Astrox 88 D Pro (3rd Gen)
Model AX-88DPRO · Muhammad Rian Ardianto, Yuki Fukushima
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Astrox 88 D Pro (3rd gen): Rian Ardianto’s All England racquet before it reached shops
The back half of a pre-release title
Muhammad Rian Ardianto won the 2024 All England with this racquet five days before it went on sale. On March 17, 2024, he and Fajar Alfian retained the men’s doubles title, beating Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik 21–16, 21–16. Yonex Japan’s report described the pair’s division of labor: Alfian at the net with the front-court 88 S, built for finishing power, and Ardianto behind him with the back-court 88 D, built for breakthrough power. Both were the new third generation, and Yonex said the doubles winners had proved its doubles focus. The 88 D Pro reached shops worldwide on March 22.
Dominate, with weight in the frame sides
Yonex announced the third-generation 88 S and 88 D on February 22, 2024, redesigned for a more attacking modern doubles game. The D, for Dominate, is the back-court racquet. It is 10 mm longer than standard, its sweet spot is concentrated for power, and it carries what Yonex calls Stability Weight Distribution: weight placed in the sides of the frame to steady the face at impact, cut power loss and raise smash power. Both racquets gained a newly shaped Power-Assist Bumper at the frame top, which adds weight while reducing air resistance, and 2G-Namd Flex Force in the shaft, a second-generation form of Nitta’s carbon-nanotube treatment that Yonex says it had not used in a badminton racquet before. Yonex lists the Pro frame as HM Graphite, CFR and tungsten and the shaft as HM Graphite, 2G-Namd Flex Force and Ultra PE Fiber. It is stiff, made in Japan, and launched at ¥30,000 before tax.
Ardianto, Fukushima and Dechapol
Yonex’s launch release named Alfian and Ardianto, Baek Ha-na and Kim So-yeong as users of the new pair. Ardianto is the most documented on the D Pro. Yonex lists him on it at the June 2024 Singapore Open and at the November 2024 Kumamoto Masters, where it wrote that he attacked powerfully with the 88 D Pro as the pair won a third game that had reached 17-all. Yuki Fukushima is listed on it at Kumamoto, where she and her new partner Mayu Matsumoto were runners-up, and at the January 2025 Malaysia Open, where the pair, formed that autumn and ranked 93rd, won a 95-minute final for their first title together. Dechapol Puavaranukroh won the mixed doubles there, also listed on the 88 D Pro, and Yonex’s global product page for this racquet features him and Kunlavut Vitidsarn.
Camel Gold to Black/Silver
Three generations share the 88 D name. The first (2018, code AX88D) came in Ruby Red and later Off White/Red, with Nanometric in the frame. The second, the 88 D Pro of March 2021 (AX88D-P), is Camel Gold, with Volume Cut Resin in the frame and Namd in the shaft; it is the racquet of Marcus Fernaldi Gideon’s 2021–22 titles and of Kunlavut’s 2023 world singles title. This third generation is Black/Silver under code 3AX88D-P. It keeps the 2021 Pro’s stiff flex, 10 mm length, 3U and 4U weights, tension advice and Japanese manufacture, while changing the frame and shaft materials and adding the Power-Assist Bumper. The 2024 line runs to a Pro, a Tour with the same 2G-Namd Flex Force shaft, a 4U-only Game with a 2G-Nanomesh Neo shaft and, outside Japan, a beginner 88 Play; the Tour and Game are made in Taiwan. The front-court twin, the 88 S Pro, is Silver/Black and 5 mm longer. Japan’s badminton specialist-shop association also has its own versions of the 2024 88 D, which are not on Yonex’s own product pages: Yonex recorded a D Pro as item 3AX8DPBP, with matching D Tour and D Game items, in the Japan Badminton Association’s certified-equipment list for its October 2025 session, and a member shop sold the D Tour and D Game versions in champagne.
In production since 2024
The third-generation 88 D Pro has been on sale since March 2024 and remains in Yonex Japan’s range, so new frames are the main supply. The verified sales shown above are 2024-generation frames from the Asian resale market, both pre-owned and unused. It is made in volume in one standard colorway, and its interest is its record with Ardianto, Fukushima and Dechapol rather than scarcity. The Camel Gold Pro carries the earlier titles of Gideon, Soh Wooi Yik and Kunlavut, and a listing that borrows that history for a Black/Silver frame is describing a different racquet. Neither generation’s titles attach to any individual frame on the market.
Why listings go wrong
We found no documented counterfeit tied to this generation, though popular pro frames attract copies and Yonex says fakes are difficult to tell from genuine racquets just by looking at them. Identity is the likelier trap. Yonex’s results lists print “88 D Pro” for both the 2021 and 2024 racquets, and from 2025 often a plain “88 D,” so a player’s listed racquet does not show the generation unless the report says so, as the 2024 All England report does. The Tour and Game share the Pro’s Black/Silver but are made in Taiwan. Yonex USA’s own product page lists CSR, a Tour and Game frame material, in the Pro’s material row and gives its length as 5 mm longer, while its technology list, Yonex’s global site, its 2024 catalog and Yonex Japan say CFR and 10 mm. The callout lists the checks.
A back-court brief, three times over
Yonex developed the first 88 D in 2018, with advice from Lee Yong-dae, for the player at the back of a doubles pair, and the third generation pursues it with side weighting and a concentrated sweet spot. The line has also crossed into singles. Kento Momota won two 2018 titles on the first 88 D, and Kunlavut Vitidsarn won the 2023 World Championships on the second. For the 2024 racquet the documented record so far is doubles, led by Ardianto’s All England title. It is sometimes described as Gideon’s racquet, but his 88 D Pro was the 2021 generation; Yonex lists him on it through October 2022 and did not name him for this one. Yonex calls the Pro its advanced model and aims the Game at intermediate players.
Yonex’s item code for this generation is 3AX88D-P. The frame is Black/Silver, marked Made in Japan, 10 mm longer than standard and stiff, in 4U (average 83 g, grips 5–6) or 3U (average 88 g, grips 4–6). Yonex lists HM Graphite, CFR and tungsten in the frame and HM Graphite, 2G-Namd Flex Force and Ultra PE Fiber in the shaft, with a Power-Assist Bumper at the frame top. A Camel Gold 88 D Pro coded AX88D-P is the 2021 generation; Ruby Red or Off White/Red with code AX88D is the 2018 original. The 88 D Tour and Game share the Black/Silver finish but are made in Taiwan, and the 88 S Pro is Silver/Black and 5 mm longer. Yonex’s own test is the hologram sticker, which resists peeling on a genuine racquet and lifts easily with a fingernail on a fake.
This is a current racquet, so most buyers will choose new stock on weight and grip. For a pre-owned frame, ask for daylight photographs of the whole frame, the T-joint and the shaft markings, and confirm the 3AX88D-P code. Yonex recommends 20–28 lb for 4U and 21–29 lb for 3U, unchanged from the 2021 Pro. Kunlavut’s world title and Gideon’s titles belong to the Camel Gold racquet, and Yonex never ties a frame or a colorway to a match.
Verified prices last updated Sep 2026. All data based on tracked secondary market transactions.