KOR Kim Moon-soo | |||
| KOR Park Joo-bong | KOR Kim Yun-ja | |||||
| KOR Yoo Sang-hee | SCO Billy Gilliland | |||||
| ENG Gillian Gowers | ||||||
| 1986 | CHN Yang Yang | CHN Li Lingwei | MAS Jalani Sidek | |||
| MAS Razif Sidek | CHN Lin Ying | |||||
| CHN Wu Dixi | SCO Billy Gilliland | |||||
| ENG Nora Perry | ||||||
| 1987 | CHN Xiong Guobao | INA Eddy Hartono | ||||
| INA Liem Swie King | CHN Guan Weizhen | |||||
| CHN Lin Ying | KOR Lee Deuk-choon | |||||
| KOR Chung Myung-hee | ||||||
| 1988 | ENG Nick Yates | CHN Han Aiping | CHN Li Yongbo | |||
| CHN Tian Bingyi | KOR Chung Myung-hee | |||||
| KOR Chung So-young | KOR Park Joo-bong | |||||
| KOR Chung Myung-hee | ||||||
| 1989 | CHN Yang Yang | CHN Li Lingwei | KOR Lee Sang-bok | |||
| KOR Park Joo-bong | ENG Gillian Clark | |||||
| ENG Julie Munday | ||||||
| 1990 | DEN Morten Frost | CHN Huang Hua | KOR Kim Moon-soo | |||
| KOR Park Joo-bong | CHN Lai Caiqin | |||||
| CHN Yao Fen | ||||||
| 1991 | INA Ardy Wiranata | ENG Gillian Clark | ||||
| ENG Gillian Gowers | ||||||
| 1992 | INA Susi Susanti | CHN Chen Hongyong | ||||
| CHN Chen Kang | KOR Chung So-young | |||||
| KOR Hwang Hye-young | DEN Thomas Lund | |||||
| DEN Pernille Dupont | ||||||
| 1993 | INA Hariyanto Arbi | CHN Ye Zhaoying | KOR Chung So-young | |||
| KOR Gil Young-ah | DEN Thomas Lund | |||||
| SWE Catrine Bengtsson | ||||||
| 1994 | INA Ardy Wiranata | INA Susi Susanti | INA Denny Kantono | |||
| INA Ricky Subagja | DEN Jon Holst-Christensen | |||||
| SWE Catrine Bengtsson | ||||||
| 1995 | INA Hariyanto Arbi | INA Rexy Mainaky | ||||
| INA Ricky Subagja | CHN Ge Fei | |||||
| CHN Gu Jun | DEN Thomas Lund | |||||
| DEN Marlene Thomsen | ||||||
| 1996 | INA Joko Suprianto | CHN Ye Zhaoying | KOR Gil Young-ah | |||
| KOR Jang Hye-ock | KOR Park Joo-bong | |||||
| KOR Ra Kyung-min | ||||||
| 1997 | DEN Peter Rasmussen | INA Mia Audina | CHN Ge Fei | |||
| CHN Gu Jun | CHN Liu Yong | |||||
| CHN Ge Fei | ||||||
| 1998 | DEN Peter Gade | CHN Gong Zhichao | MAS Cheah Soon Kit | |||
| MAS Yap Kim Hock | KOR Kim Dong-moon | |||||
| KOR Ra Kyung-min | ||||||
| 1999 | CHN Ye Zhaoying | KOR Ha Tae-kwon | ||||
| KOR Kim Dong-moon | CHN Liu Yong | |||||
| CHN Ge Fei | ||||||
| 2000 | CHN Ji Xinpeng | CHN Gong Zhichao | INA Tony Gunawan | |||
| INA Candra Wijaya | CHN Huang Nanyan | |||||
| CHN Yang Wei | ||||||
| 2001 | MAS Roslin Hashim | CHN Zhou Mi | INA Sigit Budiarto | |||
| INA Candra Wijaya | CHN Gao Ling | |||||
| CHN Huang Sui | INA Bambang Suprianto | |||||
| INA Minarti Timur | ||||||
| 2002 | KOR Lee Hyun-il | MAS Chan Chong Ming | ||||
| MAS Chew Choon Eng | KOR Lee Kyung-won | |||||
| KOR Ra Kyung-min | KOR Kim Dong-moon | |||||
| KOR Ra Kyung-min | ||||||
| 2003 | CHN Xia Xuanze | DEN Camilla Martin | ENG Eng Hian | |||
| ENG Flandy Limpele | CHN Gao Ling | |||||
| CHN Huang Sui | CHN Zhang Jun | |||||
| CHN Gao Ling | ||||||
| 2004 | SIN Ronald Susilo | NED Mia Audina | KOR Ha Tae-kwon | |||
| KOR Kim Dong-moon | KOR Lee Kyung-won | |||||
| KOR Ra Kyung-min | INA Nova Widianto | |||||
| INA Vita Marissa | ||||||
| 2005 | CHN Lin Dan | CHN Zhang Ning | DEN Jens Eriksen | |||
| DEN Martin Lundgaard Hansen | CHN Yang Wei | |||||
| CHN Zhang Jiewen | THA Sudket Prapakamol | |||||
| THA Saralee Thungthongkam | ||||||
| 2006 | USA Tony Gunawan | |||||
| INA Candra Wijaya | CHN Gao Ling | |||||
| CHN Huang Sui | INA Flandy Limpele | |||||
| INA Vita Marissa | ||||||
| 2007 | MAS Lee Chong Wei | DEN Tine Rasmussen | CHN Yang Wei | |||
| CHN Zhang Jiewen | CHN Zheng Bo | |||||
| CHN Gao Ling | ||||||
| 2008 | INA Sony Dwi Kuncoro | CHN Wang Yihan | DEN Lars Paaske | |||
| DEN Jonas Rasmussen | CHN Cheng Shu | |||||
| CHN Zhao Yunlei | INA Muhammad Rijal | |||||
| INA Vita Marissa | ||||||
| 2009 | CHN Bao Chunlai | INA Markis Kido | ||||
| INA Hendra Setiawan | CHN Ma Jin | |||||
| CHN Wang Xiaoli | THA Songphon Anugritayawon | |||||
| THA Kunchala Voravichitchaikul | ||||||
| 2010 | MAS Lee Chong Wei | CHN Jiang Yanjiao | CHN Cai Yun | |||
| CHN Fu Haifeng | CHN Wang Xiaoli | |||||
| CHN Yu Yang | CHN Zhang Nan | |||||
| CHN Zhao Yunlei | ||||||
| 2011 | CHN Chen Long | CHN Wang Yihan | CHN Bao Yixin | |||
| CHN Zhong Qianxin | TPE Chen Hung-ling | |||||
| TPE Cheng Wen-hsing | ||||||
| 2012 | MAS Lee Chong Wei | TPE Tai Tzu-ying | KOR Kim Gi-jung | |||
| KOR Kim Sa-rang | HKG Poon Lok Yan | |||||
| HKG Tse Ying Suet | MAS Chan Peng Soon | |||||
| MAS Goh Liu Ying | ||||||
| 2013 | JPN Akane Yamaguchi | INA Mohammad Ahsan | ||||
| INA Hendra Setiawan | CHN Ma Jin | |||||
| CHN Tang Jinhua | CHN Zhang Nan | |||||
| CHN Zhao Yunlei | ||||||
| 2014 | CHN Li Xuerui | KOR Lee Yong-dae | ||||
| KOR Yoo Yeon-seong | JPN Misaki Matsutomo | |||||
| JPN Ayaka Takahashi | ||||||
| 2015 | CHN Lin Dan | JPN Nozomi Okuhara | CHN Zhao Yunlei | |||
| CHN Zhong Qianxin | DEN Joachim Fischer Nielsen | |||||
| DEN Christinna Pedersen | ||||||
| 2016 | MAS Lee Chong Wei | CHN He Bingjiao | CHN Li Junhui | |||
| CHN Liu Yuchen | DEN Christinna Pedersen | |||||
| DEN Kamilla Rytter Juhl | CHN Zheng Siwei | |||||
| CHN Chen Qingchen | ||||||
| 2017 | DEN Viktor Axelsen | ESP Carolina Marín | INA Marcus Fernaldi Gideon | |||
| INA Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo | JPN Misaki Matsutomo | |||||
| JPN Ayaka Takahashi | CHN Wang Yilyu | |||||
| CHN Huang Dongping | ||||||
| 2018 | JPN Kento Momota | JPN Yuki Fukushima | ||||
| JPN Sayaka Hirota | CHN Zheng Siwei | |||||
| CHN Huang Yaqiong | ||||||
| 2019 | JPN Akane Yamaguchi | KOR Kim So-yeong | ||||
| KOR Kong Hee-yong | CHN Wang Yilyu | |||||
| CHN Huang Dongping | ||||||
| 2020 | Cancelled | |||||
| 2021 | Cancelled | |||||
| 2022 | JPN Kenta Nishimoto | JPN Akane Yamaguchi | CHN Liang Weikeng | |||
| CHN Wang Chang | KOR Jeong Na-eun | |||||
| KOR Kim Hye-jeong | THA Dechapol Puavaranukroh | |||||
| THA Sapsiree Taerattanachai | ||||||
| 2023 | DEN Viktor Axelsen | KOR An Se-young | TPE Lee Yang | |||
| TPE Wang Chi-lin | KOR Kim So-yeong | |||||
| KOR Kong Hee-yong | JPN Yuta Watanabe | |||||
| JPN Arisa Higashino | ||||||
| 2024 | FRA Alex Lanier | JPN Akane Yamaguchi | MAS Goh Sze Fei | |||
| MAS Nur Izzuddin | CHN Liu Shengshu | |||||
| CHN Tan Ning | CHN Jiang Zhenbang | |||||
| CHN Wei Yaxin | ||||||
| 2025 | CHN Shi Yuqi | KOR An Se-young | KOR Kim Won-ho | |||
| KOR Seo Seung-jae |
Performances by nation
| Pos | Nation | MS | WS | MD | WD | XD | Total | Total | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 210 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | 25 | 7 | 21 | 14 | 80 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 32 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | 7 | 4 | 13.5 | 4 | 28.5 | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 16 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | **** | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | 4 | 1 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3.5 | 10.5 | |||||||||||||||
| 8 | 1 | 2 | 1.5 | 4.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
References
References
- "Prospectus Japan Open 1982". [[Nippon Badminton Association]].
- "Yonex Open Japan Game & Player History 1982-1986, Japan Open 2011 website". [[Nippon Badminton Association]].
- "Yonex Open Japan Game & Player History 1982-1986, Japan Open 2016 website". [[Nippon Badminton Association]].
- "Official website Daihatsu Japan Open 2024". [[Nippon Badminton Association]].
- Alleyne, Gayle. (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". [[Badminton World Federation]].
- Sukumar, Dev. (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation.
- (22 December 2013). "Yonex Open Japan 2013: Day 6 – Teen Triumphs in Amazing Campaign"". BWF.
- "Official website Daihatsu Japan Open 2017". [[Nippon Badminton Association]].
- "Yonex Open Japan Game & Player History 1987-1991, Japan Open 2016 website". [[Nippon Badminton Association]].
- (29 July 2020). "Badminton: Japan Open canceled over coronavirus concerns".
- (20 July 2025). "Shi beats Lanier to win Japan Open badminton title".
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