The 2023 Japan Masters (officially known as the Kumamoto Masters Japan 2023) was a badminton tournament that took place at Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium in Kumamoto, Japan, from 14 to 19 November 2023 and had a total prize of $420,000.
Tournament The 2023 Japan Masters was the thirty-second tournament of the 2023 BWF World Tour and was also the inaugural edition of Japan Masters championship. This tournament was organized by the Nippon Badminton Association with sanction from the BWF.
Venue This tournament was held at Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium in Kumamoto, Japan.
Point distribution Below is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 500 event.
Winner Runner-up 3/4 5/8 9/16 17/32 33/64 65/128 9,200 7,800 6,420 5,040 3,600 2,220 880 430
Prize pool The total prize money is US$420,000 with the distribution of the prize money in accordance with BWF regulations.
Event Winner Finalist Semi-finals Quarter-finals Last 16 Singles $31,500 $15,960 $6,090 $2,520 $1,470 Doubles $33,180 $15,960 $5,880 $3,045 $1,575
Men's singles Seeds
Viktor Axelsen (champion) Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (first round) Kodai Naraoka (second round) Shi Yuqi (final) Kunlavut Vitidsarn (withdrew) Jonatan Christie (quarter-finals) Prannoy H. S. (second round) Loh Kean Yew (first round)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
Women's singles Seeds
An Se-young (semi-finals) Akane Yamaguchi (withdrew) Chen Yufei (final) Tai Tzu-ying (quarter-finals) Carolina Marín (quarter-finals) Gregoria Mariska Tunjung (champion) Beiwen Zhang (semi-finals) P. V. Sindhu (withdrew)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
Men's doubles Seeds
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty (first round) Fajar Alfian / Muhammad Rian Ardianto (withdrew) Liang Weikeng / Wang Chang (withdrew) Aaron Chia / Soh Wooi Yik (second round) Kang Min-hyuk / Seo Seung-jae (second round) Takuro Hoki / Yugo Kobayashi (quarter-finals) Liu Yuchen / Ou Xuanyi (final) Ong Yew Sin / Teo Ee Yi (semi-finals)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
Women's doubles Seeds
Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan (first round) Baek Ha-na / Lee So-hee (withdrew) Kim So-yeong / Kong Hee-yong (first round) Yuki Fukushima / Sayaka Hirota (first round) Nami Matsuyama / Chiharu Shida (first round) Zhang Shuxian / Zheng Yu (champions) Apriyani Rahayu / Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti (withdrew) Mayu Matsumoto / Wakana Nagahara (semi-finals)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
Mixed doubles Seeds
Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong (champions) Yuta Watanabe / Arisa Higashino (semi-finals) Feng Yanzhe / Huang Dongping (final) Seo Seung-jae / Chae Yoo-jung (semi-finals) Jiang Zhenbang / Wei Yaxin (quarter-finals) Kim Won-ho / Jeong Na-eun (second round) Thom Gicquel / Delphine Delrue (withdrew) Chen Tang Jie / Toh Ee Wei (quarter-finals)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
References
External links Tournament link