Akira Koga

Akira Koga
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1994-03-08) 8 March 1994 (age 30)
Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
HandednessRight
Men's doubles
Highest ranking14 (with Taichi Saito, 12 December 2023)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Japan
Sudirman Cup
Silver medal – second place 2021 Vantaa Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Suzhou Mixed team
Thomas Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Aarhus Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Bangkok Men's team
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou Men's team
Asia Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Manila Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Selangor Men's team
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2012 Chiba Mixed team
Asia Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Gimcheon Mixed team
BWF profile

Akira Koga (古賀 輝, Koga Akira, born 8 March 1994) is a Japanese badminton player who also play for the NTT East club.[1] In 2012, his last year as a junior, he was instrumental in Japan's first ever mixed team title at the 2012 Asian Junior Badminton Championships. He and Akane Yamaguchi beat Pei Tianyi and Huang Yaqiong to begin the tie.[2] At the World Junior Championships the same year, he and Yamaguchi played the last match of the mixed team tie in the final against China. They lost their third game to Wang Yilyu and Chen Qingchen 22–24, giving China the title.[3]

  1. ^ "選手・スタッフ紹介 / 古賀 輝". www.ntt-east.co.jp (in Japanese). NTT. Archived from the original on 27 April 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  2. ^ "2012 Asian Junior Results". tournamentsoftware.com. BWF. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  3. ^ "2012 World Junior Results". tournamentsoftware.com. BWF. Retrieved 31 August 2016.