Taisei Ichikawa and Yuta Kikuchi have met 1 time since 2026; Taisei Ichikawa leads 1–0. Their most recent meeting: Taisei Ichikawa won at M15 Wuning (2026).
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Ichikawa
🛡️ 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
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Ichikawa | Kikuchi | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Taisei Ichikawa | Yuta Kikuchi | ||
| 1 or more | 100% | 17/17 | 80% | 8/10 |
| 3 or more | 47% | 8/17 | 30% | 3/10 |
| 5 or more | 24% | 4/17 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 10 or more | 12% | 2/17 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 15 or more | 6% | 1/17 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/17 | 0% | 0/10 |
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Ichikawa | Kikuchi |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 6–5 | 4–5 |
| Avg odds | 1.65 | 1.80 |
| ROI % | -27.4% | -44.0% |
| Units P/L | -3.02u | -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
Ichikawa has a higher win rate against shared opponents (57% vs Kikuchi's 43%).
| Opponent | Ichikawa | Kikuchi |
|---|---|---|
| Takuya Kumasaka | W | W 60 76 |
| Shinji Hazawa | W 46 76 63 | L |
| Uisung Park | L 26 36 | L 16 26 |
| Duck Hee Lee | W 67 75 76 | L 36 36 |
| Ryuki Matsuda | W 75 63 | W 63 62 |
| Hunter Heck | L 26 26 | L 46 26 |
| Sho Katayama | L 57 26 | W 63 63 |
Last five matches per player
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
Yue Xia
M15 Wuning · Round of 16
May 4
Taisei Ichikawa
M15 Wuning · Quarterfinals
May 4
Yan Cheng Chen
M15 Wuning · Round of 32
May 4
Daniil Ostapenkov
WUNING OPEN 2 · 2nd Round Qualifying
Apr 13
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 50–58 matches
| Metric | Ichikawa | Kikuchi |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 50% | 58% |
| Sets won | 51% | 58% |
| Games won | 50% | 52% |
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Ichikawa | Kikuchi |
|---|---|---|
| ITF M15 | 1 | 0 |
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Ichikawa | Kikuchi |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
