is a former Japanese badminton player from Saga Prefecture. A right-handed men's singles specialist, he reached a career-high world ranking of No. 33 in 2015. Takeshita serves as the women's singles coach for the ACT SAIKYO badminton team.
Following his retirement from competition in February 2019, Takeshita served as an assistant coach for the Tonami Transportation team from March 2019 to March 2020. On April 2020, he was appointed as a coach at Ryukoku University. He subsequently joined the ACT SAIKYO badminton team as the women's singles coach, training players such as Tomoka Miyazaki and Manami Suizu.
Boys' singles
The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.
Men's singles
The BWF Grand Prix has two levels: Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.
Men's singles
Men's singles