Hirokatsu Hashimoto (橋本 博且, Hashimoto Hirokatsu, born 18 December 1985) is a Japanese badminton player from Tonami Transportation badminton team. In 2013, he and his men's doubles partner Noriyasu Hirata, received the Badminton Nippon League's Valuable Player Award. He competed at the 2010 and 2014 Asian Games. His best achievement is to win the 2014 Thomas Cup.[1]

Hirokatsu Hashimoto
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1985-12-18) 18 December 1985 (age 38)
Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking7 (MD 26 April 2012)
15 (XD 16 September 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
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2011 Chengdu Men's doubles
East Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Hong Kong Men's team
BWF profile

Achievements

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Asian Championships

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Men's doubles

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

BWF World Tour

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The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[2] 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.[3]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Akita Masters Super 100   Hiroyuki Saeki   Akbar Bintang Cahyono
  Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani
16–21, 6–21   Runner-up

BWF Superseries

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The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[4] 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.[5] 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   Noriyasu Hirata   Angga Pratama
  Rian Agung Saputro
21–17, 21–9   Winner
  BWF Superseries Finals tournament
  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix

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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   Noriyasu Hirata   Rupesh Kumar K. T.
  Sanave Thomas
16–21, 21–15, 13–21   Runner-up
2010 Dutch Open   Noriyasu Hirata   Yoshiteru Hirobe
  Kenta Kazuno
21–17, 21–13   Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 Australian Open   Mizuki Fujii   Songphon Anugritayawon
  Kunchala Voravichitchaikul
15–21, 9–21   Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

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Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 Osaka International   Noriyasu Hirata   Yoshiteru Hirobe
  Hajime Komiyama
19–21, 10–21   Runner-up
2010 Osaka International   Noriyasu Hirata   Hiroyuki Endo
  Yoshiteru Hirobe
16–21, 23–21, 21–17   Winner
2018 Osaka International   Hiroyuki Saeki   Mohamad Arif Abdul Latif
  Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub
21–19, 15–21, 21–15   Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Osaka International   Mizuki Fujii   Kenichi Hayakawa
  Shizuka Matsuo
14–21, 11–21   Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

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  1. ^ "Hashimoto Hirokatsu". Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  4. ^ "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
  5. ^ "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". IBadmintonstore. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
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