Masayuki Onodera

 ( 1998 Births ) 

born 16 September 1998 is a Japanese badminton player who specializes in men's doubles. He is affiliated with the BIPROGY team. His junior career was highlighted by three mixed team bronze medals: one at the 2016 World Junior Championships and two at the Asian Junior Championships in 2015 and 2016. With partner Hiroki Okamura, he achieved a career-high world ranking of No. 33. Their best BWF World Tour result was a runner-up finish at the 2019 Canada Open Super 100. Onodera has won two international titles on the BWF International Challenge/Series circuit: the 2018 Sydney International with Okamura and the 2023 Malaysia International with Takuto Inoue.

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Career

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Early career Onodera attended Kodaira Daini Junior High School and Saitama Sakae High School. He won three bronze medals with the Japanese mixed team: at the 2015 Asian Junior Championships, and at both the 2016 World and Asian Junior Championships. In 2016, partnering with Hiroki Okamura in boys' doubles, he won titles at the Dutch Juniors and the India Junior International. The pair also finished as runners-up at the German Junior. That same year, Onodera was the runner-up in both singles and doubles at the 2016 National High School Championships (Inter-High).

After high school, Onodera attended Waseda University, majoring in Sports science and competing for its badminton team. He enrolled with the goal of obtaining a teaching license, inspired by his parents who were teachers. As a freshman in 2017, he helped the Waseda team win the All Japan Student Championships, the university's first national team title in 24 years. The following year, he was part of the team's successful title defense and also won the men's doubles title with partner Takuma Obayashi. Onodera graduated from Waseda University in March 2021.

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Senior career Onodera began competing in senior international tournaments while still attending Waseda University. In April 2021, after graduating, he joined the BIPROGY badminton team (formerly Nihon Unisys). He partnered with Hiroki Okamura from 2017 to 2022. They won their first senior international title at the 2018 Sydney International and were runners-up at the 2019 Canada Open Super 100, where they lost to Mathias Boe and Mads Conrad-Petersen. In 2022, they were runners-up at the Indonesia International and reached the semifinals at the Canada Open, Korea Masters, and Indonesia Masters Super 100. At the Korea Masters, they defeated the reigning All England Open Champions, Bagas Maulana and Muhammad Shohibul Fikri. The pair also competed in the 2021 and 2022 World Championships, reaching the second round on both occasions.

In 2023, Onodera partnered with Takuto Inoue, winning the Malaysia International and securing a third-place finish at the All Japan Championships. He later teamed up with Daigo Tanioka, reaching the semifinals of the 2024 Guwahati Masters and finishing as runners-up at the 2025 Thailand International.

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Achievements

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BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.

Men's doubles

2019	Canada Open	Super 100	Hiroki Okamura	Mathias Boe Mads Conrad-Petersen	12–21, 18–21	Runner-up

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BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 3 runners-up)

Men's doubles

2018	Sydney International	Hiroki Okamura	Danny Bawa Chrisnanta Terry Hee	21–6, 21–11	Winner
2022 (II)	Indonesia International	Hiroki Okamura	Rahmat Hidayat Pramudya Kusumawardana	21–23, 21–16, 15–21	Runner-up
2023	Malaysia International	Takuto Inoue	Fazriq Razif Wong Vin Sean	21–16, 18–21, 21–15	Winner
2025	Thailand International	Daigo Tanioka	Narut Saengkham Apichasit Teerawiwat	15–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2025	Bendigo International	Daigo Tanioka	Chen Zhi-ray Lin Yu-chieh	21–17, 21–23, 21–23	Runner-up

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

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BWF Junior International (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Boys' doubles

2016	Dutch Junior	Hiroki Okamura	Kyohei Yamashita Naoki Yamazawa	17–21, 21–11, 22–20	Winner
2016	German Junior	Hiroki Okamura	Kyohei Yamashita Naoki Yamazawa	14–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2016	India Junior International	Hiroki Okamura	Krishna Prasad Garaga Dhruv Kapila	11–5, 12–14, 11–9, 13–11	Winner

BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament

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External links

• Masayuki Onodera at BWFWorldTourFinals.BWFBadminton.com
• Masayuki Onodera at BIPROGY
• Masayuki Onodera at Smash and Net TV

Categories: 1998 Births, Living People, People From Nishitōkyō, Tokyo, Japanese Male Badminton Players, 21st-century Japanese Sportsmen, Waseda University Alumni

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