Kento Momota
| Kento Momota | |
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| Personal information | |
| Birth name | 桃田 賢斗 |
| Country |
 Japan
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| Born |
1 September 1994 Kagawa Prefecture, Japan |
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) |
| Handedness | Left |
| Coach | Keita Masuda |
| Men's singles | |
| Highest ranking | 2 (7 April 2016) |
| Current ranking | Suspended |
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Medal record
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| BWF profile | |
Kento Momota (桃田 賢斗 Momota Kento?, born 1 September 1994 in Kagawa Prefecture) is a male badminton player from Japan. He is known for his explosive movements on court and his unpredictable style of play which is very similar to that of the two time Olympic champion, Lin Dan.
He won all of the matches he competed in Japan's maiden Thomas Cup victory in 2014. He was the first Japanese player to win the Singapore Open. By winning that title, he became the first Japanese player to successfully capture a Super Series in Men's Singles and currently holds the record as the youngest Super Series champion in that category.
In 2015 Sudirman Cup, he repeated his feat in Thomas Cup again to help Japan finish runner-up. He made history once more in the BWF World Championships 2015 held in Jakarta. It made him the first Japanese player to win a medal in Men's Singles category in that competition, after emerging as victor. In addition, he was the winner in the 2015 edition of BWF World Superseries Final in Dubai. He competed at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon as well as the 2016 Badminton Asia Team Championships in Hyderabad.
Men's Singles
Boys' Singles
Boys' Singles
The BWF Superseries, launched on December 14, 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two level such as Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.
Men's Singles
Men's Singles
On April 7, 2016, Momota admitted visiting an illegal casino in Tokyo after casino staff reported him gambling there "frequently". In a board meeting, it was revealed that he gambled away 0.5 million yen during 6 visits to the casino with his teammate, Kenichi Tago, who spent 10 million yen after 60 visits to various casinos. The Nippon Badminton Association secretary general Kinji Zeniya said it would “probably be impossible” for Momota to participate in the 2016 Rio Olympics, with frequent gambling being punishable by law with a prison sentence of up to 3 years.
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