Yu Igarashi(五十嵐 優, Igarashi Yū; born 15 May 1995) is a Japanese badminton player. He won his first international title at the 2017 Osaka International tournament.

Personal life

On 28 August 2024, he announced his marriage to national badminton player, Arisa Higashino.

Achievements

Summer Universiade

Men's singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2017Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei, TaiwanChinese Taipei Wang Tzu-wei21–23, 21–23Bronze

BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)

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 Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super1000, Super750, Super500, Super300, and the BWF Tour Super100.

Men's singles

YearTournamentLevelOpponentScoreResultRef
2019Akita MastersSuper 100Indonesia Firman Abdul Kholik18–21, 20–22Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-up)

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

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResultRef
2017Dutch OpenJapan Kento Momota10–21, 12–21Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResultRef
2017Osaka InternationalChinese Taipei Hsueh Hsuan-yi25–23, 21–14Winner
2017Finnish OpenDenmark Rasmus Gemke17–21, 18–21Runner-up
2017Spanish InternationalSpain Luis Enrique Peñalver21–13, 21–14Winner
2018Osaka InternationalJapan Kodai Naraoka14–21, 21–11, 21–12Winner
2018South Australia InternationalSingapore Loh Kean Yew21–19, 22–24, 21–11Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament

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