Die Japan Open 1996 im Badminton fanden vom 16. bis zum 21. Januar 1996 in Tokio statt. Das Preisgeld betrug 150.000 US-Dollar, was dem Turnier zu einem Fünf-Sterne-Status im Grand-Prix-Circuit verhalf.
Sieger und Platzierte Herreneinzel Joko Suprianto Heryanto Arbi Lee Kwang-jin Alan Budikusuma Dameneinzel Ye Zhaoying Susi Susanti Camilla Martin Han Jingna Herrendoppel Ricky Subagja Rexy Mainaky Rudy Gunawan Bambang Suprianto S. Antonius Budi Ariantho Denny Kantono Tony Gunawan Rudy Wijaya Damendoppel Gil Young-ah Jang Hye-ock Ge Fei Gu Jun Helene Kirkegaard Rikke Olsen Qin Yiyuan Tang Yongshu Mixed Park Joo-bong Ra Kyung-min Kim Dong-moon Gil Young-ah Nick Ponting Joanne Wright Ha Tae-kwon Kim Shin-young
Finalergebnisse Disziplin Sieger Finalist Ergebnis Herreneinzel Joko Suprianto Heryanto Arbi 15-12, 13-18, 15-4 Dameneinzel Ye Zhaoying Susi Susanti 11-7, 11-8 Herrendoppel Ricky Subagja Rexy Mainaky Rudy Gunawan Bambang Suprianto 15-8, 12-15, 15-12 Damendoppel Gil Young-ah Jang Hye-ock Ge Fei Gu Jun 15-5, 14-17, 15-10 Mixed Park Joo-bong Ra Kyung-min Kim Dong-moon Gil Young-ah 15-7, 15-1
Ergebnisse Herreneinzel Heryanto Arbi – Lin Liwen: 18-15 / 15-12 Fumihiko Machida – Andreas Pichler: 15-2 / 15-1 Jeroen van Dijk – Thomas Johansson: 15-11 / 15-5 Akihiro Kishida – Theodoros Velkos: 15-3 / 10-15 / 15-2 Ting Chih-chen – Christian Hinteregger: 15-5 / 15-0 Peter Rasmussen – Chang Jeng-shyuang: 15-5 / 6-15 / 15-2 Darren Hall – Mike Beres: 15-4 / 15-13 Alan Budikusuma – Peter Janum: 15-10 / 15-8 Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen – Hamid Khan: 15-8 / 9-15 / 15-8 Ong Ewe Hock – Liu En-hung: 15-8 / 15-1 Craig Booley – Jean-Frédéric Massias: 15-13 / 15-9 Tam Kai Chuen – Bertrand Gallet: 17-15 / 15-3 Lo Ah Heng – Seiichi Watanabe: 15-5 / 15-6 Jim Laugesen – Hwang Sun-ho: 15-5 / 15-10 Hu Zhilang – Masahiro Yabe: 15-3 / 15-4 Etienne Thobois – Kin Meng Horatius Hwang: 15-3 / 15-10 Lee Kwang-jin – Jürgen Koch: 15-3 / 15-11 Ismail Saman – Takahiro Saka: 15-11 / 15-7 Pang Chen – Imay Hendra: 15-3 / 15-12 Sun Jun – Lee Mou-chou: 15-13 / 18-13 Peter Knowles – Takaaki Hayashi: 15-6 / 15-0 Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen – Yuzo Kubota: 15-4 / 15-4 Martin Lundgaard Hansen – Keita Masuda: 15-7 / 14-15 / 15-1 Jens Olsson – Enrico La Rosa: 15-2 / 15-2 Murray Hocking – Gianmarco La Rosa: 15-1 / 15-9 Joris van Soerland – Lin Kuo-chin: 15-4 / 15-1 Rashid Sidek – Yu Lizhi: 15-8 / 13-18 / 15-5 Iain Sydie – Thomas Reidy: 15-4 / 15-3 Joko Suprianto – Shinji Bito: 15-7 / 15-8 Yong Hock Kin - : w.o. Søren B. Nielsen – Ardy Wiranata: w.o. Tan Sian Peng – Igor Dmitriev: w.o. Heryanto Arbi – Fumihiko Machida: 15-8 / 15-11 Jeroen van Dijk – Akihiro Kishida: 15-4 / 18-14 Ting Chih-chen – Yong Hock Kin: 10-15 / 17-16 / 15-12 Peter Rasmussen – Darren Hall: 15-7 / 15-2 Ong Ewe Hock – Craig Booley: 18-15 / 15-10 Lo Ah Heng – Tam Kai Chuen: 15-12 / 15-10 Hu Zhilang – Jim Laugesen: 15-5 / 15-11 / 15-6 Lee Kwang-jin – Etienne Thobois: 15-6 / 15-0 Søren B. Nielsen – Ismail Saman: 15-9 / 8-15 / 15-10 Pang Chen – Sun Jun : 15-12 / 8-15 / 17-14 Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen – Peter Knowles: 15-11 / 15-9 Martin Lundgaard Hansen – Jens Olsson: 15-13 / 15-7 Tan Sian Peng – Murray Hocking: 9-15 / 15-6 / 15-7 Rashid Sidek – Joris van Soerland: 15-8 / 15-7 Joko Suprianto – Iain Sydie: 15-7 / 15-5 Alan Budikusuma – Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen: w.o. Heryanto Arbi – Jeroen van Dijk: 15-8 / 18-13 Peter Rasmussen – Ting Chih-chen: 15-9 / 15-8 Alan Budikusuma – Ong Ewe Hock: 15-7 / 15-7 Hu Zhilang – Lo Ah Heng: 15-4 / 15-9 Lee Kwang-jin – Søren B. Nielsen: 15-8 / 15-5 Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen – Pang Chen: 10-15 / 15-10 / 15-10 Martin Lundgaard Hansen – Tan Sian Peng: 15-7 / 15-3 Joko Suprianto – Rashid Sidek: 15-6 / 15-18 / 15-7 Heryanto Arbi – Peter Rasmussen: 15-4 / 15-6 Alan Budikusuma – Hu Zhilang: 15-3 / 15-8 Lee Kwang-jin – Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen: 15-10 / 15-6 Joko Suprianto – Martin Lundgaard Hansen: 15-11 / 15-9 Heryanto Arbi – Alan Budikusuma: 15-10 / 15-11 Joko Suprianto – Lee Kwang-jin: 15-7 / 15-2 Joko Suprianto – Heryanto Arbi: 15-12 / 14-18 / 15-4
Dameneinzel Qualifikation Miho Tanaka – Hiromi Ban: 11-0 / 11-0 Keiko Takeno – Kennie Asuncion: 11-5 / 11-1 Tammy Jenkins – Gina Gomez: 11-7 / 11-7 Chikako Nakayama – Eriko Motegi: 11-4 / 11-0 Santi Wibowo – Sandrine Lefèvre: 11-7 / 11-6 Tomoka Yoshioka – Monica Memoli: 11-3 / 11-6 Sachiko Sekimoto – Junko Yamada: 11-5 / 11-8 Chihiro Ohsaka – Christelle Mol: 11-4 / 12-11 Noriko Hori – Rii Matsumoto: 12-9 / 11-4 Miho Tanaka – Ng Ching: 11-3 / 11-3 Robbyn Hermitage – Tatiana Vattier: 11-1 / 11-8 Keiko Takeno – Erika Von Heiland: 11-5 / 11-1 Yumi Akashi – Kumi Ohta: 11-5 / 12-11 Kaori Mori – Tamami Nakajima: 6-11 / 11-8 / 11-4 Kanako Yonekura – Naoko Miyake: 11-2 / 11-5 Charmaine Reid – Tammy Jenkins: 10-12 / 12-10 / 11-1 Chikako Nakayama – Santi Wibowo: 11-3 / 11-3 Heather Poole – Kathy Zimmerman: 11-3 / 11-0 Tomoka Yoshioka – Kellie Lucas: 11-6 / 11-5 Yoshiko Iwata – Elma Ong: 11-2 / 11-2 Sachiko Sekimoto – Chihiro Ohsaka: 6-11 / 11-6 / 11-5 Meiling Okuno – Moira Ong: 11-8 / 11-7 Noriko Hori – Maria Luisa Mur: 12-10 / 11-1 Mariko Nakayama – Satomi Igawa: 11-4 / 11-4
Dameneinzel Kanako Yonekura – Yumi Akashi: 12-10 / 11-4 Margit Borg – Keiko Takeno: 11-2 / 11-3 Rhona Robertson – Song Yang: 6-11 / 12-9 / 11-3 Lee Joo Hyun – Yasuko Mizui: 7-11 / 12-10 / 11-7 Takako Ida – Tomoka Yoshioka: 11-2 / 11-2 Miho Tanaka – Masako Sakamoto: 11-12 / 11-0 / 11-3 Hisako Mizui – Denyse Julien: 11-2 / 11-1 Chikako Nakayama – Huang Chia-chi: 3-11 / 11-8 / 11-3 Kanako Yonekura – Anne Søndergaard: 11-7 / 11-6 Lidya Djaelawijaya – Zarinah Abdullah: 11-6 / 11-7 Anne Gibson – Margit Borg: 11-8 / 11-1 Lotte Thomsen – Rhona Robertson: 11-7 / 11-0 Lee Joo Hyun – Chan Ya-lin: 11-8 / 11-5 Camilla Martin – Mariko Nakayama: 11-0 / 11-4 Miho Tanaka – Amparo Lim: 11-2 / 11-8 Wang Chen – Jeng Shwu-zen: 12-9 / 11-0 Christine Magnusson – Hisako Mizui: 5-11 / 11-7 / 11-1 Zhang Ning – Sachiko Sekimoto: 11-4 / 11-6 Yao Yan – Chikako Nakayama: 11-5 / 11-7 Ye Zhaoying – Yoshiko Ohta: w.o. Debra O’Connor – Lim Xiaoqing: w.o. Han Jingna – Yuliani Santosa: w.o. Takako Ida – Maria Bengtsson: w.o. Susi Susanti – Lisa Campbell: w.o. Ye Zhaoying – Kanako Yonekura: 11-8 / 11-3 Lidya Djaelawijaya – Anne Gibson: 11-8 / 12-11 Lotte Thomsen – Debra O’Connor: 11-3 / 11-3 Han Jingna – Lee Joo Hyun: 11-8 / 11-6 Camilla Martin – Takako Ida: 11-6 / 11-8 Wang Chen – Miho Tanaka: 11-5 / 11-2 Zhang Ning – Christine Magnusson: 11-7 / 11-4 Susi Susanti – Yao Yan: 11-1 / 11-6 Ye Zhaoying – Lidya Djaelawijaya: 11-9 / 11-4 Han Jingna – Lotte Thomsen: 11-2 / 11-7 Camilla Martin – Wang Chen: 11-5 / 11-5 Susi Susanti – Zhang Ning: 11-4 / 11-5 Ye Zhaoying – Han Jingna: 11-3 / 11-2 Susi Susanti – Camilla Martin: 6-11 / 11-5 / 11-9 Ye Zhaoying – Susi Susanti: 11-7 / 11-8
Herrendoppel Horng Shin-jeng / Huang Chuan-chen – Jürgen Koch / Iain Sydie: 15-1 / 14-17 / 15-7 Peter Blackburn / Paul Staight – Patrick Lau Kim Pong / Tan Sian Peng: 15-10 / 15-10 Takaaki Hayashi / Norio Imai – Manuel Dubrulle / Vincent Laigle: 14-17 / 15-0 / 15-7 Chow Kin Man / Ma Che Kong – Boris Kessov / Theodoros Velkos: 17-15 / 18-14 Chew Choon Eng / Rosman Razak – Lee Sung-yuan / Yong Shyu-jeng: 15-6 / 15-8 Jens Eriksen / Christian Jakobsen – Mike Beres / Bryan Moody: 15-4 / 15-8 Kazuhiro Honda / Akihiro Imai – Brent Olynyk / Darryl Yung: 15-13 / 12-15 / 15-6 Chan Siu Kwong / He Tim – Koji Miya / Eiji Takahashi: 15-4 / 15-11 Choong Tan Fook / Lee Wan Wah – Neil Cottrill / Darren Hall: 15-4 / 15-6 Yap Yee Guan / Yap Yee Hup – Shinji Ohta / Takuya Takehana: 15-1 / 15-3 Ha Tae-kwon / Lee Dong-soo – Christian Hinteregger / Andreas Pichler: 15-1 / 15-0 Ge Cheng / Tao Xiaoqiang – Chen Chin-Hsien / Tu Tung-sheng: 15-5 / 18-15 Hideki Furukawa / Hideyuki Munesue – Bertrand Gallet / Jean-Frédéric Massias: 18-15 / 9-15 / 18-13 Michael Søgaard / Henrik Svarrer – Nick Ponting / Julian Robertson: w.o. Simon Archer / Chris Hunt – Lin Kuo-chin / Wu Chun-sheng: w.o. Chiang Hong-li / Wang Chia-cherng - : w.o. Ricky Subagja / Rexy Mainaky – Michael Keck / Kai Mitteldorf: 15-6 / 15-9 Michael Søgaard / Henrik Svarrer – Horng Shin-jeng / Huang Chuan-chen: 15-12 / 15-4 Peter Blackburn / Paul Staight – Takaaki Hayashi / Norio Imai: 15-9 / 7-15 / 15-12 Huang Zhanzhong / Jiang Xin – Hwang Sun-ho / Kim Dong-moon: 15-1 / 15-10 Chew Choon Eng / Rosman Razak – Chow Kin Man / Ma Che Kong: 15-6 / 15-8 S. Antonius Budi Ariantho / Denny Kantono – Enrico La Rosa / Gianmarco La Rosa: 15-3 / 15-4 Simon Archer / Chris Hunt – Jens Eriksen / Christian Jakobsen: 15-9 / 15-7 Kazuhiro Honda / Akihiro Imai – Chiang Hong-li / Wang Chia-cherng: 15-3 / 15-9 Tony Gunawan / Rudy Wijaya – Shinji Bito / Fumihiko Machida: 15-12 / 15-4 Chan Siu Kwong / He Tim – Choong Tan Fook / Lee Wan Wah: 15-10 / 15-8 Jon Holst-Christensen / Thomas Lund – Takuya Katayama / Yuzo Kubota: 15-3 / 15-4 Ha Tae-kwon / Lee Dong-soo – Yap Yee Guan / Yap Yee Hup: 15-7 / 15-4 Peter Axelsson / Pär-Gunnar Jönsson – Liao Kuo-mao / Lin Liang-chun: 15-3 / 15-6 Ge Cheng / Tao Xiaoqiang – Hideki Furukawa / Hideyuki Munesue: 15-10 / 15-10 Rudy Gunawan / Bambang Suprianto – Jim Laugesen / Thomas Stavngaard: 15-11 / 15-9 Cheah Soon Kit / Yap Kim Hock – Kevin Han / Thomas Reidy: w.o. Ricky Subagja / Rexy Mainaky – Michael Søgaard / Henrik Svarrer: 18-14 / 7-15 / 15-8 Cheah Soon Kit / Yap Kim Hock – Peter Blackburn / Paul Staight: 15-11 / 15-8 Huang Zhanzhong / Jiang Xin – Chew Choon Eng / Rosman Razak: 15-4 / 15-10 S. Antonius Budi Ariantho / Denny Kantono – Simon Archer / Chris Hunt: 15-2 / 15-11 Tony Gunawan / Rudy Wijaya – Kazuhiro Honda / Akihiro Imai: 15-11 / 15-1 Jon Holst-Christensen / Thomas Lund – Chan Siu Kwong / He Tim: 15-3 / 15-9 Ha Tae-kwon / Lee Dong-soo – Peter Axelsson / Pär-Gunnar Jönsson: 12-15 / 15-6 / 15-2 Rudy Gunawan / Bambang Suprianto – Ge Cheng / Tao Xiaoqiang: 15-6 / 15-4 Ricky Subagja / Rexy Mainaky – Cheah Soon Kit / Yap Kim Hock: 15-14 / 7-15 / 15-8 S. Antonius Budi Ariantho / Denny Kantono – Huang Zhanzhong / Jiang Xin: 15-12 / 15-0 Tony Gunawan / Rudy Wijaya – Jon Holst-Christensen / Thomas Lund: 12-15 / 15-2 / 15-13 Rudy Gunawan / Bambang Suprianto – Ha Tae-kwon / Lee Dong-soo: 15-8 / 15-12 Ricky Subagja / Rexy Mainaky – S. Antonius Budi Ariantho / Denny Kantono: 15-10 / 15-11 Rudy Gunawan / Bambang Suprianto – Tony Gunawan / Rudy Wijaya: 15-4 / 15-10 Ricky Subagja / Rexy Mainaky – Rudy Gunawan / Bambang Suprianto: 15-8 / 12-15 / 15-12
Damendoppel Qualifikation Miho Tomita / Hiromi Yamada – Virginie Delvingt / Sandrine Lefèvre: 15-3 / 15-1 Mariko Nakayama / Kanako Yonekura – Gina Gomez / Meiling Okuno: 15-0 / 15-3 Yuki Koizumi / Mayumi Watanabe – Chan Hui Fung / Zhou Xin: 15-1 / 15-6 Chiemi Ishii / Yoshiko Iwata – Christelle Mol / Tatiana Vattier: 15-5 / 15-2 Haruko Matsuda / Shinobu Sasaki – Heather Poole / Charmaine Reid: 15-2 / 15-3
Damendoppel Ge Fei / Gu Jun – Tammy Jenkins / Rhona Robertson: 15-6 / 15-1 Ann Jørgensen / Lotte Olsen – Gillian Gowers / Sarah Hardaker: 15-7 / 15-8 Tomomi Matsuo / Masako Sakamoto – Kim Mee-hyang / Kim Shin-young: 9-15 / 15-13 / 15-11 Yuki Koizumi / Mayumi Watanabe – Milaine Cloutier / Robbyn Hermitage: 10-15 / 15-10 / 15-3 Julie Bradbury / Joanne Wright – Miho Tomita / Hiromi Yamada: 15-2 / 15-10 Finarsih / Lili Tampi – Katrin Schmidt / Kerstin Ubben: 15-12 / 15-6 Helene Kirkegaard / Rikke Olsen – Elma Ong / Moira Ong: 15-4 / 15-3 Silvia Albrecht / Santi Wibowo – Kennie Asuncion / Amparo Lim: 15-9 / 18-17 Si-an Deng / Denyse Julien – Linda French / Erika Von Heiland: 15-9 / 15-3 Qin Yiyuan / Tang Yongshu – Maria Bengtsson / Margit Borg: 15-3 / 15-6 Nichola Beck / Joanne Davies – Hisako Mizui / Yasuko Mizui: 15-7 / 6-15 / 15-12 Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen / Marlene Thomsen – Rhonda Cator / Amanda Hardy: 15-0 / 15-5