Noriyasu Hirata (平田 典靖, Hirata Noriyasu, born 17 November 1983) is a Japanese badminton player from Tonami Transportation badminton team.[1] In 2013, he and his men's doubles partner Hirokatsu Hashimoto, received the Badminton Nippon League's Valuable Player Award. He competed at the 2010 and 2014 Asian Games.[2]

Noriyasu Hirata
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1983-11-17) 17 November 1983 (age 40)
Fuchu, Toyama, Japan
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking7 (MD 26 April 2012)
28 (XD 25 March 2010)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Japan
Sudirman Cup
Silver medal – second place 2015 Dongguan Mixed team
Thomas Cup
Gold medal – first place 2014 New Delhi Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Kuala Lumpur Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Wuhan Men's team
Asia Championships
Silver medal – second place 2011 Chengdu Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Suwon Mixed doubles
East Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Hong Kong Men's team
BWF profile

Achievements edit

Asian Championships edit

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 Sichuan Gymnasium, Chengdu, China   Hirokatsu Hashimoto   Cai Yun
  Fu Haifeng
12–21, 15–21   Silver

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 Suwon Indoor Stadium, Suwon, South Korea   Miyuki Maeda   Yoo Yeon-seong
  Kim Min-jung
15–21, 15–21   Bronze

BWF Superseries edit

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[3] 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.[4] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 India Open   Hirokatsu Hashimoto   Angga Pratama
  Rian Agung Saputro
21–17, 21–9   Winner
  BWF Superseries Finals tournament
  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix edit

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
2009 New Zealand Open   Hirokatsu Hashimoto   Rupesh Kumar K. T.
  Sanave Thomas
16–21, 21–15, 13–21   Runner-up
2010 Dutch Open   Hirokatsu Hashimoto   Yoshiteru Hirobe
  Kenta Kazuno
21–17, 21–13   Winner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series edit

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 Osaka International   Hirokatsu Hashimoto   Yoshiteru Hirobe
  Hajime Komiyama
19–21, 10–21   Runner-up
2010 Osaka International   Hirokatsu Hashimoto   Hiroyuki Endo
  Yoshiteru Hirobe
16–21, 23–21, 21–17   Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2008 Osaka International   Shizuka Matsuo   Kwon Yi-goo
  Ha Jung-eun
22–24, 13–21   Runner-up
2008 Australian International   Shizuka Matsuo   Chen Hung-ling
  Chou Chia-chi
16–21, 4–21   Runner-up
2009 Osaka International   Shizuka Matsuo   Hsieh Yu-hsing
  Chien Yu-chin
18–21, 15–21   Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

Record against selected opponents edit

Men's doubles results with Hirokatsu Hashimoto against Super Series finalists, Worlds Semi-finalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ "選手 平田 典靖 (ひらた のりやす)" (in Japanese). Japanese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Hirata Noriyasu". Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  3. ^ "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
  4. ^ "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". IBadmintonstore. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  5. ^ "Hirata Noriyasu Head to Head". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 20 June 2017.

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