Yūzō Kubota

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Yūzō Kubota ( Japanese 久保 田 雄 三 , Kubota Yūzō ; born August 3, 1971 in Shizuoka Prefecture ) is a Japanese badminton player .

Career

Yuzo Kubota was Japanese champion in men's doubles in 1996 and 2000. At the East Asian Games in 1997 he won bronze. He finished fifth at the Hong Kong Open and Thailand Open in 1999. At the 2001 World Cup, however, it was only 33rd.

Sporting successes

season event discipline space Surname
1996 Japan: Individual Championships Men's doubles 1 Takuya Katayama / Yuzo Kubota
1997 East Asian Games Men's doubles 3 Takuya Katayama / Yuzo Kubota
1999 Hong Kong Open Men's doubles 5 Takuya Katayama / Yuzo Kubota
1999 Thailand Open Men's doubles 5 Yuzo Kubota / Takuya Takehana
2000 Japan: Individual Championships Men's doubles 1 Takuya Katayama / Yuzo Kubota
2001 World Championship Men's doubles 33 Yuzo Kubota / Shinya Ohtsuka

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