Astrox 22
Model AX-22
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Astrox 22: the first 68 g Astrox, a stiff export frame sold from 2018 to 2021
The Astrox that went down to 2F
The Astrox 22 took Yonex’s Astrox line into the 2F class. Yonex’s Astrox lineup of October 2018 ran from 3U to 5U; by January 2019 it included the 22, a 2F frame averaging 68 g, ten grams lighter than the 5U Astrox 55 launched the same autumn. Yonex China listed it as on sale from early September 2018, and Yonex USA’s 2019 catalog priced it at $170. Yonex aimed it at intermediate players “looking for a lightweight frame, quicker swing speeds and devastating power,” and rated it stiff. It was never sold in Japan, whose own 68 g Astrox, the 00 of 2020, is a different frame.
Stiff, light and 10 mm longer
Yonex USA’s 2019 catalog lists a frame of high-modulus graphite and tungsten and a shaft of high-modulus graphite with Nanomesh Neo, rated stiff, 10 mm longer than standard, in 2F (average 68 g) with a G5 grip; Yonex recommends 20–28 lb. Its technology line names the Rotational Generator System, the Isometric head, the Aero+Box frame, a built-in T-joint and the Power Boost Cap. Yonex China’s page describes the same build, gives Taiwan as the country of origin and called the hitting feel soft (软) at launch, a feel description rather than a flex rating. Yonex USA’s catalogs print no origin for the 22, and no Yonex source gives it a balance.
No documented player
No professional player is documented using the Astrox 22, and none of Yonex’s pages for it names one. Yonex pitched it at intermediate players, and it was never sold in Japan, whose dated Yonex match reports are the fullest record of who used what.
Matte Black, then three more 22s
The 22 came in Matte Black: item code AX22MB in Yonex USA’s 2019 catalog, AX22 in its 2021 catalog and on Yonex’s global store. Yonex China added a Black/Magenta design by February 2020, when its page also changed the code to AX22EX; Yonex USA and the global store showed Matte Black only. No player or limited edition is documented. In 2021 Yonex USA’s catalog set three new 22s beside it, each under its own code: the 22 RX (2F, stiff, with a Rexis shaft), the 22 F (3F, medium, sold strung) and the 22 LT (3F, medium). They have their own pages. Japan’s Astrox 00 shares the 2F class but has a Namd shaft, Navy Blue paint and Japanese manufacture.
Abroad only, 2018–2021
Yonex documented the 22 only outside Japan. Yonex China listed it from August 2018, on sale from early September; Yonex’s Astrox site added it by January 2019; Yonex USA’s 2019 and 2021 catalogs priced it at $170; and Yonex’s global store showed it in stock from August 2020 to March 2021. Yonex Japan’s racquet lists of 2018 to 2021 never carried it. Yonex published no production-end notice: the 22 was last listed by Yonex in 2021, and Yonex USA’s 2024 catalog lists the 22 RX, 22 F and 22 LT but not the original. No verified sales are recorded yet.
The wrong 22, more than fakes
No counterfeit specific to the Astrox 22 is documented, and Yonex published no guide for it. The risk is identity. Yonex sold four Astrox models numbered 22, all 10 mm longer than standard, and the 22 RX shares this frame’s 2F weight and stiff rating, so a listing that says only “Astrox 22 2F” fits both. The 22 RX is Dark Red or Black/Gold with “RX” on the frame, a Rexis shaft and an Energy Boost Cap; the original is Matte Black, or Black/Magenta in China, with a Power Boost Cap. A 3F (63 g) frame is the 22 F or 22 LT, and a Navy Blue 2F frame made in Japan is the Astrox 00.
The first of the 22s
No Yonex source names a successor to the 22. It was the first 2F Astrox and the first of four models numbered 22. Of the later three, the 22 RX kept its 2F weight, stiff rating and listed frame and shaft materials, and in 2026 it is the only 22 still on Yonex’s global store. The original was a standard model in one export color, with no player and no edition, so its interest lies in starting that family rather than in scarcity.
Yonex’s item code is AX22MB in its 2019 US catalog and AX22 from 2021; Yonex China used AX22EX from 2020. Check for Matte Black, a 2F label (average 68 g) and a frame 10 mm longer than standard; Yonex listed grips G5 in the US, G5 and G6 on its global store and G4 and G5 in China. Yonex lists stiff flex, high-modulus graphite and tungsten in the frame and high-modulus graphite with Nanomesh Neo in the shaft, and Yonex China gives Taiwan as the origin. The “Made in Japan” line on the same pages of Yonex USA’s 2019 and 2021 catalogs belongs to the Astrox 55 printed beside it. A frame marked “RX” is the 22 RX. 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 22 is an export racquet documented on sale new from 2018 to 2021. Buy on the label and the code: ask for photographs of the 2F marking, the item code and the color, since the 22 RX shares its weight and flex. Yonex recommends 20–28 lb. A light, stiff frame that may have seen years of club play deserves a close look at the head and the frame-shaft joint for cracks.