Takuma Obayashi

{{Short description|Japanese badminton player}} {{Infobox badminton player | name = Takuma Ōbayashi | image = | caption = | birth_name = | country = Japan | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|8|7}} | birth_place = [[Katsuyama, Fukui|Katsuyama]], [[Fukui Prefecture|Fukui]], Japan | height = 1.69 m | weight = 68 kg | coach = | handedness = Right | event = Men's singles | career_record = 132 wins, 71 losses ({{tennis win percentage|won=132|lost=71|decimals=2}})  | highest_ranking = 30 | date_of_highest_ranking = 20 February 2024 | current_ranking = | date_of_current_ranking = | bwfbadminton_id = 74076 | medal_templates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[badminton]] }} {{MedalCountry | {{JPN}} }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Badminton Asia Team Championships|Asia Team Championships]] }} {{MedalBronze | [[2024 Badminton Asia Team Championships|2024 Selangor]] | Men's team }} {{MedalCompetition | [[BWF World Junior Championships|World Junior Championships]] }} {{MedalBronze | [[2017 BWF World Junior Championships|2017 Yogyakarta]] | [[2017 BWF World Junior Championships – Teams event|Mixed team]] }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Badminton Asia Junior Championships|Asian Junior Championships]] }} {{MedalBronze | [[2016 Badminton Asia Junior Championships|2016 Bangkok]] | Mixed team }} {{MedalBronze | [[2017 Asian Junior Badminton Championships|2017 Jakarta]] | [[2017 Badminton Asia Junior Championships|Mixed team]]}} }} {{Nihongo|'''Takuma Obayashi'''|大林拓真|Ōbayashi Takuma|born 7 August 1999}} is a Japanese [[badminton]] player affiliated with Tonami. He won his first [[BWF World Tour]] title at the [[2023 Indonesia Masters Super 100 II]].<ref name="bio1">{{cite web |title=選手プロフィール |url=https://www.badminton.or.jp/profile/obayashi_takuma.html |access-date=18 January 2024 |publisher=Nippon Badminton Association |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=31 October 2023 |title=インドネシアマスターズII 2023 大林選手優勝！！ |url=https://tonami-badminton.jp/archives/1380 |access-date=18 January 2024 |website=トナミ運輸バドミントン部}}</ref>

== Career == Obayashi made his international senior debut at the [[Vietnam International Challenge]] in 2018, and participated in his first [[BWF World Tour]] tournament, the [[2018 Canada Open (badminton)|Canada Open]], later that year. He reached the finals of a senior international tournament for the first time at the [[Osaka International (badminton)|Osaka International]] in 2019, finishing runner-up to countryman and former [[Saitama Sakae High School]] teammate [[Koki Watanabe]].<ref name="oic19"/> Obayashi would go on to win his first international title the following year at the [[Jamaica International]].

Obayashi won his first BWF World Tour title at the [[2023 Indonesia Masters Super 100 II|Indonesia Masters Super 100 II]] in 2023. That year, he also reached the finals at the [[2023 Vietnam Open|Vietnam Open]] and won two more [[BWF International Challenge|International Challenge]]-level tournaments, including the inaugural [[Saipan International (badminton)|Saipan International]] after winning the final against top-seeded [[Jeon Hyeok-jin]]. Obayashi later achieved notoriety for his upset victory over [[Anders Antonsen]] when making his Super 500-level debut at the [[2023 Japan Masters]], where he ultimately reached the semifinals before losing to [[BWF World Ranking#Number one ranked players timeline|world no. 1]] [[Viktor Axelsen]].<ref name="jpnm23">{{Cite web |date=17 November 2023 |title=Kumamoto Masters: Qualifier Obayashi Stuns Antonsen |url=https://bwfworldtour.bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2023/11/17/kumamoto-masters-qualifier-obayashi-stuns-antonsen |access-date=18 January 2024 |website=BWF World Tour}}</ref>

== Achievements ==

=== BWF World Tour (1 title, 2 runners-up) === The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,<ref>{{cite web |last=Alleyne |first=Gayle |date=19 March 2017 |title=BWF Launches New Events Structure |url=http://bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2017/03/19/bwf-launches-new-event-structure/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201164159/http://bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2017/03/19/bwf-launches-new-event-structure/ |archive-date=1 December 2017 |access-date=29 November 2017 |publisher=[[Badminton World Federation]]}}</ref> is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the [[Badminton World Federation]] (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sukumar |first=Dev |date=10 January 2018 |title=Action-Packed Season Ahead! |url=http://bwfworldtour.com/news-single/2018/01/10/action-packed-season-ahead/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180113162925/http://bwfworldtour.com/news-single/2018/01/10/action-packed-season-ahead/ |archive-date=13 January 2018 |access-date=15 January 2018 |publisher=Badminton World Federation}}</ref>

''Men's singles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Level ! Opponent ! Score ! Result ! Ref |- | align="center" |[[2022 Canada Open#Finals|2022]] | align="left" |[[Canada Open]] | align="left" |Super 100 | align="left" |{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Alex Lanier]] | align="left" |12–21, 21–12, 13–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' | style="text-align:center; background:white" | <ref name="can22">{{cite web |last=Martinez |first=Sara Gonzalez |title=Lanier, from Europe to the world |url=https://www.badmintoneurope.com/cms/?clubid=4685&m=8612765&cmsid=239&pageid=5381 |publisher= [[Badminton Europe]] |date=4 October 2022 |access-date=25 August 2024 |language=}}</ref> |- | align="center" |[[2023 Vietnam Open|2023]] | align="left" |[[Vietnam Open (badminton)|Vietnam Open]] | align="left" |Super 100 | align="left" |{{flagicon|TPE}} [[Huang Yu-kai]] | align="left" |13–21, 13–17 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' | style="text-align:center; background:white" | <ref name="vie23">{{cite web |title=Nguyen Thuy Linh wins trophy at Vietnam Open 2023 badminton tournament |url=https://en.vietnamplus.vn/nguyen-thuy-linh-wins-trophy-at-vietnam-open-2023-badminton-tournament-post268123.vnp |publisher=Vietnam+ (VietnamPlus) |date=18 September 2023 |access-date=25 August 2024 |language=}}</ref> |- | align="center" |[[2023 Indonesia Masters Super 100 II|2023]] | align="left" |[[Indonesia Masters Super 100|Indonesia Masters]] | align="left" |Super 100 | align="left" |{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Choi Ji-hoon]] | align="left" |21–8, 21–19 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' | style="text-align:center; background:white" | <ref name="imsii23">{{cite web |title=Indonesia Masters II 2023 - Obayashi wins Men's Singles |url=https://www.djarumbadminton.com/en/internasional/berita/read/indonesia-masters-ii-2023-obayashi-juara-tunggal-putra/ |publisher=Djarum Badminton |date=29 October 2023 |access-date=25 August 2024 |language=id}}</ref> |} :

=== BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 2 runners-up) === ''Men's singles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Opponent ! Score ! Result ! Ref |- style="background:#D8CEF6" | align="center" | 2019 | align="left" | [[Osaka International (badminton)|Osaka International]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Koki Watanabe]] | align="left" | 21–19, 17–21, 7–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{Silver2}} '''Runner-up''' | style="text-align:center; background:white" | <ref name="oic19">{{cite web |title=[Osaka International Challenge] Japanese athletes win in three events! Watanabe, Kawakami, Hobara and Sone become champions! <IC> |url=https://www.badspi.jp/201904081000/ |publisher=Badminton Spirit |date=8 April 2019 |access-date=25 August 2024 |language=ja}}</ref>

|- style="background:#D5D5D5" | align="center" | 2020 | align="left" | [[Jamaica International]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yushi Tanaka]] | align="left" | 21–11, 17–21, 21–12 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' | style="text-align:center; background:white" | <ref>{{cite web |title=First Winners in Jamaica – Pan Am Circuit 2020 |url=http://www.badmintonpanam.org/first-winners-in-jamaica-pan-am-circuit-2020/ |publisher=[[Badminton Pan America]] |date=10 March 2020 |access-date=23 August 2024}}</ref><ref name="jamaica20">{{cite web |last1=Richards |first1=Dwayne |title=Ricketts, Wilson secure second silver to close Jamaica International Badminton tournament |url=https://www.pressreader.com/jamaica/daily-observer-jamaica/20200310/282007559453139?srsltid=AfmBOoouhJkLkBhEUKkFz0i0GhZ9CIYGHraBDvqht64R8XeD9II_k0Sv |publisher=[[Jamaica Observer|Daily Observer]] |access-date=17 July 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250517164815/https://www.pressreader.com/jamaica/daily-observer-jamaica/20200310/282007559453139?srsltid=AfmBOoouhJkLkBhEUKkFz0i0GhZ9CIYGHraBDvqht64R8XeD9II_k0Sv |archive-date=17 May 2025 |date=10 March 2020}}</ref>

|- style="background:#E9E9E9" | align="center" | 2020 | align="left" | [[Peru Future Series]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Yushi Tanaka | align="left" | 13–21, 21–8, 18–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{Silver2}} '''Runner-up''' | style="text-align:center; background:white" | <ref>{{cite web |title=Peru Future Series Winners – Pan Am Circuit 2020 |url=http://www.badmintonpanam.org/peru-future-series-winners-pan-am-circuit-2020/ |publisher=[[Badminton Pan America]] |date=16 March 2020 |access-date=25 August 2024}}</ref>

|- style="background:#D8CEF6" | align="center" | 2022 | align="left" | [[Canadian International (badminton)|Canadian International]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Brian Yang (badminton)|Brian Yang]] | align="left" | 21–11, 21–17 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' | style="text-align:center; background:white" | <ref>{{cite web |last=Matsuda |first=Keita |title=結果カナダインターナショナルチャレンジ |url=https://www.badminton.or.jp/games/2022/CanadianIC2022.html#day6 |publisher=[[Nippon Badminton Association]] |access-date=25 August 2024}}</ref>

|- style="background:#D8CEF6" | align="center" | 2023 | align="left" | [[Vietnam International Challenge|Vietnam International]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|VNM}} [[Lê Đức Phát]] | align="left" | 21–14, 21–15 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' | style="text-align:center; background:white" | <ref>{{cite web |title=Đức Phát vuột chức vô địch Vietnam International Challenge |url=https://vnexpress.net/duc-phat-vuot-chuc-vo-dich-vietnam-international-challenger-4585759.html |publisher=[[VnExpress]] |date=26 March 2023 |access-date=25 August 2024 |language=vi}}</ref>

|- style="background:#D8CEF6" | align="center" | 2023 | align="left" | [[Saipan International (badminton)|Saipan International]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Jeon Hyeok-jin]] | align="left" | 21–19, 21–16 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' | style="text-align:center; background:white" | <ref>{{cite web |title=TAKECARE Saipan International Finals Deliver |url=https://badmintonoceania.org/12415-2/ |publisher=[[Badminton Oceania]] |date=19 June 2023 |access-date=25 August 2024}}</ref> |} : {{Color box|#D8CEF6|border=darkgray}} [[BWF International Challenge]] tournament : {{Color box|#D5D5D5|border=darkgray}} [[BWF International Series]] tournament : {{Color box|#E9E9E9|border=darkgray}} [[BWF Future Series]] tournament

=== BWF Junior International (1 title, 1 runner-up) === ''Boys' doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result ! Ref |- style="background:#AE9C45" | align="center" | 2017 | align="left" | [[:de: German Juniors|German Junior]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Hikaru Minegishi | align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Mahiro Kaneko<br />{{flagicon|JPN}} Yunosuke Kubota | align="left" | 15–21, 18–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' | style="text-align:center; background:white" | <ref name="germanjr17">{{cite web |last1=Myojin |first1=Kenichi |title=German Junior Championships 2017 {{!}} Reports |url=http://www.badminton.or.jp/2016/ger_jr/index.htm |website=Nippon Badminton Association |access-date=23 December 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170613224153/http://www.badminton.or.jp/2016/ger_jr/index.htm |archive-date=13 June 2017 |language=ja |date=12 March 2017}}</ref> |}

''Mixed doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result ! Ref |- style="background:#AE9C45" | align="center" | 2017 | align="left" | India Junior International | align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Natsu Saito]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|INA}} [[Rinov Rivaldy]]<br />{{flagicon|INA}} [[Angelica Wiratama]] | align="left" | 18–21, 21–16, 21–17 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' | style="text-align:center; background:white" | <ref name="indiajr17">{{cite web |title=Indonesia Wins One Title in India |url=https://olahraga.kompas.com/read/2017/09/03/22272181/indonesia-raih-satu-gelar-juara-di-india |website=Kompas.com |access-date=23 December 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425210446/https://olahraga.kompas.com/read/2017/09/03/22272181/indonesia-raih-satu-gelar-juara-di-india |archive-date=25 April 2022 |language=id |date=3 September 2017}}</ref> |}

: {{Color box|#AE9C45|border=darkgray}} BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament

== Performance timeline == {{Performance key (badminton)}}

=== National team === * ''Junior level'' {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center" ! Team events !! 2016 !! 2017 |- | bgcolor="#ECF2FF"; align="left" | [[Badminton Asia Junior Championships|Asian Junior Championships]] | bgcolor=CD7F32 | [[2016 Badminton Asia Junior Championships|B]] | bgcolor=CD7F32 | [[2017 Badminton Asia Junior Championships|B]] |- | bgcolor="#ECF2FF"; align="left" | [[BWF World Junior Championships|World Junior Championships]] | A | bgcolor=CD7F32 | [[2017 BWF World Junior Championships – Teams event|B]] |}

* ''Senior level'' {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center" ! Team events !! 2024 |- | bgcolor="#ECF2FF"; align="left" | [[Badminton Asia Team Championships|Asia Team Championships]] | bgcolor=CD7F32 | [[2024 Badminton Asia Team Championships|B]] |- |}

=== Individual competitions === * ''Junior level'' {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center" ! Events !! 2016 !! 2017 |- | bgcolor="#ECF2FF"; align="left" | [[Badminton Asia Junior Championships|Asian Junior Championships]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2016 Badminton Asia Junior Championships – Boys' singles|3R]] | A |- | bgcolor="#ECF2FF"; align="left" | [[BWF World Junior Championships|World Junior Championships]] | A | bgcolor=FFEBCD | [[2017 BWF World Junior Championships – Boys' singles|QF]] |}

* ''Senior level''

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center" |- ! rowspan="2" | Tournament ! colspan="9" | [[BWF World Tour]] ! rowspan="2" | Best ! rowspan="2" | Ref |- ![[2018 BWF World Tour|2018]] ![[2019 BWF World Tour|2019]] ![[2020 BWF World Tour|2020]] ![[2021 BWF World Tour|2021]] ![[2022 BWF World Tour|2022]] ![[2023 BWF World Tour|2023]] ![[2024 BWF World Tour|2024]] ![[2025 BWF World Tour|2025]] ![[2026 BWF World Tour|2026]] |- | align="left" | [[India Open]] | colspan="2" | A | colspan="2" style="color:#ccc" | NH | colspan="2" | A | bgcolor="#afeeee" | '''[[2024 India Open (badminton)|2R]]''' | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2025 India Open (badminton)|1R]] |A | bgcolor="#afeeee" | '''2R''' ('24) | |- | align="left" | [[Indonesia Masters]] | colspan="7" | A | bgcolor="#afeeee" | '''[[2025 Indonesia Masters|1R]]''' |A | bgcolor="#afeeee" | '''1R''' ('25) | |- | align="left" | [[Thailand Masters (badminton)|Thailand Masters]] | colspan="3" | A | colspan="2" style="color:#ccc" | NH | A | bgcolor="FFEBCD" | '''[[2024 Thailand Masters (badminton)|QF]]''' | colspan="2" | A | bgcolor="FFEBCD" | '''QF''' ('24) | |- | align="left" | [[German Open (badminton)|German Open]] | colspan="2" |A | colspan="2" style="color:#ccc" | NH | colspan="3" |A | bgcolor="#afeeee" | '''[[2025 German Open (badminton)|1R]]''' |A | bgcolor="#afeeee" | '''1R''' ('25) | <ref>{{cite web |last1=Tan |first1=Ming Wei |title=Shuttlers Justin, June Wei advance to German Open last 16 |url=https://www.nst.com.my/sports/badminton/2025/02/1181032/shuttlers-justin-june-wei-advance-german-open-last-16 |publisher=[[New Straits Times]] |access-date=1 March 2025 |date=27 February 2025}}</ref> |- | align="left" | [[Swiss Open (badminton)|Swiss Open]] | colspan="2" | A | style="color:#ccc" | NH | colspan="3" | A | bgcolor="#afeeee" | '''[[2024 Swiss Open (badminton)|1R]]''' | colspan="2" | A | bgcolor="#afeeee" | '''1R''' ('24) | |- | align="left" | [[Orléans Masters]] | colspan="2" | A | style="color:#ccc" | NH | colspan="3" | A | bgcolor="FFEBCD" | '''[[2024 Orléans Masters|QF]]''' | bgcolor=AFEEEE | [[2025 Orléans Masters|2R]] | bgcolor="#F0F8FF" | Q2 | bgcolor="FFEBCD" | '''QF''' ('24) | |- | align="left" | [[Thailand Open (badminton)|Thailand Open]] | colspan="3" | A | style="color:#ccc" | NH | colspan="2" | A | bgcolor=AFEEEE | [[2024 Thailand Open (badminton)|'''1R''']] | bgcolor=AFEEEE | [[2025 Thailand Open (badminton)|'''1R''']] | A | bgcolor="AFEEEE" | '''1R''' ('24, '25) | |- | align="left" | [[Malaysia Masters]] | colspan="3" | A | style="color:#ccc" | NH | colspan="2" | A | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2024 Malaysia Masters|'''1R''']] | colspan="2" | A | bgcolor="#afeeee" | '''1R''' ('24) | |- | align="left" | [[U.S. Open Badminton Championships|U.S. Open]] | colspan="2" | A | colspan="3" style="color:#ccc" | NH | bgcolor="FFEBCD" | [[2023 U.S. Open (badminton)|'''QF''']] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2024 U.S. Open (badminton)|2R]] | A | | bgcolor="FFEBCD" | '''QF''' ('23) | |- | align="left" | [[Canada Open]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2018 Canada Open (badminton)|3R]] | A | colspan="2" style="color:#ccc" | NH | bgcolor="D8BFD8" | '''[[2022 Canada Open|F]]''' | A | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2024 Canada Open|2R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2025 Canada Open|1R]] | | bgcolor="D8BFD8" | '''F''' ('22) | <ref name="can22"/> |- | align="left" | [[Japan Open (badminton)|Japan Open]] | colspan="2" | A | colspan="2" style="color:#ccc" | NH | colspan="2" | A | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2024 Japan Open|'''1R''']] | A | | bgcolor="#afeeee" | '''1R''' ('24) | |- | align="left" | [[China Open (badminton)|China Open]] | colspan="2" | A | colspan="3" style="color:#ccc" | NH | A | bgcolor="#afeeee" | '''[[2024 China Open (badminton)|1R]]''' | A | | bgcolor="#afeeee" | '''1R''' ('24) | |- | align="left" | [[Taipei Open (badminton)|Taipei Open]] | colspan="2" |A | colspan="2" style="color:#ccc" | NH | colspan="3" |A | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2025 Taipei Open|'''1R''']] | | bgcolor="#afeeee" | '''1R''' ('25) | |- | align="left" | [[Hong Kong Open (badminton)|Hong Kong Open]] | colspan="2" | A | colspan="3" style="color:#ccc" | NH | A | bgcolor="#afeeee" |'''[[2024 Hong Kong Open (badminton)|2R]]''' | A | | bgcolor="#afeeee" | '''2R''' ('24) | |- | align="left" | [[Vietnam Open (badminton)|Vietnam Open]] | A | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2019 Vietnam Open (badminton)|2R]] | colspan="2" style="color:#ccc" | NH | A | bgcolor="D8BFD8" | '''[[2023 Vietnam Open|F]]''' | A | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2025 Vietnam Open|2R]] | | bgcolor="D8BFD8" | '''F''' ('23) | <ref name="vie23"/> |- | align="left" | [[China Masters]] | A | colspan="3" style="color:#ccc" | NH | colspan="2" | A | bgcolor="#afeeee" | '''[[2024 China Masters|2R]]''' | A | | bgcolor="#afeeee" | '''2R''' ('24) | <ref>{{cite web |title=Antonsen vinder sikkert og kan skimte dansk stormøde |url=https://sport.tv2.dk/badminton/2024-11-21-antonsen-vinder-sikkert-og-kan-skimte-dansk-stormoede |publisher=TV 2 Sport |access-date=22 November 2024 |language=da |date=21 November 2024}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" align="left" | [[Indonesia Masters Super 100]] | rowspan="2" | A | rowspan="2" bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2019 Indonesia Masters Super 100|3R]] | rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:#ccc" | NH | rowspan="2" | A | bgcolor="#afeeee" |[[2023 Indonesia Masters Super 100 I|3R]] | rowspan="2" | A | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2025 Indonesia Masters Super 100 I|2R]] | | rowspan="2" bgcolor="00FF00" | '''W''' ('23) | rowspan="2" | <ref name="imsii23"/> |- | bgcolor="00FF00" | '''[[2023 Indonesia Masters Super 100 II|W]]''' | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2025 Indonesia Masters Super 100 II|2R]] | |- | align="left" | [[Kaohsiung Masters]] | colspan="5" style="color:#ccc" | N/A | bgcolor="#afeeee" | '''[[2023 Kaohsiung Masters|3R]]''' | colspan="2" | A | | bgcolor="#afeeee" | '''3R''' ('23) | |- | align="left" | [[Korea Open (badminton)|Korea Open]] | colspan="2" | A | colspan="2" style="color:#ccc" | NH | colspan="2" | A | bgcolor="#afeeee" |'''[[2024 Korea Open (badminton)|2R]]''' | A | | bgcolor="#afeeee" | '''2R''' ('24) | |- | align="left" | [[Arctic Open]] | colspan="2" | A | colspan="3" style="color:#ccc" | NH | A | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2024 Arctic Open|1R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2025 Arctic Open|'''2R''']] | | bgcolor="#afeeee" | '''2R''' ('25) | <ref name="arctic25">{{cite web |title=Badminton Arctic Open 2025: Live Updates, Japanese Team Results, and Summary |url=https://www.olympics.com/ja/news/badminton-arctic-open-2025-team-japan-results-full-list |website=International Olympic Committee |access-date=24 November 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251124061627/https://www.olympics.com/ja/news/badminton-arctic-open-2025-team-japan-results-full-list |archive-date=24 November 2025 |language=ja |date=6 October 2025}}</ref> |- | align="left" | [[Malaysia Super 100]] | colspan="5" style="color:#ccc" | N/A | colspan="2" | A | bgcolor="#afeeee" | '''[[2025 Malaysia Super 100|3R]]''' | | bgcolor="#afeeee" | '''3R''' ('25) | |- | align="left" | [[Denmark Open]] | colspan="6" | A | bgcolor="#afeeee" | '''[[2024 Denmark Open|2R]]''' | A | | bgcolor="#afeeee" | '''2R''' ('24) | |- | align="left" | [[Korea Masters]] | colspan="2" | A | colspan="2" style="color:#ccc" | NH | A | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2023 Korea Masters|2R]] | bgcolor="FFEBCD" | '''[[2024 Korea Masters|QF]]''' | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2025 Korea Masters|1R]] | | bgcolor="FFEBCD" | '''QF''' ('24) | <ref>{{cite web |title=Kiran George Stuns Fifth-Seed Takuma Obayashi To Enter Semifinals of Korea Masters |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/sports/badminton/kiran-george-stuns-fifth-seed-takuma-obayashi-to-enter-semifinals-of-korea-masters-article-115074520 |publisher=Times Now |access-date=22 November 2024 |date=8 November 2024}}</ref><ref name="korea25">{{cite web |title=Badminton Korea Masters 2025: Live Updates, Japanese Team Results, and Summary |url=https://www.olympics.com/ja/news/badminton-iksan-victor-korea-masters-2025-tracker |website=International Olympic Committee |access-date=24 November 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251124054301/https://www.olympics.com/ja/news/badminton-iksan-victor-korea-masters-2025-tracker |archive-date=24 November 2025 |language=ja |date=10 November 2025}}</ref> |- | align="left" | [[Japan Masters (badminton)|Japan Masters]] | colspan="5" style="color:#ccc" | N/A | bgcolor="#FFFF00" |'''[[2023 Japan Masters|SF]]''' | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2024 Japan Masters|1R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2025 Japan Masters|1R]] | | bgcolor="#FFFF00" | '''SF''' ('23) | <ref name="jpnm23"/><ref name="kumamoto25">{{cite web |title=Badminton Kumamoto Masters 2025: Live Updates, Japanese Team Results, and Summary |url=https://www.olympics.com/ja/news/badminton-kumamoto-masters-japan-2025-tracker |website=International Olympic Committee |access-date=24 November 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251124052030/https://www.olympics.com/ja/news/badminton-kumamoto-masters-japan-2025-tracker |archive-date=24 November 2025 |language=ja |date=16 November 2025}}</ref> |- | align="left" | [[Akita Masters]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2018 Akita Masters|1R]] | bgcolor="FFEBCD" | [[2019 Akita Masters|'''QF''']] | colspan="3" style="color:#ccc" | NH | colspan="4" style="color:#ccc" | N/A | bgcolor="FFEBCD" | '''QF''' ('19) | |- | align="left" | [[Spain Masters]] | colspan="4" | A | style="color:#ccc" | NH | A | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2024 Spain Masters|'''1R''']] | colspan="2" style="color:#ccc" | NH | bgcolor="#afeeee" | '''1R''' ('24) | |- | align="left" | '''Year-end ranking''' | 186 | 141 | 105 | 124 | 117 | 34 | 36 | 77 | | '''30''' | |- ! Tournament !! 2018 !! 2019 !! 2020 !! 2021 !! 2022 !! 2023 !! 2024 !! 2025 !! 2026 !! Best !! Ref |} {{reflist|group=note}}

== Record against selected opponents == Record against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of [[2025 Thailand Open (badminton)|15 May 2025]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Takuma OBAYASHI head to head |url=https://bwfbadminton.com/players/head-to-head/?t1p1=74076 |publisher=[[Badminton World Federation]] |access-date=15 May 2025}}</ref>

{{col-begin}} {{col-break}} {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center; font-size:small" |- ! width="200" | Player ! width="50" | Matches ! width="50" | Win ! width="50" | Lost ! width="50" | {{abbr|Diff.|Difference}} |- | align="left" | {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Victor Lai]] | 1 || 0 || 1 || bgcolor="#ccffcc" | +1 |- | align="left" | {{flagicon|TPE}} [[Chou Tien-chen]] | 2 || 0 || 2 || bgcolor="#ffddee" | –2 |- | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Anders Antonsen]] | 3 || 1 || 2 || bgcolor="#ffddee" | –1 |- | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Viktor Axelsen]] | 1 || 0 || 1 || bgcolor="#ffddee" | –1 |- | align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} [[Lakshya Sen]] | 2 || 0 || 2 || bgcolor="#ffddee" | –2 |- | align="left" | {{flagicon|INA}} [[Tommy Sugiarto]] | 1 || 1 || 0 || bgcolor="#ccffcc" | +1 |- | align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kodai Naraoka]] | 4 || 0 || 4 || bgcolor="#ffddee" | –4 |- | align="left" | {{flagicon|SGP}} [[Loh Kean Yew]] | 1 || 0 || 1 || bgcolor="#ffddee" | –1 |- | align="left" | {{flagicon|THA}} [[Kunlavut Vitidsarn]] | 3 || 1 || 2 || bgcolor="#ffddee" | –1 |- | align="left" | {{flagicon|THA}} [[Kantaphon Wangcharoen]] | 3 || 3 || 0 || bgcolor="#ccffcc" | +3 |} {{col-end}}

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == * {{BWFB|74076}} * {{BWFT|940CFF46-1E04-48E9-B334-93865F957CD6|member_id=74076}}

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