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Kenta Matsukawa
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (2006-06-19) 19 June 2006 (age 18)
Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
HandednessRight
CoachHarmono Yuwono
Men's doubles
Highest ranking287 (with Haruki Kawabe, 27 May 2025)
Current ranking287 (with Haruki Kawabe, 27 May 2025)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Japan
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Nanchang Mixed team
Asian Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Yogyakarta Mixed team
BWF profile
Updated on 27 May 2025.

Kenta Matsukawa (松川 健大, Matsukawa Kenta, born 19 June 2006) is a Japanese badminton player from Kanagawa Prefecture.[1] He graduated from the Futaba Future High School, and joined Hitachi Information & Telecommunication Engineering, Ltd badminton team on 1 April 2025.

Achievements

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World Junior Championships

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Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2024 Nanchang International Sports Center,
Nanchang, Jiangxi, China
Japan Yuto Nakashizu China Hu Keyuan
China Lin Xiangyi
17–21, 5–21 Bronze Bronze

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

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Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2025 Mexican International Japan Haruki Kawabe Japan Seiya Inoue
Japan Yuto Kida
15–5, 15–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [2]

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2023 Guatemala Future Series Japan Nao Yamakita Japan Daigo Tanioka
Japan Maya Taguchi
21–18, 21–19 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [3]
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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Boys' singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref
2022 Czech Junior Japan Rui Sato 19–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Boys' doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2022 Czech Junior Japan Yuto Nakashizu Netherlands Noah Haase
Netherlands Rune van Dalm
21–15, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [4]
  BWF Junior International Series tournament

References

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  1. ^ "Kenta MATSUKAWA | Profile". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
  2. ^ "Champions in Mexico – Pan Am Circuit 2025". Badminton Pan America. 13 May 2025. Archived from the original on 26 May 2025. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
  3. ^ "Champions in Guatemala – Pan Am Circuit 2023". Badminton Pan America. 26 June 2023. Archived from the original on 18 January 2025. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
  4. ^ van Putten, Dennis (22 November 2022). "Second prize for Haase/Van Dalm in the Czech Republic" (in Dutch). Badminton Netherlands. Archived from the original on 12 May 2025. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
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