Taiki Shimada

Taiki Shimada
Personal information
Born (1992-07-31) 31 July 1992 (age 34)
Hokkaido, Japan
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Sport
Country Japan
SportBadminton
Men's doubles
Highest ranking54 (19 January 2017)
Current ranking64 (29 June 2017)
BWF profile

Taiki Shimada (島田 大輝, Shimada Taiki; born 31 July 1992) is a Japanese male badminton player from the Yonex team and educated at the Nippon Sport Science University. In 2014, he became the runner-up at the U.S. Open Grand Prix, tournament in men's doubles event partnered with Yoshinori Takeuchi. In 2016, he and Takeuchi also the semi-finalist at the Malaysia International Challenge tournament.

Achievements

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Men's Doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2014 U.S. Grand Prix Japan Yoshinori Takeuchi Poland Adam Cwalina
Poland Przemysław Wacha		 13–21, 6–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

References

  1. ↑ "島田 大輝/ Taiki Shimada" (in Japanese). TMONY Japan Corporation. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "U.S. GRAND PRIX 2014 Finals – Four take 1st Grand Prix titles". Badzine.net. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "Grateful Yen Mei wants KK title as gift for departing Tat Meng". The Star. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "Przemysław Wacha and Adam Cwalina won in the USA" (in Polish). Nowa Trybuna Opolska. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)