Shintaro Ikeda

Shintaro Ikeda (池田信太郎, Ikeda Shintaro, born December 27, 1980 in Fukuoka) is a male badminton player from Japan.

Career

Ikeda won the bronze medal in the 2007 BWF World Championships in men's doubles with Shuichi Sakamoto. They were defeated in semifinals by Jung Jae-sung and Lee Yong-dae of South Korea, 16-21, 12-21.

He has taken part at two Olympic Games, competing in the men's doubles with Shuichi Sakamoto in 2008 and the mixed doubles with Reiko Shiota in 2012.

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 ()