Kenichi Hayakawa

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Born (1986-04-05) 5 April 1986 (age 40)
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
CountryJapan
Kenichi Hayakawa
Kenichi Hayakawa at the 2013 French Super Series.
Personal information
Born (1986-04-05) 5 April 1986 (age 40)
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
CountryJapan
SportBadminton
HandednessRight
Retired31 March 2017[1]
Men's & mixed doubles
Career recordMD, 256 wins, 151 losses (62.90%)
XD, 90 wins, 96 losses (48.39%)
Highest ranking2 (MD with Hiroyuki Endo, 19 June 2014)
12 (XD with Misaki Matsutomo, 19 June 2014)
BWF profile
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2015 JakartaMen's doubles
Sudirman Cup
Silver medal – second place2015 DongguanMixed team
Thomas Cup
Gold medal – first place2014 New DelhiMen's team
Bronze medal – third place2010 Kuala LumpurMen's team
Bronze medal – third place2012 WuhanMen's team
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place2012 QingdaoMen's doubles
Bronze medal – third place2013 TaipeiMen's doubles
Bronze medal – third place2015 WuhanMixed doubles
Asia Team Championships
Silver medal – second place2016 HyderabadMen's team
East Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place2009 Hong KongMen's team

Kenichi Hayakawa (早川 賢一, Hayakawa Ken'ichi; born 5 April 1986) is a retired Japanese badminton player. He has been a runner-up of the All England three times (2013, 2014 and 2016) along with his partner, Hiroyuki Endo. He competed at the 2010 and 2014 Asian Games.[2]

Hayakawa won the first point in the 2014 Thomas Cup finals with Hiroyuki Endo beating 2004 World Junior Champions Hoon Thien How and Tan Boon Heong and lead the momentum for the Japanese team to claim the Thomas Cup for the first time, being the fourth nation to win Thomas cup after Indonesia, China and Malaysia.

On 31 March 2017, Hayakawa retired as a badminton player.[1] He was appointed as the Japan national badminton team coach in 2017.[3] Hayakawa stepped down as the national team coach in 2023 and became the men's team manager for BIPROGY.[4]

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