Kenichi Tago

Kenichi Tago at the 2013 French Super Series.

Personal information

Country

Japan

Born

July 16, 1989
Saitama, Japan

Height

1.76m

Weight

72 kg (159 lb)

Handedness

Right

Men's singles

Highest ranking

3 (October 27, 2013)

Current ranking

4 (October 30, 2014^[1])

Medal record

Men's badminton
Competitor for Japan
Thomas Cup
Gold	2014 New Delhi	Team

BWF profile

Updated on 01:39, 28 May 2014 (UTC).

Kenichi Tago (田児賢一, Tago Ken'ichi, born July 16, 1989 in Saitama) is a male badminton player from Japan, the son of badminton player Yoshiko Yonekura. In 2010, he reached the final of the All England Open Badminton Championships final. En route to the final he beat three seeded players including Nguyen Tien Minh, Chen Jin and Bao Chunlai. In the final, Tago lost to the first seed and reigning World No. 1 Lee Chong Wei from Malaysia with a score of 21–19 and 21–19,^[2] following an incorrect line call in Lee Chong Wei's favour at matchpoint.^[3]In 2014, he entered the BCA Indonesia open final after a shocking win over Lee Chong Wei in the semi final but could not keep up his good form and went on to lose straight games in the final to Jan Jorgensen of Denmark.

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Placement
2010
2010	2010 All England Super Series	Birmingham	Runner-Up
2011
2011	2011 French Super Series	Paris	Runner-Up
2012
2012	2012 Malaysia Super Series	Malaysia	Runner-up
2013
	2013 India Super Series	New Delhi	Runner-Up
	2013 Japan Super Series	Tokyo	Runner-Up
	2013 French Super Series	Paris	Runner-Up
2014
2014	2014 Indonesia Super Series Premier	Jakarta	Runner-Up

Record against selected opponents

Includes results against Olympic quarterfinals, Worlds semifinalists, and Super Series finalists, as well as all Olympic opponents.^[4]

Chen Jin 2–3
Chen Yu 1–1
Chen Long 4–7
Bao Chunlai 2–0
Lin Dan 1–3
Wang Zhengming 1–3
Du Pengyu 2–2
Hsieh Yu-hsing 1–0
Jan Ø. Jørgensen 7–7
Joachim Persson 2–0
Peter Gade 1–3
Viktor Axelsen 2–2
Marc Zwiebler 5–0
Hu Yun 6–2
Parupalli Kashyap 3–2
Srikanth Kidambi 2–0
Simon Santoso 2–2
Sony Dwi Kuncoro 1–7
Taufik Hidayat 2–4
Tommy Sugiarto 1–3
Sho Sasaki 3–2
Shon Seung-mo 0–2
Lee Hyun-il 0–1
Park Sung-hwan 0–3
Park Tae-sang 0–1
Shon Wan-ho 2–3
Lee Chong Wei 2–17
Liew Daren 2–0
Wong Choong Hann 1–4
Chong Wei Feng 5–1
Ronald Susilo 1–0
Niluka Karunaratne 0–1
Boonsak Ponsana 2–1
Nguyen Tien Minh 2–1

References

↑ BWF World Ranking
↑ "All England: Chong Wei Crowned All England Champion". Bernama. Bernama. March 15, 2010. Retrieved March 14, 2010.
↑ "Video replay shows final shot to be out.". YouTube. YouTube. March 15, 2010. Retrieved March 17, 2010.
↑ Tournaments of Kenichi Tago

External links

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Profile on Ntt-east.co.jp (Japanese)
Profile on Badmintonasia.org

World rankings · Top ten badminton players as of April 23, 2015

Men's singles

1. Chen L () 2. J Ø Jørgensen () 3. Lin D () 4. S Kidambi () 5. Shon W-h () 6. V Axelsen () 7. K Momota () 8. Chou T-c () 9. Wang ZM () 10. T Sugiarto ()

Women's singles

1. S Nehwal () 2. C Marín () 3. Li XR () 4. Wang SX () 5. Tai T-y () 6. Sung J-h () 7. R Intanon () 8. Wang YH () 9. Sun Y () 10. N Okuhara ()

Men's doubles

1. Lee Y-d / Yoo Y-s () 2. M Boe / C Mogensen () 3. M Ahsan / H Setiawan () 4. Lee S-m / Tsai C-h () 5. H Endo / K Hayakawa () 6. Chai B / Hong W () 7. Liu XL / Qiu ZH () 8. Fu HF / Zhang N () 9. M Conrad-Petersen / M Pieler Kolding () 10. Ko S-h / Shin B-c ()

Women's doubles

1. M Matsutomo / A Takahashi () 2. Tian Q / Zhao YL () 3. Luo Ying / Luo Yu () 4. Wang XL / Yu Y () 5. K Rytter Juhl / C Pedersen () 6. R Kakiiwa / M Maeda () 7. N K Maheswari / G Polii () 8. E Muskens / S Piek () 9. Lee S H / Shin S C () 10. Jung K-e / Kim H-n ()

Mixed doubles

1. Zhang N / Zhao YL () 2. J Fischer Nielsen / C Pedersen () 3. Xu C / Ma J () 4. Liu C / Bao YX () 5. T Ahmad / L Natsir () 6. Lu K / Huang YQ () 7. C Adcock / G Adcock () 8. Ko S-h / Kim H-n () 9. M Pieler Kolding / K Rytter Juhl () 10. M Fuchs / B Michels ()