Kazushi Yamada
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| Born | 21 February 1987 Niihama, Ehime, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Badminton | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 14 (MS) 2 December 2010 14 (MD) 23 July 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Kazushi Yamada (山田和司, Yamada Kazushi; born 21 February 1987) is a Japanese badminton player from the Unisys team.[1][2] In 2010, he competed at the Guangzhou Asian Games.[3]
Yamada was born in Niihama, Ehime Prefecture, into a family of badminton coaches. He began playing the sport in the third grade and later attended Komatsubara High School and Nippon Sport Science University. In 2008, during his senior year of university, he won the men's singles title at the All Japan Intercollegiate championships. After graduating in 2009, Yamada joined the Nihon Unisys corporate team.[4]
Coaching career
In March 2017, Yamada joined the Saishunkan badminton team as a singles coach. During his three years in the role, the team won several domestic tournaments, including the 2018 title in Japan's League and the 2019 All Japan Corporate Badminton Championships. Yamada departed from his position at Saishunkan in March 2020.[5] Following his departure, he joined the Yonex badminton team as a coach on 1 April 2020.[6]
