Astrox 00
Model AX-00
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Astrox 00: the 68 g “double zero” Yonex Japan billed as its lightest racquet
Billed as Yonex’s lightest
Yonex Japan announced the Astrox 00 on January 21, 2020, under a headline calling it the lightest racquet in Yonex’s history: an average of 68 g, the 2F class, aimed at intermediate players. Yonex reads the name “double zero” (ダブルゼロ). The release’s own footnote narrows the claim to the badminton racquets Yonex sells in Japan, and the narrowing matters: Yonex USA’s 2019 catalog already listed the export Astrox 22 at the same 2F (68 g). Within Japan, by Yonex’s account, none of the racquets it was selling there was lighter, and the 00 stayed on Yonex Japan’s racquet list from 2020 to 2023.
Built for the receive
Yonex’s stated aim was practical. Its release says intermediate players tend to want a light racquet and enjoy long rallies, and that rally errors happen most often on the receive, so Yonex cut the weight to reduce them. On Yonex’s own weight scale 2F averages 68 g, F 73 g, 5U 78 g and 4U 83 g, and the release set the 00 beside the Astrox 99 (3U 88 g, 4U 83 g) and the Astrox 55 (5U 78 g). Yonex says it adjusted the base materials and chose carbon combinations that kept the frame strong at that weight. The series technology stayed: the Rotational Generator System, which spreads weight across the frame top, the joint and the grip end, the square Isometric head, and a high-modulus carbon shaft with Namd, which Yonex says bends deeply and snaps back fast.
No named user
No player is documented using the Astrox 00. Yonex’s release introduced it from the series used by Kento Momota, then world No. 1, and other top players, but it names no user of this model. Yonex Japan’s rating grid marks the 00 for intermediate men and women and leaves the advanced and beginner columns blank.
One color, one weight, the 55’s materials
The 00 came in one color, Navy Blue, and one weight class, 2F with grip 5 or 6; Yonex listed no edition, reissue or second generation. Its materials match Yonex Japan’s Astrox 55 line for line: a high-modulus carbon frame with tungsten, a high-modulus carbon shaft with Namd and a built-in T-joint, in a frame 10 mm longer than standard. The 55 is 5U (78 g), and in May 2021 Yonex Japan priced both at ¥20,900 including tax. Two export frames share the 00’s 2F weight and longer frame, the 2018 Astrox 22 and the 22 RX, but Yonex lists Nanomesh Neo, not Namd, in both shafts, and neither came in Navy Blue. The base Astrox 22 has its own page.
On Yonex Japan’s list, 2020–2023
Yonex documented the 00 only in Japan. The release put it on sale from mid-February 2020 at ¥19,000 before tax, made in Japan, and Yonex Japan’s racquet list carried it from that year. Yonex Japan’s own page showed ¥20,900 including tax in May 2021 and ¥22,000 in May 2023. It was last listed in May 2023; by December 2023 it was gone, and the Astrox 22 RX, marked new, followed the Astrox 33 where the 00 had stood. Yonex published no production-end notice, so 2023 is the last year it is documented on sale new. It is absent from Yonex USA’s 2019, 2021 and 2024 catalogs. No verified sales are recorded yet.
Mix-ups rather than fakes
No counterfeit of the Astrox 00 is documented. The likelier problem is identity, because a 2F label alone does not settle which Astrox it is. The older Astrox 22 (AX22MB) is Matte Black, and the 22 RX (AX22RX) is Dark Red or Black/Gold with “RX” on the frame; Yonex Japan gives Taiwan as the 22 RX’s origin and lists a different grommet set for it. A lighter 3F (63 g) frame is the 22 F or 22 LT, and a 5U frame with the same materials is the Astrox 55. The item code, the Navy Blue paint and the 2F label together identify the 00.
A Japan-only footnote to the Astrox 55
The 00 is a small chapter in the Astrox line: a Japan-made, Japan-only frame that took the Astrox 55’s materials down to 68 g for club players who wanted speed on the receive. It was listed for about three and a half years in one color, with no player and no edition. Its appeal is to collectors of Japanese-market Yonex and to players who want a very light, Japan-made Astrox. On Yonex Japan’s list the next 2F Astrox was the Taiwan-made 22 RX.
Yonex’s item code is AX00. Check for Navy Blue, a 2F label (average 68 g) with grip 5 or 6, and a frame 10 mm longer than standard. Yonex Japan lists high-modulus carbon and tungsten in the frame, high-modulus carbon with Namd in the shaft and a built-in T-joint, and gives Japan as the origin. It was sold as a Japan Badminton Association–certified racquet, and Yonex Japan lists its own grommet set, AC416AXC (the Astrox 55’s is AC416AXA, the 22 RX’s AC416AXF). Yonex recommends 18–23 lb. Yonex’s own test is the hologram sticker, which resists peeling on a genuine racquet and lifts easily with a fingernail on a fake.
The 00 was sold only in Japan, so most frames surface in Japanese listings, under アストロクス00, ダブルゼロ or the code AX00. Confirm the code, the 2F label and the Navy Blue paint before anything else, since other 68 g Astrox frames look similar in listings. For a used frame, ask for clear photographs of the head, the frame-shaft joint and the grommets; Yonex made a dedicated grommet set, AC416AXC, for replacements.