Keigo Sonoda


Keigo Sonoda is a Japanese badminton player. He affiliated with the YKK AP Yatsushiro, before joining the Tonami team in 2010. Sonoda was part of the national team that won the 2014 Thomas Cup. He captured his first Superseries title at the 2016 Hong Kong Open, and reached a career high of world number 2 in the men's doubles partnered with Takeshi Kamura in March 2017.
Sonoda won the silver medal at the 2018 World Championships and a bronze in 2017. In the continental Asia, he helps the national team won the 2017 Asia Mixed Team Championships, also collected a silver and three bronze medals in the individual men's doubles event. He competed at the 2014 and 2018 Asian Games.

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park,
Nanjing, China		 Takeshi Kamura Li Junhui
Liu Yuchen		12–21, 19–21 Silver
2017Emirates Arena,
Glasgow, Scotland		 Takeshi Kamura Mohammad Ahsan
Rian Agung Saputro		12–21, 15–21 Bronze

Asian Championships

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China		 Takeshi Kamura Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo		21–15, 17–21, 15–21 Bronze
2018Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China		 Takeshi Kamura Li Junhui
Liu Yuchen		21–11, 10–21, 13–21 Silver
2017Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China		 Takeshi Kamura Li Junhui
Liu Yuchen		15–21, 21–13, 18–21 Bronze
2016Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China		 Takeshi Kamura Lee Yong-dae
Yoo Yeon-seong		17–21, 18–21 Bronze

BWF World Tour (3 titles, 7 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation. The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.
Men's doubles
YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019Fuzhou China OpenSuper 750 Takeshi Kamura Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo		17–21, 9–21 Runner-up
2019Korea OpenSuper 500 Takeshi Kamura Fajar Alfian
Muhammad Rian Ardianto		16–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2019Australian OpenSuper 300 Takeshi Kamura Ko Sung-hyun
Shin Baek-cheol		11–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2019Singapore OpenSuper 500 Takeshi Kamura Mohammad Ahsan
Hendra Setiawan		21–13, 19–21, 21–17 Winner
2019Malaysia OpenSuper 750 Takeshi Kamura Li Junhui
Liu Yuchen		12–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2019German OpenSuper 300 Takeshi Kamura Hiroyuki Endo
Yuta Watanabe		21–15, 11–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2018Hong Kong OpenSuper 500 Takeshi Kamura Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo		13–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2018Denmark OpenSuper 750 Takeshi Kamura Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo		15–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2018Thailand OpenSuper 500 Takeshi Kamura Hiroyuki Endo
Yuta Watanabe		21–17, 21–19 Winner
2018Malaysia OpenSuper 750 Takeshi Kamura Hiroyuki Endo
Yuta Watanabe		21–8, 21–10 Winner

BWF Superseries (2 titles, 2 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation. BWF Superseries has two levels: Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.
Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017Australia Open Takeshi Kamura Hendra Setiawan
Tan Boon Heong		21–17, 21–19 Winner
2016Dubai World Superseries Finals Takeshi Kamura Goh V Shem
Tan Wee Kiong		14–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2016Hong Kong Open Takeshi Kamura Mathias Boe
Carsten Mogensen		21–19, 21–19 Winner
2016Singapore Open Takeshi Kamura Fu Haifeng
Zhang Nan		11–21, 20–22 Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix (3 titles)

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation since 2007.
Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2014German Open Takeshi Kamura Hiroyuki Endo
Kenichi Hayakawa		21–19, 14–21, 21–14 Winner
2013U.S. Open Takeshi Kamura Liang Jui-wei
Liao Kuan-hao		21–16, 27–25 Winner
2012Canada Open Takeshi Kamura Hiroyuki Saeki
Ryota Taohata		12–21, 21–16, 21–19 Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 1 runner-up)

Men's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2011Osaka International Sho Zeniya18–21, 21–16, 21–16 Winner

Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2013Austrian International Takeshi Kamura Hiroyuki Saeki
Ryota Taohata		18–21, 21–15, 18–21 Runner-up
2012Scottish International Takeshi Kamura Hiroyuki Saeki
Ryota Taohata		16–21, 21–11, 21–17 Winner
2012Osaka International Takeshi Kamura Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Agripina Prima Rahmanto		21–17, 21–23, 21–18 Winner
2011Malaysia International Takeshi Kamura Chen Chung-jen
Lin Yen-jui		21–13, 21–17 Winner
2011Osaka International Takatoshi Kurose Shu Wada
Tatsuya Watanabe		21–14, 21–14 Winner