Riku Hatano

Riku Hatano
Hatano in 2026
Personal information
Born (2001-06-19) 19 June 2001 (age 25)
Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
CountryJapan
SportBadminton
HandednessRight
Coached byHengky Irawan (Tonami)
Men's singles
Career record143 wins, 71 losses (66.82%)
Highest ranking39 (8 July 2025)
Current ranking96 (6 October 2026)
BWF profile
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Japan
Thomas Cup
Bronze medal – third place2022 BangkokMen's team
Asian Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place2018 JakartaMixed team

Riku Hatano (秦野 陸, Hatano Riku; born 19 June 2001) is a Japanese badminton player who competes in singles. He reached a career-high ranking of world No. 39. He is a former member of the Japanese national team (2021-2024) and has been a member of the Tonami Transportation team since 1 April 2020. Hatano won his first international title at the 2022 Slovak Open and was part of the Japanese squad that won a bronze medal at the 2022 Thomas Cup.

Early career

Riku Hatano began playing badminton at the age of seven in Memuro, Hokkaido. He attended Obihiro Daiichi Junior High School and Saitama Sakae High School. While at Saitama Sakae High School, he won the boys' singles title at the 2018 All Japan Junior Badminton Championships (JOC Junior Olympic Cup). He was also the singles runner-up at the National High School Invitational Tournament in both 2018 and 2019.

On the international junior circuit, Hatano was a member of the Japanese team that won a silver medal at the 2018 Asian Junior Championships. In individual competition that year, he reached the fourth round of the World Junior Championships and was a boys' doubles runner-up at the Banthongyord Junior International with Takuma Kawamoto.

Career

Hatano began competing in senior-level tournaments in late 2019 while still in high school. He joined the Tonami Transportation badminton team in April 2020 and was selected for the Japanese national B team for the first time in 2021.

In 2022, Hatano won his first senior international titles at the Slovak Open by defeating Chi Yu-jen in the final. He then won the 2022 Réunion Open over his compatriot, Yushi Tanaka. He also finished as the runner-up to Tanaka at the North Harbour International. He was also a member of the Japanese squad that secured a bronze medal at the 2022 Thomas Cup.

He made his BWF World Tour debut at the 2023 Thailand Masters. In 2024, Hatano was selected as a sparring partner for the Japanese team for the Paris Olympics. He later finished as the runner-up in two International Challenge tournaments: the Malaysia International, where he was defeated by Minoru Koga, and the Indonesia International, where he lost to Koo Takahashi. On 8 July 2025, he achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 39.

In August 2026, Hatano won the Singapore International, defeating South Korea's Park Sang-yong in the final.

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 3 runners-up)

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref
2022 Slovak Open Chinese Taipei Chi Yu-jen 21–17, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2022 Réunion Open Japan Yushi Tanaka 21–16, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2022 North Harbour International Japan Yushi Tanaka 13–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2024 Malaysia International Japan Minoru Koga 19–21, 21–15, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2024 (II) Indonesia International Japan Koo Takahashi 18–21, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2026 Singapore International South Korea Park Sang-yong 21–16, 14–21, 21–8 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International (1 runner-up)

Boys' doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2018 Banthongyord Junior International Japan Takuma Kawamoto China Liang Weikeng
China Shang Yichen		 21–18, 16–21, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament

Performance timeline

Key
W F SF QF #R RR Q# A G S B NH N/A DNQ
(W) won; (F) finalist; (SF) semi-finalist; (QF) quarter-finalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze medal; (NH) not held; (N/A) not applicable; (DNQ) did not qualify.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

National team

Team events2018Ref
Asian Junior Championships S
Team events2022Ref
Asia Team Championships RR
Thomas Cup B

Individual competitions

Events2018Ref
Asian Junior Championships 3R
World Junior Championships 4R
Tournament BWF World Tour Best Ref
2023 2024 2025 2026
Thailand Masters 1R A 1R ('23)
German Open A 1R A 1R ('25)
Swiss Open A 2R A 2R ('25)
Orléans Masters A Q1 A Q1('25)
Ruichang China Masters A 2R 2R ('26)
Baoji China Masters A SF SF ('26)
Thailand Open A Q2 A Q2('25)
Macau Open NH QF A QF ('24)
U.S. Open 1R A 1R ('23)
Canada Open A QF QF QF ('25, '26)
Taipei Open A 1R A 1R ('25)
Korea Masters 2R QF 1R A QF ('24)
Indonesia Masters Super 100 1R SF 1R A SF ('24)
QF A Q
Vietnam Open 2R A 3R A 3R ('25)
Malaysia Super 100 A SF A SF ('24)
Japan Masters Q2 Q1 Q2 A Q2 ('23, '25)
Kaohsiung Masters 1R A 1R ('23)
Year-end ranking 86 49 116 49
Tournament2023202420252026BestRef

Record against selected opponents

Record against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 5 July 2025.

Player Matches Win Lost Diff.
Denmark Viktor Axelsen 101–1
France Alex Lanier 110+1
India Lakshya Sen 101–1
Japan Kodai Naraoka 202–2
Player Matches Win Lost Diff.
Malaysia Lee Zii Jia 101–1
Singapore Loh Kean Yew 101–1
Thailand Kunlavut Vitidsarn 101–1

References

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