is a Japanese badminton player from the Unisys team. In 2010, he competed at the Guangzhou Asian Games.
Early life and career Yamada was born in Niihama, Ehime Prefecture, into a family of badminton coaches. He began playing the sport in the third grade and later attended Komatsubara High School and Nippon Sport Science University. In 2008, during his senior year of university, he won the men's singles title at the All Japan Intercollegiate championships. After graduating in 2009, Yamada joined the Nihon Unisys corporate team.
Coaching career In March 2017, Yamada joined the Saishunkan badminton team as a singles coach. During his three years in the role, the team won several domestic tournaments, including the 2018 title in Japan's League and the 2019 All Japan Corporate Badminton Championships. Yamada departed from his position at Saishunkan in March 2020. Following his departure, he joined the Yonex badminton team as a coach on 1 April 2020.
Achievements BWF Grand Prix The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.
Men's Doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref2014Russian Open Kenta Kazuno Takuto Inoue Yuki Kaneko19-21, 22–20, 21–13 Winner 2014Vietnam Open Kenta Kazuno Andrei Adistia Hendra Aprida Gunawan21-15, 21–23, 17–21 Runner-up 2015Malaysia Masters Kenta Kazuno Chen Hung-ling Wang Chi-lin21-19, 14–21, 21–17 Winner BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF Grand Prix tournament
BWF International Challenge or Series Men's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref 2010 Osaka International Sho Sasaki 14-21, 17–21 Runner-up 2012 Osaka International Kazumasa Sakai Walkover Runner-up
Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref2013Osaka International Kenta Kazuno Takatoshi Kurose Sho Zeniya21-14, 21–11 Winner 2014 Osaka International Kenta Kazuno Jun Bong-chan Kim Duck-yong 21-19, 21–11 Winner 2015Polish Open Kenta Kazuno Adam Cwalina Przemysław Wacha21-19, 21–12 Winner 2015Osaka International Kenta Kazuno Takuto Inoue Yuki Kaneko21-9, 21–19 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament
References
External links
Kazushi Yamada at Saishunkan Badminton (archived)