Kento Momota (桃田 賢斗, Momota Kento; born 1 September 1994) is a Japanese badminton player. He has won several major badminton tournaments including two BWF World Championships, two Badminton Asia Championships, and one All England title. Momota received a Guinness World Records certificate for "The most badminton men's singles titles in a season", for winning 11 titles in the 2019 season. Known for his strong defence, footwork, patience, and shot quality, he became the first ever Japanese men's singles player to achieve a BWF ranking of No.1 in 2018, holding this distinction for 121 weeks and subsequently being awarded the BWF's best male player of the year award. He is considered to be one of the greats of men's singles badminton.
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