Kyohei Yamashita

Kyōhei Yamashita
Yamashita at the 2025 Taipei Open
Personal information
Born (1998-10-12) October 12, 1998
Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Weight69 kg (152 lb)[1]
Sport
CountryJapan
SportBadminton
HandednessRight
Coached byLee Wan Wah
Hiroyuki Endo
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking25 (MD with Hiroki Midorikawa, 23 September 2025)
13 (XD with Naru Shinoya, 27 December 2022)
Current ranking26 (MD with Hiroki Midorikawa, 25 November 2025)
BWF profile
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Japan
World Championships
2021 Huelva Mixed doubles
Sudirman Cup
2023 Suzhou Mixed team
2025 Xiamen Mixed team
Asian Games
2022 Hangzhou Men's team
Asian Junior Championships
2016 Bangkok Mixed team

Kyohei Yamashita (山下 恭平, Yamashita Kyōhei; born 12 October 1998) is a Japanese badminton player who specializes in doubles.[2] He is a member of the Japanese national team and plays for the NTT East team.[3] Yamashita is a World Championship bronze medalist in mixed doubles, achieved in 2021 with his former partner Naru Shinoya.

Following Shinoya's retirement in 2024, Yamashita shifted his focus to men's doubles, reuniting with Hiroki Midorikawa. The pair finished as runners-up at the 2025 Japan Masters, a Super 500 event. Yamashita also represented Japan in team competitions, winning bronze medals at the 2022 Asian Games and the Sudirman Cup in 2023 and 2025.

Career

2021

Yamashita and Naru Shinoya made their Super 750 debut at the Indonesia Masters, where they were eliminated in the first round. They subsequently competed in their first Super 1000 tournament at the Indonesia Open, advancing to the second round. The pair concluded the season at the World Championships in Huelva, winning the mixed doubles bronze medal following a semifinal loss to compatriots Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino.[4]

2022–2023

During the 2022 season, Yamashita and Shinoya reached the quarterfinals at the Denmark Open and Australian Open. The pair achieved a career-high world ranking of 13 in December 2022.

Yamashita won bronze medals representing Japan in team events at the Sudirman Cup and the 2022 Asian Games. On the World Tour, he and Shinoya advanced to the semifinals of the German Open and the Canada Open, as well as the quarterfinals of the All England Open. In men's doubles, Yamashita won the Osaka International title with Hiroki Midorikawa.[5]

2024

Yamashita began the season competing in mixed doubles with Shinoya, pursuing qualification for the Paris 2024 Olympics. Their best World Tour result was a quarterfinal finish at the Thailand Masters.[6] The pair did not qualify for the Olympics, and their partnership concluded in April following Shinoya's retirement from the national team.[7]

Yamashita subsequently reunited with Hiroki Midorikawa in men's doubles. Returning to the international competition in August, they won consecutive titles at the Sydney International and the North Harbour International.[8][9] Domestically, the pair won all three of Japan's major national tournaments: the Japan Ranking Circuit, the All Japan Members Championships, and the All Japan Championships.[10][11][12]

2025

Yamashita continued his partnership with Midorikawa throughout the 2025 season. The pair reached the semifinals of the Swiss Open, defeating the world No. 2 pair, Goh Sze Fei and Nur Izzuddin, in the first round.[13][14] They also advanced to the semifinals at the Taipei Open in May. In team competition, Yamashita won a bronze medal representing Japan at the Sudirman Cup in Xiamen.[15] He and Midorikawa achieved a career-high world ranking of 25 on 23 September. The pair concluded the season as runners-up at the Super 500 Japan Masters, losing the final to Kim Won-ho and Seo Seung-jae.[16]

Achievements

World Championships

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2021 Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín,
Huelva, Spain 		Naru Shinoya Yuta Watanabe
Arisa Higashino 		13–21, 8–21 Bronze [4]

BWF World Tour (2 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[17] 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 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[18]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2025 Japan Masters Super 500 Hiroki Midorikawa Kim Won-ho
Seo Seung-jae 		22–20, 11–21, 16–21 Runner-up [16]

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2019 Akita Masters Super 100 Naru Shinoya Ko Sung-hyun
Eom Hye-won 		10–21, 17–21 Runner-up [19]

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles)

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2019 Malaysia International Hiroki Midorikawa Liang Weikeng
Shang Yichen 		18–21, 21–10, 21–16 Winner [20]
2023 Osaka International Hiroki Midorikawa Wei Chun-wei
Wu Guan-xun 		21–14, 21–14 Winner [5]
2024 Sydney International Hiroki Midorikawa Lai Po-yu
Tsai Fu-cheng 		21–14, 21–16 Winner [8]
2024 North Harbour International Hiroki Midorikawa Lai Po-yu
Tsai Fu-cheng 		16–21, 21–14, 21–14 Winner [9]
  BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF Junior International (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Boys' doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2016 Dutch Junior Naoki Yamazawa Hiroki Okamura
Masayuki Onodera 		21–17, 11–21, 20–22 Runner-up [21]
2016 German Junior Naoki Yamazawa Hiroki Okamura
Masayuki Onodera 		21–14, 21–19 Winner [22]
  BWF Junior International Grand Prix 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 Ref
Asian Junior Championships B [23]
  • Senior level
Team events 2022 2023 2024 2025 Ref
Asian Games B NH
Sudirman Cup NH B NH B [24]

Individual competitions

Senior level

Men's doubles

Tournament BWF World Tour Best Ref
2018 2019 2023 2024 2025 2026
Malaysia Open A Q ('26)
India Open A Q ('26)
Indonesia Masters A QF Q QF ('25)
Orléans Masters A 2R 2R ('25)
Swiss Open A SF SF ('25) [13]
Taipei Open A SF SF ('25)
Thailand Open A 2R 2R ('25) [25]
Malaysia Masters A 2R 2R ('25) [26]
Singapore Open A 1R 1R ('25)
Indonesia Open A 1R 1R ('25)
Japan Open A 2R 2R ('25)
Baoji China Masters N/A QF A QF ('24)
Hong Kong Open A 1R 1R ('25)
China Masters A 1R 1R ('25) [27]
Korea Open A 2R 2R ('25)
Denmark Open A 1R 1R ('25) [28]
French Open A 1R 1R ('25) [29]
Japan Masters N/A A F F ('25) [16]
Australian Open A 1R 1R ('25) [30]
Syed Modi International A 1R A 1R ('23)
Indonesia Masters Super 100 A 1R A 1R ('19)
Akita Masters QF A N/A QF ('18)
Year-end ranking 265 214 211 131 26 25
Tournament 2018 2019 2023 2024 2025 2026 Best Ref
Mixed doubles
Event 2021 2022 2023 2024 Ref
Asian Championships NH QF 1R 1R
Asian Games NH 1R NH
World Championships B 3R 2R NH [4]
Tournament BWF World Tour Best Ref
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Malaysia Open A NH 1R 1R 2R 2R ('24)
India Open A NH A QF 1R QF ('23)
Indonesia Masters A 1R A 2R 2R 2R ('23,'24)
Thailand Masters A 2R NH A QF QF ('24) [6]
German Open A NH 1R SF A SF ('23)
French Open A NH A 2R 2R 1R 2R ('22,'23)
All England Open A 1R QF 1R QF ('23) [31][32]
Swiss Open A NH A 1R 2R A 2R ('23)
Thailand Open A NH QF A QF ('22)
Malaysia Masters A NH 1R QF A QF ('23)
Singapore Open A NH A 1R A 1R ('23)
Indonesia Open A 2R 1R 1R A 2R ('21)
Australian Open A NH QF QF A QF ('22,'23)
Canada Open A NH A SF A SF ('23)
Japan Open A NH 1R 1R A 1R ('22,'23)
Korea Open A NH A 1R A 1R ('23)
Hong Kong Open A NH 1R A 1R ('23)
Vietnam Open 2R NH A 2R ('19)
China Open A NH 2R A 2R ('23)
Denmark Open A QF 1R A QF ('22)
Japan Masters N/A QF A QF ('23)
China Masters A NH 2R A 2R ('23)
Syed Modi International A NH A QF A QF ('23)
Indonesia Masters Super 100 1R NH A 1R ('19)
Akita Masters F NH N/A F ('19) [19]
Year-end ranking 73 73 42 13 17 60 13
Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Best Ref

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