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Kento Momota

1994 - Today

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Kento Momota (桃田 賢斗, Momota Kento; born 1 September 1994) is a former Japanese badminton player. He has won several major badminton tournaments including becoming a two time World Champion, becoming a two time Asian Champion, and winning one All England title. Momota received a Guinness World Records certificate for "The most badminton men's singles titles in a season", for winning 11 titles in the 2019 season. Known for his unpredictable and explosive playing style, he became the first ever Japanese men's singles player to achieve a BWF ranking of No.1 in 2018, holding this distinction for 121 weeks and subsequently being awarded the BWF's best male player of the year award. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Kento Momota is the 33rd most popular badminton player (down from 16th in 2024), the 3,258th most popular biography from Japan (down from 2,300th in 2019) and the most popular Japanese Badminton Player.

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Among BADMINTON PLAYERS

Among badminton players, Kento Momota ranks 31 out of 117. Before him are Hendrawan, Markis Kido, Cai Yun, and Ha Tae-kwon. After him are Ardy Wiranata, Jung Jae-sung, Hermawan Susanto, Eddy Hartono, Yang Wei, Fu Haifeng, Xie Xingfang, and Jens Eriksen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1994, Kento Momota ranks 326. Before him are Budu Zivzivadze, Franco Cervi, Andrea Meza, Yun Sung-bin, Anne Winters, and Jonny. After him are Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Bianka Buša, An Baul, Rúben Vezo, Triptii Dimri, and Jordan Morris.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kento Momota ranks 3,260 out of 6,245. Before him are Yūko Gotō (1975). After him are Yukinori Miyabe (1968), Yoshie Takeshita (1978), Naoko Kawakami (1977), Satoshi Miyagawa (1977), Takehito Suzuki (1971), Kazuki Ganaha (1980), Fujio Yamamoto (1966), Masayuki Onishi (1977), Mao Inoue (1987), Kensaku Abe (1980), and Chika Anzai (1990).

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Among BADMINTON PLAYERS In Japan

Among badminton players born in Japan, Kento Momota ranks 1. After him are Chiharu Shida (1997), Akane Yamaguchi (1997), Misaki Matsutomo (1992), Nozomi Okuhara (1995), Ayaka Takahashi (1990), Yuta Watanabe (1997), Yuki Fukushima (1993), Nami Matsuyama (1998), Miyuki Maeda (1985), Reika Kakiiwa (1989), and Sho Sasaki (1982).

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