Takuma Obayashi

Takuma Obayashi ( 大 林 拓 真 , Ōbayashi Takuma,

born 7 August 1999) is a Japanese badminton player Takuma Ōbayashi
affiliated with Tonami. He won his first BWF World Personal information
Tour title at the 2023 Indonesia Masters Super 100 Country Japan
II.[1][2] Born 7 August 1999
Katsuyama, Fukui, Japan
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Career
Weight 68 kg (150 lb)
Obayashi made his international senior debut at the Handedness Right
Vietnam International Challenge in 2018, and Men's singles
participated in his first BWF World Tour tournament,
Career record 128 wins, 60 losses
the Canada Open, later that year. He reached the finals
(68.09%)
of a senior international tournament for the first time at
the Osaka International in 2019, finishing runner-up to Highest ranking 30 (20 February 2024)
countryman and former Saitama Sakae High School Current ranking 43 (18 February 2025)
teammate Koki Watanabe.[3] Obayashi would go on to Medal record
win his first international title the following year at the
Men's badminton
Jamaica International.
Representing Japan
Obayashi won his first BWF World Tour title at the Asia Team Championships
Indonesia Masters Super 100 II in 2023. That year, he 2024 Selangor Men's team
also reached the finals at the Vietnam Open and won
World Junior Championships
two more International Challenge-level tournaments,
2017 Yogyakarta Mixed team
including the inaugural Saipan International after
winning the final against top-seeded Jeon Hyeok-jin. Asian Junior Championships
Obayashi later achieved notoriety for his upset victory 2016 Bangkok Mixed team
over Anders Antonsen when making his Super 500- 2017 Jakarta Mixed team
level debut at the 2023 Japan Masters, where he
BWF profile (https://bwfbadminton.com/player/
ultimately reached the semifinals before losing to
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world no. 1 Viktor Axelsen.[4]

Achievements

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

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[5] 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.[6]
Men's singles

Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result Ref

Super Alex 12–21, 21–12, Runner- [7]

2022 Canada Open
100 Lanier 13–21 up

Super Huang Yu- Runner- [8]

2023 Vietnam Open 13–21, 13–17
100 kai up

Indonesia Masters Super Choi Ji- [9]

2023 21–8, 21–19 Winner
Super 100 II 100 hoon

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

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref

2019 Osaka International Koki Watanabe 21–19, 17–21, 7–21 Runner-up [3]

2020 Jamaica International Yushi Tanaka 21–11, 17–21, 21–12 Winner [10]

2020 Peru Future Series Yushi Tanaka 13–21, 21–8, 18–21 Runner-up [11]

2022 Canadian International Brian Yang 21–11, 21–17 Winner [12]

2023 Vietnam International 21–14, 21–15 Winner [13]

Lê Đức Phát

2023 Saipan International Jeon Hyeok-jin 21–19, 21–16 Winner [14]

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament
BWF Future Series tournament

Performance timeline
Key

W F SF QF #R RR Q# A G S B NH N/A DNQ
(W) won; (F) finalist; (SF) semi-finalist; (QF) quarter-finalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin
stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze medal; (NH) not held;
(N/A) not applicable; (DNQ) did not qualify.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or
when the player's participation has ended.

National team
Junior level
 Team events 2016 2017
Asian Junior Championships B B

World Junior Championships A B

Senior level

Team events 2024

Asia Team Championships B

Individual competitions
Junior level

Events 2016 2017

Asian Junior Championships 3R A

World Junior Championships A QF

Senior level
 BWF World Tour
Tournament Best Ref
2018 2019 2022 2023 2024 2025

2R
India Open A 2R 1R
('24)
1R
Indonesia Masters A 1R
('25)

QF
Thailand Masters A QF A
('24)

German Open A Q ('25) [15]

QF
Orléans Masters A QF Q
('24)
1R
Swiss Open A 1R
('24)

1R
Spain Masters A NH A 1R NH
('24)
1R
Thailand Open A 1R
('24)

1R
Malaysia Masters A 1R
('24)
3R
Kaohsiung Masters N/A 3R A
('23)

QF
U.S. Open A NH QF 2R
('23)
F
Canada Open 3R A F A 2R
('22)

1R
Japan Open A 1R
('24)
2R
Korea Open A 2R
('24)

3R W
Indonesia Masters Super 100 A 3R A A [16]
W ('23)

F
Vietnam Open A 2R A F A
('23)
2R
Hong Kong Open A NH A 2R
('24)

1R
China Open A NH A 1R
('24)
1R
Arctic Open A NH A 1R
('24)

2R
Denmark Open A 2R
('24)
QF [17]
Korea Masters A 2R QF
('24)
 SF [18]
Japan Masters N/A SF 1R
('23)

2R [19]
China Masters A 2R
('24)
QF
Akita Masters 1R QF NH N/A
('19)

Year-end ranking 186 141 117 34 36 30

Tournament 2018 2019 2022 2023 2024 2025 Best

Record against selected opponents

Record against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-
finalists. Accurate as of 23 January 2025.[20]

Player Matches Win Lost Diff.

Chou Tien-chen 1 0 1 –1

Anders Antonsen 3 1 2 –1

Viktor Axelsen 1 0 1 –1

Lakshya Sen 2 0 2 –2

Tommy Sugiarto 1 1 0 +1

Kodai Naraoka 3 0 3 –3

Loh Kean Yew 1 0 1 –1

Kunlavut Vitidsarn 3 1 2 –1

Kantaphon Wangcharoen 2 2 0 +2

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External links
Takuma Obayashi (https://bwfbadminton.com/player/74076) at BWFBadminton.com
Takuma Obayashi (https://web.archive.org/web/1/https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/player
-profile/940CFF46-1E04-48E9-B334-93865F957CD6) at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com
(alternate link (https://web.archive.org/web/1/https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/find.aspx?
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