Akira Koga

Akira Koga
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1994-03-08) 8 March 1994
Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
HandednessRight
Men's doubles
Highest ranking14 (with Taichi Saito, 12 December 2023)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Japan
Sudirman Cup
2021 VantaaMixed team
2023 SuzhouMixed team
Thomas Cup
2020 AarhusMen's team
2022 BangkokMen's team
Asian Games
2022 HangzhouMen's team
Asia Team Championships
2020 ManilaMen's team
2024 SelangorMen's team
World Junior Championships
2012 ChibaMixed team
Asia Junior Championships
2012 GimcheonMixed team
BWF profile

Akira Koga (古賀 輝, Koga Akira; born 8 March 1994) is a Japanese badminton player who also play for the NTT East club. In 2012, his last year as a junior, he was instrumental in Japan's first ever mixed team title at the 2012 Asian Junior Badminton Championships. He and Akane Yamaguchi beat Pei Tianyi and Huang Yaqiong to begin the tie. At the World Junior Championships the same year, he and Yamaguchi played the last match of the mixed team tie in the final against China. They lost their third game to Wang Yilyu and Chen Qingchen 22–24, giving China the title.