Keigo Sonoda

Keigo Sonoda
園田 啓悟
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1990-02-20) 20 February 1990 (age 34)
Yatsushiro, Kumamoto, Japan
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
HandednessRight
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking69 (MS 1 December 2011)
2 (MD with Takeshi Kamura 26 January 2017)
19 (XD 31 March 2016)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Nanjing Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Glasgow Men's doubles
Sudirman Cup
Silver medal – second place 2015 Dongguan Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Nanning Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Gold Coast Mixed team
Thomas Cup
Gold medal – first place 2014 New Delhi Men's team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Bangkok Men's team
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Men's team
Asia Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Wuhan Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Wuhan Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Wuhan Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Wuhan Men's doubles
Asia Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Ho Chi Minh Mixed team
Asia Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 Hyderabad Men's team
Asian Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team
BWF profile

Keigo Sonoda (園田 啓悟, Sonoda Keigo, born 20 February 1990) is a Japanese badminton player.[1] He affiliated with the YKK AP Yatsushiro, before joining the Tonami team in 2010. Sonoda was part of the national team that won the 2014 Thomas Cup. He captured his first Superseries title at the 2016 Hong Kong Open, and reached a career high of world number 2 in the men's doubles partnered with Takeshi Kamura in January 2017.[2][3]

Sonoda won the silver medal at the 2018 World Championships and a bronze in 2017. In the continental level, he helped the national team to win the 2017 Asia Mixed Team Championships, and he also collected a silver and three bronze medals in the individual men's doubles event. He competed at the 2014 and 2018 Asian Games.[4] He retired in 2021 after competing at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

  1. ^ "Players: Keigo Sonoda". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Badminton player: 園田 啓悟 Keigo Sonoda" (in Japanese). Tonami. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  3. ^ "選手プロフィール 園田 啓悟そのだ けいご" (in Japanese). Nippon Badminton Association. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Men's Team - Entry List by Event". Incheon 2014 official website. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.