Kenta Nishimoto


Kenta Nishimoto is a Japanese badminton player. In 2013, he reached the final of the Russia Open Grand Prix tournament, and became the runner-up after being defeated by Vladimir Ivanov of Russia.

Achievements

Asian Games

Men's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2018Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia Jonatan Christie15–21, 21–15, 19–21 Bronze

Summer Universiade

Men's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2017Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei, Taiwan Wang Tzu-wei16–21, 15–21 Silver

BWF World Tour (4 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 singles
YearTournamentLevelOpponentScoreResult
2020Thailand MastersSuper 300 Ng Ka Long21–16, 13–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2019German OpenSuper 300 Kento Momota10–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2018Hong Kong OpenSuper 500 Son Wan-ho21–14, 17–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2018Malaysia MastersSuper 500 Viktor Axelsen13–21, 23–21, 18–21 Runner-up

BWF Superseries (1 runner-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 singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2017French Open Srikanth Kidambi14–21, 13–21 Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-up)

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 singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2013Russian Open Vladimir Ivanov17–21, 21–15, 14–21 Runner-up