Japan Ranking Circuit Tournament

Japan Ranking Circuit Tournament
Founded	1999
Editions	29th (in 2026)
Location	Saitama, Saitama Prefecture; Japan
Venue	Saiden Chemical Arena
Men's
Draw	32S / 32D
Current champions	Koo Takahashi (singles); Hiroki Okamura; Kyohei Yamashita (doubles)
Most singles titles	5; Sho Sasaki
Most doubles titles	4; Keita Masuda; Tadashi Ōtsuka
Women's
Draw	32S / 32D
Current champions	Yuzuno Watanabe (singles); Miyu Takahashi; Sumire Nakade (doubles)
Most singles titles	3; Kanako Yonekura
Most doubles titles	5; Chikako Nakayama
Mixed doubles
Draw	32
Current champions	Yuto Nakashizu; Maya Taguchi
Most titles (male)	2; Ryota Taohata; Yuta Watanabe
Most titles (female)	2; Arisa Higashino

Japan Ranking Circuit Tournament (日本ランキングサーキット大会, Nihon Rankingu Sākitto Taikai) is a national badminton tournament organized by the Badminton Association of Japan. It is a tournament that is eligible for ranking points in the Japan Rankings.

History

The Japan Ranking Circuit Tournament was established in 1999. The inaugural edition took place from 25 July to 29 July 1999, at the Nippon Sport Science University Yonemoto Memorial Gymnasium.^[2] The tournament's first champions were Keita Masuda in men's singles, Kanako Yonekura in women's singles, Takuya Katayama and Yūzō Kubota in men's doubles, and Chikako Nakayama and Takae Masumo in women's doubles. A mixed doubles event was not contested during this first edition.

In 2026, second-year high school student Yuzuno Watanabe won the women's singles event, becoming the youngest player to ever win a title across all categories in the tournament's history.^[3] Previously, the youngest champions had been third-year high school students, including Nozomi Okuhara (2012) and Aya Ohori (2014) in women's singles, as well as Yuta Watanabe (2015)^[4] in mixed doubles.^[5]

Past winners

Year	Ed.	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles	Ref
1999	1	Keita Masuda	Kanako Yonekura	Takuya Katayama Yūzō Kubota	Chikako Nakayama Takae Masumo	No Competition	^[2]
2000	2	Shinya Ohtsuka	Shizuka Yamamoto	Takaaki Hayashi Katsuya Nishiyama	Shizuka Yamamoto Seiko Yamada		^[6]
2000	3	Shinya Ohtsuka	Kanako Yonekura	Takuya Katayama Yūzō Kubota	Chikako Nakayama Mika Anjo		^[7]
2001	4	Kazuhiro Shimogami	Kaori Mori	Keita Masuda Tadashi Ōtsuka
2001	5	Hidetaka Yamada	Kanako Yonekura	Takuya Katayama Yūzō Kubota
2002	6	Keita Masuda	Miho Tanaka	Keita Masuda Tadashi Ōtsuka	Chikako Nakayama Keiko Yoshitomi
2003	7	Hidetaka Yamada	Miho Tanaka	Shuichi Nakao Shuichi Sakamoto	Aki Akao Tomomi Matsuda
2004	8	Shōji Satō	Eriko Hirose	Keita Masuda Tadashi Ōtsuka	Miyuki Maeda Satoko Suetsuna
2005	9	Sho Sasaki	Eriko Hirose	Keita Masuda Tadashi Ōtsuka	Miyuki Maeda Satoko Suetsuna
2006	10		Yu Hirayama	Shintaro Ikeda Shuichi Sakamoto	Ikue Tatani Aya Wakisaka
2007	11		Yu Hirayama	Keita Masuda Tadashi Ōtsuka	Ikue Tatani Aya Wakisaka
2008	12		Ai Goto	Kenichi Hayakawa Kenta Kazuno	Yasuyo Imabeppu Shizuka Matsuo		^[8]
2009	13		Kaori Imabeppu	Hirokatsu Hashimoto Noriyasu Hirata	Shizuka Matsuo Mami Naito		^[9]
2010	14	Riichi Takeshita	Kaori Imabeppu	Naoki Kawamae Shōji Satō	Miyuki Maeda Satoko Suetsuna	Shintaro Ikeda Reiko Shiota	^[10]
2011	15	Riichi Takeshita	Minatsu Mitani	Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda	Yuriko Miki Koharu Yonemoto	Ryota Taohata Sayuri Asahara	^[11]
2012	16	Jun Takemura	Nozomi Okuhara	Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda	Naoko Fukuman Kurumi Yonao	Daisuke Suzuki Miki Komori	^[12]
2013	17	Jun Takemura	Yuka Kusunose	Kenta Kazuno Kazushi Yamada	Asumi Kugo Yui Miyauchi	Takuto Inoue Ayaka Takahashi	^[13]
2014	18	Kazuteru Kozai	Aya Ohori	Kenta Kazuno Kazushi Yamada	Misato Aratama Megumi Taruno	Ryota Taohata Ayane Kurihara	^[14]
2015	19	Kazumasa Sakai	Sayaka Sato	Takuro Hoki Yugo Kobayashi	Koharu Yonemoto Shiho Tanaka	Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino	^[15]
2016	20	Yu Igarashi	Ayumi Mine	Kenya Mitsuhashi Yuta Watanabe	Ayako Sakuramoto Yukiko Takahata	Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino	^[16]
2017	21	Kento Momota	Natsuki Nidaira	Akira Koga Taichi Saito	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	Yuki Kaneko Kie Nakanishi	^[17]
2018	22	Riichi Takeshita	Minatsu Mitani	Akira Koga Taichi Saito	Ayane Kurihara Naru Shinoya	Takuro Hoki Wakana Nagahara	^[18]
2019	23	Yu Igarashi	Asuka Takahashi	Takuto Inoue Yuki Kaneko	Chisato Hoshi Aoi Matsuda	Tadayuki Urai Rena Miyaura	^[19]
2021	24	Minoru Koga	Sayaka Sato	Keiichiro Matsui Yoshinori Takeuchi	Chisato Hoshi Aoi Matsuda	Kyohei Yamashita Naru Shinoya	^[20]
2022	25	Kodai Naraoka	Aya Ohori	Mahiro Kaneko Keigo Sonoda	Mizuki Otake Miyu Takahashi	Hiroki Midorikawa Natsu Saito	^[21]
2023	26	Minoru Koga	Akari Kurihara	Mahiro Kaneko Shunya Ota	Maiko Kawazoe Haruna Konishi	Hashiru Shimono Miku Shigeta	^[22]
2024	27	Yushi Tanaka	Asuka Takahashi	Hiroki Midorikawa Kyohei Yamashita	Mizuki Otake Miyu Takahashi	Yuichi Shimogami Sayaka Hobara	^[23]
2025	28	Takuma Obayashi	Manami Suizu	Yudai Nagafuchi Kota Ogawa	Hinata Suzuki Nao Yamakita	Hiroki Nishi Akari Sato	^[24]^[25]
2026	29	Koo Takahashi	Yuzuno Watanabe	Hiroki Okamura Kyohei Yamashita	Miyu Takahashi Sumire Nakade	Yuto Nakashizu Maya Taguchi	^[5]^[26]

References

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↑ "Japan Ranking Circuit Tournament 2015: Kazumasa Sakai wins men's singles, and Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino win mixed doubles for the first time!". BIPROGY (in Japanese). 22 May 2015. Archived from the original on 21 June 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
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[rc99-2] 1 2 "'99 Ranking Circuit Tournament Results". Nippon Badminton Association (in Japanese). 29 July 1999. Archived from the original on 8 March 2000. Retrieved 25 April 2026.

[3] "[Japan Ranking Circuit 2026] Second-year high school student Yuzuno Watanabe wins women's singles! First-time champions in all 5 events". SMASH and NET.TV (in Japanese). 24 May 2026. Archived from the original on 25 May 2026. Retrieved 25 May 2026.

[4] "Japan Ranking Circuit Tournament 2015: Kazumasa Sakai wins men's singles, and Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino win mixed doubles for the first time!". BIPROGY (in Japanese). 22 May 2015. Archived from the original on 21 June 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2026.

[rc251-5] 1 2 "[Japan Ranking Circuit 2026] Koo Takahashi takes the top spot in men's singles, and Yuzuno Watanabe takes the top spot in women's singles! <Day 5 Digest / Singles>". Badminton Spirit (in Japanese). 24 May 2026. Archived from the original on 24 May 2026. Retrieved 24 May 2026.

[rc00-6] "2000 Ranking Circuit Tournament Results". Nippon Badminton Association (in Japanese). 30 March 2000. Archived from the original on 17 November 2000. Retrieved 25 April 2026.

[rc700-7] "July 2000 Ranking Circuit Tournament". Nippon Badminton Association (in Japanese). 2 August 2000. Archived from the original on 17 November 2000. Retrieved 25 April 2026.

[8] "2008年日本ランキングサーキット大会" (in Japanese).

[9] "2009年日本ランキングサーキット大会" (in Japanese).

[10] "2010年日本ランキングサーキット大会" (in Japanese).

[11] "2011年日本ランキングサーキット大会" (in Japanese).

[12] "2012年日本ランキングサーキット大会" (in Japanese).

[13] "2013年日本ランキングサーキット大会" (in Japanese).

[14] "2014年日本ランキングサーキット大会" (in Japanese). 31 December 2023.

[15] "2015年日本ランキングサーキット大会" (in Japanese). 31 December 2023.

[16] "2016年日本ランキングサーキット大会" (in Japanese). 31 December 2023.

[rc17-17] "Kento Momota wins his comeback tournament in the 2017 Japan Ranking Circuit!". Yonex (in Japanese). 1 June 2017. Archived from the original on 27 April 2026. Retrieved 27 April 2026.

[18] "2018年日本ランキングサーキット大会" (in Japanese). 31 December 2023.

[19] "2019年日本ランキングサーキット大会" (in Japanese). 31 December 2023.

[20] "2021年日本ランキングサーキット大会" (in Japanese). 31 December 2023.

[21] "2022年日本ランキングサーキット大会" (in Japanese). 31 December 2023.

[22] "2023年日本ランキングサーキット大会" (in Japanese). 31 December 2023.

[23] "2024年日本ランキングサーキット大会" (in Japanese). 31 December 2023.

[24] "[Japan Ranking Circuit 2025] Takuma Obayashi wins the national title for the first time in three years! Manami Suizu wins the women's singles title! <Final Results/Singles>" (in Japanese). Badminton Spirit. 24 May 2025. Archived from the original on 26 April 2026. Retrieved 24 May 2025.

[25] "[Japan Ranking Circuit 2025] New champions are born in three doubles events! In mixed doubles, Hiroki Nishi and Akari Sato defeat the Olympic medalist pair! <Final results/doubles>" (in Japanese). Badminton Spirit. 24 May 2025. Archived from the original on 26 April 2026. Retrieved 24 May 2025.

[rc262-26] "[Japan Ranking Circuit 2026] Women's Doubles: Miyu Takahashi & Sumire Nakada take the victory! Men's Doubles: Hiroki Okamura & Kyohei Yamashita conquer the title! <Finals Highlights / Doubles>". Badminton Spirit (in Japanese). 24 May 2026. Archived from the original on 24 May 2026. Retrieved 24 May 2026.

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