JAPAN · NO. 65 ON THE MONEY LIST
Yugo Kobayashi prize money
$481,626 in BWF World Tour prize money since 2018, from 89 events and 7 titles. The biggest single payday was the men's doubles at the 2021 BWF World Tour Finals, where Yugo Kobayashi with Takuro Hoki won the title, for $63,000.
Doubles prize money is paid to the pair. Every doubles figure on this page is Yugo Kobayashi's half of it.
PRIZE MONEY $482k
BEST SEASON $134k
TITLES 7
ON THE MONEY LIST 65 of 2,684
Yugo Kobayashi prize money by season
Every World Tour season since Yugo Kobayashi's first payday
$25k 18
$20k 19
$2,779 20
$134k 21
$57k 22
$103k 23
$52k 24
$58k 25
$30k 26
season running total
$475,913 in men's doubles and $5,713 in mixed doubles.
Every World Tour event Yugo Kobayashi was paid at
Newest first, with the round reached
| Event | Draw | Partner | Went out | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Japan Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Semi-finals | $6,650 |
| 2026 Indonesia Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Quarter-finals | $4,531 |
| 2026 Malaysia Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Quarter-finals | $4,531 |
| 2026 China Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Last 16 | $3,250 |
| 2026 Singapore Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Quarter-finals | $3,125 |
| 2026 India Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Quarter-finals | $2,969 |
| 2026 All England Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Last 16 | $2,356 |
| 2026 Malaysia Masters | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Quarter-finals | $1,812 |
| 2026 China Masters | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Last 32 | $625 |
| 2025 Denmark Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | WINNER | $35,150 |
| 2025 Indonesia Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Quarter-finals | $4,531 |
| 2025 China Masters | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Quarter-finals | $3,906 |
| 2025 Korea Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Semi-finals | $3,325 |
| 2025 Malaysia Masters | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Semi-finals | $3,325 |
| 2025 China Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Last 16 | $3,250 |
| 2025 Singapore Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Last 16 | $1,625 |
| 2025 Japan Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Last 16 | $1,544 |
| 2025 Hong Kong Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Last 16 | $938 |
| 2025 French Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Last 32 | $475 |
| 2024 All England Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Semi-finals | $9,100 |
| 2024 Malaysia Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Semi-finals | $9,100 |
| 2024 Japan Masters | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Runner-up | $7,980 |
| 2024 French Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Semi-finals | $5,950 |
| 2024 India Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Semi-finals | $5,950 |
| 2024 Singapore Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Semi-finals | $5,950 |
| 2024 China Masters | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Quarter-finals | $3,594 |
| 2024 Denmark Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Quarter-finals | $2,656 |
| 2024 Arctic Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Last 16 | $788 |
| 2024 Indonesia Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Last 32 | $650 |
| 2024 Japan Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Last 32 | $425 |
| 2023 Singapore Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | WINNER | $31,450 |
| 2023 BWF World Tour Finals | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Third in group | $16,250 |
| 2023 Japan Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Runner-up | $14,875 |
| 2023 China Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Semi-finals | $14,000 |
| 2023 Australian Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Runner-up | $7,980 |
| 2023 All England Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Quarter-finals | $3,906 |
| 2023 Indonesia Masters | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Semi-finals | $2,940 |
| 2023 Malaysia Masters | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Semi-finals | $2,940 |
| 2023 Indonesia Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Last 16 | $2,031 |
| 2023 Japan Masters | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Quarter-finals | $1,523 |
| 2023 Denmark Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Last 16 | $1,381 |
| 2023 French Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Last 16 | $1,381 |
| 2023 German Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Quarter-finals | $761 |
| 2023 Malaysia Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Last 32 | $625 |
| 2023 China Masters | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Last 32 | $575 |
| 2023 India Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Last 32 | $425 |
| 2022 Malaysia Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | WINNER | $24,975 |
| 2022 Thailand Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | WINNER | $14,220 |
| 2022 BWF World Tour Finals | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Fourth in group | $5,250 |
| 2022 Indonesia Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Quarter-finals | $3,750 |
| 2022 All England Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Quarter-finals | $3,125 |
| 2022 French Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Quarter-finals | $2,109 |
| 2022 Malaysia Masters | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Quarter-finals | $1,305 |
| 2022 German Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Quarter-finals | $652 |
| 2022 Hylo Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Quarter-finals | $652 |
| 2022 Denmark Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Last 32 | $375 |
| 2022 Japan Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Last 32 | $375 |
| 2021 BWF World Tour Finals | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | WINNER | $63,000 |
| 2021 Denmark Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | WINNER | $31,450 |
| 2021 Indonesia Masters | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | WINNER | $22,200 |
| 2021 Indonesia Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Runner-up | $14,875 |
| 2021 French Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Quarter-finals | $1,875 |
| 2021 All England Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Last 32 | $425 |
| 2020 All England Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Last 16 | $1,787 |
| 2020 Thailand Masters | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Quarter-finals | $616 |
| 2020 Denmark Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Last 32 | $375 |
| 2019 Indonesia Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Semi-finals | $8,750 |
| 2019 Malaysia Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Semi-finals | $4,900 |
| 2019 Singapore Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Quarter-finals | $1,287 |
| 2019 Japan Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Last 16 | $1,219 |
| 2019 Hong Kong Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Last 16 | $750 |
| 2019 Malaysia Masters | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Last 16 | $656 |
| 2019 All England Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Last 32 | $500 |
| 2019 China Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Last 32 | $500 |
| 2019 Denmark Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Last 32 | $387 |
| 2019 French Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Last 32 | $375 |
| 2019 Fuzhou China Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Last 32 | $350 |
| 2019 Australian Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Last 16 | $281 |
| 2018 Korea Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Runner-up | $11,400 |
| 2018 Denmark Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Quarter-finals | $2,422 |
| 2018 Japan Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Quarter-finals | $2,188 |
| 2018 Indonesia Open | Mixed doubles | Misaki Matsutomo | Last 16 | $2,031 |
| 2018 Fuzhou China Open | Mixed doubles | Koharu Yonemoto | Last 16 | $1,137 |
| 2018 Malaysia Open | Mixed doubles | Misaki Matsutomo | Last 16 | $1,137 |
| 2018 Hong Kong Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Last 16 | $750 |
| 2018 Hong Kong Open | Mixed doubles | Koharu Yonemoto | Last 16 | $750 |
| 2018 Thailand Open | Mixed doubles | Misaki Matsutomo | Last 16 | $656 |
| 2018 Indonesia Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Last 32 | $625 |
| 2018 All England Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Last 32 | $500 |
| 2018 China Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Last 32 | $500 |
| 2018 French Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Last 32 | $375 |
| 2018 Fuzhou China Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Last 32 | $350 |
| 2018 Malaysia Open | Men's doubles | Takuro Hoki | Last 32 | $350 |
Yugo Kobayashi has been paid alongside 3 different partners.
Where Yugo Kobayashi sits on the money list
Ranked 65 of 2,684 players paid on the World Tour since 2018
| # | Player | Country | Titles | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55 | He Bingjiao | China | 5 | $553,665 |
| 56 | Zhang Shuxian | China | 13 | $547,887 |
| 57 | Chirag Shetty | India | 10 | $544,544 |
| 58 | Sayaka Hirota | Japan | 11 | $542,137 |
| 59 | Pornpawee Chochuwong | Thailand | 3 | $536,225 |
| 60 | Wang Chi-lin | Chinese Taipei | 13 | $517,801 |
| 61 | Anders Skaarup Rasmussen | Denmark | 9 | $510,046 |
| 62 | Kim Astrup | Denmark | 9 | $510,046 |
| 63 | Takuro Hoki | Japan | 7 | $497,960 |
| 64 | Kim So-yeong | South Korea | 11 | $492,816 |
| 66 | Lin Chun-yi | Chinese Taipei | 7 | $479,050 |
| 67 | Muhammad Shohibul Fikri | Indonesia | 5 | $469,544 |
| 68 | Kim Hye-jeong | South Korea | 10 | $442,277 |
| 69 | Hendra Setiawan | Indonesia | 4 | $439,465 |
| 70 | Mohammad Ahsan | Indonesia | 4 | $438,809 |
| 71 | Kenta Nishimoto | Japan | 3 | $430,213 |
| 72 | Supissara Paewsampran | Thailand | 8 | $429,912 |
| 73 | Lakshya Sen | India | 4 | $422,050 |
| 74 | Wakana Nagahara | Japan | 5 | $421,676 |
| 75 | Gregoria Mariska Tunjung | Indonesia | 2 | $421,170 |
Japan on the World Tour
Everyone paid while playing for Japan, by what they won
| # | Player | Prize money |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Akane Yamaguchi | $2,027,273$2.0m |
| 02 | Kento Momota | $1,008,850 |
| 03 | Yuta Watanabe | $878,879 |
| 04 | Yuki Fukushima | $873,819 |
| 05 | Mayu Matsumoto | $766,742 |
| 06 | Arisa Igarashi | $718,818 |
| 07 | Nozomi Okuhara | $697,683 |
| 08 | Chiharu Shida | $654,373 |
| 09 | Nami Matsuyama | $622,958 |
| 10 | Kodai Naraoka | $606,078 |
| 11 | Sayaka Hirota | $542,137 |
| 12 | Takuro Hoki | $497,960 |
| 13 | Yugo Kobayashi | $481,626 |
| 14 | Kenta Nishimoto | $430,213 |
| 15 | Wakana Nagahara | $421,676 |
| 16 | Misaki Matsutomo | $318,770 |
| 17 | Tomoka Miyazaki | $294,162 |
| 18 | Kie Nakanishi | $288,840 |
| 19 | Rin Uesaka | $288,062 |
| 20 | Koki Watanabe | $269,356 |
| 21 | Aya Ohori | $263,208 |
| 22 | Kanta Tsuneyama | $237,215 |
| 23 | Ayaka Takahashi | $223,925 |
| 24 | Ayako Sakuramoto | $211,105 |
| 25 | Hiroyuki Endo | $196,544 |
| 26 | Hiroki Midorikawa | $193,413 |
| 27 | Natsu Saito | $176,295 |
| 28 | Keigo Sonoda | $171,963 |
| 29 | Takeshi Kamura | $171,691 |
| 30 | Yushi Tanaka | $164,307 |
| 31 | Sayaka Takahashi | $162,000 |
| 32 | Natsuki Nidaira | $130,952 |
| 33 | Yuki Kaneko | $124,520 |
| 34 | Miyu Takahashi | $116,659 |
| 35 | Kyohei Yamashita | $108,612 |
| 36 | Sayaka Hobara | $107,796 |
| 37 | Akira Koga | $102,902 |
| 38 | Riko Gunji | $99,813 |
| 39 | Rui Hirokami | $88,860 |
| 40 | Saena Kawakami | $88,474 |
The top 40 of 196. The rest are on the Japan page.
Frequently asked questions
How much prize money has Yugo Kobayashi won?
$481,626 on the BWF World Tour since 2018, from 89 events. That is 65th of the 2,684 players paid on the tour since 2018.
What was Yugo Kobayashi's biggest payday?
The men's doubles at the 2021 BWF World Tour Finals, where Yugo Kobayashi with Takuro Hoki won the title. It paid $63,000 to each of them, half of the pair's $126,000.
How many World Tour titles has Yugo Kobayashi won?
7, worth $222,445 between them. The most recent was the men's doubles at the 2025 Denmark Open.
What was Yugo Kobayashi's best season?
2021, with $133,825 from 6 draws.
How does Yugo Kobayashi compare with the rest of Japan?
Yugo Kobayashi won 2.7% of the $17,950,987 paid to Japan's players on the World Tour, 13th of the 196.
Where to next
The events Yugo Kobayashi played, the partners, and the players around them
Events Yugo Kobayashi played
- 2026 Japan Open
- 2026 Indonesia Open
- 2026 Malaysia Open
- 2026 China Open
- 2026 Singapore Open
- 2026 India Open
- 2026 All England Open
- 2026 Malaysia Masters
- 2026 China Masters
- 2025 Denmark Open
- 2025 Indonesia Open
- 2025 China Masters
- 2025 Korea Open
- 2025 Malaysia Masters
- 2025 China Open
- 2025 Singapore Open
- 2025 Japan Open
- 2025 Hong Kong Open
- 2025 French Open
- 2024 All England Open
- 2024 Malaysia Open
- 2024 Japan Masters
- 2024 French Open
- 2024 India Open
- 2024 Singapore Open
- 2024 China Masters
- 2024 Denmark Open
- 2024 Arctic Open
- 2024 Indonesia Open
- 2024 Japan Open
Around this rank
- He Bingjiao
- Zhang Shuxian
- Chirag Shetty
- Sayaka Hirota
- Pornpawee Chochuwong
- Wang Chi-lin
- Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
- Kim Astrup
- Takuro Hoki
- Kim So-yeong
- Lin Chun-yi
- Muhammad Shohibul Fikri
- Kim Hye-jeong
- Hendra Setiawan
- Mohammad Ahsan
- Kenta Nishimoto
- Supissara Paewsampran
- Lakshya Sen
- Wakana Nagahara
- Gregoria Mariska Tunjung