is a national badminton tournament organized by the Badminton Association of Japan. It is a tournament that is eligible for ranking points in the Japan Rankings.
History The Japan Ranking Circuit Tournament was established in 1999. The inaugural edition took place from 25 July to 29 July 1999, at the Nippon Sport Science University Yonemoto Memorial Gymnasium. The tournament's first champions were Keita Masuda in men's singles, Kanako Yonekura in women's singles, Takuya Katayama and Yūzō Kubota in men's doubles, and Chikako Nakayama and Takae Masumo in women's doubles. A mixed doubles event was not contested during this first edition.
In 2026, second-year high school student Yuzuno Watanabe won the women's singles event, becoming the youngest player to ever win a title across all categories in the tournament's history. Previously, the youngest champions had been third-year high school students, including Nozomi Okuhara (2012) and Aya Ohori (2014) in women's singles, as well as Yuta Watanabe (2015) in mixed doubles.
Past winners Year Ed. Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles Mixed doubles Ref 1999 1 Keita Masuda Kanako Yonekura Takuya KatayamaYūzō Kubota Chikako NakayamaTakae Masumo No Competition 2000 2Shinya Ohtsuka Shizuka Yamamoto Takaaki HayashiKatsuya Nishiyama Shizuka YamamotoSeiko Yamada 3 Kanako Yonekura Takuya KatayamaYūzō KubotaChikako NakayamaMika Anjo 2001 4Kazuhiro ShimogamiKaori MoriKeita MasudaTadashi Ōtsuka 5Hidetaka YamadaKanako YonekuraTakuya KatayamaYūzō Kubota 2002 6Keita MasudaMiho TanakaKeita MasudaTadashi ŌtsukaChikako NakayamaKeiko Yoshitomi 2003 7Hidetaka YamadaShuichi NakaoShuichi SakamotoAki AkaoTomomi Matsuda 2004 8Shōji SatōEriko HiroseKeita MasudaTadashi ŌtsukaMiyuki MaedaSatoko Suetsuna 2005 9Sho Sasaki 2006 10Yu HirayamaShintaro IkedaShuichi SakamotoIkue TataniAya Wakisaka 2007 11Keita MasudaTadashi Ōtsuka 2008 12Ai GotoKenichi HayakawaKenta KazunoYasuyo ImabeppuShizuka Matsuo 2009 13Kaori ImabeppuHirokatsu HashimotoNoriyasu HirataShizuka MatsuoMami Naito 2010 14Riichi TakeshitaNaoki KawamaeShōji SatōMiyuki MaedaSatoko SuetsunaShintaro IkedaReiko Shiota 2011 15Minatsu MitaniTakeshi KamuraKeigo SonodaYuriko MikiKoharu YonemotoRyota TaohataSayuri Asahara 2012 16Jun TakemuraNozomi OkuharaNaoko FukumanKurumi YonaoDaisuke SuzukiMiki Komori 2013 17Yuka KusunoseKenta KazunoKazushi YamadaAsumi KugoYui MiyauchiTakuto InoueAyaka Takahashi 2014 18Kazuteru KozaiAya OhoriMisato AratamaMegumi TarunoRyota TaohataAyane Kurihara 2015 19Kazumasa SakaiSayaka SatoTakuro HokiYugo KobayashiKoharu YonemotoShiho TanakaYuta WatanabeArisa Higashino 2016 20Yu IgarashiAyumi MineKenya MitsuhashiYuta WatanabeAyako SakuramotoYukiko Takahata 2017 21 Kento Momota Natsuki NidairaAkira KogaTaichi Saito Mayu MatsumotoWakana Nagahara Yuki KanekoKie Nakanishi 2018 22Riichi TakeshitaMinatsu MitaniAyane KuriharaNaru ShinoyaTakuro HokiWakana Nagahara 2019 23Yu IgarashiAsuka TakahashiTakuto InoueYuki KanekoChisato HoshiAoi MatsudaTadayuki UraiRena Miyaura 2021 24 Minoru Koga Sayaka Sato Keiichiro MatsuiYoshinori Takeuchi Kyohei YamashitaNaru Shinoya 2022 25 Kodai Naraoka Aya Ohori Mahiro KanekoKeigo Sonoda Mizuki OtakeMiyu Takahashi Hiroki MidorikawaNatsu Saito 2023 26 Minoru Koga Akari Kurihara Mahiro KanekoShunya Ota Maiko KawazoeHaruna Konishi Hashiru ShimonoMiku Shigeta 2024 27 Yushi Tanaka Asuka Takahashi Hiroki MidorikawaKyohei Yamashita Mizuki OtakeMiyu Takahashi Yuichi ShimogamiSayaka Hobara 2025 28 Takuma Obayashi Manami Suizu Yudai NagafuchiKota Ogawa Hinata SuzukiNao Yamakita Hiroki NishiAkari Sato 2026 29 Koo Takahashi Yuzuno Watanabe Hiroki OkamuraKyohei Yamashita Miyu TakahashiSumire Nakade Yuto NakashizuMaya Taguchi
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