Kenichi Hayakawa | |
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Kenichi Hayakawa at the 2013 French Super Series.
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Personal information | |
Country | Japan |
Born |
Shiga Prefecture, Japan |
5 April 1986
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Handedness | Right |
Men's doubles | |
Highest ranking | 2 with Hiroyuki Endo (June 19, 2014) |
Current ranking | 6 with Hiroyuki Endo (August 13, 2015) |
Medal record
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BWF profile | |
Updated on 10:23 AM, 13 August 2015 (UTC). |
Kenichi Hayakawa (早川賢一?, born 5 April 1986) is a male Japanese badminton player. He has two times been runner-up of All England (2013 and 2014) with his partner, Hiroyuki Endo. He competed at the 2010 and 2014 Asian Games.
Endo won the 1st point in the Thomas Cup finals with Kenichi Hayakawa beating 2004 World Junior Champion Tan Boon Heong and Hoon Thien How and lead the momentum for the Japanese Team to claim the Thomas Cup for the first time, being the fourth nation to win thomas cup after Indonesia, China and Malaysia.