Yudai Okimoto

About Yudai Okimoto

Yudai Okimoto (沖本 優大, Okimoto Yūdai; born 28 May 2005) is a Japanese badminton player who competes in men's singles. A member of the Japanese national team, he plays for the BIPROGY team and has reached a career-high world ranking of No. 21. Okimoto won a silver medal in boys' singles at the 2023 Asian Junior Championships and captured his first senior international title at the 2024 Finnish International. He has since won two Super 300 titles on the World Tour: the 2026 Canada Open, his maiden World Tour title, and the 2026 Taipei Open, where he became the first Japanese player to win the men's singles event in the tournament's history.

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