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Ryota Taohata 垰畑 亮太
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	(1988-11-21) 21 November 1988 (age 36) Okagaki, Fukuoka, Japan
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Retired	31 March 2017
Handedness	Right
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	29 (MD 11 July 2013) 97 (XD 15 December 2016)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Japan Asia Team Championships 2016 Hyderabad Men's team East Asian Games 2013 Tianjin Men's doubles
BWF profile

Ryota Taohata (垰畑 亮太, Taohata Ryōta, born 21 November 1988) is a Japanese badminton player who affiliated with Nihon Unisys team since April 2011. He was a bronze medalist at the 2013 East Asian Games in the men's doubles event, and was part of the Japanese team that won silver medal at the 2016 Asia Team Championships. He won the mixed doubles titles at the 2012 Canada Open and 2014 Russian Open. He retired from the Unisys team on 31 March 2017.

Achievements

East Asian Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Binhai New Area Dagang Gymnasium, Tianjin, China	Hiroyuki Saeki	Chen Hung-ling Lu Chia-pin	19–21, 21–15, 17–21	Bronze

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Canada Open	Hiroyuki Saeki	Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda	21–12, 16–21, 19–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Canada Open	Ayaka Takahashi	Takeshi Kamura Koharu Yonemoto	21–14, 21–16	Winner
2014	Russian Open	Misato Aratama	Ivan Sozonov Olga Morozova	21–12, 21–10	Winner
2016	Chinese Taipei Masters	Koharu Yonemoto	Tang Chun Man Tse Ying Suet	3–11, 7–11, 12–14	Runner-up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Austrian International	Hiroyuki Saeki	Anthony Clark Chris Langridge	15–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2012	Austrian International	Hiroyuki Saeki	K. T. Rupesh Kumar Sanave Thomas	21–23, 20–22	Runner-up
2012	Scottish International	Hiroyuki Saeki	Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda	21–16, 11–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2013	Austrian International	Hiroyuki Saeki	Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda	21–18, 15–21, 21–18	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

References

1. "Announcement of the retirement of players Kenichi Hayakawa and Ryota Taohata" (in Japanese). BIPROGY. 3 April 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
2. "Players: Ryota Taohata". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
3. ^ "垰畑 亮太 Ryota Taohata". www.unisys.co.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 27 February 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
4. "Players: Ryota Taohata". www.smash-net.tv (in Japanese). TMONY Japan Corporation. 5 July 2020. Archived from the original on 28 December 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
5. "早川賢一選手、垰畑亮太選手引退のお知らせ". www.unisys.co.jp (in Japanese). 3 April 2017. Archived from the original on 28 December 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.

External links

• Ryota Taohata at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com

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