Kenichi Hayakawa


Kenichi Hayakawa is a retired male Japanese badminton player. He has been a runner-up of the All England three times along with his partner, Hiroyuki Endo. He competed at the 2010 and 2014 Asian Games.

Career

Hayakawa won the first point in the 2014 Thomas Cup finals with Hiroyuki Endo beating 2004 World Junior Champion Tan Boon Heong and Hoon Thien How and lead the momentum for the Japanese team to claim the Thomas Cup for the first time, being the fourth nation to win Thomas cup after Indonesia, China and Malaysia. He retired in November 2016 and currently is the coach for Japanese B national team.

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Men's Doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015Istora Senayan,
Jakarta, Indonesia		 Hiroyuki Endo Liu Xiaolong
Qiu Zihan		16–21, 23–21, 20–22 Bronze

Badminton Asia Championships

Men's Doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2013Taipei Arena,
Taipei, Chinese Taipei		 Hiroyuki Endo Kim Sa-rang
Kim Gi-jung		21–19, 13–21, 14–21 Bronze
2012Qingdao Sports Centre Conson Stadium,
Qingdao, China		 Hiroyuki Endo Kim Sa-rang
Kim Gi-jung		12–21, 16–21 Silver

Mixed Doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China		 Misaki Matsutomo Lee Chun Hei
Chau Hoi Wah		17–21, 19–21 Bronze

BWF Superseries

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 level such as 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
2016All England Hiroyuki Endo Vladimir Ivanov
Ivan Sozonov		23–21, 18–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2014French Open Hiroyuki Endo Mathias Boe
Carsten Mogensen		21–18, 9–21, 7–21 Runner-up
2014All England Hiroyuki Endo Mohammad Ahsan
Hendra Setiawan		19–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2013China Masters Hiroyuki Endo Ko Sung-hyun
Lee Yong-dae		23–25, 19–21 Runner-up
2013All England Hiroyuki Endo Liu Xiaolong
Qiu Zihan		11–21, 9–21 Runner-up
2012Super Series Masters Finals Hiroyuki Endo Mathias Boe
Carsten Mogensen		17–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2012China Masters Hiroyuki Endo Chai Biao
Zhang Nan		18–21, 17–21 Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation since 2007.
Men's Doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2014German Open Hiroyuki Endo Takeshi Kamura
Keigo Sonoda		19–21, 21–14, 14–21 Runner-up
2012U.S. Open Hiroyuki Endo Yoshiteru Hirobe
Kenta Kazuno		21–15, 21–10 Winner
2011Indonesian Masters Hiroyuki Endo Mohammad Ahsan
Bona Septano		13–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2011Russian Open Hiroyuki Endo Naoki Kawamae
Shoji Sato		17–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2011Australian Open Hiroyuki Endo Naoki Kawamae
Shoji Sato		21–17, 21–18 Winner
2010Australian Open Hiroyuki Endo Kang Woo-kyum
Park Tae-sang		21–15, 21–16 Winner
2009German Open Kenta Kazuno Lee Yong-dae
Shin Baek-cheol		13–21, 16–21 Runner-up

Mixed Doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2012U.S. Open Misaki Matsutomo Tony Gunawan
Vita Marissa		13–21, 10–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series

Mixed Doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2007Victorian International Kenta Kazuno Chad Whitehead
Mark Prior		21–7, 21–15 Winner
2007Banuinvest International Kenta Kazuno Julian Hristov
Konstantin Dobrev		21–10, 21–13 Winner

Mixed Doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2010Osaka International Shizuka Matsuo Hirokatsu Hashimoto
Mizuki Fujii		21–14, 21–11 Winner