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Kazushi Yamada

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Kazushi Yamada
Personal information
Country Japan
Born (1987-02-21) 21 February 1987 (age 38)
Niihama, Ehime, Japan
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking14 (MS) 2 December 2010
14 (MD) 23 July 2015
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Japan
Thomas Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Kuala Lumpur Men's team
East Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Hong Kong Men's team
BWF profile

Kazushi Yamada (山田和司, Yamada Kazushi; born 21 February 1987) is a Japanese badminton player from the Unisys team.[1][2] In 2010, he competed at the Guangzhou Asian Games.[3]

Achievements

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BWF Grand Prix

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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 (BWF) since 2007.

Men's Doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2014 Russian Open Japan Kenta Kazuno Japan Takuto Inoue
Japan Yuki Kaneko
19-21, 22–20, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [4]
2014 Vietnam Open Japan Kenta Kazuno Indonesia Andrei Adistia
Indonesia Hendra Aprida Gunawan
21-15, 21–23, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [5]
2015 Malaysia Masters Japan Kenta Kazuno Chinese Taipei Chen Hung-ling
Chinese Taipei Wang Chi-lin
21-19, 14–21, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [6]
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge or Series

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Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref
2010 Osaka International Japan Sho Sasaki 14-21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012 Osaka International Japan Kazumasa Sakai Walkover 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [7]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2013 Osaka International Japan Kenta Kazuno Japan Takatoshi Kurose
Japan Sho Zeniya
21-14, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Osaka International Japan Kenta Kazuno South Korea Jun Bong-chan
South Korea Kim Duck-yong
21-19, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [8]
2015 Polish Open Japan Kenta Kazuno Poland Adam Cwalina
Poland Przemysław Wacha
21-19, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [9]
2015 Osaka International Japan Kenta Kazuno Japan Takuto Inoue
Japan Yuki Kaneko
21-9, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [10]
  BWF International Challenge tournament

References

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  1. ^ "選手・スタッフ紹介 山田 和司 ヤマダ・カズシ" (in Japanese). Saishunkan Co.Ltd. Archived from the original on 18 February 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  2. ^ "日本ユニシス実業団バドミントン部" (in Japanese). Unisys. Archived from the original on 12 December 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  3. ^ "日本選手団名簿 -バドミントン" (PDF) (in Japanese). Japanese Olympic Committee. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Ivanov is the 2014 Russian Open singles champion". National Badminton Federation of Russia (in Russian). 27 July 2014. Archived from the original on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  5. ^ "Japanese badminton teen wins Yonex- Sunrise Vietnam GP Open". VietnamPlus. 8 September 2014. Archived from the original on 10 July 2025. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  6. ^ Sukumar, Dev; Leung, Edwin (18 January 2015). "Yonex Sunrise Malaysia Masters 2015 – Review: Glory for Okuhara". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 16 December 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
  7. ^ Sato, Junro (8 April 2012). "Match Reports: Osaka International Challenge 2012". Nippon Badminton Association (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  8. ^ Komiya, Miyuki (6 April 2014). "OSAKA INT'L 2014 – Home team takes 3". Badzine. Archived from the original on 23 September 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  9. ^ Liew, Vincent (21 March 2015). "Daren Liew, Chan Peng Soon/Goh Liu Ying win Polish Open". BadmintonPlanet.com. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
  10. ^ Komiya, Miyuki (5 April 2015). "OSAKA INT'L 2015 – Japan shares titles with China, Korea". Badzine. Archived from the original on 15 May 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
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