Tag: Yuta Watanabe

Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino To End 13 Years of Partnership

Tokyo: The 2024 Japan Open, starting on August 20, will mark the final appearance of the Japanese mixed doubles pair Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino as a pair. After this tournament, the two will part ways. Continue reading Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino To End 13 Years of Partnership

Yuta Watanabe Wants to Play in Front of Fans But Has to Adjust to the New Norm

Bali: Japan’s doubles specialists – Yuta Watanabe admitted that he wasn’t too excited competing at the three back-to-back Asian leg BWF World Tour Tournaments in Bali. He told reporters that this was due to the fact that no audience could see him play directly because of the implementation of a strict bubble system. Continue reading Yuta Watanabe Wants to Play in Front of Fans But Has to Adjust to the New Norm

Facemask with Pictures of Kento Momota, Yuta Watanabe, and Arisa Higashino’s Faces

Tokyo: Some lucky students in Tomioka – a town located in Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture received unique facemasks with Kento Momota, Yuta Watanabe, and Arisa Higashino’s faces printed on them. Continue reading Facemask with Pictures of Kento Momota, Yuta Watanabe, and Arisa Higashino’s Faces

Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino Want to Give Back to the Fukushima Community with Olympic Gold

Tokyo: With only 9 days to go until the opening of the Tokyo Olympics, Japan’s doubles specialist, Yuta Watanabe who is considered one of the best men’s doubles and mixed doubles players of this generation since Park Joo-Bong (Korea), Kim Dong-Moon (Korea), Lee Yong Dae (Korea) and Zhang Nan (China) dominated the two categories in their respective eras. Continue reading Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino Want to Give Back to the Fukushima Community with Olympic Gold

Japan Makes History by Winning Four All England Titles

Birmingham: The Japanese team capitalized on the absence of top badminton powerhouses such as China, Indonesia, and top shuttlers in women’s singles such as Tai Tzu Ying of Taiwan, Carolina Marin of Spain, and Chen Yufei of China, scooping up four titles at the 2021 All England final on Sunday. Continue reading Japan Makes History by Winning Four All England Titles

Arisa Higashino dresses as an old woman for a prank

Tokyo: Not only that Yuta Watanabe/Arisa Higashino of Japan are the current World No. 5 mixed doubles pair, but they also have a promising acting career ahead of them after they retired from professional badminton as the duo also loved goofing around and playing pranks on people. Continue reading Arisa Higashino dresses as an old woman for a prank