Shintaro Ikeda

Shintaro Ikeda
	Ikeda in 2019
Personal information
Born	27 December 1980 (age 45); Ōnojō Fukuoka, Japan
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Badminton
Handedness	Right
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	8 (XD with Reiko Shiota, 2 October 2012); 11 (MD with Shuichi Sakamoto, 21 August 2007)
	BWF profile
Medal record
Men's Badminton
Representing Japan
World Championships
East Asian Games

Shintaro Ikeda (池田信太郎, Ikeda Shintaro; born 27 December 1980 in Fukuoka) is a male badminton player from Japan.

Career

Ikeda won the bronze medal at the 2007 World Championships in men's doubles with Shuichi Sakamoto, marking the first-ever medal won by Japanese men since the tournament's inception in 1977. They were defeated in the semifinals by Jung Jae-sung and Lee Yong-dae of South Korea, 16–21, 12–21.^[1]

He has taken part at two Olympic Games, competing in the men's doubles with Shuichi Sakamoto in 2008 and the mixed doubles with Reiko Shiota in 2012.^{[citation needed]}

Awards and nominations


Award	Year	Category	Result	Ref.
Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) Awards	2007	Special Achievement	Won	^[2]^[3]
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Awards	2007	International Competition Outstanding Achievement	Won	^[4]

Achievements

World Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2007	Putra Indoor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Shuichi Sakamoto	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	16–21, 12–21	Bronze	^[1]

BWF Superseries (1 runner-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,^[5] was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011.^[6] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Singapore Open	Reiko Shiota	Chen Hung-ling Cheng Wen-hsing	17–21, 11–21	Runner-up

Superseries Tournament

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation since 1983.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2007	Russian Open	Shuichi Sakamoto	Kristof Hopp Ingo Kindervater	16–21, 20–22	Runner-up	^[7]

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2010	Dutch Open	Reiko Shiota	Alexandr Nikolaenko Valeri Sorokina	20–22, 9–21	Runner-up	^[8]
2011	German Open	Reiko Shiota	Robert Blair Gabrielle White	21–16, 16–21, 15–21	Runner-up	^[9]
2011	Russian Open	Reiko Shiota	Alexandr Nikolaenko Valeri Sorokina	18–21, 14–21	Runner-up	^[10]

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2007	Osaka International	Shuichi Sakamoto	Cho Gun-woo Han Sang-hoon	18–21, 21–16, 11–21	Runner-up	^[11]

BWF International Challenge tournament

References

1 2 "Feature Vol. 18: Shuichi Sakamoto and Shintaro Ikeda Win Historic Bronze at 2007 World Championships" (PDF). BIPROGY (in Japanese). 27 August 2007. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 April 2026. Retrieved 9 April 2026.
↑ "The winners of the 2007 JOC Sports Awards have been announced!". Japanese Olympic Committee (in Japanese). 16 May 2008. Archived from the original on 9 April 2026. Retrieved 9 April 2026.
↑ "Shuichi Sakamoto and Shintaro Ikeda receive the "2007 JOC Sports Award Special Achievement Award"". BIPROGY (in Japanese). 24 June 2008. Archived from the original on 9 April 2026. Retrieved 9 April 2026.
↑ "Shuichi Sakamoto and Shintaro Ikeda received awards from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology for outstanding performance in international competitions". Nihon Unisys (in Japanese). 5 November 2007. Archived from the original on 2 May 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2026.
↑ "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
↑ "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". IBadmintonstore. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
↑ "Shuichi Sakamoto and Shintaro Ikeda take second place at the 2007 Russian Open!". BIPROGY (in Japanese). 13 December 2007. Archived from the original on 9 April 2026. Retrieved 9 April 2026.
↑ Masuda, Keita (25 October 2010). "Dutch Open 2010 | Reports". Nippon Badminton Association (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 14 December 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2026.
↑ "Robert Blair and Gabby White take German Open title". BBC Sport. 7 March 2011. Archived from the original on 9 April 2026. Retrieved 9 April 2026.
↑ ""Championship.com": Two gold medals out of two possible". National Badminton Federation of Russia. 3 July 2011. Archived from the original on 1 October 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
↑ "Reports: Osaka International Challenge 2007". Nippon Badminton Association (in Japanese). 8 April 2007. Archived from the original on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2025.

External links

Shintaro Ikeda at BWFBadminton.com (archive)
Shintaro Ikeda at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (archived)
Shintaro Ikeda at Olympics.com
Shintaro Ikeda at Olympedia
Shintaro Ikeda at InterSportStats
Shintaro Ikeda – London 2012 at Team Japan (in Japanese) (in English)

[worldchamp07-1] 1 2 "Feature Vol. 18: Shuichi Sakamoto and Shintaro Ikeda Win Historic Bronze at 2007 World Championships" (PDF). BIPROGY (in Japanese). 27 August 2007. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 April 2026. Retrieved 9 April 2026.

[jocaward-2] "The winners of the 2007 JOC Sports Awards have been announced!". Japanese Olympic Committee (in Japanese). 16 May 2008. Archived from the original on 9 April 2026. Retrieved 9 April 2026.

[3] "Shuichi Sakamoto and Shintaro Ikeda receive the "2007 JOC Sports Award Special Achievement Award"". BIPROGY (in Japanese). 24 June 2008. Archived from the original on 9 April 2026. Retrieved 9 April 2026.

[mextaward-4] "Shuichi Sakamoto and Shintaro Ikeda received awards from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology for outstanding performance in international competitions". Nihon Unisys (in Japanese). 5 November 2007. Archived from the original on 2 May 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2026.

[5] "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.

[6] "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". IBadmintonstore. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.

[rus07-7] "Shuichi Sakamoto and Shintaro Ikeda take second place at the 2007 Russian Open!". BIPROGY (in Japanese). 13 December 2007. Archived from the original on 9 April 2026. Retrieved 9 April 2026.

[dutch10-8] Masuda, Keita (25 October 2010). "Dutch Open 2010 | Reports". Nippon Badminton Association (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 14 December 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2026.

[german11-9] "Robert Blair and Gabby White take German Open title". BBC Sport. 7 March 2011. Archived from the original on 9 April 2026. Retrieved 9 April 2026.

[rus11-10] ""Championship.com": Two gold medals out of two possible". National Badminton Federation of Russia. 3 July 2011. Archived from the original on 1 October 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2026.

[osaka07-11] "Reports: Osaka International Challenge 2007". Nippon Badminton Association (in Japanese). 8 April 2007. Archived from the original on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2025.

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