Ayato Endo

Ayato Endo
Personal information
Born (2000-06-19) 19 June 2000
Tokyo, Japan
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Sport
CountryJapan
SportBadminton
HandednessRight
Men's doubles
Career record47 wins, 29 losses (61.84%)
Highest ranking25 (with Yuta Takei, 16 May 2023)
BWF profile

Ayato Endo (遠藤 彩斗, Endō Ayato; born 19 June 2000) is a Japanese badminton player who specializes in men's doubles. He is a member of the NTT East badminton team and has a long-standing partnership with Yuta Takei. With Takei, Endo won his first BWF World Tour title at the 2022 Canada Open. In 2022 while still a university student, the pair also secured three titles on the BWF International Challenge/Series circuit. Endo and Takei achieved a career-high world ranking of No. 25 on 16 May 2023.