

Momota officially joined the club that raised its name since April 2013. The promising Momota prospect attracted the attention of the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation (NTT East), the badminton club of NTT East which finally succeeded in asking for his hand to join. In the final round, he beat the mainstay of China, Xue Song through a very tight rubber game match. Appearing at home, Momota managed to donate gold in public. In the same year, Momota also won the World Junior Championships held in Chiba, Japan. Learning from his mistakes in 2011, he avenged his defeat in 2011 by becoming 2012 Asia Junior Champion after defeating Malaysian representatives, Soong Joo Ven in two straight games, 21–13, 22–20. Momota participated in the 2012 Asian Junior Championships held in Gimcheon, South Korea. Young Momota continued to learn from his defeats. Momota began to join the Japanese national team and was expected to become a future star. Even so, his performance was noticed by the Nippon Badminton Association (NBA). Momota lost to Kenichi Tago in the final. Towards the end of 2011, Momota began to compete with his seniors in the All Japan Badminton Championship or 2011 Japan National Championship. Even though Momota did not make it as a champion, it was a valuable lesson when he lost in the semifinal to the Malaysian Zulfadli Zulkiffli who came out as the 2011 World Junior Champion. Momota's presence was increasingly visible as he took part in a bigger race, the 2011 World Junior Championships held in Taipei, Taiwan. Graduating from junior high school, Momota studied at Tomioka High School in Fukushima prefecture to hone his skills in badminton. In his third year, he again won a similar tournament but at the junior level, the All Japan Junior High School Championships. After elementary school, Momota continued his studies in Junior High School in Fukushima Prefecture. Kala's Momota, who was in grade 6, came out as a champion in the men's singles number. He won the first title in a fairly prestigious tournament in Japan, the All Japan Elementary School Championships. The player born in Mitoyo, Kagawa Prefecture, on 1 September 1994, started to wrestle with feathers since he was in the second grade of elementary school.


Momota's badminton talent has been seen since he was a child. Kento Momota started his badminton career from junior level with quite perfect results. 2.8 BWF International Challenge/Series (7 titles).2.7 BWF Grand Prix (2 titles, 1 runner-up).2.5 BWF World Tour (15 titles, 6 runners-up).Momota entered into Guinness Book of World Records for "The most badminton men's singles titles in a season", for his achievements by winning 11 titles in the 2019 season. He has won several major badminton tournaments including two World Championships titles, two Asian Championships titles, and one All England title. He is known to have a skillful and relentless play style on court. Kento Momota ( 桃田 賢斗, Momota Kento, born 1 September 1994) is a Japanese badminton player.
