2016 Japan Super Series

The 2016 Japan Super Series was the seventh Superseries tournament of the 2016 BWF Super Series. The tournament took place in Tokyo, Japan from September 20–25, 2016 with a total prize money of $300,000.

Seeds
• # Lee Chong Wei (Champion)

• # Viktor Axelsen (quarterfinal)

• # Jan Ø. Jørgensen (Final)

• # 🇨🇳 Tian Houwei (first round)

• # Chou Tien-chen (second round)

• # 🇰🇷 Son Wan-ho (semifinal)

• # Tommy Sugiarto (first round)

• # 🇮🇳 Srikanth Kidambi (quarterfinal)

Seeds
• # 🇪🇸 Carolina Marín (withdrawn)

• # 🇯🇵 Nozomi Okuhara (quarterfinal)

• # 🇹🇭 Ratchanok Intanon (quarterfinal)

• # Tai Tzu-ying (first round)

• # 🇮🇳 P.V. Sindhu (withdrawn)

• # 🇯🇵 Akane Yamaguchi (semifinal)

• # 🇨🇳 Sun Yu (Final)

• # 🇨🇳 He Bingjiao (Champion)

Seeds
• # 🇨🇳 Chai Biao / Hong Wei (first round)

• # Mohammad Ahsan / Hendra Setiawan (semifinal)

• # Mathias Boe / Carsten Mogensen (quarterfinal)

• # 🇯🇵 Hiroyuki Endo / Kenichi Hayakawa (second round)

• # Goh V Shem / Tan Wee Kiong (second round)

• # Mads Conrad-Petersen / Mads Pieler Kolding (second round)

• # 🇰🇷 Kim Gi-jung / Ko Sung-hyun (Final)

• # 🇨🇳 Li Junhui / Liu Yuchen (Champions)

Seeds
• # 🇯🇵 Misaki Matsutomo / Ayaka Takahashi (Final)

• # Christinna Pedersen / Kamilla Rytter Juhl (Champions)

• # 🇨🇳 Luo Ying / Luo Yu (semifinal)

• # 🇯🇵 Naoko Fukuman / Kurumi Yonao (first round)

• # Eefje Muskens / Selena Piek (second round)

• # 🇯🇵 Shizuka Matsuo / Mami Naito (quarterfinal)

• # 🇨🇳 Huang Yaqiong / Tang Jinhua (withdrawn)

• # Vivian Hoo Kah Mun / Woon Khe Wei (quarterfinal)

Seeds
• # 🇰🇷 Ko Sung-hyun / Kim Ha-na (Final)

• # Praveen Jordan / Debby Susanto (withdrawn)

• # Joachim Fischer Nielsen / Christinna Pedersen (quarterfinal)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chris Adcock / Gabrielle Adcock (first round)

• # Chan Peng Soon / Goh Liu Ying (semifinal)

• # 🇨🇳 Lu Kai / Huang Yaqiong (semifinal)

• # 🇨🇳 Zheng Siwei / Chen Qingchen (Champions)

• # 🇨🇳 Liu Yuchen / Tang Jinhua (withdrawn)