Taiyo Kurata

Taiyo Kurata and Julius Seifert playing doubles against Utah State with Seifert at the net waiting to hit a shot.

Taiyo Kurata waiting for the serve during the fall of 2024.

Taiyo Kurata returns a volley during a practice match in fall 2024.

Taiyo Kurata waits to return a serve during singles play at the Fighting Illini Invite in 2024.

Taiyo Kurata returns a shot at the net during a practice session in fall 2024.

Team at the 2024 ITA Bedford in the Mountains

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Hiroshima, Japan
Height:
5-7
Prev School:
Idaho
Major:
Marketing

CAREER HONORS

Mountain West All-Tournament Team, No. 6 Singles (2026)
Mountain West All-Tournament Team, No. 2 Doubles (2025)
All-Big Sky Singles Honorable Mention (2023)
All-Big Sky Doubles Second Team (2023)
3x Intercollegiate Tennis Association Scholar-Athlete (2023, 2024, 2025)
College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2024-25)
Academic All-Mountain West (Spring 2025)
Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2024-25)
2x Big Sky All-Academic Team (2023, 2024)

BOISE STATE CAREER
SENIOR (2025-26)
Honors: Mountain West Championship All-Tournament Team for No. 6 singles.
Notable Statistics/Rankings: Recorded a 24-7 mark in singles and a 17-14 record in doubles.
Top Highlights (Fall): Went 12-3 in singles…lost to Denver’s Theo Coats in three sets at the ITA Mountain Regional Championships…defeated Jake Kennedy from Auburn in straight-sets, as well as Milos Mikovic from Arizona State…went 4-5 in doubles…reached the round of 16 at the MW Fall Qualifiers with partner Julius Seifert.
Top Highlights (Spring): Competed in 30 matches over the season…posted a 12-4 singles duals record and a 13-9 doubles duals record…notched a 5-1 mark at No. 6 singles…played primarily at No. 3 doubles with a 9-7 record…went undefeated in conference tournament play, defeating Tyler Waddock of New Mexico (April 22) 7-6 (5), 6-0, Brock Anderson of San Diego State (April 23) 6-3, 6-1 and Dmitri Goubin of Utah State (April 24) 6-3, 7-6 (4)...finished his career 15th in program history for win percentage of all singles matches at .698…finished the season 13th in program history for win percentage of all singles matches at .806…finished his career alongside Julius Seifert as 19th in program history for most pair wins for all doubles matches (22), 14th in most pair wins for all doubles duals matches (19) and third in pair win percentage at No. 2 doubles (.737).

JUNIOR (2024-25)
Honors: Mountain West Championship All-Tournament Team for No. 2 doubles...Intercollegiate Tennis Association Scholar-Athlete...College Sports Communicators Academic All-District…Academic All-Mountain West...Mountain West Scholar-Athlete.
Notable Statistics/Rankings: Recorded a 12-10 mark in singles and a 20-14 record in doubles.
Top Highlights (Fall): Tallied an 8-8 singles record and 7-4 doubles mark during four competitions...first action as a Bronco came at the ITA Bedford Cup in the Mountains (Sept. 27-29) going 2-2 in singles and 4-1 in doubles, winning the doubles consolation title next to Dylan Jaen...went 2-1 in singles at ITA Mountain Regional (Oct. 17-22)...reached the semifinal round in both singles and doubles (with Idriss Haddouch) at the Gonzaga Fall Invite (Nov. 8-10).
Top Highlights (Spring): Played sparingly in singles going 3-0 in team duals...had a win at No. 6 singles over VCU (Jan. 26) during the ITA Kickoff Weekend helping Broncos to victory...also won at No. 4 singles versus Eastern Washington (Jan. 31) and at No. 6 versus Montana State (April 14), both in straight sets helping team to wins...played big role in doubles play during the spring semester dual campaign going 12-6 overall and 10-5 on court two...went 10-4 with Julius Seifert at No. 2 doubles...was named to the Mountain West Championship All-Tournament Team (April 25) with Seifert as the No. 2 doubles team.

IDAHO CAREER
SOPHOMORE (2023-24)
Honors: Intercollegiate Tennis Association Scholar-Athlete...Big Sky All-Academic Team.
Notable Statistics/Rankings: Recorded a 14-12 mark in singles and a 6-12 record in doubles.
Top Highlights (Fall): Finished fall season at 10-3 in singles and 3-7 in doubles.
Top Highlights (Spring): Split time between the No. 1 and 2 singles positions for the Vandals and finished with a 4-9 in team duals during the spring semester…played in the top two doubles positions, going 3-5 in duals.

FRESHMAN (2022-23)
Honors: All-Big Sky Honorable Mention in Singles…All-Big Sky Second Team in Doubles…Big Sky Tournament Team Champion…Intercollegiate Tennis Association Scholar-Athlete...Big Sky All-Academic Team.
Notable Statistics/Rankings: Recorded a 22-18 mark in singles and a 24-13 record in doubles.
Top Highlights (Fall): Compiled a 10-9 record in singles play with an 11-5 doubles mark.
Top Highlights (Spring): Split time primarily between the three, four and five positions in singles and finished with a 12-9 record...in doubles, he competed primarily on court two, where he went 10-6 and finished…helped guide Idaho to the 2023 Big Sky Conference Tournament Championship and a berth into the NCAA Championship.