Yuta Watanabe (badminton)

Yuta Watanabe
渡辺 勇大
Watanabe with Hiroyuki Endo
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1997-06-13) 13 June 1997 (age 27)
Suginami, Japan
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight56 kg (123 lb)
HandednessLeft
CoachJeremy Gan
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking4 (MD with Hiroyuki Endo, 5 March 2019)
1 (XD with Arisa Higashino, 8 November 2022)
Current ranking5 (XD with Arisa Higashino, 13 August 2024)
BWF profile

Yuta Watanabe (渡辺 勇大, Watanabe Yūta, born 13 June 1997) is a Japanese badminton player.[1] He is a member of the Nihon Unisys team, and national team A representative.[2] Known for his quick and explosive movements with signature drop shots on court, Watanabe, together with Arisa Higashino, had won 2 consecutive bronze medals in the mixed doubles event at the 2020[3] and 2024 Summer Olympics,[4] as well as being four-time BWF World Championships medalists.

  1. ^ "Players: Yuta Watanabe". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  2. ^ "渡辺 勇大 Yuta Watanabe". Unisys (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Japan's Arisa Higashino and Yuta Watanabe win bronze in mixed doubles badminton". The Japan Times. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Arisa Higashino and Yuta Watanabe Collect Their 2nd Straight Bronze in Badminton Mixed Doubles". Japan Forward. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.