is a Japanese

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player hailing from

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. He is a member of the Japan National Team and is affiliated with

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Information & Telecommunication Engineering, Ltd. team.

Career

2024

In 2024, Nomura joined Japan's national B team, partnering with Yuichi Shimogami in men's doubles. In July, they won two International Challenge titles in the

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: the Northern Marianas Open and the Saipan International. They also reached the semifinals at the

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in August and the Vietnam Open in September. The year concluded in December at the All Japan Badminton Championships, where Nomura and Shimogami finished as men's doubles runners-up, defeated by Kyohei Yamashita and

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in the final.

2025

In 2025, Nomura and Shimogami were selected for the Japanese national team. They began the season at the Asia Mixed Team Championships in Qingdao, China, contributing to Japan's bronze medal. On the BWF World Tour, they reached the semifinals of two Super 300 tournaments: the German Open in March and the

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in May. They debuted at the

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in April with a first-round elimination. In June, they competed in their first Super 1000 tournament at the Indonesia Open, where they were eliminated in the second round by eventual champions

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and

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of South Korea (17–21, 21–11, 19–21). By 10 June 2025, Nomura and Shimogami had achieved a career-high world ranking of No. 32.

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles)

''Men's doubles''

References

External links

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Takumi Nomura
at BWFWorldTour.BWFBadminton.com

at badminton.or.jp

at hitachi-ite.co.jp {{DEFAULTSORT:Nomura, Takumi 1997 births Living people Japanese male badminton players Sportspeople from Miyagi Prefecture Hosei University alumni