is a Japanese badminton player. He is a member of the Japanese national team and is affiliated with the BIPROGY team. Competing primarily in men's doubles, Okamura secured his first BWF World Tour Super 300 title at the 2026 U.S. Open alongside Kyohei Yamashita. He previously won two World Tour Super 100 titles partnering with Kenya Mitsuhashi. In team competitions, Okamura has won bronze medals representing Japan at the 2024 Asia Team Championships and the 2025 Asia Mixed Team Championships. He reached a career-high men's doubles world ranking of No. 18 in August 2024.

Early career Okamura began competing in international junior events in 2016, partnering with Masayuki Onodera in boys' doubles and with Nami Matsuyama and Sayaka Hobara in mixed doubles. At the Dutch Junior that year, Okamura and Onodera won the boys' doubles title, defeating compatriots Kyohei Yamashita and Naoki Yamazawa in three games. Okamura also won the mixed doubles at the same tournament with Matsuyama. At the German Junior, Okamura and Onodera reached the boys' doubles final but lost to Yamashita and Yamazawa, and Okamura and Hobara finished as runners-up in the mixed doubles. Later in 2016, Okamura and Onodera won the boys' doubles title at the India Junior International, defeating India's Krishna Prasad Garaga and Dhruv Kapila.

Okamura was part of the Japanese team that won bronze medals at both the 2016 World Junior Championships in Bilbao and the 2016 Asian Junior Championships in Bangkok in the mixed team event.

Career 2017–2019 In 2017, Okamura won the mixed doubles title at the Malaysia International with Naru Shinoya. The following year, he partnered with Masayuki Onodera in men's doubles at the Sydney International, where they won the title with a straight-games victory over Singapore's Danny Bawa Chrisnanta and Terry Hee.

In 2019, Okamura and Onodera reached the final of the Canada Open, a BWF World Tour Super 100 event, but lost to Denmark's Mathias Boe and Mads Conrad-Petersen in straight games.

2022–2023 Okamura returned to the Indonesia International in 2022 with Onodera, where they finished as runners-up to Indonesia's Rahmat Hidayat and Pramudya Kusumawardana.

From 2023, Okamura began a new men's doubles partnership with Kenya Mitsuhashi. In September, the pair won the Super 100 Vietnam Open title, defeating Indonesia's Hardianto and Ade Yusuf Santoso. In October, they won the Indonesia International, overcoming South Korea's Ki Dong-ju and Kim Jae-hwan in three games. Later that month, they captured the Indonesia Masters Super 100 title with a straight-games win over Malaysia's Choong Hon Jian and Muhammad Haikal. In November, Okamura and Mitsuhashi reached the quarterfinals of the Japan Masters (Super 500), after defeating Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan in the first round and reigning world champions Kang Min-hyuk and Seo Seung-jae in the second round, both in straight games. They lost in the quarterfinals to China's He Jiting and Ren Xiangyu, who went on to win the tournament.

2024–2026

Okamura was part of the Japanese teams that claimed bronze medals at the 2024 Asia Team Championships in Selangor and the 2025 Asia Mixed Team Championships in Qingdao. He and Mitsuhashi achieved a career-high men's doubles ranking of 18 on 27 August 2024.

In 2026, Okamura formed a new men's doubles partnership with Kyohei Yamashita. The pair made their debut at the Swiss Open in March, reaching the second round before losing to Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty of India. Later that month, they finished as runners-up at the Super 300 Orléans Masters. In June, Okamura secured the first Super 300 title of his career when he and Yamashita won the U.S. Open, defeating the Taiwanese pair Chen Zhi-ray and Lin Yu-chieh in the final. They followed this with a second consecutive title at the Super 300 Canada Open in July, where they defeated the Danish pair Christian Faust Kjær and Rasmus Kjær.

Personal life Okamura married on 23 February 2026.

Achievements BWF World Tour (4 titles, 2 runners-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.

Men's doubles Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2019 Canada Open Super 100 Masayuki Onodera Mathias Boe Mads Conrad-Petersen 12–21, 18–21 Runner-up 2023 Vietnam Open Super 100 Kenya Mitsuhashi Hardianto Ade Yusuf Santoso 21–19, 21–19 Winner 2023 (II) Indonesia Masters Super 100 Kenya Mitsuhashi Choong Hon Jian Muhammad Haikal 21–16, 21–18 Winner 2026 Orléans Masters Super 300 Kyohei Yamashita Hu Keyuan Lin Xiangyi 19–21, 14–21 Runner-up 2026 U.S. Open Super 300 Kyohei Yamashita Chen Zhi-ray Lin Yu-chieh 21–18, 16–21, 21–16 Winner 2026 Canada Open Super 300 Kyohei Yamashita Christian Faust Kjær Rasmus Kjær 13–21, 21–10, 21–17 Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 1 runner-up) Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2018 Sydney International Masayuki Onodera Danny Bawa Chrisnanta Terry Hee 21–6, 21–11 Winner 2022 (II) Indonesia International Masayuki Onodera Rahmat Hidayat Pramudya Kusumawardana 21–23, 21–16, 15–21 Runner-up 2023 (II) Indonesia International Kenya Mitsuhashi Ki Dong-ju Kim Jae-hwan 20–22, 21–16, 21–8 Winner

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2017 Malaysia International Naru Shinoya Yogendran Krishnan Prajakta Sawant 21–10, 24–22 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament

BWF Junior International (4 titles, 2 runners-up) Boys' doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2016 Dutch Junior Masayuki Onodera Kyohei Yamashita Naoki Yamazawa 17–21, 21–11, 22–20 Winner 2016 German Junior Masayuki Onodera Kyohei Yamashita Naoki Yamazawa 14–21, 19–21 Runner-up 2016 India Junior International Masayuki Onodera Krishna Prasad Garaga Dhruv Kapila 11–5, 12–14, 11–9, 13–11 Winner

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2016 Dutch Junior Nami Matsuyama Naoki Yamazawa Sayaka Hobara 21–16, 21–19 Winner 2016 German Junior Sayaka Hobara Naoki Yamazawa Nami Matsuyama 22–20, 14–21, 11–21 Runner-up 2016 India Junior International Nami Matsuyama Chen Tang Jie Tew Jia Jia 8–11, 8–11, 11–6, 13–11, 11–4 Winner BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament

References

External links

Hiroki Okamura at Badminton Association of Japan Hiroki Okamura at BIPROGY Hiroki Okamura at Mizuno