Kento Momota

Kento Momota
	Momota at the 2019 German Open
Personal information
Born	1 September 1994; Mino, Kagawa, Japan
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Badminton
Handedness	Left
Coached by	Yousuke Nakanishi
Retired	6 May 2024
Men's singles
Career record	388 wins, 111 losses
Highest ranking	1 (27 September 2018)
	BWF profile
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Japan
World Championships
Sudirman Cup
Thomas Cup
Asian Games
Asian Championships
Asia Team Championships
World Junior Championships
Asian Junior Championships

Kento Momota (桃田賢斗, Momota Kento; born 1 September 1994) is a former 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 unpredictable and explosive playing style, 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.