Justin Hoh Shou Wei (born 1 April 2004) is a Malaysian badminton player. A former world junior number one, Asian under-17 champion and SEA Games bronze medalist, he won the boys' singles gold medal at the 2019 Badminton Asia Under-17 Championships and finished runners-up at the 2025 Macau Open, a BWF World Tour Super 300 tournament. His appearance in the final of the Macau Open marked his first BWF World Tour final, where he lost to Indonesia's Alwi Farhan.
Hoh won a bronze medal in men's singles at the 2025 SEA Games and was part of the Malaysian men's teams that won silver medals at the 2021 and 2025 SEA Games. He was also a member of the national squad that secured a bronze medal at the 2024 Thomas Cup. Individually, he has won six BWF International Challenge and International Series men's singles titles, including the 2022 Bonn International, 2022 Croatia Open, 2022 Malaysia International, 2023 Uganda International, 2024 Slovenia Open and 2024 Saipan International. His 2019 Asian under-17 title was one of his earliest major junior achievements before he progressed to senior international competition.
Early life
Hoh was born in Kuala Lumpur. He started playing badminton at the age of seven.
Career
2019
In December, Hoh won the Asian Youth Championships beating Jason Gunawan from Hong Kong in the boys' singles U-17 final. Just one week later, he won the men's doubles U-19 title at the Bangladesh Junior International with his partner Fazriq Razif beating compatriot Eogene Ewe and Ong Zhen Yi in the final.
2021
After more than a year not competing internationally due to pandemic, in October, Hoh made a comeback at the Finnish Junior where he won the men's doubles U-19 title with his partner Ong Zhen Yi, beating compatriot Fazriq Razif & Wong Vin Sean in an all-Malaysian final.
2022
In May, Hoh won the National Under-21 Championships for the first time after beating Chia Jeng Hon.
In June, he won his first senior title at the Bonn International after beating Su Li-yang in the final. He then proceeded to win his second senior title in the following week at Croatia Open, after defeating Nguyễn Hải Đăng from Vietnam in 80 minutes.
In August, he won his third international title for the season at the India Junior International after defeating his opponent, Pranay Shettigar from India.
In March, he was selected to represent Malaysia at 2023 SEA Games. Unfortunately, he suffered a left Achilles tendon rupture in training on April 10 and underwent surgery the following day. He was expected to be out for six to nine months after the surgery. The injury forced him to withdraw from the SEA Games.
In January, Hoh was selected to represent Malaysia at 2024 Asia Team Championships. Unfortunately, he had picked up a knee injury and was replaced for the tournament.
In April, he was included in Malaysia's squad for 2024 Thomas Cup in Chengdu, China. The team clinched bronze after losing to China in the semi-finals.
At the Slovenia Open in May, he was crowned champion after beating Indonesian Prahdiska Bagas Shujiwo 19–21, 21–11, 21–15.
In July, Hoh finished as the runner-up at the Northern Marianas Open. He then reached the final of Saipan International the following week where he clinched his second title of the year.
2025
In 2025, Hoh competed at the SEA Games in Thailand, where he won a silver medal in the team event and a bronze in the men's singles.
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super1000, Super750, Super500, Super300, and the BWF Tour Super100.
In this Chinese name, the family name is Hoh. In accordance with custom, the Western-style name is Justin Hoh and the Chinese-style name is Hoh Shou Wei.
↑Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
