1. Kento Momota is a former Japanese badminton player.
32 Facts About Kento Momota
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Kento Momota has won several major badminton tournaments including two World Championships titles, two Asian Championships titles, and one All England title.
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Kento Momota was born in Mitoyo, Kagawa Prefecture, and started playing badminton in the second grade of elementary school.
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Kento Momota entered junior high school in Fukushima Prefecture, and during his third year he won the All Japan Junior High School Championship.
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Kento Momota's presence was increasingly visible as he took part in a bigger race, the 2011 World Junior Championships held in Taipei, Taiwan.
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Towards the end of 2011, Kento Momota began to compete with his seniors in the All Japan Badminton Championship or 2011 Japan National Championship.
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Kento Momota began to join the Japanese national team and was expected to become a future star.
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Kento Momota participated in the 2012 Asian Junior Championships held in Gimcheon, South Korea.
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The promising Kento Momota prospect attracted the attention of the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation, the badminton club of NTT East which finally succeeded in asking for his hand to join.
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Kento Momota officially joined the club that raised its name since April 2013.
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Kento Momota who was then 19 years old had begun to learn to manage time management in such a way.
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Kento Momota began to get used to dividing his time to work, practicing on the Japanese national team, and being active in his club.
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In 2013, Kento Momota who started the youth competition was sent to the International Challenge competition level.
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Kento Momota managed to emerge as champion in Estonia, Sweden and Austria.
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Kento Momota won all his matches during Japan's maiden Thomas Cup victory in 2014, playing second men's singles behind Kenichi Tago.
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Kento Momota made history in the 2015 BWF World Championships held in Jakarta.
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Kento Momota became the first Japanese player to win a medal in the men's singles of the prestigious tournament.
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Kento Momota made it to the semi-finals, before losing to Chen Long in straight sets.
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Kento Momota competed at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, as well as the 2016 Badminton Asia Team Championships in Hyderabad, India.
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Kento Momota returned to the Japanese national team at the end of 2017.
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Kento Momota won 4 BWF World Tour titles: Indonesia Open, Japan Open, Denmark Open and Fuzhou China Open.
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Kento Momota started the 2019 season by competing at the Malaysia Masters as the first seed, but his pace was stopped by Kenta Nishimoto in the first round.
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Kento Momota then reached the final in Indonesia Masters, but losing to Anders Antonsen of Denmark.
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Kento Momota claimed his first title in 2019, by winning the German Open a Super 300 tournament.
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In doing so, Kento Momota became only the fourth player to win back-to-back titles on a short, all-Chinese list that includes Yang Yang, Lin Dan and Chen Long.
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Kento Momota is nominated as Best Male Athlete by the Association Internationale de la Presse Sportive.
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Kento Momota began the 2020 season as the men's singles world number 1.
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Kento Momota was reported to suffer a broken nose as well as injuries to his lips and face.
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At the Malaysia Open, Kento Momota made it through to his first final since winning the 2021 Indonesia Masters Super 750 event in November.
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Kento Momota had received 2 walkovers, one against Kantaphon Wangcharoen and the other being a walkover due to his opponent, Shesar Hiren Rhustavito retiring mid match due to injury.
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On 7 April 2016, Kento Momota admitted visiting an illegal casino in Tokyo after casino staff reported him gambling there "frequently".
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Kento Momota was banned from playing until late 2017 for this.