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Japan
Career
1966 - 2026
Best year
2018
Total points
1923
Best results
1x 1. Thomas Cup
All-time rank
#7
10-year rank
#2
Ranking Development
Points distribution
Disciplines
Contests
Categories
| Year | Contest | Discipline | Category | Position | Points | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Asian Championship | Teams | Women | 1 | 20 | - |
| 1967 | Thomas Cup | Teams | Men | 3 | 10 | - |
| 1969 | Uber Cup | Teams | Women | 1 | 35 | - |
| 2020 | Uber Cup | Teams | Women | 2 | 20 | - |
| 1966 | Asian Games | Teams | Women | 1 | 20 | - |
| 2016 | Asian Championship | Teams | Men | 2 | 10 | - |
| 2024 | Uber Cup | Teams | Women | 3 | 10 | - |
| 1974 | Asian Games | Teams | Women | 3 | 5 | - |
| 2024 | Asian Championship | Teams | Women | 3 | 5 | - |
| 2012 | Thomas Cup | Teams | Men | 3 | 10 | - |
| 1981 | Uber Cup | Teams | Women | 1 | 35 | - |
| 2010 | Uber Cup | Teams | Women | 3 | 10 | - |
| 1982 | Asian Games | Teams | Women | 2 | 10 | - |
| 2022 | Asian Games | Teams | Women | 3 | 5 | - |
| 2018 | Asian Championship | Teams | Women | 1 | 20 | - |
| 2018 | Thomas Cup | Teams | Men | 2 | 20 | - |
| 1966 | Uber Cup | Teams | Women | 1 | 35 | - |
| 2014 | Uber Cup | Teams | Women | 2 | 20 | - |
| 2018 | Asian Games | Teams | Men | 3 | 5 | - |
| 2026 | Asian Championship | Teams | Men | 1 | 20 | - |
| 2022 | Uber Cup | Teams | Women | 3 | 10 | - |
| 2026 | Asian Games | Teams | Women | 2 | 10 | - |
| 2022 | Asian Championship | Teams | Women | 3 | 5 | - |
| 2010 | Thomas Cup | Teams | Men | 3 | 10 | - |
| 1978 | Uber Cup | Teams | Women | 1 | 35 | - |
| 2004 | Uber Cup | Teams | Women | 3 | 10 | - |
| 2018 | Asian Games | Teams | Women | 1 | 20 | - |
| 1990 | Asian Games | Teams | Women | 3 | 5 | - |
| 2024 | Asian Championship | Teams | Men | 3 | 5 | - |
| 2014 | Thomas Cup | Teams | Men | 1 | 35 | - |
| 2022 | Thomas Cup | Teams | Men | 3 | 10 | - |
| 1975 | Uber Cup | Teams | Women | 2 | 20 | - |
| 1970 | Asian Games | Teams | Men | 3 | 5 | - |
| 2016 | Uber Cup | Teams | Women | 3 | 10 | - |
| 2006 | Asian Games | Teams | Women | 2 | 10 | - |
| 2016 | Asian Championship | Teams | Women | 2 | 10 | - |
| 1979 | Thomas Cup | Teams | Men | 3 | 10 | - |
| 1972 | Uber Cup | Teams | Women | 1 | 35 | - |
| 1990 | Uber Cup | Teams | Women | 3 | 10 | - |
| 1970 | Asian Games | Teams | Women | 1 | 20 | - |
| 1978 | Asian Games | Teams | Women | 3 | 5 | - |
| 2020 | Asian Championship | Teams | Men | 3 | 5 | - |
| 2026 | Uber Cup | Teams | Women | 3 | 10 | - |
| 2020 | Thomas Cup | Teams | Men | 3 | 10 | - |
| 2018 | Uber Cup | Teams | Women | 1 | 35 | - |
| 1966 | Asian Games | Teams | Men | 3 | 5 | - |
| 2012 | Uber Cup | Teams | Women | 3 | 10 | - |
| 1986 | Asian Games | Teams | Women | 2 | 10 | - |
| 2025 | World Championship | Singles | Women | 1 | 14 | Akane Yamaguchi |
| 1970 | Asian Games | Singles | Women | 1 | 8 | Hiroe Yuki |
| 2022 | BWF World Tour Finals | Singles | Men | 3 | 2 | Kodai Naraoka |
| 2014 | Asian Championship | Singles | Men | 2 | 4 | Sho Sasaki |
| 1982 | Asian Games | Singles | Women | 3 | 2 | Sumiko Kitada |
| 2021 | BWF World Tour Finals | Singles | Women | 3 | 2 | Akane Yamaguchi |
| 2006 | Asian Championship | Singles | Women | 2 | 4 | Kaori Mori |
| 2005 | Asian Championship | Singles | Women | 3 | 2 | Eriko Hirose |
| 2024 | Olympic Games | Singles | Women | 5 | 4 | Aya Ohori |
| 2014 | BWF Super Series Finals | Singles | Women | 3 | 2 | Akane Yamaguchi |
| 2015 | World Championship | Singles | Men | 3 | 4 | Kento Momota |
| 1980 | World Cup | Singles | Women | 3 | 2 | Yoshiko Yonekura |
| 2020 | BWF World Ranking | Singles | Men | 1 | 4 | Kento Momota |
| 1977 | World Championship | Singles | Women | 3 | 4 | Hiroe Yuki |
| 1970 | Asian Games | Singles | Men | 3 | 2 | Ippei Kojima |
| 2026 | Asian Games | Singles | Women | 2 | 4 | Akane Yamaguchi |
| 2018 | BWF World Tour Finals | Singles | Women | 2 | 4 | Nozomi Okuhara |
| 2023 | Asian Championship | Singles | Men | 3 | 2 | Kanta Tsuneyama |
| 2022 | Asian Games | Singles | Women | 3 | 2 | Aya Ohori |
| 1976 | Asian Championship | Singles | Women | 3 | 2 | Saori Kondo |
| 2000 | Olympic Games | Singles | Women | 5 | 4 | Yasuko Mizui |
| 2014 | Asian Championship | Singles | Women | 3 | 2 | Sayaka Takahashi |
| 2015 | BWF Super Series Finals | Singles | Men | 1 | 8 | Kento Momota |
| 2018 | World Championship | Singles | Men | 1 | 14 | Kento Momota |
| 2022 | World Championship | Singles | Women | 1 | 14 | Akane Yamaguchi |
| 1966 | Asian Games | Singles | Women | 1 | 8 | Noriko Takagi |
| 2018 | BWF World Tour Finals | Singles | Men | 2 | 4 | Kento Momota |
| 1971 | Asian Championship | Singles | Men | 2 | 4 | Junji Honma |
| 2023 | World Championship | Singles | Women | 3 | 4 | Akane Yamaguchi |
| 1978 | Asian Games | Singles | Women | 3 | 2 | Saori Kondo |
| 2019 | BWF World Tour Finals | Singles | Women | 3 | 2 | Nozomi Okuhara |
| 2005 | Asian Championship | Singles | Women | 2 | 4 | Kaori Mori |
| 2020 | Olympic Games | Singles | Women | 5 | 4 | Nozomi Okuhara |
| 2004 | Asian Championship | Singles | Women | 3 | 2 | Kaori Mori |
| 2017 | BWF Super Series Finals | Singles | Women | 1 | 8 | Akane Yamaguchi |
| 1988 | Olympic Games - exhibition sport | Singles | Women | 3 | 4 | Sumiko Kitada |
| 2026 | World Championship | Singles | Men | 2 | 8 | Kodai Naraoka |
| 1980 | World Cup | Singles | Women | 2 | 4 | Hiroe Yuki |
| 2019 | BWF World Ranking | Singles | Men | 1 | 4 | Kento Momota |
| 2026 | World Championship | Singles | Women | 2 | 8 | Akane Yamaguchi |
| 1966 | Asian Games | Singles | Men | 3 | 2 | Masao Akiyama |
| 1994 | Asian Games | Singles | Women | 2 | 4 | Hisako Mizui |
| 2022 | BWF World Tour Finals | Singles | Women | 1 | 8 | Akane Yamaguchi |
| 2010 | Asian Championship | Singles | Men | 3 | 2 | Kenichi Tago |
| 2018 | Asian Games | Singles | Women | 3 | 2 | Akane Yamaguchi |
| 2025 | BWF World Tour Finals | Singles | Women | 3 | 2 | Akane Yamaguchi |
| 2022 | Asian Championship | Singles | Women | 2 | 4 | Akane Yamaguchi |
| 2016 | Olympic Games | Singles | Women | 3 | 8 | Nozomi Okuhara |
| 2013 | Asian Championship | Singles | Women | 3 | 2 | Eriko Hirose |
| 2021 | World Championship | Singles | Women | 1 | 14 | Akane Yamaguchi |
| 2022 | Asian Games | Singles | Men | 3 | 2 | Kodai Naraoka |
| 2019 | BWF World Tour Finals | Singles | Men | 1 | 8 | Kento Momota |
| 2019 | Asian Championship | Singles | Men | 1 | 8 | Kento Momota |
| 2018 | World Championship | Singles | Women | 3 | 4 | Akane Yamaguchi |
| 1974 | Asian Games | Singles | Women | 3 | 2 | Hiroe Yuki |
| 2019 | BWF World Tour Finals | Singles | Women | 3 | 2 | Akane Yamaguchi |
| 2019 | Asian Championship | Singles | Women | 1 | 8 | Akane Yamaguchi |
| 2004 | Asian Championship | Singles | Women | 3 | 2 | Kanako Yonekura |
| 2020 | Olympic Games | Singles | Women | 5 | 4 | Akane Yamaguchi |
| 2026 | Asian Championship | Singles | Women | 3 | 2 | Akane Yamaguchi |
| 2015 | BWF Super Series Finals | Singles | Women | 1 | 8 | Nozomi Okuhara |
| 1972 | Olympic Games - exhibition sport | Singles | Women | 3 | 4 | Hiroe Yuki |
| 2023 | World Championship | Singles | Men | 2 | 8 | Kodai Naraoka |
| 1979 | World Cup | Singles | Women | 2 | 4 | Hiroe Yuki |
| 2018 | BWF World Ranking | Singles | Men | 1 | 4 | Kento Momota |
| 2019 | World Championship | Singles | Women | 2 | 8 | Nozomi Okuhara |
| 1998 | Asian Games | Singles | Women | 1 | 8 | Kanako Yonekura |
| 2025 | BWF World Tour Finals | Singles | Men | 3 | 2 | Kodai Naraoka |
| 2009 | Asian Championship | Singles | Men | 3 | 2 | Sho Sasaki |
| 2010 | Asian Games | Singles | Women | 3 | 2 | Eriko Hirose |
| 2024 | BWF World Tour Finals | Singles | Women | 3 | 2 | Aya Ohori |
| 2017 | Asian Championship | Singles | Women | 2 | 4 | Akane Yamaguchi |
| 2012 | Olympic Games | Singles | Men | 5 | 4 | Sho Sasaki |
| 2013 | Asian Championship | Singles | Women | 3 | 2 | Sayaka Takahashi |
| 2024 | Olympic Games | Singles | Women | 5 | 4 | Akane Yamaguchi |
| 2017 | World Championship | Singles | Women | 1 | 14 | Nozomi Okuhara |
| 2018 | Asian Championship | Singles | Men | 1 | 8 | Kento Momota |
| 2022 | BWF World Ranking | Singles | Women | 1 | 4 | Akane Yamaguchi |
| 2014 | World Championship | Singles | Women | 3 | 4 | Minatsu Mitani |
| 2018 | Asian Games | Singles | Men | 3 | 2 | Kenta Nishimoto |
| 1966 | Asian Games | Singles | Women | 3 | 2 | Tomoko Takahashi |
| 2018 | BWF World Tour Finals | Singles | Women | 3 | 2 | Akane Yamaguchi |
| 2024 | Asian Championship | Singles | Men | 3 | 2 | Kodai Naraoka |
| 2000 | Asian Championship | Singles | Women | 3 | 2 | Fumi Iwawaki |
| 2016 | Olympic Games | Singles | Women | 5 | 4 | Akane Yamaguchi |
| 2023 | Asian Championship | Singles | Women | 3 | 2 | Akane Yamaguchi |
| 2013 | BWF Super Series Finals | Singles | Men | 3 | 2 | Kenichi Tago |
| 1972 | Olympic Games - exhibition sport | Singles | Women | 1 | 14 | Noriko Nakayama |
| 2019 | World Championship | Singles | Men | 1 | 14 | Kento Momota |
| 1980 | World Cup | Singles | Men | 2 | 4 | Masao Tsuchida |
| 2023 | Sudirman Cup | Mixed Teams | M/W | 3 | 15 | - |
| 2015 | Sudirman Cup | Mixed Teams | M/W | 2 | 30 | - |
| 2025 | Asian Championship | Mixed Teams | M/W | 3 | 5 | - |
| 2013 | Sudirman Cup | Mixed Teams | M/W | 5 | 5 | - |
| 2017 | Sudirman Cup | Mixed Teams | M/W | 3 | 15 | - |
| 2019 | Asian Championship | Mixed Teams | M/W | 2 | 10 | - |
| 2011 | Sudirman Cup | Mixed Teams | M/W | 5 | 5 | - |
| 2021 | Sudirman Cup | Mixed Teams | M/W | 2 | 30 | - |
| 2017 | Asian Championship | Mixed Teams | M/W | 1 | 20 | - |
| 2025 | Sudirman Cup | Mixed Teams | M/W | 3 | 15 | - |
| 2019 | Sudirman Cup | Mixed Teams | M/W | 2 | 30 | - |
| 1991 | Sudirman Cup | Mixed Teams | M/W | 6 | 3 | - |
| 2026 | Asian Championship | Mixed doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Maya Taguchi |
| 2022 | Asian Games | Mixed doubles | Women | 2 | 2 | Arisa Higashino |
| 2021 | BWF World Tour Finals | Mixed doubles | Women | 2 | 2 | Arisa Higashino |
| 2016 | Olympic Games | Mixed doubles | Women | 5 | 2 | Ayane Kurihara |
| 2021 | World Championship | Mixed Doubles | Men | 2 | 4 | Yuta Watanabe |
| 2019 | World Championship | Mixed Doubles | Women | 3 | 2 | Arisa Higashino |
| 1976 | Asian Championship | Mixed doubles | Men | 3 | 1 | Masao Tsuchida |
| 2018 | BWF World Tour Finals | Mixed doubles | Men | 3 | 1 | Yuta Watanabe |
| 1976 | Asian Championship | Mixed doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Mika Ikeda |
| 2023 | BWF World Tour Finals | Mixed doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Arisa Higashino |
| 2024 | Olympic Games | Mixed doubles | Men | 3 | 4 | Yuta Watanabe |
| 2021 | World Championship | Mixed Doubles | Men | 3 | 2 | Kyohei Yamashita |
| 2022 | Asian Championship | Mixed doubles | Men | 3 | 1 | Yuta Watanabe |
| 2022 | Asian Championship | Mixed doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Arisa Higashino |
| 1970 | Asian Games | Mixed doubles | Men | 3 | 1 | Ippei Kojima |
| 2025 | BWF World Tour Finals | Mixed doubles | Men | 3 | 1 | Hiroki Midorikawa |
| 2024 | Olympic Games | Mixed doubles | Women | 3 | 4 | Arisa Higashino |
| 2022 | World Championship | Mixed Doubles | Women | 2 | 4 | Arisa Higashino |
| 2025 | Asian Championship | Mixed doubles | Men | 2 | 2 | Hiroki Midorikawa |
| 2021 | BWF World Tour Finals | Mixed doubles | Men | 2 | 2 | Yuta Watanabe |
| 2025 | Asian Championship | Mixed doubles | Women | 2 | 2 | Natsu Saito |
| 2019 | BWF World Tour Finals | Mixed doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Arisa Higashino |
| 2020 | Olympic Games | Mixed doubles | Men | 3 | 4 | Yuta Watanabe |
| 2019 | World Championship | Mixed Doubles | Men | 3 | 2 | Yuta Watanabe |
| 2011 | BWF Super Series Finals | Mixed doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Reiko Shiota |
| 2023 | World Championship | Mixed Doubles | Women | 3 | 2 | Arisa Higashino |
| 2015 | Asian Championship | Mixed doubles | Men | 3 | 1 | Kenichi Hayakawa |
| 2015 | Asian Championship | Mixed doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Misaki Matsutomo |
| 2022 | Asian Games | Mixed doubles | Men | 2 | 2 | Yuta Watanabe |
| 2023 | BWF World Tour Finals | Mixed doubles | Men | 3 | 1 | Yuta Watanabe |
| 2020 | Olympic Games | Mixed doubles | Women | 3 | 4 | Arisa Higashino |
| 1976 | Asian Championship | Mixed doubles | Men | 2 | 2 | Shoichi Toganoo |
| 2021 | World Championship | Mixed Doubles | Women | 2 | 4 | Arisa Higashino |
| 1976 | Asian Championship | Mixed doubles | Women | 2 | 2 | Etsuko Toganoo |
| 1970 | Asian Games | Mixed doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Etsuko Takenaka |
| 2018 | BWF World Tour Finals | Mixed doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Arisa Higashino |
| 2022 | World Championship | Mixed Doubles | Men | 2 | 4 | Yuta Watanabe |
| 2011 | BWF Super Series Finals | Mixed doubles | Men | 3 | 1 | Shintaro Ikeda |
| 2021 | World Championship | Mixed Doubles | Women | 3 | 2 | Naru Shinoya |
| 2009 | Asian Championship | Mixed doubles | Men | 3 | 1 | Noriyasu Hirata |
| 2009 | Asian Championship | Mixed doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Miyuki Maeda |
| 2019 | BWF World Tour Finals | Mixed doubles | Men | 3 | 1 | Yuta Watanabe |
| 2025 | BWF World Tour Finals | Mixed doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Natsu Saito |
| 2016 | Olympic Games | Mixed doubles | Men | 5 | 2 | Kenta Kazuno |
| 2023 | World Championship | Mixed Doubles | Men | 3 | 2 | Yuta Watanabe |
| 2026 | Asian Championship | Mixed doubles | Men | 3 | 1 | Yuta Watanabe |
| 2012 | BWF Super Series Finals | Doubles | Men | 2 | 2 | Hiroyuki Endo |
| 2024 | Olympic Games | Doubles | Women | 3 | 4 | Chiharu Shida |
| 2015 | World Championship | Doubles | Women | 3 | 2 | Naoko Fukuman |
| 1976 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Men | 3 | 1 | Nobutaka Ikeda |
| 2018 | BWF World Ranking | Doubles | Women | 1 | 2 | Sayaka Hirota |
| 1992 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Fujimi Tamura |
| 2018 | World Championship | Doubles | Men | 2 | 4 | Takeshi Kamura |
| 2012 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Shizuka Matsuo |
| 2015 | World Championship | Doubles | Men | 3 | 2 | Kenichi Hayakawa |
| 2017 | BWF Super Series Finals | Doubles | Men | 3 | 1 | Keigo Sonoda |
| 2020 | Olympic Games | Doubles | Women | 5 | 2 | Mayu Matsumoto |
| 2021 | World Championship | Doubles | Women | 3 | 2 | Wakana Nagahara |
| 2019 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Men | 3 | 1 | Takeshi Kamura |
| 1970 | Asian Games | Doubles | Women | 1 | 4 | Machiko Aizawa |
| 2018 | BWF World Tour Finals | Doubles | Men | 2 | 2 | Hiroyuki Endo |
| 1979 | World Cup | Doubles | Men | 2 | 2 | Yoshitaka Iino |
| 2017 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Women | 1 | 4 | Ayaka Takahashi |
| 1966 | Asian Games | Doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Noriko Takagi |
| 2019 | BWF World Tour Finals | Doubles | Women | 2 | 2 | Wakana Nagahara |
| 1989 | World Cup | Doubles | Men | 3 | 1 | Shinji Matsuura |
| 2022 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Sayaka Hirota |
| 2019 | World Championship | Doubles | Women | 1 | 7 | Mayu Matsumoto |
| 2017 | BWF Super Series Finals | Doubles | Women | 2 | 2 | Yuki Fukushima |
| 2019 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Men | 1 | 4 | Hiroyuki Endo |
| 2015 | BWF Super Series Finals | Doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Ayaka Takahashi |
| 2016 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Women | 2 | 2 | Naoko Fukuman |
| 1994 | Asian Games | Doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Kyoko Sasage |
| 2018 | BWF World Tour Finals | Doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Mayu Matsumoto |
| 1979 | World Cup | Doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Mikiko Takada |
| 2016 | Olympic Games | Doubles | Men | 5 | 2 | Hiroyuki Endo |
| 2019 | World Championship | Doubles | Women | 2 | 4 | Sayaka Hirota |
| 2016 | Olympic Games | Doubles | Women | 1 | 15 | Ayaka Takahashi |
| 2011 | World Championship | Doubles | Women | 3 | 2 | Miyuki Maeda |
| 2012 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Men | 2 | 2 | Kenichi Hayakawa |
| 2022 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Women | 2 | 2 | Kie Nakanishi |
| 2026 | Asian Games | Doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Rin Uesaka |
| 2016 | BWF Super Series Finals | Doubles | Men | 2 | 2 | Keigo Sonoda |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | Doubles | Women | 5 | 2 | Kumiko Ogura |
| 2017 | World Championship | Doubles | Women | 3 | 2 | Ayaka Takahashi |
| 2016 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Men | 3 | 1 | Takeshi Kamura |
| 2003 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Tomomi Matsuda |
| 2019 | World Championship | Doubles | Men | 2 | 4 | Yugo Kobayashi |
| 2015 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Ayaka Takahashi |
| 1977 | World Championship | Doubles | Women | 1 | 7 | Etsuko Toganoo |
| 2017 | BWF Super Series Finals | Doubles | Women | 1 | 4 | Shiho Tanaka |
| 2025 | World Championship | Doubles | Women | 3 | 2 | Rin Uesaka |
| 2023 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Men | 3 | 1 | Yugo Kobayashi |
| 2014 | Asian Games | Doubles | Women | 2 | 2 | Misaki Matsutomo |
| 2019 | BWF World Tour Finals | Doubles | Men | 2 | 2 | Yuta Watanabe |
| 1980 | World Cup | Doubles | Men | 3 | 1 | Mikio Ozaki |
| 2023 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Women | 1 | 4 | Yuki Fukushima |
| 1982 | Asian Games | Doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Yoshiko Yonekura |
| 2024 | BWF World Tour Finals | Doubles | Women | 2 | 2 | Nami Matsuyama |
| 1980 | World Cup | Doubles | Women | 1 | 4 | Atsuko Tokuda |
| 2026 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Yuki Fukushima |
| 1992 | Olympic Games | Doubles | Men | 5 | 2 | Shuji Matsuno |
| 2017 | World Championship | Doubles | Women | 2 | 4 | Sayaka Hirota |
| 2010 | BWF Super Series Finals | Doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Satoko Suetsuna |
| 1969 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Men | 2 | 2 | Yukinori Hori |
| 1988 | Olympic Games - exhibition sport | Doubles | Men | 3 | 2 | Shinji Matsuura |
| 2018 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Women | 2 | 2 | Ayaka Takahashi |
| 2018 | Asian Games | Doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Yuki Fukushima |
| 2019 | BWF World Tour Finals | Doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Sayaka Hirota |
| 1980 | World Cup | Doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Mikiko Takada |
| 2020 | Olympic Games | Doubles | Men | 5 | 2 | Keigo Sonoda |
| 2003 | World Championship | Doubles | Women | 3 | 2 | Seiko Yamada |
| 2024 | Olympic Games | Doubles | Women | 3 | 4 | Nami Matsuyama |
| 2014 | World Championship | Doubles | Women | 3 | 2 | Miyuki Maeda |
| 1976 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Men | 3 | 1 | Shoichi Toganoo |
| 2018 | BWF World Ranking | Doubles | Women | 1 | 2 | Yuki Fukushima |
| 1992 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Yoshiko Iwata |
| 2021 | World Championship | Doubles | Men | 1 | 7 | Yugo Kobayashi |
| 2007 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Reiko Shiota |
| 2015 | World Championship | Doubles | Men | 3 | 2 | Hiroyuki Endo |
| 2017 | BWF Super Series Finals | Doubles | Men | 3 | 1 | Takeshi Kamura |
| 2020 | Olympic Games | Doubles | Women | 5 | 2 | Sayaka Hirota |
| 2021 | World Championship | Doubles | Women | 3 | 2 | Mayu Matsumoto |
| 2017 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Men | 3 | 1 | Keigo Sonoda |
| 1970 | Asian Games | Doubles | Women | 1 | 4 | Etsuko Takenaka |
| 2021 | BWF World Tour Finals | Doubles | Men | 1 | 4 | Yugo Kobayashi |
| 2017 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Women | 1 | 4 | Misaki Matsutomo |
| 2018 | Asian Games | Doubles | Women | 2 | 2 | Ayaka Takahashi |
| 2019 | BWF World Tour Finals | Doubles | Women | 2 | 2 | Mayu Matsumoto |
| 1989 | World Cup | Doubles | Men | 3 | 1 | Shuji Matsuno |
| 2022 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Yuki Fukushima |
| 2018 | World Championship | Doubles | Women | 1 | 7 | Wakana Nagahara |
| 2016 | BWF Super Series Finals | Doubles | Women | 2 | 2 | Ayaka Takahashi |
| 2025 | World Championship | Doubles | Women | 3 | 2 | Chiharu Shida |
| 2015 | BWF Super Series Finals | Doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Misaki Matsutomo |
| 2005 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Women | 2 | 2 | Reiko Shiota |
| 1994 | Asian Games | Doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Tomomi Matsuo |
| 2025 | BWF World Tour Finals | Doubles | Women | 2 | 2 | Mayu Matsumoto |
| 1979 | World Cup | Doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Kazuko Sekine |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | Doubles | Men | 5 | 2 | Keita Masuda |
| 2019 | World Championship | Doubles | Women | 2 | 4 | Yuki Fukushima |
| 2012 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Men | 2 | 2 | Hiroyuki Endo |
| 2022 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Women | 2 | 2 | Rin Uesaka |
| 2022 | Asian Games | Doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Sayaka Hirota |
| 2016 | Olympic Games | Doubles | Women | 1 | 15 | Misaki Matsutomo |
| 2007 | World Championship | Doubles | Women | 3 | 2 | Reiko Shiota |
| 2016 | BWF Super Series Finals | Doubles | Men | 2 | 2 | Takeshi Kamura |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | Doubles | Women | 4 | 3 | Satoko Suetsuna |
| 2017 | World Championship | Doubles | Women | 3 | 2 | Misaki Matsutomo |
| 2013 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Men | 3 | 1 | Kenichi Hayakawa |
| 1996 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Yasuko Mizui |
| 2019 | World Championship | Doubles | Men | 2 | 4 | Takuro Hoki |
| 2015 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Misaki Matsutomo |
| 2017 | World Championship | Doubles | Men | 3 | 2 | Keigo Sonoda |
| 2014 | BWF Super Series Finals | Doubles | Women | 1 | 4 | Ayaka Takahashi |
| 2022 | World Championship | Doubles | Women | 3 | 2 | Wakana Nagahara |
| 2023 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Men | 3 | 1 | Takuro Hoki |
| 1966 | Asian Games | Doubles | Women | 2 | 2 | Tomoko Takahashi |
| 2019 | BWF World Tour Finals | Doubles | Men | 2 | 2 | Hiroyuki Endo |
| 1980 | World Cup | Doubles | Men | 3 | 1 | Nobutake Ikeda |
| 2018 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Women | 1 | 4 | Sayaka Hirota |
| 1982 | Asian Games | Doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Atsuko Tokuda |
| 2021 | BWF World Tour Finals | Doubles | Women | 2 | 2 | Chiharu Shida |
| 1979 | World Cup | Doubles | Women | 1 | 4 | Yoshiko Yonekura |
| 2023 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Wakana Nagahara |
| 2017 | World Championship | Doubles | Women | 2 | 4 | Yuki Fukushima |
| 2010 | BWF Super Series Finals | Doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Miyuki Maeda |
| 1969 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Men | 2 | 2 | Ippei Kojima |
| 1988 | Olympic Games - exhibition sport | Doubles | Men | 3 | 2 | Shuji Matsuno |
| 2018 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Women | 2 | 2 | Misaki Matsutomo |
| 2006 | Asian Games | Doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Reiko Shiota |
| 2019 | BWF World Tour Finals | Doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Yuki Fukushima |
| 1980 | World Cup | Doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Saori Kondo |
| 2020 | Olympic Games | Doubles | Men | 5 | 2 | Takeshi Kamura |
| 1980 | World Championship | Doubles | Women | 3 | 2 | Yoshiko Yonekura |
| 2012 | Olympic Games | Doubles | Women | 2 | 8 | Reika Kakiiwa |
| 2014 | World Championship | Doubles | Women | 3 | 2 | Reika Kakiiwa |
| 2018 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Men | 2 | 2 | Keigo Sonoda |
| 2016 | BWF World Ranking | Doubles | Women | 1 | 2 | Ayaka Takahashi |
| 2025 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Women | 2 | 2 | Chiharu Shida |
| 2021 | World Championship | Doubles | Men | 1 | 7 | Takuro Hoki |
| 2007 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Kumiko Ogura |
| 2007 | World Championship | Doubles | Men | 3 | 2 | Shuichi Sakamoto |
| 2014 | BWF Super Series Finals | Doubles | Men | 3 | 1 | Kenichi Hayakawa |
| 2020 | Olympic Games | Doubles | Women | 5 | 2 | Yuki Fukushima |
| 2018 | World Championship | Doubles | Women | 3 | 2 | Koharu Yonemoto |
| 2017 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Men | 3 | 1 | Takeshi Kamura |
| 1970 | Asian Games | Doubles | Men | 2 | 2 | Shoichi Toganoo |
| 2021 | BWF World Tour Finals | Doubles | Men | 1 | 4 | Takuro Hoki |
| 2018 | BWF World Tour Finals | Doubles | Women | 1 | 4 | Ayaka Takahashi |
| 1980 | World Cup | Doubles | Men | 3 | 1 | Masao Tsuchida |
| 2019 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Sayaka Hirota |
| 2018 | World Championship | Doubles | Women | 1 | 7 | Mayu Matsumoto |
| 2016 | BWF Super Series Finals | Doubles | Women | 2 | 2 | Misaki Matsutomo |
| 2025 | World Championship | Doubles | Women | 3 | 2 | Nami Matsuyama |
| 2016 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Women | 1 | 4 | Ayaka Takahashi |
| 2018 | Asian Games | Doubles | Women | 2 | 2 | Misaki Matsutomo |
| 2005 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Women | 2 | 2 | Kumiko Ogura |
| 1986 | Asian Games | Doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Sumiko Kitada |
| 2025 | BWF World Tour Finals | Doubles | Women | 2 | 2 | Yuki Fukushima |
| 1979 | World Cup | Doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Sonoe Ōtsuka |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | Doubles | Men | 5 | 2 | Tadashi Ohtsuka |
| 2018 | World Championship | Doubles | Women | 2 | 4 | Sayaka Hirota |
| 2012 | BWF Super Series Finals | Doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Mami Naito |
| 2011 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Men | 2 | 2 | Noriyasu Hirata |
| 2019 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Women | 2 | 2 | Wakana Nagahara |
| 2022 | Asian Games | Doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Yuki Fukushima |
| 2023 | BWF World Tour Finals | Doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Chiharu Shida |
| 2020 | Olympic Games | Doubles | Men | 5 | 2 | Yuta Watanabe |
| 2007 | World Championship | Doubles | Women | 3 | 2 | Kumiko Ogura |
| 2012 | BWF Super Series Finals | Doubles | Men | 2 | 2 | Kenichi Hayakawa |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | Doubles | Women | 4 | 3 | Miyuki Maeda |
| 2015 | World Championship | Doubles | Women | 3 | 2 | Kurumi Yonao |
| 2013 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Men | 3 | 1 | Hiroyuki Endo |
| 1996 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Hisako Mizui |
| 2018 | World Championship | Doubles | Men | 2 | 4 | Keigo Sonoda |
| 2012 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Mami Naito |
| 2017 | World Championship | Doubles | Men | 3 | 2 | Takeshi Kamura |
| 2014 | BWF Super Series Finals | Doubles | Women | 1 | 4 | Misaki Matsutomo |
| 2020 | Olympic Games | Doubles | Women | 5 | 2 | Wakana Nagahara |
| 2022 | World Championship | Doubles | Women | 3 | 2 | Mayu Matsumoto |
| 2019 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Men | 3 | 1 | Keigo Sonoda |
| 1966 | Asian Games | Doubles | Women | 2 | 2 | Hiroe Amano |
| 2018 | BWF World Tour Finals | Doubles | Men | 2 | 2 | Yuta Watanabe |
| 1979 | World Cup | Doubles | Men | 2 | 2 | Masao Tsuchida |
| 2018 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Women | 1 | 4 | Yuki Fukushima |
| 1966 | Asian Games | Doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Kazuko Goto |
| 2021 | BWF World Tour Finals | Doubles | Women | 2 | 2 | Nami Matsuyama |
| 1979 | World Cup | Doubles | Women | 1 | 4 | Emiko Ueno |
| 2023 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Mayu Matsumoto |
| 2019 | World Championship | Doubles | Women | 1 | 7 | Wakana Nagahara |
| 2017 | BWF Super Series Finals | Doubles | Women | 2 | 2 | Sayaka Hirota |
| 2019 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Men | 1 | 4 | Yuta Watanabe |
| 2016 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Women | 2 | 2 | Kurumi Yonao |
| 2006 | Asian Games | Doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Kumiko Ogura |
| 2018 | BWF World Tour Finals | Doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Wakana Nagahara |
| 1979 | World Cup | Doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Atsuko Tokuda |
| 2016 | Olympic Games | Doubles | Men | 5 | 2 | Kenichi Hayakawa |
| 1980 | World Championship | Doubles | Women | 3 | 2 | Atsuko Tokuda |
| 2012 | Olympic Games | Doubles | Women | 2 | 8 | Mizuki Fujii |
| 2011 | World Championship | Doubles | Women | 3 | 2 | Satoko Suetsuna |
| 2018 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Men | 2 | 2 | Takeshi Kamura |
| 2016 | BWF World Ranking | Doubles | Women | 1 | 2 | Misaki Matsutomo |
| 2025 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Women | 2 | 2 | Nami Matsuyama |
| 2026 | Asian Games | Doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Kie Nakanishi |
| 2007 | World Championship | Doubles | Men | 3 | 2 | Shintaro Ikeda |
| 2014 | BWF Super Series Finals | Doubles | Men | 3 | 1 | Hiroyuki Endo |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | Doubles | Women | 5 | 2 | Reiko Shiota |
| 2018 | World Championship | Doubles | Women | 3 | 2 | Shiho Tanaka |
| 2016 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Men | 3 | 1 | Keigo Sonoda |
| 1970 | Asian Games | Doubles | Men | 2 | 2 | Junji Honma |
| 2003 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Aki Akao |
| 1980 | World Cup | Doubles | Men | 3 | 1 | Yoshitaka Iino |
| 2019 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Yuki Fukushima |
| 1977 | World Championship | Doubles | Women | 1 | 7 | Emiko Ueno |
| 2017 | BWF Super Series Finals | Doubles | Women | 1 | 4 | Koharu Yonemoto |
| 2025 | World Championship | Doubles | Women | 3 | 2 | Kie Nakanishi |
| 2016 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Women | 1 | 4 | Misaki Matsutomo |
| 2014 | Asian Games | Doubles | Women | 2 | 2 | Ayaka Takahashi |
| 2018 | BWF World Tour Finals | Doubles | Women | 1 | 4 | Misaki Matsutomo |
| 2023 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Women | 1 | 4 | Sayaka Hirota |
| 1986 | Asian Games | Doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Kimiko Jinnai |
| 2024 | BWF World Tour Finals | Doubles | Women | 2 | 2 | Chiharu Shida |
| 1980 | World Cup | Doubles | Women | 1 | 4 | Yoshiko Yonekura |
| 2026 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Mayu Matsumoto |
| 1992 | Olympic Games | Doubles | Men | 5 | 2 | Shinji Matsuura |
| 2018 | World Championship | Doubles | Women | 2 | 4 | Yuki Fukushima |
| 2012 | BWF Super Series Finals | Doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Shizuka Matsuo |
| 2011 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Men | 2 | 2 | Hirokatsu Hashimoto |
| 2019 | Asian Championship | Doubles | Women | 2 | 2 | Mayu Matsumoto |
| 2018 | Asian Games | Doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Sayaka Hirota |
| 2023 | BWF World Tour Finals | Doubles | Women | 3 | 1 | Nami Matsuyama |
| 2020 | Olympic Games | Doubles | Men | 5 | 2 | Hiroyuki Endo |
| 2003 | World Championship | Doubles | Women | 3 | 2 | Shizuka Yamamoto |
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