Kenichi Tago

Quick Facts

Full Name	Kenichi Tago
Occupation	Badminton Player
Date Of Birth	Jul 16, 1989(1989-07-16)
Age	35
Birthplace	Chiba
Country	Japan
Birth City	Chiba Prefecture
Horoscope	Cancer

Kenichi Tago Biography

Kenichi Tago is one of the most popular and richest Badminton Player who was born on July 16, 1989 in Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan.

The BWF Superseries, launched on December 14, 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two level such as Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

In October 2015, Kenichi Tago was kicked out of Japan’s national team by Park Joo-bong because of indiscipline, after he repeatedly missed training sessions and was proving to be a bad influence to other players. On April 8, 2016, Tago admitted to squandering 10 million Japanese yen over a period of 2 years after making over 60 visits to illegal casinos. Gambling in Japan is illegal, with frequent gambling punishable with imprisonment of up to 3 years.

Kenichi Tago Net Worth

Kenichi Tago is one of the richest Badminton Player from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kenichi Tago 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Kenichi Tago (田児 賢一 , Tago Ken’ichi, born July 16, 1989) is a male badminton player from Japan, the son of badminton player Yoshiko Yonekura. In 2010, he reached the final of the All England Open Badminton Championships final. En route to the final he beat three seeded players including Nguyen Tien Minh, Chen Jin and Bao Chunlai. In the final, Tago lost to the first seed and reigning World No. 1 Lee Chong Wei from Malaysia with a score of 21–19 and 21–19, following an incorrect line call in Lee Chong Wei’s favour at matchpoint. In 2012, he competed at the London 2012 Summer Olympics in the men’s singles event, but did not advance to the knock-out stage after being defeated by Niluka Karunaratne of Sri Lanka with a score of 18–21, 16–21. In 2014, he reached the Indonesia Open final after a shocking win over Lee Chong Wei in the semifinal but could not keep up his good form and went on to lose by straight games in the final to Jan O. Jorgensen of Denmark. He competed at the 2010 and 2014 Asian Games.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Kenichi Tago height 5 ft 9 in Ken weight 154  lbs & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Kenichi Tago Dating?

According to our records, Kenichi Tago is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of December 1, 2023, Kenichi Tago’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Ken Ranked on the list of most popular Badminton Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Kenichi Tago celebrates birthday on July 16 of every year.

Is that Kenichi Tago retired?

After NBA announced that Kenichi Tago was banned indefinitely in 2016 , Tago moved to Malaysia in 2017 and was serving as a player and coach at the Petaling Badminton Club. He then started his badminton academy called TAGO Academy in April 2019.

Who is the goat of badminton?

Name Lin Dan
Retirement| 2020
Country| China
Net Worth| $30 million
Achievements| 2 gold medals in Olympics5 gold and silver in World Championships2 gold medals in Badminton World Cup5 gold and 2 bronze medal in Thomas Cup3 gold medals in Asian Games3 gold medals in Asian Championships, etc.

Who is God of badminton?

Lin Dan – God of Badminton.

Who is better Lin Dan or LCW?

Lee and Lin have played a total of 40 times, with Lin having the upper hand in their rivalry with a final head to head record of 28–12. Lee Chong Wei and Lin Dan are by far two of the most dominant players across three generations and many regard Lin Dan as the greatest of all time, leading to media and players alike …

Who is the longest No 1 badminton player?

Lee has spent 349 weeks as the No. 1 ranked player in the world (ranked No. 1 for 200 consecutive weeks), the most of any badminton player in history. Lee is the only player to rank No. 1 for more than 300 weeks, and the only player, male or female, to rank No.