Kendo Momota's officially reported height is 172 cm.

Kendo Momota, born September 1, 1994 in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan, is a Japanese badminton player.

On December 9, 2019, he won the 2019 Badminton World Federation (BWF) Male Athlete of the Year, the first Japanese player in history to win the honor.

On July 28, 2021, Kento Momota lost a 0:2 blowout to South Korea's Heo Hwang-hee in the men's singles group stage of the Tokyo Olympics badminton tournament and did not qualify for the round of 16

Personal life

On January 13, 2020, he was injured in a car accident in Malaysia.

On February 7, 2020, he was diagnosed with a fracture of the orbital floor of his right eye and underwent emergency eye surgery the next day, and did not play in the All England Open.

On January 3, 2021, was diagnosed with the New Crown Virus, and the Japanese badminton team subsequently announced that it was canceling its trip to Bangkok for the Thailand Open.