Yuichi Shimogami

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Yūichi Shimogami
Shimogami at the 2025 Taipei Open
Personal information
Born (1998-03-05) 5 March 1998
Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight63.4 kg (140 lb)
Sport
CountryJapan
SportBadminton
HandednessRight
Coached byLee Wan Wah
Harmono Yuwono (Hitachi)
Men's & mixed doubles
Career recordXD 43 wins, 24 losses (64.18%)
MD 45 wins, 32 losses (58.44%)
Highest ranking15 (XD with Sayaka Hobara, 2 June 2026)
29 (MD with Takumi Nomura, 17 February 2026)
Current ranking15 (XD with Sayaka Hobara)
35 (MD with Takumi Nomura) (16 June 2026)
BWF profile
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Japan
Sudirman Cup
Bronze medal – third place2025 XiamenMixed team
Asia Team Championships
Gold medal – first place2026 QingdaoMen's team
Asia Mixed Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place2025 QingdaoMixed team

Yuichi Shimogami (霜上 雄一, Shimogami Yūichi; born 5 March 1998) is a Japanese badminton player from Kumamoto Prefecture who specializes in doubles.[1][2] He is a member of the Japanese national team and plays for the Hitachi Information & Telecommunication Engineering badminton team.[3][4] Shimogami reached a career-high world ranking of No. 29 in men's doubles with Takumi Nomura, and No. 17 in mixed doubles with Sayaka Hobara. Shimogami won both the men's and mixed doubles titles at the 2024 Northern Marianas Open. In mixed doubles, he finished as runners-up at the 2024 Malaysia Super 100.

In team events, he contributed to Japan securing bronze medals at the 2025 Sudirman Cup and the 2025 Asia Mixed Team Championships, as well as the country's first men's team title at the 2026 Asia Team Championships.

Early life and education

Yuichi Shimogami was born in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. He began playing badminton at the age of 10.[5] His father, Kazuhiro Shimogami, is a former Japanese men's singles player who represented Japan at the 1998 Asian Games and also won the 1992 All Japan Championships.[6] During his youth, Shimogami played for the Frame Club while attending Sumiyoshi Elementary School and Taimei Junior High School. He later enrolled at Yatsushiro Higashi High School. In 2015, he reached the boys' singles quarterfinals at both the National High School Invitational Tournament and the National High School Championships (Inter-High).[5]

Shimogami subsequently attended his father's alma mater, Nippon Sport Science University. There, he placed third in the men's doubles event at the 2019 Inter-College Championships.[6] Following his graduation in 2020, he joined the corporate badminton team at Hitachi Information & Telecommunication Engineering.

Career

2022–2023

In 2022, Shimogami formed a men's doubles partnership with Takumi Nomura. He made his senior international debut, notably without having competed on the international junior circuit. The following month, they won their first title together at the Indonesia International.[7] In 2023, he made his World Tour debut at the Vietnam Open in September, reaching the second round. As of 12 June 2023, they broke into the world's top 100 for the first time, reaching a new career-high ranking of No. 98.

2024

In 2024, Shimogami was selected for the Japan's national B team. He began the season in March, reaching the mixed doubles semifinals with Sayaka Hobara at the Ruichang China Masters in March. In July, he won three International Challenge titles: both the men's and mixed doubles events at the Northern Marianas Open, followed by another men's doubles title at the Saipan International a week later. He also reached the semifinals in both disciplines at the Vietnam Open in September.[8] In October, Shimogami and Hobara were mixed doubles runners-up at the Malaysia Super 100.[9] The year concluded in December at the All Japan Championships, where he and Nomura finished as men's doubles runners-up, defeated by Kyohei Yamashita and Hiroki Midorikawa in the final.[10]

2025

Shimogami competing at the 2025 Kaohsiung Masters.

Promoted to the national team in 2025, Shimogami continued competing with Nomura and Hobara.[11] He contributed to Japan's bronze medals at the Asia Mixed Team Championships in February and the Sudirman Cup in May.[12][13] On the World Tour, Shimogami and Nomura reached the semifinals of the German Open in March and the Taipei Open in May. They also debuted at the Asian Championships in April with a first-round exit. In June, they competed in their first Super 1000 tournament at the Indonesia Open, where they were eliminated in the second round by eventual champions Kim Won-ho and Seo Seung-jae of South Korea.[14] By 22 July 2025, Shimogami achieved a career-high world ranking of No. 31 in men's doubles with Nomura.

In mixed doubles, Shimogami and Hobara reached the quarterfinals of the Singapore Open and the semifinals of the Taipei Open.[15] They also debuted at the Asian Championships and competed in their first Super 1000 tournament at the Indonesia Open, advancing to the second round of both tournaments.[16] Shimogami reached a new career-high of No. 20 in mixed doubles with Hobara on 29 July 2025.

2026

Shimogami was part of the Japanese team that won Japan's first men's team title at the Asia Team Championships.[17] In May, he competed in his first Thomas Cup in Horsens, where the team finished in fifth place.[18] During the group stage, Shimogami and Nomura played in the second doubles match and defeated Malaysia's Nur Izzuddin and Soh Wooi Yik, contributing to a 3–2 overall victory that secured Japan's advancement as group winners.[19]

In mixed doubles, Shimogami and Hobara reached their first Super 750 final at the Singapore Open, marking the best finish of their partnership to date. During their tournament run, they defeated All England champions Ye Hong-wei and Nicole Gonzales Chan in the first round, followed by a quarterfinal upset over second-seeded defending champions Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Supissara Paewsampran.[20] They finished as runners-up, losing the final to Denmark's Mathias Christiansen and Alexandra Bøje.[21]

Achievements

BWF World Tour (2 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[22] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[23]

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2024 Malaysia Super 100 Super 100 Japan Sayaka Hobara Chinese Taipei Ye Hong-wei
Chinese Taipei Nicole Gonzales Chan		 19–21, 21–12, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [9]
2026 Singapore Open Super 750 Japan Sayaka Hobara Denmark Mathias Christiansen
Denmark Alexandra Bøje		 21–17, 12–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [21]

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2022 (I) Indonesia International Japan Takumi Nomura Indonesia Berry Angriawan
Indonesia Rian Agung Saputro		 21–16, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [7]
2024 Northern Marianas Open Japan Takumi Nomura Japan Mahiro Kaneko
Japan Shunya Ota		 22–20, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [24]
2024 Saipan International Japan Takumi Nomura Japan Tori Aizawa
Japan Daisuke Sano		 21–19, 23–21 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [25]

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2024 Northern Marianas Open Japan Sayaka Hobara Japan Tori Aizawa
Japan Hina Osawa		 21–19, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [26]
2024 Saipan International Japan Sayaka Hobara Japan Hiroki Nishi
Japan Akari Sato		 11–21, 10–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [27]
  BWF International Challenge tournament

References

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