Astrox 88 S Pro (2nd Gen)
Model AX-88SPRO-2G · Kevin Sanjaya, Wakana Nagahara, Wang Chang
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Astrox 88 S Pro (2nd Gen): an All England winner in its launch month
An All England title in its launch month
The second-generation Astrox 88 S Pro won a major title in the month it went on sale. Yonex scheduled its worldwide release for late March 2021, and at the All England finals on March 21 Wakana Nagahara played it as she and Mayu Matsumoto beat Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota 21–18, 21–16 for their first title there. Yonex’s global report said Takeshi Kamura and Keigo Sonoda had “debuted the new ASTROX 88 S PRO and ASTROX 88 D Pro” at the same tournament; Kamura, on the S, and Sonoda, on the D, lost the men’s doubles final to Hiroyuki Endo and Yuta Watanabe 21–15, 17–21, 21–11. Fukushima and Hirota, whom Yonex had named among its launch users, were still on the first-generation 88 D and 88 S that day. This page covers the 2021 racquet only; the 2018 Astrox 88 S and the 2024 third generation, which kept the Pro name, have their own pages.
Volume Cut Resin and wider string holes
Yonex announced the second generation on January 7, 2021, calling the original 88 S and 88 D “popular doubles-concept racquets” that would be reintroduced that March. Yonex Japan aimed the Pro at intermediate-to-advanced players and the Game at intermediate ones, and priced the Japan-made Pro at ¥26,000 before tax; Yonex USA’s 2021 catalog listed it at $270. Both tiers used Volume Cut Resin, a new resin that Yonex said bonds strongly with less material and weight, through the whole frame; it allowed finer weight distribution and, for the first time, large-diameter string holes in the frame sides for more string movement and shuttle hold. Over the Game, the Pro added a squarer Isometric head with thicker frame sides, a Namd shaft, an Extra Slim Shaft and the Energy Boost Cap Plus. It is 5 mm longer than standard. Yonex rates it stiff, its Japanese product-page balance gauge sits on the head-heavy side, less far than the 88 D Pro’s, and Yonex recommends 20–28 lb for the 4U and 21–29 lb for the 3U. (Yonex’s global launch table misprints the release as “Late March 2020.”)
Kevin’s Pro, and a Japan Open double
Yonex named Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo and Marcus Fernaldi Gideon among the players who would debut the new Pros. Yonex Japan lists Kevin on the 88 S Pro at the October 2021 Thomas Cup finals, which Indonesia won for the first time since 2002, although he and Gideon did not play together in the final. In November the pair won a third straight Indonesia Open, 21–14, 21–18 over Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi, with Gideon on the 88 D Pro. Yonex still lists Kevin on it at the May 2022 Thomas Cup finals and the October 2022 Denmark Open, where the pair lost the final to Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto. Nagahara is on it again in May and October 2022, and by June 2022 Yonex had Hirota on the 88 S Pro beside Fukushima on the 88 D Pro. At the 2022 Japan Open it took two titles: Wang Chang played it as he and Liang Weikeng won their first, and Jeong Na-eun as she and Kim Hye-jeong won the women’s doubles. No Yonex source puts Kevin on the 2024 generation.
Emerald Blue, and one name for three racquets
Emerald Blue was the only standard finish. Yonex themed the 2021 designs on an exploding, expanding universe and said the 88 S scheme combined calm with fighting spirit. The 88 S Game (AX88S-G), which has its own page, came in the same color but is made in Taiwan, with a Nanomesh Neo shaft, medium flex and an open price in Japan, and Yonex USA also listed a stiff 88 S Tour as a special order in 4U only. The twin 88 D Pro is Camel Gold and 10 mm longer. The 2018 first generation (AX88S) was Emerald Green, then Off-White/Red, with Nanometric in the frame. The 2024 third generation (3AX88S-P) is Silver/Black, with CFR in the frame, 2G-Namd Flex Force in the shaft and a Power-Assist Bumper. A black version of the 2021 S Pro was sold through Japan’s badminton specialist-shop association rather than on Yonex’s own product pages; Yonex recorded it as item AX88S-PBP, “Astrox 88 S Pro BP,” in the Japan Badminton Association’s certified-equipment list for February 2022. That list has no such version of the 88 D Pro.
Sold new into late 2023
It was a standard production model, released worldwide in late March 2021, never a limited or regional edition. Yonex Japan’s product page was still up in May 2023, and Yonex’s global store showed it in stock in November 2023. Yonex published no production-end notice: its Japanese release of February 22, 2024 introduced the third generation for March 22, and Yonex USA’s 2024 catalog carries only third-generation item codes. Its interest for collectors is a short, well-documented record: a launch-month All England title, Kevin and Gideon’s third straight Indonesia Open, and two titles at the 2022 Japan Open. That record belongs to the model, not to any particular frame. The verified sales shown above are pre-owned frames from Asia resale.
Why listings mix up generations
No counterfeit specific to this generation is documented, though popular Pro frames attract fakes and Yonex says counterfeits are hard to tell from genuine racquets by eye. The bigger trap is the name. Yonex has sold an Astrox 88 S Pro in 2021 and in 2024, and its match reports print “88 S PRO” for both, so a listing can pair Emerald Blue photographs with third-generation specifications or the reverse, and a result reported after March 2024 belongs to the newer racquet unless something else shows otherwise. The two item codes differ only by a leading 3, AX88S-P against 3AX88S-P. The same-colored Game is the second trap: an Emerald Blue frame marked Taiwan is a Game, not a Pro.
Between two generations
The 2021 Pro sits between the 2018 original, the racquet Kevin took up at the 2018 All England, and the 2024 third generation. Yonex Japan’s 2024 release called the new racquet the third generation of the 88 and added a Tour model beside the Pro and Game in Japan, a tier Yonex USA had already offered by special order in 2021. The 2024 Pro kept the front-court idea but moved to CFR in the frame, 2G-Namd Flex Force in the shaft and a Power-Assist Bumper, and the players Yonex named for the 2024 series included Alfian and Ardianto, not Kevin. The 2021 frame remains the generation built around Volume Cut Resin and the one Yonex lists for Kevin, Nagahara and Wang Chang.
Yonex’s item code is AX88S-P (AX88SP in Yonex USA’s catalog). Check for Emerald Blue, a Made in Japan marking, a frame 5 mm longer than standard and Yonex’s weights: 4U at an average of 83 g (grips 5–6) or 3U at 88 g (grips 4–6). Yonex lists stiff flex, high-modulus graphite with Volume Cut Resin and tungsten in the frame, and Namd in the shaft. There is no Power-Assist Bumper strip across the frame top; that arrived with the 2024 generation. An Emerald Blue frame made in Taiwan is the 88 S Game, a Camel Gold one is an 88 D, and a black one is the 2022 shop-association version, AX88S-PBP. Yonex’s own test is the hologram sticker, which resists peeling on a genuine racquet and lifts easily with a fingernail on a fake.
Buy it on identity and condition. Ask for clear photographs of the whole frame, the cone and the shaft markings, and confirm Emerald Blue, the Made in Japan marking and the absence of later-generation technology. Kevin’s and Nagahara’s titles belong to the model, and Yonex’s reports never tie a particular frame to a match, so treat claims of match use as unproven without documentation. Players who want the same idea new will find it in the 2024 generation, which is a different racquet.
Verified prices last updated Sep 2026. All data based on tracked secondary market transactions.