is a retired Japanese badminton player. He has been a runner-up of the All England three times (2013, 2014 and 2016) along with his partner, Hiroyuki Endo. He competed at the 2010 and 2014 Asian Games.

Career Hayakawa won the first point in the 2014 Thomas Cup finals with Hiroyuki Endo beating 2004 World Junior Champions Hoon Thien How and Tan Boon Heong and lead the momentum for the Japanese team to claim the Thomas Cup for the first time, being the fourth nation to win Thomas cup after Indonesia, China and Malaysia.

On 31 March 2017, Hayakawa retired as a badminton player. He was appointed as the Japan national badminton team coach in 2017. Hayakawa stepped down as the national team coach in 2023 and became the men's team manager for BIPROGY.

Achievements World Championships Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2015 Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia Hiroyuki Endo Liu Xiaolong Qiu Zihan 16–21, 23–21, 20–22 Bronze

Asian Championships Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2012 Qingdao Sports Centre Conson Stadium,Qingdao, China Hiroyuki Endo Kim Gi-jung Kim Sa-rang 12–21, 16–21 Silver 2013 Taipei Arena,Taipei, Taiwan Hiroyuki Endo Kim Gi-jung Kim Sa-rang 21–19, 13–21, 14–21 Bronze

Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2015 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,Wuhan, China Misaki Matsutomo Lee Chun Hei Chau Hoi Wah 17–21, 19–21 Bronze

BWF Superseries (7 runners-up) The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011. Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2012 China Masters Hiroyuki Endo Chai Biao Zhang Nan 18–21, 17–21 Runner-up 2012 World Superseries Finals Hiroyuki Endo Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen 17–21, 19–21 Runner-up 2013 All England Open Hiroyuki Endo Liu Xiaolong Qiu Zihan 11–21, 9–21 Runner-up 2013 China Masters Hiroyuki Endo Ko Sung-hyun Lee Yong-dae 23–25, 19–21 Runner-up 2014 All England Open Hiroyuki Endo Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan 19–21, 19–21 Runner-up 2014 French Open Hiroyuki Endo Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen 21–18, 9–21, 7–21 Runner-up 2016 All England Open Hiroyuki Endo Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov 23–21, 18–21, 16–21 Runner-up BWF Superseries Finals tournament BWF Superseries Premier tournament BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (3 titles, 5 runners-up) The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2009 German Open Kenta Kazuno Lee Yong-dae Shin Baek-cheol 13–21, 16–21 Runner-up 2010 Australian Open Hiroyuki Endo Kang Woo-kyum Park Tae-sang 21–15, 21–16 Winner 2011 Australian Open Hiroyuki Endo Naoki Kawamae Shoji Sato 21–17, 21–18 Winner 2011 Russian Open Hiroyuki Endo Naoki Kawamae Shoji Sato 18–21, 17–21 Runner-up 2011 Indonesia Grand Prix Gold Hiroyuki Endo Mohammad Ahsan Bona Septano 13–21, 14–21 Runner-up 2012 U.S. Open Hiroyuki Endo Yoshiteru Hirobe Kenta Kazuno 21–15, 21–10 Winner 2014 German Open Hiroyuki Endo Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda 19–21, 21–14, 14–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2012 U.S. Open Misaki Matsutomo Tony Gunawan Vita Marissa 13–21, 10–21 Runner-up BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles) Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2007 Banuinvest International Kenta Kazuno Julian Hristov Konstantin Dobrev 21–10, 21–13 Winner 2007 Victorian International Kenta Kazuno Chad Whitehead Mark Prior 21–7, 21–15 Winner

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2010 Osaka International Shizuka Matsuo Hirokatsu Hashimoto Mizuki Fujii 21–14, 21–11 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament

References

External links

Kenichi Hayakawa at BIPROGY