Masters de Malaisie | 05/26 03:25 | 3 | Kenta Nishimoto v H.S. Prannoy | L | 1-2 | |
Masters de Malaisie | 05/25 04:40 | 4 | Jonatan Christie v Kenta Nishimoto | W | 0-2 | |
Masters de Malaisie | 05/24 10:20 | 5 | Kenta Nishimoto v Tze Yong Ng | W | 2-1 | |
Sudirman Cup | 05/17 10:25 | - | Kenta Nishimoto v Hyeok Jin Jeon | L | 0-2 | |
Asia Championships | 04/27 13:30 | 4 | Kenta Nishimoto v Anthony Sinisuka Ginting | L | 0-2 | |
Asia Championships | 04/26 16:40 | 5 | Kenta Nishimoto v Jewel Angelo Albo | W | 2-0 | |
Orléans Masters | 04/06 08:30 | 4 | Kenta Nishimoto v Priyanshu Rajawat | L | 0-2 | |
Orléans Masters | 04/05 09:15 | 5 | Kenta Nishimoto v Hao Lee Chia | W | 2-0 | |
Masters d'Espagne | 04/02 10:20 | 1 | Kenta Nishimoto v Kanta Tsuneyama | W | 2-1 | |
Masters d'Espagne | 04/01 10:55 | 2 | Kenta Nishimoto v Toma Junior Popov | W | 2-1 | |
Masters d'Espagne | 03/31 10:55 | 3 | Kenta Nishimoto v Srikanth Kidambi | W | 2-0 | |
Masters d'Espagne | 03/30 08:30 | 4 | Kenta Nishimoto v Arnaud Merkle | - | Walkover | |
Masters d'Espagne | 03/29 08:40 | 5 | Kenta Nishimoto v Chia Hao Lee | W | 2-1 | |
Open d'Angleterre | 03/16 18:55 | 4 | Kenta Nishimoto v Zii Jia Lee | L | 0-2 | |
Open d'Angleterre | 03/15 14:40 | 5 | Kenta Nishimoto v Brian Yang | W | 2-0 | |
German Open | 03/10 15:40 | 3 | Kento Momota v Kenta Nishimoto | L | 2-1 | |
German Open | 03/09 16:55 | 4 | Kenta Nishimoto v Kean Yew Loh | W | 2-1 | |
German Open | 03/08 12:35 | 5 | Kenta Nishimoto v June Wei Cheam | W | 2-0 | |
Masters de Thaïlande | 02/03 06:50 | 3 | Chun-Yi Lin v Kenta Nishimoto | L | 2-0 | |
Masters de Thaïlande | 02/02 08:00 | 4 | Kenta Nishimoto v Anders Antonsen | W | 2-1 | |
Masters de Thaïlande | 02/01 06:00 | 5 | Kenta Nishimoto v Mithun Manjunath | W | 2-0 | |
Indonesia Masters | 01/26 02:20 | 4 | Kenta Nishimoto v Brian Yang | L | 1-2 | |
Indonesia Masters | 01/25 04:20 | 5 | Christian Adinata v Kenta Nishimoto | W | 1-2 | |
Open d'Inde | 01/18 06:40 | 5 | Kantaphon Wangcharoen v Kenta Nishimoto | L | 2-1 | |
Open de Malaisie | 01/13 08:20 | 3 | Viktor Axelsen v Kenta Nishimoto | L | 2-0 | |
Open de Malaisie | 01/12 03:00 | 4 | Jonatan Christie v Kenta Nishimoto | W | 0-2 | |
Open de Malaisie | 01/10 02:20 | 5 | Kenta Nishimoto v Srikanth Kidambi | W | 2-0 | |
Australian Open | 11/17 03:00 | 4 | Koki Watanabe v Kenta Nishimoto | L | 2-0 | |
Australian Open | 11/16 03:20 | 5 | Kenta Nishimoto v June Wei Cheam | W | 2-0 | |
Open de France | 10/25 09:40 | 5 | Viktor Axelsen v Kenta Nishimoto | L | 2-0 |
Kenta Nishimoto (西本 拳太, Nishimoto Kenta, born 30 August 1994) is a Japanese badminton player. He won a silver medal in the men's singles at the 2017 Summer Universiade and a bronze medal at the 2018 Asian Games. Nishimoto was part of Japan winning team at the 2012 Asian Junior Championships and at the 2017 Asia Mixed Team Championships.
In 2013, Nishimoto reached the final of the Russia Open Grand Prix tournament, and became the runner-up after being defeated by Vladimir Ivanov of Russia.
In August, Nishimoto participated in the 2017 Summer Universiade, held in Taipei. He lost to Wang Tzu-wei in the final, 16–21, 15–21, clinching a silver medal.
In January, Nishimoto reached his first BWF World Tour final, the 2018 Malaysia Masters. In the final, he lost to then-reigning world champion Viktor Axelsen in the final, 13–21, 23–21, 18–21 in three games.
Later in August, Nishimoto participated in the 2018 Asian Games, held in Jakarta. He lost to home favourite and eventual champion Jonatan Christie in the semi-final, losing 15–21, 21–15, 19–21 in three games, winning a bronze medal.
At the end of the year, Nishimoto made it to another final, the 2018 Hong Kong Open. He lost to Korea's Son Wan-ho in the final, losing 21–14, 17–21, 13–21 in an hour and 29 minutes.
Kicking off the 2019 season, in March, Nishimoto made it to his first final of the year, the 2019 German Open. He lost in the final to compatriot Kento Momota in straight games, losing 10–21, 16–21.
The following year, at the 2020 Thailand Masters, Nishimoto lost to Hong Kong's Ng Ka Long in the final, losing 21–16, 13–21, 12–21 in three games.
In September, Nishimoto made it to his 7th career final, this time at his home event, the 2022 Japan Open. In the final, he beat 6th ranked and 3rd seed Chou Tien-chen in the final, winning 21–19, 21–23, 21–17 in rubber games. After the final, Nishimoto stated that he was "really happy" and also "a bit relieved" after clinching his first title, and thanked the home crowd for their support.