Ayato Endo
Japanese badminton player (born 2000)
Ayato Endo
Endo at the 2023 Kaohsiung Masters
Personal information
Born (2000-06-19) 19 June 2000 (age 25)
Tokyo, Japan
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Sport
CountryJapan
SportBadminton
HandednessRight
Men's doubles
Career record47 wins, 29 losses (61.84%)
Highest ranking25 (with Yuta Takei, 16 May 2023)
Current ranking227 (with Yuta Takei, 14 October 2025)
BWF profile

Ayato Endo (遠藤 彩斗, Endō Ayato; born 19 June 2000) is a Japanese badminton player who specializes in men's doubles.[1][2] He is a member of the NTT East badminton team and has a long-standing partnership with Yuta Takei. With Takei, Endo won his first BWF World Tour title at the 2022 Canada Open. In 2022 while still a university student, the pair also secured three titles on the BWF International Challenge/Series circuit. Endo and Takei achieved a career-high world ranking of No. 25 on 16 May 2023.

Career

Junior career

Ayato Endo began playing badminton in the second grade of elementary school, joining a local junior team in Tokyo. He attended Saitama Sakae Junior and Senior High School, having begun his partnership with Yuta Takei in the fourth grade of elementary school.[3] During their junior career, Endo and Takei won the national title at the Junior High School Badminton Tournament. In 2018, they were the runners-up in doubles at both the National High School Championships (Inter-High) and the National High School Selection tournament.[2]

University career

Endo attended Meiji University, where he studied in the School of Political Science and Economics and continued his partnership with Takei.[3] While representing the university, he won the men's doubles title at the All Japan Inter-Collegiate Championships in both 2021 and 2022.[2] He was also a member of the Meiji University men's team that captured its first-ever team title at the 2021 championships.[4] At the 2021 All Japan Championships, he and Takei earned a third-place finish in men's doubles.[5]

In 2022, while still a university student, Endo was selected for the Japanese B national team and began competing more widely on the international circuit.[5] Representing Japan at the Asia Team Championships, the then-world No. 857 pair defeated the world No. 7 and Olympic bronze medalists Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik.[6] That year, Endo and Takei secured four international titles: their first BWF World Tour title at the Super 100 Canada Open, and three BWF International Challenge/Series tournaments at the Santo Domingo Open, Mongolia International, and Irish Open.[7][8][9][10] They were also runners-up at the Norwegian International.[11]

Professional career

Endo joined the NTT East badminton team on 1 April 2023, after graduating from university.[12] In their first year as professionals, Endo and Takei competed regularly on the World Tour, participating in top-tier events including three Super 1000 tournaments: the Indonesia Open, China Open, and Japan Open. That year, they also made their Asian Championships debut, reaching the second round.

Achievements

BWF World Tour (1 title)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[13] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[14]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2022 Canada Open Super 100 Japan Yuta Takei Japan Takuto Inoue
Japan Kenya Mitsuhashi 		21–15, 21–8 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [7][15]

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2022 Santo Domingo Open Japan Yuta Takei Cuba Osleni Guerrero
Cuba Leodannis Martínez 		21–13, 21–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [8][16]
2022 Mongolia International Japan Yuta Takei Japan Takuto Inoue
Japan Kenya Mitsuhashi 		21–14, 12–21, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [9]
2022 Norwegian International Japan Yuta Takei Chinese Taipei Chen Zhi-ray
Chinese Taipei Lu Chen 		19–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [11]
2022 Irish Open Japan Yuta Takei Denmark Rasmus Kjær
Denmark Frederik Søgaard 		21–18, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [10]
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

  1. ^ "Ayato ENDO | Profile". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
  2. ^ a b c "チーム＆選手情報 遠藤 彩斗" (in Japanese). BADMINTON S/J LEAGUE.
  3. ^ a b "[Athletic Badminton Club] Ayato Endo and Yuta Takei". Meiji NOW (in Japanese). 18 February 2022. Archived from the original on 30 May 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
  4. ^ "Badminton Club wins first place in the Intercollegiate Men's Team Championship". Meiji University (in Japanese). 1 November 2021. Archived from the original on 22 April 2024. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Meiji University's Yuta Takei and Ayato Endo Pair: The 'Strength' They Discovered After Breaking Up Once, Now with Their Sights on the Olympics". 4years Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). 23 December 2022. Archived from the original on 7 July 2025. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
  6. ^ Peter, Fabian (18 February 2022). "Malaysia face Korean shuttlers in Asia team semi-finals". New Straits Times. Archived from the original on 18 February 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
  7. ^ a b Matsuda, Keita (2 October 2022). "Result: Canada Open 2022". Nippon Badminton Association (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 22 April 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
  8. ^ a b "Cuban men's duo wins silver medal at Badminton Open". Cuba Si. 13 June 2022. Archived from the original on 13 June 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
  9. ^ a b Matsuda, Keita (21 August 2022). "Result: Mongolia International Challenge 2022". Nippon Badminton Association (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 12 June 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
  10. ^ a b Fuchs, Thomas (19 November 2022). "Two title debuts in Dublin". Badminton Europe. Archived from the original on 29 February 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  11. ^ a b "Taiwanese claim three badminton titles in Norway". Taipei Times. 15 November 2022. Archived from the original on 20 November 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
  12. ^ "選手・スタッフ紹介 遠藤 彩斗" (in Japanese). NTT東日本公式サイト.
  13. ^ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  14. ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  15. ^ Lawrence, Bruno (3 October 2022). "Michelle Li wins at home in Women's Individual – OA Sport". Wire Service Canada. Archived from the original on 14 May 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
  16. ^ "Champions in Santo Domingo – Pan Am Circuit 2022". Badminton Pan America. 14 June 2022. Archived from the original on 14 June 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
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