Japan national badminton team

The Japan national badminton team represents Japan in international badminton team competitions.

Participation in BWF competitions

Thomas Cup 1961 – Intra-zone 1964 – Semi-final inter-zone (4th / 5th) 1967 – Final round inter-zone (3rd) 1970 – Asian zone finalist, lost 4–5 to eventual champion Indonesia 1973 – Intra-zone 1976 – Intra-zone 1979 – Second round inter-zone (3rd / 4th) 1982 – Second round inter-zone (5th / 6th) 1984 – 7th / 8th 1988 – Qualification round 1990 – 5th / 6th 2004 – 5th / 8th 2006 – Quarter-finalist 2008 – Quarter-finalist 2010 – Semi-finalist 2012 – Semi-finalist 2014 – Winner 2016 – Quarter-finalist

Uber Cup 1966 – Winner 1969 – Winner 1972 – Winner 1975 – Runner-up 1978 – Winner 1981 – Winner 1986 – Fourth place 1988 – Fourth place 1990 – Fourth place 2000 – 5th / 6th 2002 – 5th / 6th 2004 – Semi-finalist 2006 – Quarter-finalist 2008 – 9th 2010 – Semi-finalist 2012 – Semi-finalist 2014 – Runner-up 2016 – Semi-finalist

Sudirman Cup 1989 – 7th 1999 – 10th 2001 – 8th 2003 – 9th 2005 – 10th 2007 – 9th 2009 – 7th 2011 – 5th 2013 – 5th 2015 – Runner-Up

Squad

The following players were selected to represent Japan at the 2014 Thomas & Uber Cup.

Male players[1][2] Kenichi Tago Takuma Ueda Sho Sasaki Kento Momota Kenichi Hayakawa Hiroyuki Endo Noriyasu Hirata Hirokatsu Hashimoto Keigo Sonoda Takeshi Kamura

Female players[1][3] Minatsu Mitani Eriko Hirose Akane Yamaguchi Sayaka Takahashi Ayaka Takahashi Misaki Matsutomo Miyuki Maeda Reika Kakiiwa Shizuka Matsuo Mami Naito

References

1. 第28回トマス杯・第25回ユーバー杯 (in Japanese). Nippon Badminton Association. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
2. "Li Ning BWF Thomas & Uber Cups 2014 - Team: JAPAN MEN TEAM - Players". tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
3. "Li Ning BWF Thomas & Uber Cups 2014 - Team: JAPAN WOMEN TEAM - Players". tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2014-05-26.