Takuro Hoki

Takuro Hoki (保木 卓朗, Hoki Takurō, born 14 August 1995) is a Japanese badminton player affiliated with Tonami team.^[3][4] He was the men's doubles silver medalist at the 2019 World Championships^[5] and the men's doubles gold medalist at the 2021 World Championships, being first ever Japanese men's doubles to become world champions.

Takurō Hoki
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	(1995-08-14) 14 August 1995 (age 29) Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Coach	Lee Wan Wah (2025–)[1] Hiroyuki Endo (2025–)[1] Tan Kim Her (2019–2024)[2]
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	1 (MD with Yugo Kobayashi 20 September 2022) 19 (XD with Wakana Nagahara 9 July 2019)
Current ranking	11 (MD with Yugo Kobayashi 21 January 2025)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Japan World Championships 2021 Huelva Men's doubles 2019 Basel Men's doubles Sudirman Cup 2019 Nanning Mixed team 2021 Vantaa Mixed team 2017 Gold Coast Mixed team 2023 Suzhou Mixed team Thomas Cup 2020 Aarhus Men's team 2022 Bangkok Men's team Asian Games 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Men's team 2022 Hangzhou Men's team Asian Championships 2023 Dubai Men's doubles Asia Mixed Team Championships 2017 Ho Chi Minh Mixed team 2019 Hong Kong Mixed team Asia Team Championships 2020 Manila Men's team Asian Junior Championships 2013 Kota Kinabalu Mixed team
BWF profile

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland	Yugo Kobayashi	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	23–25, 21–9, 15–21	Silver
2021	Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain	Yugo Kobayashi	He Jiting Tan Qiang	21–12, 21–18	Gold

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2023	Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Indoor Hall, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Yugo Kobayashi	Ong Yew Sin Teo Ee Yi	16–21, 24–26	Bronze

BWF World Tour (6 titles, 5 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[6] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[7]

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Korea Open	Super 500	Yugo Kobayashi	Hiroyuki Endo Yuta Watanabe	21–9, 15–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2021	Denmark Open	Super 1000	Yugo Kobayashi	Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	21–18, 21–12	Winner
2021	Indonesia Masters	Super 750	Yugo Kobayashi	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	21–11, 17–21, 21–19	Winner
2021	Indonesia Open	Super 1000	Yugo Kobayashi	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	14–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2021	BWF World Tour Finals	World Tour Finals	Yugo Kobayashi	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	21–16, 13–21, 21–17	Winner
2022	Thailand Open	Super 500	Yugo Kobayashi	Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto	13–4r	Winner
2022	Malaysia Open	Super 750	Yugo Kobayashi	Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto	24–22, 16–21, 21–9	Winner
2023	Singapore Open	Super 750	Yugo Kobayashi	Liang Weikeng Wang Chang	21–13, 21–18	Winner
2023	Japan Open	Super 750	Yugo Kobayashi	Lee Yang Wang Chi-lin	19–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2023	Australian Open	Super 500	Yugo Kobayashi	Kang Min-hyuk Seo Seung-jae	17–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2024	Japan Masters	Super 500	Yugo Kobayashi	Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto	15–21, 21–17, 17–21	Runner-up

BWF Superseries (1 runner-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,^[8] was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011.^[9] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Japan Open	Sayaka Hirota	Wang Yilyu Huang Dongping	13–21, 8–21	Runner-up

  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	U.S. Open	Yugo Kobayashi	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	11–21, 20–22	Runner-up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	USA International	Yugo Kobayashi	Adrian Liu Derrick Ng	21–17, 21–19	Winner
2016	Spanish International	Yugo Kobayashi	Mathias Christiansen David Daugaard	21–10, 21–6	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

References

1. "Announcement of the 2025 Japan National Team Players and Staff" (PDF) (in Japanese). Nippon Badminton Association. 21 January 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
2. "With an eye on LA 2028, Tan Kim Her returns for second stint with Indian badminton team". International Olympic Committee. 11 December 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
3. "Players: Takuro Hoki". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
4. "Badminton player: 保木 卓朗 Takurou Hoki" (in Japanese). Tonami. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
5. Sukumar, Dev (26 August 2019). "Wristy Trickery Wins the Day – Basel 2019". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
6. Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
7. Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
8. "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
9. "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". IBadmintonstore. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.

External links

• Takuro Hoki at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link) (archived)
• Takuro Hoki at BWFBadminton.com
• Takuro Hoki at Olympics.com
• Takuro Hoki at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics