Kenta Nishimoto

Kenta Nishimoto

Japan  ·  Men's singles  ·  Born 30.08.1994 (32 years)  ·  Height: 1.80 m  ·  Right-handed
#30
Men's singles
44,829
Points
3
Titles
409
Matches
229–180
Wins / Losses (56%)

Matches

Results Season 2026

Korea Open

Wednesday 4 November 2026 · Round of 32
Wednesday 4 November 2026
Kenta Nishimoto14-21 11-21Alwi Farhan
Round of 32L

Hylo Open

Wednesday 28 October 2026 · Round of 32
Wednesday 28 October 2026
Kenta Nishimoto19-21 21-11 12-21Ditlev Jaeger Holm
Round of 32L

French Open

Tuesday 20 October 2026 · Round of 32
Tuesday 20 October 2026
Chi Yu Jen22-20 17-21 21-14Kenta Nishimoto
Round of 32L

Denmark Open

Wednesday 14 October 2026 · Round of 32
Wednesday 14 October 2026
Kenta Nishimoto16-21 16-21Jason Gunawan
Round of 32L

China Masters

Thursday 3 September 2026 · Round of 16
Thursday 3 September 2026
Anders Antonsen21-11 21-9Kenta Nishimoto
Round of 16L
Tuesday 1 September 2026 · Round of 32
Tuesday 1 September 2026
Rasmus Gemke17-21 14-21Kenta Nishimoto
Round of 32W

World Championships

Wednesday 19 August 2026 · Round of 32
Wednesday 19 August 2026
Ng Ka Long17-21 21-16 21-18Kenta Nishimoto
Round of 32L
Tuesday 18 August 2026 · Round of 64
Tuesday 18 August 2026
Kenta Nishimoto21-17 21-19Christo Popov
HighlightsRound of 64W
Highlights

China Open

Wednesday 22 July 2026 · Round of 32
Wednesday 22 July 2026
Loh Kean Yew21-10 21-10Kenta Nishimoto
Round of 32L

Japan Open

Tuesday 14 July 2026 · Round of 32
Tuesday 14 July 2026
Alwi Farhan21-14 21-11Kenta Nishimoto
Round of 32L

Indonesia Open

Tuesday 2 June 2026 · Round of 32
Tuesday 2 June 2026
Li Shi Feng21-16 21-11Kenta Nishimoto
Round of 32L

Singapore Open

Tuesday 26 May 2026 · Round of 32
Tuesday 26 May 2026
Shi Yu Qi21-17 21-18Kenta Nishimoto
Round of 32L

Swiss Open

Wednesday 11 March 2026 · Round of 32
Wednesday 11 March 2026
Tharun Mannepalli16-21 21-16 7-2 (retired)Kenta Nishimoto
Round of 32L

All England Open

Tuesday 3 March 2026 · Round of 32
Tuesday 3 March 2026
Leong Jun Hao21-17 13-21 21-18Kenta Nishimoto
Round of 32L

India Open

Thursday 15 January 2026 · Round of 16
Thursday 15 January 2026
Kenta Nishimoto19-21 10-21Lakshya Sen
Round of 16L
Tuesday 13 January 2026 · Round of 32
Tuesday 13 January 2026
Kodai Naraoka6-21 5-7 (retired)Kenta Nishimoto
Round of 32W

Malaysia Open

Friday 9 January 2026 · Quarter-final
Friday 9 January 2026
Anders Antonsen21-9 21-12Kenta Nishimoto
Quarter-finalL
Thursday 8 January 2026 · Round of 16
Thursday 8 January 2026
Chou Tien Chen17-21 15-21Kenta Nishimoto
Round of 16W
Tuesday 6 January 2026 · Round of 64
Tuesday 6 January 2026
Kenta Nishimoto21-14 14-21 21-5Toma Junior Popov
Round of 64W

World ranking

#PlayerCountryTournamentsPointsChange
25
Hu Zhe An
China
 1549,156
26
Moh. Zaki Ubaidillah
Indonesia
 1648,951
27
Ng Ka Long Angus
Hong Kong
 1847,999 —
28
Nhat Nguyen
Ireland
 1647,501 —
29
Weng Hong Yang
China
 1447,181 —
30
Kenta Nishimoto
Japan
 1744,829 —
31
Kidambi Srikanth
India
 1944,445 —
32
Leong Jun Hao
Malaysia
 1743,029 —
33
Jia Heng Teh
Singapore
 2642,808 —
34
Lu Guang Zu
China
 1240,250 —
35
Zhu Xuan Chen
China
 1540,040

BWF World Ranking, week 46 2026. Source: BWF.

Highlights

Nishimoto K. 2 - 0 Popov C.World Championships · Round of 64 · Tuesday 18 August 2026 Naraoka K. 2 - 1 Nishimoto K.Japan Masters · Final · Sunday 16 November 2025 Sen L. 1 - 2 Nishimoto K.Japan Masters · Semi-final · Saturday 15 November 2025 Leong J. 1 - 2 Nishimoto K.World Championships · Round of 32 · Wednesday 27 August 2025 Wang T. 0 - 2 Nishimoto K.World Championships · Round of 64 · Tuesday 26 August 2025 Leong J. 2 - 0 Nishimoto K.China Open · Round of 32 · Tuesday 22 July 2025 Nishimoto K. 2 - 0 Lai V. · Monday 7 July 2025 Nishimoto K. 0 - 2 Vitidsarn K.Singapore Open · Round of 32 · Wednesday 28 May 2025 undefined 2 - 0 undefined · Friday 16 May 2025

Statistics

Key figures

Career
Deciding 3rd game
85–61
58%
After losing game 1
49–152
24%
After winning game 1
177–27
87%
Finals
3–9
25%
Semi-finals
11–6
65%
Longest winning streak
6
wins in a row

H2H

MOST FREQUENT OPPONENTS 2021–2026
Wins / Losses
Jonatan Christie
5
8
38%
Ginting Anthony
4
5
44%
Chou Tien Chen
5
3
62%
Rasmus Gemke
3
5
38%
Anders Antonsen
3
5
38%
Kunlavut Vitidsarn
1
7
12%
Lakshya Sen
3
4
43%
Leong Jun Hao
3
4
43%

Wins / Losses

2014–2026
Per year
2026
5
14
26%
2025
30
23
57%
2024
22
22
50%
2023
41
25
62%
2022
16
9
64%
2021
5
5
50%
2020
10
5
67%
2019
15
17
47%
2018
28
17
62%
2017
22
18
55%
2016
10
9
53%
2015
22
10
69%
2014
3
6
33%

Tournaments and titles

TournamentBest resultAppearancesMatches (W–L)
Japan OpenWinner 2022911–8
Canada OpenWinner 2025413–3
Spain MastersWinner 202314–0
Hong Kong OpenFinal 2023, 201859–5
French OpenFinal 2017108–10
Malaysia MastersFinal 201879–8
German OpenFinal 2019612–5
China MastersFinal 202345–4
Thailand MastersFinal 202036–3
Japan MastersFinal 202535–3
India InternationalFinal 202314–1
Denmark OpenSemi-final109–10
Thailand OpenSemi-final611–6
Korea OpenSemi-final79–7
World ChampionshipsQuarter-final712–7
Malaysia OpenQuarter-final87–8
All England OpenQuarter-final77–7
Asia ChampionshipsQuarter-final75–7
Australian OpenQuarter-final54–5
Indonesia MastersQuarter-final55–4
Singapore OpenQuarter-final62–6
US OpenQuarter-final35–3
Swiss OpenQuarter-final33–3
Korea MastersQuarter-final24–2
Vietnam OpenQuarter-final24–2
Orleans MastersQuarter-final23–2
Macau OpenQuarter-final23–2
Taipei OpenQuarter-final12–1
China OpenRound of 1674–9
Indonesia OpenRound of 1672–7
India OpenRound of 1662–6
Arctic OpenRound of 1621–2
Olympic GamesRound of 1612–1
Korea Grand PrixRound of 1612–1
OUE Singapore OpenRound of 1610–1
Hylo OpenRound of 3220–2
New Zealand OpenRound of 3210–1
Chinese Taipei OpenRound of 6410–1