The Japan Masters is an annual badminton tournament held in Japan. It became part of the BWF World Tour tournaments in 2023. BWF categorised Japan Masters as one of the nine BWF World Tour Super 500 events in the BWF events structure since 2023.[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]
| Official website | |
| Founded | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Editions | 1 (2023) |
| Location | Kumamoto (2023) Japan |
| Venue | Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium (2023) |
| Prize money | USD$420,000 (2023) |
| Men's | |
| Draw | 32S / 32D |
| Current champions | Viktor Axelsen (singles) He Jiting Ren Xiangyu (doubles) |
| Most singles titles | 1 Viktor Axelsen |
| Most doubles titles | 1 He Jiting Ren Xiangyu |
| Women's | |
| Draw | 32S / 32D |
| Current champions | Gregoria Mariska Tunjung (singles) Zhang Shuxian Zheng Yu (doubles) |
| Most singles titles | 1 Gregoria Mariska Tunjung |
| Most doubles titles | 1 Zhang Shuxian Zheng Yu |
| Mixed doubles | |
| Draw | 32 |
| Current champions | Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong |
| Most titles (male) | 1 Zheng Siwei |
| Most titles (female) | 1 Huang Yaqiong |
| Super 500 | |
| Ongoing | |
 2023 Japan Masters | |
Winners edit
| Year | Men's singles | Women's singles | Men's doubles | Women's doubles | Mixed doubles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 |  Viktor Axelsen
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 Gregoria Mariska Tunjung
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 He Jiting Ren Xiangyu
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Zhang Shuxian Zheng Yu
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Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong
|
Performances by nation edit
- As of the 2023 edition
| Pos. | Nation | MS | WS | MD | WD | XD | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China
|
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 2 | Denmark
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1 | 1 | ||||
| Indonesia
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1 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
References edit
- ^ 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. Retrieved 4 November 2023.