Takeshi Kamura

Takeshi Kamura
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1990-02-14) 14 February 1990
Saga Prefecture, Japan
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking2 (MD with Keigo Sonoda 26 January 2017)
37 (XD with Koharu Yonemoto 1 July 2013)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Japan
World Championships
2018 NanjingMen's doubles
2017 GlasgowMen's doubles
Sudirman Cup
2015 DongguanMixed team
2019 NanningMixed team
2017 Gold CoastMixed team
Thomas Cup
2014 New DelhiMen's team
2018 BangkokMen's team
Asian Games
2018 Jakarta–PalembangMen's team
Asian Championships
2018 WuhanMen's doubles
2016 WuhanMen's doubles
2017 WuhanMen's doubles
2019 WuhanMen's doubles
Asia Mixed Team Championships
2017 Ho Chi MinhMixed team
Asia Team Championships
2016 HyderabadMen's team
Asian Junior Championships
2007 Kuala LumpurMixed team
BWF profile

Takeshi Kamura (嘉村健士, Kamura Takeshi, born 14 February 1990) is a Japanese badminton player. He was selected to join the national team in 2013 and retired in 2021. Kamura was part of the national team that won the 2014 Thomas Cup. He captured his first Superseries title at the 2016 Hong Kong Open, and reached a career high of world number 2 in the men's doubles partnered with Keigo Sonoda in January 2017.

Kamura won the silver medal at the 2018 World Championships and a bronze in 2017. In the continental level, he helped the national team to win the 2017 Asia Mixed Team Championships, and he also collected a silver and three bronze medals in the individual men's doubles event. He competed at the 2014 and 2018 Asian Games.