Ryota Taohata (垰畑 亮太, Taohata Ryōta, born 21 November 1988) is a Japanese badminton player who affiliated with Nihon Unisys team since April 2011.

[2][3] He was a bronze medalist at the 2013 East Asian Games in the men's doubles event, and was part of the Japanese team that won silver medal at the 2016 Asia Team Championships.

[3][4] He retired from the Unisys team on 31 March 2017.

It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

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