(1990-02-20) 20 February 1990 (age 34) Yatsushiro, Kumamoto, Japan
Height
1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight
70 kg (154 lb)
Handedness
Right
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking
69 (MS 1 December 2011) 2 (MD with Takeshi Kamura 26 January 2017) 19 (XD 31 March 2016)
Current ranking
11 (MD with Takeshi Kamura 30 August 2022)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Japan
World Championships
2018 Nanjing
Men's doubles
2017 Glasgow
Men's doubles
Sudirman Cup
2015 Dongguan
Mixed team
2019 Nanning
Mixed team
2017 Gold Coast
Mixed team
Thomas Cup
2014 New Delhi
Men's team
2018 Bangkok
Men's team
Asian Games
2018 Jakarta-Palembang
Men's team
Asia Championships
2018 Wuhan
Men's doubles
2016 Wuhan
Men's doubles
2017 Wuhan
Men's doubles
2019 Wuhan
Men's doubles
Asia Mixed Team Championships
2017 Ho Chi Minh
Mixed team
Asia Team Championships
2016 Hyderabad
Men's team
Asian Junior Championships
2007 Kuala Lumpur
Mixed team
BWF profile
Keigo Sonoda (園田 啓悟, Sonoda Keigo, born 20 February 1990) is a Japanese badminton player.[1] He affiliated with the YKK AP Yatsushiro, before joining the Tonami team in 2010. Sonoda was part of the national team that won the 2014 Thomas Cup. He captured his first Superseries title at the 2016 Hong Kong Open, and reached a career high of world number 2 in the men's doubles partnered with Takeshi Kamura in January 2017.[2][3]
Sonoda won the silver medal at the 2018 World Championships and a bronze in 2017. In the continental level, he helped the national team to win the 2017 Asia Mixed Team Championships, and he also collected a silver and three bronze medals in the individual men's doubles event. He competed at the 2014 and 2018 Asian Games.[4] He retired in 2021 after competing at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
^"Players: Keigo Sonoda". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
^"Badminton player: 園田 啓悟 Keigo Sonoda" (in Japanese). Tonami. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
^"選手プロフィール 園田 啓悟そのだ けいご" (in Japanese). Nippon Badminton Association. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
^"Men's Team - Entry List by Event". Incheon 2014 official website. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
KeigoSonoda (園田 啓悟, SonodaKeigo, born 20 February 1990) is a Japanese badminton player. He affiliated with the YKK AP Yatsushiro, before joining the...
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Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park, Nanjing, China Li Junhui Takeshi Kamura KeigoSonoda 21–12, 21–19 Gold 2019 St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland Li Junhui...
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