The Japan Open is an annual badminton tournament held in Japan. It became part of the BWF Super Series in 2007. Since 2018, the BWF has categorized the Japan Open as one of the five BWF World Tour Super 750 events in the BWF event structure.
Tournament history The tournament was established in 1982 and was officially called the "First Yonex Cup Japan Open". It was the first international badminton tournament in Japan to offer prize money, with a total prize money of 10 million yen. The participants were the world's top badminton players from 19 countries. The first tournament was held from January 14 to 17, 1982 at the Shukugawa Gakuin Gymnasium, and Kobe Central Gymnasium in Kobe City, Hyōgo Prefecture.
By 1991, the event had grown to a size that attracted the largest number of competitors ever, with 262 competitors from 25 countries. To celebrate its 10th anniversary, the event's official name was changed to Yonex Japan Open. In 1996, the event's scale reached a new level, with 340 competitors from 26 countries competing before the Atlanta Olympics. In 1998, the event's official name was changed to Yonex Open Japan.
Since 2007, the tournament has become part of the BWF Super Series, with the total prize money increased to US$200,000. In 2013, the tournament produced its first local champion in 32 years. At the age of 16, Akane Yamaguchi reached the women's singles final and defeated Shizuka Uchida to become the youngest BWF Super Series champion.
Since 2017, the event has been sponsored by automobile manufacturer Daihatsu and officially named the Daihatsu Yonex Japan Open, with the total prize money increased to US $325,000.
Host cities 1982: Kobe 1983, 2024: Yokohama 1984–1985, 1987: Gunma 1986, 2022: Osaka 1988–2019, 2023, 2025–2026: Tokyo
Winners Year Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles Mixed doubles Ref 1982 Thomas Kihlström Li Lingwei Rudy Heryanto Hariamanto Kartono Nora Perry Jane Webster Mike Tredgett Nora Perry 1983 Han Jian Han Aiping Stefan Karlsson Thomas Kihlström Gillian Clark Gillian Gilks Thomas Kihlström Nora Perry 1984 Morten Frost Zheng Yuli Karen Beckman Gillian Gilks Martin Dew Gillian Gilks 1985 Zhao Jianhua Wu Jianqiu Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong Kim Yun-ja Yoo Sang-hee Billy Gilliland Gillian Gowers 1986 Yang Yang Li Lingwei Jalani Sidek Razif Sidek Lin Ying Wu Dixi Billy Gilliland Nora Perry 1987 Xiong Guobao Eddy Hartono Liem Swie King Guan Weizhen Lin Ying Lee Deuk-choon Chung Myung-hee 1988 Nick Yates Han Aiping Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi Chung Myung-hee Chung So-young Park Joo-bong Chung Myung-hee 1989 Yang Yang Li Lingwei Lee Sang-bok Park Joo-bong Gillian Clark Julie Munday 1990 Morten Frost Huang Hua Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong Lai Caiqin Yao Fen 1991 Ardy Wiranata Gillian Clark Gillian Gowers 1992 Susi Susanti Chen Hongyong Chen Kang Chung So-young Hwang Hye-young Thomas Lund Pernille Dupont 1993 Hariyanto Arbi Ye Zhaoying Chung So-young Gil Young-ah Thomas Lund Catrine Bengtsson 1994 Ardy Wiranata Susi Susanti Denny Kantono Ricky Subagja Jon Holst-Christensen Catrine Bengtsson 1995 Hariyanto Arbi Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja Ge Fei Gu Jun Thomas Lund Marlene Thomsen 1996 Joko Suprianto Ye Zhaoying Gil Young-ah Jang Hye-ock Park Joo-bong Ra Kyung-min 1997 Peter Rasmussen Mia Audina Ge Fei Gu Jun Liu Yong Ge Fei 1998 Peter Gade Gong Zhichao Cheah Soon Kit Yap Kim Hock Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min 1999 Ye Zhaoying Ha Tae-kwon Kim Dong-moon Liu Yong Ge Fei 2000 Ji Xinpeng Gong Zhichao Tony Gunawan Candra Wijaya Huang Nanyan Yang Wei 2001 Roslin Hashim Zhou Mi Sigit Budiarto Candra Wijaya Gao Ling Huang Sui Bambang Suprianto Minarti Timur 2002 Lee Hyun-il Chan Chong Ming Chew Choon Eng Lee Kyung-won Ra Kyung-min Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min 2003 Xia Xuanze Camilla Martin Eng Hian Flandy Limpele Gao Ling Huang Sui Zhang Jun Gao Ling 2004 Ronald Susilo Mia Audina Ha Tae-kwon Kim Dong-moon Lee Kyung-won Ra Kyung-min Nova Widianto Vita Marissa 2005 Lin Dan Zhang Ning Jens Eriksen Martin Lundgaard Hansen Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thungthongkam 2006 Tony Gunawan Candra Wijaya Gao Ling Huang Sui Flandy Limpele Vita Marissa 2007 Lee Chong Wei Tine Rasmussen Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen Zheng Bo Gao Ling 2008 Sony Dwi Kuncoro Wang Yihan Lars Paaske Jonas Rasmussen Cheng Shu Zhao Yunlei Muhammad Rijal Vita Marissa 2009 Bao Chunlai Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan Ma Jin Wang Xiaoli Songphon Anugritayawon Kunchala Voravichitchaikul 2010 Lee Chong Wei Jiang Yanjiao Cai Yun Fu Haifeng Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei 2011 Chen Long Wang Yihan Bao Yixin Zhong Qianxin Chen Hung-ling Cheng Wen-hsing 2012 Lee Chong Wei Tai Tzu-ying Kim Gi-jung Kim Sa-rang Poon Lok Yan Tse Ying Suet Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying 2013 Akane Yamaguchi Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan Ma Jin Tang Jinhua Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei 2014 Li Xuerui Lee Yong-dae Yoo Yeon-seong Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi 2015 Lin Dan Nozomi Okuhara Zhao Yunlei Zhong Qianxin Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen 2016 Lee Chong Wei He Bingjiao Li Junhui Liu Yuchen Christinna Pedersen Kamilla Rytter Juhl Zheng Siwei Chen Qingchen 2017 Viktor Axelsen Carolina Marín Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi Wang Yilyu Huang Dongping 2018 Kento Momota Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong 2019 Akane Yamaguchi Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong Wang Yilyu Huang Dongping 2020Cancelled 2021Cancelled 2022 Kenta Nishimoto Akane Yamaguchi Liang Weikeng Wang Chang Jeong Na-eun Kim Hye-jeong Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai 2023 Viktor Axelsen An Se-young Lee Yang Wang Chi-lin Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino 2024 Alex Lanier Akane Yamaguchi Goh Sze Fei Nur Izzuddin Liu Shengshu Tan Ning Jiang Zhenbang Wei Yaxin 2025 Shi Yuqi An Se-young Kim Won-ho Seo Seung-jae 2026 Christo Popov P. V. Sindhu Fajar Alfian Muhammad Shohibul Fikri Kim Hye-jeong Kong Hee-yong Feng Yanzhe Huang Dongping
Performances by nation
RankNationTotal113257211581212101283337415430472214165 *3531127411271153.510.58121.54.5911 133311222213111111111111Total4343434343215 Host nation
See also Kumamoto Masters Japan
References
External links Japan Open results history from the tournament website (in Japanese) Handbook of the 1987 Yonex Cup Japan Open Badminton Championships