Ryota Taohata

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Ryota Taohata
Personal information
Born (1988-11-21) 21 November 1988 (age 37)
Okagaki, Fukuoka, Japan
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
CountryJapan
SportBadminton
HandednessRight
Retired31 March 2017[1]
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking29 (MD 11 July 2013)
97 (XD 15 December 2016)
BWF profile
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Japan
Asia Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 Hyderabad Men's team
East Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Tianjin Men's doubles

Ryota Taohata (垰畑 亮太, Taohata Ryōta; born 21 November 1988) is a Japanese badminton player who affiliated with Nihon Unisys team since April 2011.[2][3] He was a bronze medalist at the 2013 East Asian Games in the men's doubles event, and was part of the Japanese team that won silver medal at the 2016 Asia Team Championships. He won the mixed doubles titles at the 2012 Canada Open and 2014 Russian Open.[3][4] He retired from the Unisys team on 31 March 2017.[5]

Achievements

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East Asian Games

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Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2013 Binhai New Area Dagang Gymnasium,
Tianjin, China 		Japan Hiroyuki Saeki Chinese Taipei Chen Hung-ling
Chinese Taipei Lu Chia-pin 		19–21, 21–15, 17–21 Bronze Bronze [6]

BWF Grand Prix

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The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2012 Canada Open Japan Hiroyuki Saeki Japan Takeshi Kamura
Japan Keigo Sonoda 		21–12, 16–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [7]

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2012 Canada Open Japan Ayaka Takahashi Japan Takeshi Kamura
Japan Koharu Yonemoto 		21–14, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [7]
2014 Russian Open Japan Misato Aratama Russia Ivan Sozonov
Russia Olga Morozova 		21–12, 21–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [8]
2016 Chinese Taipei Masters Japan Koharu Yonemoto Hong Kong Tang Chun Man
Hong Kong Tse Ying Suet 		3–11, 7–11, 12–14 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [9]
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

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Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2011 Austrian International Japan Hiroyuki Saeki England Anthony Clark
England Chris Langridge 		15–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [10]
2012 Austrian International Japan Hiroyuki Saeki India K. T. Rupesh Kumar
India Sanave Thomas 		21–23, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [11]
2012 Scottish International Japan Hiroyuki Saeki Japan Takeshi Kamura
Japan Keigo Sonoda 		21–16, 11–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [12]
2013 Austrian International Japan Hiroyuki Saeki Japan Takeshi Kamura
Japan Keigo Sonoda 		21–18, 15–21, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [13]
  BWF International Challenge tournament

References

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  1. ^ "Announcement of the retirement of players Kenichi Hayakawa and Ryota Taohata" (in Japanese). BIPROGY. 3 April 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Players: Ryota Taohata". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  3. ^ a b "垰畑 亮太 Ryota Taohata". www.unisys.co.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 27 February 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Players: Ryota Taohata". www.smash-net.tv (in Japanese). TMONY Japan Corporation. 5 July 2020. Archived from the original on 28 December 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  5. ^ "早川賢一選手、垰畑亮太選手引退のお知らせ". www.unisys.co.jp (in Japanese). 3 April 2017. Archived from the original on 28 December 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  6. ^ "6th East Asian Games Individual Competition | Results". Nippon Badminton Association (in Japanese). 14 October 2013. Archived from the original on 8 February 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
  7. ^ a b Nakanishi, Yousuke (16 July 2012). "Badminton Canada Open 2012 | Reports". Nippon Badminton Association (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 6 November 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  8. ^ "Ivanov is the 2014 Russian Open singles champion". National Badminton Federation of Russia (in Russian). 27 July 2014. Archived from the original on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  9. ^ Winters, Max (16 October 2016). "Mine defeats Kawakami in all Japanese final at BWF Chinese Taipei Masters". Inside the Games. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
  10. ^ "It's no big surprise – the Asian players dominated the finals at the Austrian International 2011". Austrian Badminton Association (in German). 26 February 2011. Archived from the original on 10 July 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  11. ^ "Austria is a good place for Przemyslaw Wacha. After 2003 and 2004, the Pole wins the Austrian International in singles for the third time". Austrian Badminton Association (in German). 25 February 2012. Archived from the original on 10 July 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  12. ^ Krajča, Tomáš (27 November 2012). "Scottish International: Asians dominated the tournament". Badmintonweb.cz (in Czech). Archived from the original on 31 March 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
  13. ^ "The winners have been determined... Austrian International Challenge 2013". Austrian Badminton Association (in German). 23 February 2013. Archived from the original on 10 July 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
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