Role Player Highest ranking 3 Name Kenichi Tago Parents Yoshiko Yonekura | Weight 70 kg Handedness Right Height 1.76 m | |
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Born July 16, 1989 (age 35) Chiba, Japan ( 1989-07-16 ) Similar People Kento Momota, Sho Sasaki, Kenichi Hayakawa, Takuma Ueda, Yoshiko Yonekura | ||
Current ranking 39 (August 13, 2015) | ||
Sf ms lee chong wei vs kenichi tago 2013 yonex french badminton open
Kenichi Tago (田児 賢一, Tago Ken'ichi, born July 16, 1989) is a male badminton player from Japan, the son of badminton player Yoshiko Yonekura. In 2010, he reached the final of the All England Open Badminton Championships final. En route to the final he beat three seeded players including Nguyen Tien Minh, Chen Jin and Bao Chunlai. In the final, Tago lost to the first seed and reigning World No. 1 Lee Chong Wei from Malaysia with a score of 21–19 and 21–19, following an incorrect line call in Lee Chong Wei's favour at matchpoint. In 2012, he competed at the London 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's singles event, but did not advanced to the knock-out stage after defeated by Niluka Karunaratne of Sri Lanka with the score 18–21, 16–21. In 2014, he entered the Indonesia Open final after a shocking win over Lee Chong Wei in the semi final but could not keep up his good form and went on to lose by straight games in the final to Jan O. Jorgensen of Denmark. He competed at the 2010 and 2014 Asian Games.
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- Sf ms lee chong wei vs kenichi tago 2013 yonex french badminton open
- Final ms lee chong wei vs kenichi tago 2013 yonex open japan
- Asian Championships
- BWF World Junior Championships
- Asia Junior Championships
- BWF Superseries
- BWF International ChallengeSeries
- Record against selected opponents
- Gambling scandal
- References
Final ms lee chong wei vs kenichi tago 2013 yonex open japan
Asian Championships
Men's Singles
BWF World Junior Championships
Boys' Singles
Asia Junior Championships
Boys' Singles
BWF Superseries
The BWF Superseries, launched on December 14, 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two level such as Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.
Men's Singles
BWF Superseries Finals tournament BWF Superseries Premier tournament BWF Superseries tournamentBWF International Challenge/Series
Men's Singles
BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournamentRecord against selected opponents
Includes results against Olympic quarterfinals, Worlds semifinalists, and Super Series finalists, as well as all Olympic opponents.
Gambling scandal
In October 2015, Kenichi Tago was kicked out of Japan’s national team by Park Joo-bong because of indiscipline, after he repeatedly missed training sessions and was proving to be a bad influence to other players. On April 8, 2016, Tago admitted to squandering 10 million Japanese yen over a period of 2 years after making over 60 visits to illegal casinos. Gambling in Japan is illegal, with frequent gambling punishable with imprisonment of up to 3 years.