Sho Katayama and Yuta Kikuchi have met 1 time since 2025; Yuta Kikuchi leads 1–0. Their most recent meeting: Yuta Kikuchi won at M15 Tokyo (2025).
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Katayama
🛡️ The Spoiler
Kikuchi
🧱 The Wall
Matchup analysis
The 🧱 The Wall archetype wins about 53% vs 🛡️ The Spoiler across 1,086 matches in our dataset — a stylistic lean toward Yuta Kikuchi.
The Wall players often use elite returner and low unforced errors to pressure the the spoiler's strong court coverage.
1 career meeting, newest first
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Katayama | Kikuchi |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | - | 4–5 |
| Avg odds | - | 1.80 |
| ROI % | - | -44.0% |
| Units P/L | - | -3.96u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Across 2 shared opponents, both Katayama and Kikuchi posted a 50% win rate.
| Opponent | Katayama | Kikuchi |
|---|---|---|
| Taisei Ichikawa | W 75 62 | L 36 63 16 |
| Naoki Nakagawa | L 46 26 | W 63 26 64 |
Last five matches per player
Marc-Andrea Huesler
Matsuyama · Round of 32
Nov 3
Braden Shick
M15 Yanagawa City · Semifinals
Oct 27
Taisei Ichikawa
M15 Yanagawa City · Quarterfinals
Oct 27
Woong Chan Lee
M15 Yanagawa City · Round of 16
Oct 27
Taiyo Yamanaka
M15 Yanagawa City · Round of 32
Oct 27
Naoki Nakagawa
M25 Sapporo · Round of 32
Sep 8
Yuta Kikuchi
M15 Tokyo · Round of 32
Jul 7
Terence Atmane
Matsuyama · Round of 32
Nov 4
Shinji Hazawa
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 9
Noritaka Koizumi
M15 Luan · Round of 32
May 18
Charlie Pade
M15 Wuning · Round of 32
May 11
Uisung Park
M15 Wuning · Quarterfinals
May 11
Yan Cheng Chen
M15 Wuning · Round of 32
May 4
Yue Xia
M15 Wuning · Round of 16
May 4
Taisei Ichikawa
M15 Wuning · Quarterfinals
May 4
Daniil Ostapenkov
WUNING OPEN 2 · 2nd Round Qualifying
Apr 13
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 7–50 matches
| Metric | Katayama | Kikuchi |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 43% | 58% |
| Sets won | 43% | 58% |
| Games won | 49% | 52% |
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Katayama | Kikuchi |
|---|---|---|
| ITF M15 | 0 | 1 |
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Katayama | Kikuchi |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
