Japan Masters (badminton)
| Official website | |
| Founded | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Editions | 3 (2025) |
| Location | Kumamoto Japan |
| Venue | Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium (2025) |
| Prize money | USD$475,000 (2025) |
| Men's | |
| Draw | 32S / 32D |
| Current champions | Kodai Naraoka (singles) Kim Won-ho Seo Seung-jae (doubles) |
| Most singles titles | 1, all winners |
| Most doubles titles | 1, all winners |
| Women's | |
| Draw | 32S / 32D |
| Current champions | Ratchanok Intanon (singles) Pearly Tan Thinaah Muralitharan (doubles) |
| Most singles titles | 1, all winners |
| Most doubles titles | 1, all winners |
| Mixed doubles | |
| Draw | 32 |
| Current champions | Dechapol Puavaranukroh Supissara Paewsampran |
| Most titles (male) | 2, Dechapol Puavaranukroh |
| Most titles (female) | 2, Supissara Paewsampran |
| Super 500 | |
| Last completed | |
| 2025 Japan Masters | |
The Japan Masters is an annual badminton tournament held in Japan. BWF categorised Japan Masters as one of the nine BWF World Tour Super 500 events in the BWF events.[1][2] On 18 April 2022, the city of Kumamoto was confirmed to be the host of this tournament for the 2023–2026 BWF World Tour cycle.[3]
Winners
| Year | Men's singles | Women's singles | Men's doubles | Women's doubles | Mixed doubles | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Viktor Axelsen | Gregoria Mariska Tunjung | He Jiting Ren Xiangyu |
Zhang Shuxian Zheng Yu |
Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong |
[4] |
| 2024 | Li Shifeng | Akane Yamaguchi | Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto |
Liu Shengshu Tan Ning |
Dechapol Puavaranukroh Supissara Paewsampran |
[5] |
| 2025 | Kodai Naraoka | Ratchanok Intanon | Kim Won-ho Seo Seung-jae |
Pearly Tan Thinaah Muralitharan |
[6] |
Performances by nation
- As of the 2025 edition
| Pos. | Nation | MS | WS | MD | WD | XD | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2 | Thailand | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| 3 | Indonesia | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Japan | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 4 | Denmark | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Malaysia | 1 | 1 | |||||
| South Korea | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | |
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ^ "熊本マスターズジャパン（バドミントン国際大会）開催！". city.kumamoto.jp. Archived from the original on 4 November 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
- ^ "Kumamoto Masters Japan 2023 winners". BWF-Tournament Software. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
- ^ "Kumamoto Masters Japan 2024 winners". BWF-Tournament Software. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
- ^ "Kumamoto Masters Japan 2025 winners". BWF. Retrieved 16 November 2025.