# Takuma Obayashi

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Japanese badminton player

Takuma Ōbayashi Personal information Born (1999-08-07) 7 August 1999 (age 26) Katsuyama, Fukui, Japan Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) Weight 68 kg (150 lb) Sport Country Japan Sport Badminton Handedness Right Men's singles Career record 132 wins, 71 losses (65.02%) Highest ranking 30 (20 February 2024) BWF profile Medal record Men's badminton Representing Japan Asia Team Championships 2024 Selangor Men's team World Junior Championships 2017 Yogyakarta Mixed team Asian Junior Championships 2016 Bangkok Mixed team 2017 Jakarta Mixed team

**Takuma Obayashi** (大林拓真, *Ōbayashi Takuma*; born 7 August 1999) is a Japanese [badminton](/source/Badminton) player affiliated with Tonami. He won his first [BWF World Tour](/source/BWF_World_Tour) title at the [2023 Indonesia Masters Super 100 II](/source/2023_Indonesia_Masters_Super_100_II).[1][2]

## Career

Obayashi made his international senior debut at the [Vietnam International Challenge](/source/Vietnam_International_Challenge) in 2018, and participated in his first [BWF World Tour](/source/BWF_World_Tour) tournament, the [Canada Open](/source/2018_Canada_Open_(badminton)), later that year. He reached the finals of a senior international tournament for the first time at the [Osaka International](/source/Osaka_International_(badminton)) in 2019, finishing runner-up to countryman and former [Saitama Sakae High School](/source/Saitama_Sakae_High_School) teammate [Koki Watanabe](/source/Koki_Watanabe).[3] Obayashi would go on to win his first international title the following year at the [Jamaica International](/source/Jamaica_International).

Obayashi won his first BWF World Tour title at the [Indonesia Masters Super 100 II](/source/2023_Indonesia_Masters_Super_100_II) in 2023. That year, he also reached the finals at the [Vietnam Open](/source/2023_Vietnam_Open) and won two more [International Challenge](/source/BWF_International_Challenge)-level tournaments, including the inaugural [Saipan International](/source/Saipan_International_(badminton)) after winning the final against top-seeded [Jeon Hyeok-jin](/source/Jeon_Hyeok-jin). Obayashi later achieved notoriety for his upset victory over [Anders Antonsen](/source/Anders_Antonsen) when making his Super 500-level debut at the [2023 Japan Masters](/source/2023_Japan_Masters), where he ultimately reached the semifinals before losing to [world no. 1](/source/BWF_World_Ranking#Number_one_ranked_players_timeline) [Viktor Axelsen](/source/Viktor_Axelsen).[4]

## Achievements

### BWF World Tour (1 title, 2 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[5] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the [Badminton World Federation](/source/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.[6]

*Men's singles*

Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result Ref 2022 Canada Open Super 100 Alex Lanier 12–21, 21–12, 13–21 Runner-up [7] 2023 Vietnam Open Super 100 Huang Yu-kai 13–21, 13–17 Runner-up [8] 2023 Indonesia Masters Super 100 Choi Ji-hoon 21–8, 21–19 Winner [9]

### BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 2 runners-up)

*Men's singles*

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref 2019 Osaka International Koki Watanabe 21–19, 17–21, 7–21 Runner-up [3] 2020 Jamaica International Yushi Tanaka 21–11, 17–21, 21–12 Winner [10][11] 2020 Peru Future Series Yushi Tanaka 13–21, 21–8, 18–21 Runner-up [12] 2022 Canadian International Brian Yang 21–11, 21–17 Winner [13] 2023 Vietnam International Lê Đức Phát 21–14, 21–15 Winner [14] 2023 Saipan International Jeon Hyeok-jin 21–19, 21–16 Winner [15]

- [BWF International Challenge](/source/BWF_International_Challenge) tournament

- [BWF International Series](/source/BWF_International_Series) tournament

- [BWF Future Series](/source/BWF_Future_Series) tournament

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

*Boys' doubles*

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2017 German Junior Hikaru Minegishi Mahiro Kaneko Yunosuke Kubota 15–21, 18–21 Runner-up [16]

*Mixed doubles*

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2017 India Junior International Natsu Saito Rinov Rivaldy Angelica Wiratama 18–21, 21–16, 21–17 Winner [17]

- BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament

## Performance timeline

**Key**

W F SF QF #R RR Q# A G S B NH N/A DNQ

(W) won; (F) finalist; (SF) semi-finalist; (QF) quarter-finalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze medal; (NH) not held; (N/A) not applicable; (DNQ) did not qualify.

 To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

### National team

- *Junior level*

Team events 2016 2017 Asian Junior Championships B B World Junior Championships A B

- *Senior level*

Team events 2024 Asia Team Championships B

### Individual competitions

- *Junior level*

Events 2016 2017 Asian Junior Championships 3R A World Junior Championships A QF

- *Senior level*

Tournament BWF World Tour Best Ref 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 India Open A NH A 2R 1R A 2R ('24) Indonesia Masters A 1R A 1R ('25) Thailand Masters A NH A QF A QF ('24) German Open A NH A 1R A 1R ('25) [18] Swiss Open A NH A 1R A 1R ('24) Orléans Masters A NH A QF 2R Q2 QF ('24) Thailand Open A NH A 1R 1R A 1R ('24, '25) Malaysia Masters A NH A 1R A 1R ('24) U.S. Open A NH QF 2R A QF ('23) Canada Open 3R A NH F A 2R 1R F ('22) [7] Japan Open A NH A 1R A 1R ('24) China Open A NH A 1R A 1R ('24) Taipei Open A NH A 1R 1R ('25) Hong Kong Open A NH A 2R A 2R ('24) Vietnam Open A 2R NH A F A 2R F ('23) [8] China Masters A NH A 2R A 2R ('24) [19] Indonesia Masters Super 100 A 3R NH A 3R A 2R W ('23) [9] W 2R Kaohsiung Masters N/A 3R A 3R ('23) Korea Open A NH A 2R A 2R ('24) Arctic Open A NH A 1R 2R 2R ('25) [20] Malaysia Super 100 N/A A 3R 3R ('25) Denmark Open A 2R A 2R ('24) Korea Masters A NH A 2R QF 1R QF ('24) [21][22] Japan Masters N/A SF 1R 1R SF ('23) [4][23] Akita Masters 1R QF NH N/A QF ('19) Spain Masters A NH A 1R NH 1R ('24) Year-end ranking 186 141 105 124 117 34 36 77 30 Tournament 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Best Ref

## Record against selected opponents

Record against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of [15 May 2025](/source/2025_Thailand_Open_(badminton)).[24]

Player Matches Win Lost Diff. Victor Lai 1 0 1 +1 Chou Tien-chen 2 0 2 –2 Anders Antonsen 3 1 2 –1 Viktor Axelsen 1 0 1 –1 Lakshya Sen 2 0 2 –2 Tommy Sugiarto 1 1 0 +1 Kodai Naraoka 4 0 4 –4 Loh Kean Yew 1 0 1 –1 Kunlavut Vitidsarn 3 1 2 –1 Kantaphon Wangcharoen 3 3 0 +3

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## External links

- [Takuma Obayashi](https://bwfbadminton.com/player/74076) at [BWF](/source/Badminton_World_Federation)Badminton.com

- [Takuma Obayashi](https://web.archive.org/web/1/https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/player-profile/940CFF46-1E04-48E9-B334-93865F957CD6) at [BWF](/source/Badminton_World_Federation).TournamentSoftware.com (archived, [alternate link](https://web.archive.org/web/1/https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/find.aspx?a=8&oid=209B123F-AA87-41A2-BC3E-CB57133E64CC&q=74076))

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