Akira Koga

Akira Koga
Akira Koga
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	8 March 1994 (age 30); Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Handedness	Right
Men's doubles
Highest ranking	14 (with Taichi Saito, 12 December 2023)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Japan
Sudirman Cup
Thomas Cup
Asian Games
Asia Team Championships
World Junior Championships
Asia Junior Championships
	BWF profile

Akira Koga (古賀輝, Koga Akira, born 8 March 1994) is a Japanese badminton player who also play for the NTT East club.^[1] In 2012, his last year as a junior, he was instrumental in Japan's first ever mixed team title at the 2012 Asian Junior Badminton Championships. He and Akane Yamaguchi beat Pei Tianyi and Huang Yaqiong to begin the tie.^[2] At the World Junior Championships the same year, he and Yamaguchi played the last match of the mixed team tie in the final against China. They lost their third game to Wang Yilyu and Chen Qingchen 22–24, giving China the title.^[3]

Achievements

BWF World Tour (4 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[4] 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, and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[5]

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Orléans Masters	Super 100	Taichi Saito	Lee Yang Wang Chi-lin	21–16, 20–22, 15–21	Runner-up
2019	Akita Masters	Super 100	Taichi Saito	Ou Xuanyi Zhang Nan	14–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2019	Indonesia Masters	Super 100	Taichi Saito	Ou Xuanyi Zhang Nan	21–11, 10–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2023	Syed Modi International	Super 300	Taichi Saito	Choong Hon Jian Muhammad Haikal	21–18, 18–21, 16–21	Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	South Australia International	Taichi Saito	Danny Bawa Chrisnanta Terry Hee	21–11, 19–21, 21–16	Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Future Series tournament

References

^ "選手・スタッフ紹介 / 古賀輝". www.ntt-east.co.jp (in Japanese). NTT. Archived from the original on 27 April 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
^ "2012 Asian Junior Results". tournamentsoftware.com. BWF. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
^ "2012 World Junior Results". tournamentsoftware.com. BWF. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
^ 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.

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[1] "選手・スタッフ紹介 / 古賀輝". www.ntt-east.co.jp (in Japanese). NTT. Archived from the original on 27 April 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2017.

[2] "2012 Asian Junior Results". tournamentsoftware.com. BWF. Retrieved 31 August 2016.

[3] "2012 World Junior Results". tournamentsoftware.com. BWF. Retrieved 31 August 2016.

[4] 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.

[5] Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

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