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Kento Momota

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Kento Momota is a Japanese badminton player, born on 1 September 1994, who has won several major tournaments including two BWF World Championships, two Badminton Asia Championships and one All England title. He holds a Guinness World Records certificate for the most badminton men's singles titles in a season, after winning eleven titles in 2019. Known for strong defence, footwork, patience and shot quality, he became the first Japanese men's singles player to reach number one in the BWF ranking in 2018 and stayed there for 121 weeks. He was awarded the BWF best male player of the year and is considered one of the greats of men's singles.

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Birth Year
1994 1
Gender
Male 1
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5+ 1
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Japanese badminton player
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1. Kento Momota (Wikipedia)
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    born 1 September 1994
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    He has won several major badminton tournaments
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    two BWF World Championships, two Badminton Asia Championships, and one All England title
  • Lead, nationality
    Japanese badminton player
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