Kyohei Yamashita

Kyohei Yamashita
山下 恭平
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1998-10-12) October 12, 1998 (age 26)
Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Weight69 kg (152 lb)[1]
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking202 (MD with Hiroki Midorikawa, 5 December 2023)
13 (XD with Naru Shinoya, 27 December 2022)
Current ranking268 (MD with Hiroki Midorikawa, 27 August 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Huelva Mixed doubles
Sudirman Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Suzhou Mixed team
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou Men's team
Asian Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Bangkok Mixed team
BWF profile

Kyohei Yamashita (山下 恭平, Yamashita Kyohei, born 12 October 1998) is a Japanese badminton player who specializes in doubles.[2] He was the bronze medalist in the mixed doubles at the 2021 BWF World Championships in Huelva. Yamashita graduated from Nippon Sport Science University then joined the NTT East team.[3]

  1. ^ a b "選手プロフィール". Nippon Badminton Association. Archived from the original on 17 August 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Players: Kyohei Yamashita". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  3. ^ "選手・スタッフ紹介 山下 恭平" (in Japanese). NTT東日本. Retrieved 21 July 2024.