Kodai Naraoka
Kodai Naraoka is a Japanese badminton player affiliated with NTT East. Born in Aomori, he started playing badminton at the age of 5 with the influence of his father. He won the silver medal at the 2023 World Championships.
In his junior career, Naraoka has won a silver at the World Junior Championships in 2018, where he previously claimed a bronze in 2017. He represented his country competed at the [Badminton at the Badminton at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' singles|2018 Summer Youth Olympics|2018 Summer Youth Olympics] in Buenos Aires, Argentina, won the bronze medals in the boys' singles and mixed team event.
He competed for Japan at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the men's singles event.
Achievements
BWF World Championships
Men's singles| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark |  Asian GamesMen's singles
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