Japanese badminton championship

At the Japanese Badminton Championships ( Japanese 全 日本 総 合 バ ド ミ ン ト ン 選手 権 大会 , zen-nihon sōgō badominton senshuken taikai , dt. "All-Japanese General Badminton Championships") the title holder of the country in this sport are determined. Japan can look back on a long badminton tradition. With Etsuko Toganoo and Emiko Ueno Japan provided the first world champions in women's doubles in 1977. The championship is held every year in November or December.

Qualification and minor championships

Players of every category (men's singles, ladies singles, men doubles, ladies doubles, mixed) are qualified to participate in the Japanese Badminton Championships according to the following key:

• the 16 best players (pairs) of the Japanese ranking, which is determined by the Nihon Ranking Circuit Taikai ( 日本 ラ ン キ ン グ サ ー キ ッ ト 大会 ) series,
• the 8 best players (pairs) of the previous year of this championship,
• the 16 best players (pairs) of the All-Japanese Badminton Championship for adults ,
• the 8 best players (pairs) of the All-Japanese Student Badminton Championship ,
• the 4 best players (pairs) of the All-Japanese Teachers Badminton Championship ,
• the 4 best players (pairs) of the All-Japanese High School Badminton Championship ,
• the 4 best players (pairs) of the All-Japanese Junior Badminton Championship , as well as
• the winners (pairs) of the regional championships of Hokkaidō , Tōhoku , Kantō , Hokushin'etsu , Tōkai , Kinki , Chūgoku , Shikoku and Kyūshū .

Other national championships

• Japanese badminton league
• Japanese elementary school badminton championship
• Japanese team badminton championship
• Japanese Middle School Badminton Championship
• Japanese high school badminton team championship
• Japanese Senior Badminton Championship

The title holder

season	Men's singles	Ladies singles	Men's doubles	Ladies doubles	Mixed
1947	Jun'ichi Oka	Taki Nakamura	Toshihide Hirota Mitsuo Fujii	Taki Nakamura Chieko Kawamata	(Isao Mori) (Hiroko Oka)
1948		Toyoko Yoshida			E. Emeri Chieko Kawamata
1949		Toyoko Yoshida	Jun'ichi Oka Mankichi Sōma	Toyoko Yoshida Chieko Tamura	Yasuhisa Yamada Chieko Tamura
1950		Fumiko Endo	Jun'ichi Oka Michiaki Oka	Fumiko Endō Utako Kobayashi
1951	Toshihide Hirota	Etsuko Nobori	Toshihide Hirota Michiaki Oka	Ayaka Horie Hisaka Hota	Hirotoshi Shibuya Nobu Kojima
1952		Mitsuko Yoshida	Hideo Yoshioka Kōichi Fujii	Fumiko Endo Tomiko Arakawa
1953	Fumio Mochizuki	Tomiko Arakawa	Yoshirō Satō Shigeru Yamasaki	Utako Kobayashi Tomiko Arakawa
1954	Masuhiro Ueda	Yoshiko Okawa	Kanetoshi Kataishi Masanori Katō	Yoshiko Okawa Mitsuko Fujita	Shigemi Tsuchiya Yoshiko Irisawa
1955	Kanetoshi Kataishi	Setsuko Gonda		Hisako Toda Keiko Kobayashi	Eiichi Kogai Junko Honjō
1956	Yoshirō Satō	Kinue Yokoi	Kanetoshi Kataishi Eiichi Nagai	Yoshiko Okawa Utako Kobayashi	Toshimichi Ishihara Hisako Toda
1957	Eiichi Nagai	Tomoko Tajima	Eiichi Nagai Nobuhiro Namiki	Tomoko Tajima Kyoko Miyakawa
1958	Yoshirō Satō	Tomoko Tajima		Reiko Nakashima Yōko Takahashi	Hajime Kaido Miyako Morota
1959	Takafusa Itagaki	Tomoko Tajima	Yoshiyasu Yamada Satoru Nakamura	Tomoko Tajima (Kikuko Yamazaki)	Katsuhide Kitajima Tomiko Ariki
1960	Yoshio Komiya	Michiko Tachibana	Tsutomu Sawada Kōichi Mori	Tomoko Takahashi Fumiko Nagasaki	Kiyoshi Mōri Sumi Negishi
1961	Yoshio Komiya	Fumiko Akiyama		Masako Kimura Mitsuko Yokoyama	Hiroshi Sugita Yoshiko Sugita
1962	Takeshi Miyanaga	Noriko Takagi		Noriko Takagi Miyako Morota	Tadao Hoshino Tomiko Ariki
1963	Kōichi Watabe	Fumiko Yokoi	Yukiharu Suzuki Yoshiaki Tōjō	Tomiko Ariki Hiromi Mihara
1964	Takeshi Miyanaga	Noriko Takagi	Takeshi Miyanaga Eiichi Sakai	Noriko Takagi Hiroe Amano
1965	Masao Akiyama	Mitsuko Yokoyama		Noriko Takagi Hiroe Amano	Yoshiaki Tōjō Fumiko Yokoi
1966	Ippei Kojima	Noriko Takagi		Noriko Takagi Hiroe Amano	Yoshio Komiya Akemi Ueno
1967	Ippei Kojima	Noriko Takagi	Ippei Kojima Masao Akiyama	Noriko Takagi Hiroe Amano	Yoshinori Itagaki Setsuko Ōta
1968	Ippei Kojima	Tomoko Takahashi	Ippei Kojima Masao Akiyama	Machiko Aizawa Etsuko Takenaka	Kenji Suzuki Tomiko Ariki
1969	Ippei Kojima	Hiroe Yuki	Ippei Kojima Masao Akiyama	Machiko Aizawa Etsuko Takenaka	Kenji Suzuki Tomiko Ariki
1970	Ippei Kojima	Etsuko Takenaka	Shōichi Toganoo Eiichi Sakai	Machiko Aizawa Etsuko Takenaka	Eiichi Sakai Hiroe Amano
1971	Shōichi Toganoo	Noriko Nakayama	Nobutaka Ikeda Kenji Suzuki	Noriko Nakayama Hiroe Yuki
1972	Ippei Kojima	Hiroe Yuki	Ippei Kojima Masao Akiyama	Machiko Aizawa Etsuko Takenaka
1973	Ippei Kojima	Hiroe Yuki	Shōichi Toganoo Nobutaka Ikeda	Machiko Aizawa Etsuko Takenaka	Shōichi Toganoo etsuko Takenaka
1974	Kinji Zeniya	Hiroe Yuki		Hiroe Yuki Mika Ikeda	Shōichi Toganoo etsuko Takenaka
1975	Ippei Kojima	Hiroe Yuki	Masao Tsuchida Yoshitaka Iino	Etsuko Takenaka Emiko Ueno	Shigemitsu Imai Mika Ikeda
1976	Kinji Zeniya	Hiroe Yuki	Shōichi Toganoo Nobutaka Ikeda	Etsuko Takenaka Emiko Ueno	Shōichi Toganoo etsuko Takenaka
1977	Kinji Zeniya	Saori Kondo	Masao Tsuchida Yoshitaka Iino	Atsuko Tokuda Mikiko Takada	(Noboru Kusaka) (Mayumi Ushida)
1978	Kinji Zeniya	Atsuko Tokuda	Masao Tsuchida Yoshitaka Iino	Atsuko Tokuda Mikiko Takada	Motoo Nakai Yōko Chiba
1979	Kinji Zeniya	Yoshiko Yonekura	Nobutaka Ikeda Mikio Ozaki	Atsuko Tokuda Yoshiko Yonekura	Shōichi Toganoo Etsuko Toganoo
1980	Hiroyuki Hasegawa	Sumiko Kitada	Masao Tsuchida Yoshitaka Iino	Atsuko Tokuda Yoshiko Yonekura	Motoo Nakai Yōko Hata
1981	Kinji Zeniya	Sumiko Kitada	Kinji Zeniya Hiroshi Nishiyama	Atsuko Tokuda Yoshiko Yonekura	Shōichi Toganoo Etsuko Toganoo
1982	Hiroyuki Hasegawa	Sumiko Kitada	Hiroyuki Hasegawa Yukihiro Miyamoto	Atsuko Tokuda Yoshiko Yonekura	Toshihiro Tsuji (Ayako Tokunaga)
1983	Hiroyuki Hasegawa	Fumiko Tōkairin	Shinji Matsuura Shūji Matsuno	Atsuko Tokuda Yoshiko Yonekura	(Hiroshi Suzuki) Kazuko Sekine
1984	Kinji Zeniya	Sumiko Kitada	Shōkichi Miyamori Tetsuaki Inoue	Atsuko Tokuda Yoshiko Yonekura	Kyōji Kushi Kimiko Jinnai
1985	Hiroshi Nishiyama	Sumiko Kitada	Shinji Matsuura Shūji Matsuno	Kazuko Takamine Kazue Hoshi	Akio Tomita Michiko Tomita
1986	Shinji Matsuura	Sumiko Kitada	Shinji Matsuura Shūji Matsuno	Atsuko Tokuda Yoshiko Yonekura	Naotsugu Tanida Kazuko Takamine
1987	Hiroshi Nishiyama	Sumiko Kitada	Shinji Matsuura Shūji Matsuno	Atsuko Tokuda Yoshiko Yonekura	Hiroyuki Hasegawa (Hiromi Moriyama)
1988	Shinji Matsuura	Sumiko Kitada	Shinji Matsuura Shūji Matsuno	Kimiko Jinnai Hisako Mori	Naotsugu Tanida Tokiko Hirota
1989	Shūji Matsuno	Aiko Miyamura	Shinji Matsuura Shūji Matsuno	Kimiko Jinnai Hisako Mori
1990	Shinji Matsuura	Hisako Mizui	Shinji Matsuura Shūji Matsuno	Kimiko Jinnai Hisako Mori	Takao Hayato Michiyo Tashiro
1991	Shūji Matsuno	Tomomi Matsuo	Shinji Matsuura Shūji Matsuno	Tomomi Matsuo Kyoko Sasage	Yasumasa Tsujita Haruko Matsuda
1992	Kazuhiro Shimogami	Aiko Miyamura	Shinji Matsuura Shūji Matsuno	Yūko Koike Tokiko Hirota	Katsushi Koga Yōko Fujimoto
1993	Fumihiko Machida	Hisako Mizui	Tatsuya Yanagiya Hiroki Etō	Yūko Koike Tokiko Hirota	Akihiro Imai Miwa Kai
1994	Fumihiko Machida	Hisako Mizui	Tatsuya Yanagiya Hiroki Etō	Masako Sakamoto Tomomi Matsuo	Akihiro Imai Miwa Kai
1995	Fumihiko Machida	Hisako Mizui	Fumihiko Machida Seiichi Watanabe	Masako Sakamoto Tomomi Matsuo	Atsuhito Kitani Shinobu Sasaki
1996	Takahiro Suka	Takako Ida	Takuya Katayama Yuzo Kubota	Yoshiko Iwata Haruko Matsuda	Norio Imai Haruko Matsuda
1997	Shinji Ōta	Takako Ida	Shinji Ōta Takuya Takehana	Takae Masumo Chikako Nakayama	Kōji Miya Yoshiko Tago
1998	Keita Masuda	Miho Tanaka	Keita Masuda Tadashi Ōtsuka	Haruko Matsuda Yoshiko Iwata	Fumitake Shimizu Fujimi Tamura
1999	Keita Masuda	Yasuko Mizui	Keita Masuda Tadashi Ōtsuka	Takae Masumo Chikako Nakayama	Tomohiko Usui Kirika Kawaguchi
2000	Keita Masuda	Kanako Yonekura	Takuya Katayama Yuzo Kubota	Shizuka Yamamoto Seiko Yamada	Norio Imai Chikako Nakayama
2001	Keita Masuda	Kaori Mori	Shinji Ohta Takuya Takehana	Akiko Nakashima Keiko Yoshitomi	Norio Imai Chikako Nakayama
2002	Keita Masuda	Kumiko Ogura	Takuya Takehana Shinji Ohta	Chikako Nakayama Keiko Yoshitomi	Tadashi Ōtsuka Shizuka Yamamoto
2003	Shoji Sato	Kaori Mori	Keita Masuda Tadashi Ohtsuka	Shizuka Yamamoto Seiko Yamada	Tadashi Ohtsuka Shizuka Yamamoto
2004	Shoji Sato	Eriko Hirose	Keita Masuda Tadashi Ohtsuka	Kumiko Ogura Reiko Shiota	Tadashi Ōtsuka Shizuka Yamamoto
2005	Shoji Sato	Kanako Yonekura	Shuichi Nakao Shuichi Sakamoto	Kumiko Ogura Reiko Shiota	Keita Masuda Miyuki Maeda
2006	Shoji Sato	Eriko Hirose	Shintaro Ikeda Shuichi Sakamoto	Kumiko Ogura Reiko Shiota	Keita Masuda Miyuki Maeda
2007	Sho Sasaki	Kaori Imabeppu	Keishi Kawaguchi Naoki Kawamae	Kumiko Ogura Reiko Shiota	Keita Masuda Miyuki Maeda
2008	Kenichi Tago	Eriko Hirose	Shintaro Ikeda Shuichi Sakamoto	Kumiko Ogura Reiko Shiota	Keita Masuda Miyuki Maeda
2009	Kenichi Tago	Eriko Hirose	Noriyasu Hirata Hirokatsu Hashimoto	Shizuka Matsuo Mami Naito	Noriyasu Hirata Miyuki Maeda
2010	Kenichi Tago	Eriko Hirose	Noriyasu Hirata Hirokatsu Hashimoto	Satoko Suetsuna Miyuki Maeda	Noriyasu Hirata Miyuki Maeda
2011	Kenichi Tago	Nozomi Okuhara	Noriyasu Hirata Hirokatsu Hashimoto	Ayaka Takahashi Misaki Matsutomo	Shintaro Ikeda Reiko Shiota
2012	Kenichi Tago	Kaori Imabeppu	Kenichi Hayakawa Hiroyuki Endo	Ayaka Takahashi Misaki Matsutomo	Takeshi Kamura Koharu Yonemoto
2013	Ken'ichi Tago	Minatsu Mitani	Ken'ichi Hayakawa Hiroyuki Endo	Ayaka Takahashi Misaki Matsutomo	Ken'ichi Hayakawa Misaki Matsutomo
2014	Shō Sasaki	Akane Yamaguchi	Ken'ichi Hayakawa Hiroyuki Endo	Naoko Fukuman Kurumi Yonao	Ken'ichi Hayakawa Misaki Matsutomo
2015	Kento Momota	Nozomi Okuhara	Keigo Sonoda Takeshi Kamura	Ayaka Takahashi Misaki Matsutomo	Kenta Kazuno Ayane Kurihara
2016	Kenta Nishimoto	Sayaka Sato	Keigo Sonoda Takeshi Kamura	Ayaka Takahashi Misaki Matsutomo	Takeshi Kamura Koharu Yonemoto
2017	Riichi Takeshita	Akane Yamaguchi	Hiroyuki Endo Yuta Watanabe	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino
2018	Kento Momota	Akane Yamaguchi	Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino
2019	Kento Momota	Nozomi Okuhara	Hiroyuki Endo Yuta Watanabe	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino

1. ↑ in brackets if reading is suspected
2. ↑ According to the Annual Handbook of the International Badminton Federation , London, 29th edition 1971, no mixed competition was held in 1947.
3. ↑ According to the Annual Handbook of the International Badminton Federation , London, 29th edition 1971, no mixed competition was held in 1957.
4. ↑ According to the Annual Handbook of the International Badminton Federation , London, 29th edition, 1971. However, the Kyōto-fu Badminton Kyōkai ( Memento of August 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) lists 田島 玲子 (Reiko Tajima), possibly the family name from the previous one Line was copied.
5. ↑ According to the Annual Handbook of the International Badminton Federation , London, 29th edition 1971, the title holders of the previous year ( Reiko Nakashima and Yōko Takahashi ) won the women's doubles competition in 1959 .
6. ↑ According to the Annual Handbook of the International Badminton Federation , London, 29th edition, 1971, Tomoko Takahashi (高橋 と も 子) was a partner of Fumiko Nagasaki. However, the Kyōto-fu Badminton Kyōkai ( Memento from August 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) lists 高橋 泰 子.
7. ↑ Occasionally Kaori Mori is also listed as a master.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ List of participants in the 2011 championship after qualification. (PDF; 142 kB) Nihon Badminton Kyōkai, December 11, 2011, accessed on September 11, 2013 (Japanese). 
2. ↑ Kyōto-fu Badminton Kyōkai: Tournament Winner 1947-2004 ( Memento from August 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive )