In 2005, with
Hendra Setiawan, he won the
Asian Badminton Championships and the Indonesia Open. In 2006, the pair also won the Jakarta Satellite, the
Hong Kong Open and the
China Open after defeating
Cai Yun and
Fu Haifeng 21–16, 21–16 at the finals. In 2007, Kido and Setiawan became World Champions after defeating
Jung Jae-sung and
Lee Yong-dae from South Korea, 21–19 and 21–19, at the
World Championships finals in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 2007 was a very big year for them. They also won the
China Super Series after beating China's
Guo Zhendong and
Xie Zhongbo 21–12, 21–19 in the finals, and the World Cup after defeating Malaysia's
Lin Woon Fui and
Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari 21–18, 21–15 in the finals at Yiyang, Hunan. They were runners-up at the China Masters Super Series, losing the final to China's
Cai Yun and
Fu Haifeng, 15–21, 16–21. In September, they won the
Chinese Taipei Grand Prix Gold event. In December 2007, they won the
Hong Kong Super Series, defeating the famous veterans
Tony Gunawan and
Candra Wijaya 21–12, 18–21, 21–13 in the finals. At the
2007 SEA Games in Thailand, they helped the Indonesian team win the gold medal in the men's team event, and won gold in men's doubles at the individual event after beating the Indonesian born pair
Hendri Kurniawan Saputra and
Hendra Wijaya who represented Singapore, 21–17 and 21–12. In January 2008, they won the
Malaysian Super Series. Later that year they teamed to capture their most prestigious prize, the Olympic gold medal in men's doubles at the
2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, China. They defeated the Chinese pair of
Cai Yun and
Fu Haifeng 12–21, 21–11, 21–16 in a thrilling match which more than avenged their loss to the same pair at the China Masters the previous summer. In September 2008, they took the
2008 China Masters Super Series after beating China's
Sun Junjie and
Xu Chen in straight sets in the final round. In October 2008, Kido and Setiawan teamed to win the
Denmark Super Series after beating China's
Fu Haifeng and
Shen Ye 21–18, 21–19 in the finals. They captured the
French Super Series in early November 2008 after beating yet another Chinese pairing, Cai Yun and Xu Chen, in the final round. In September 2009, Kido and Setiawan won the
Japan Super Series after beating another Indonesian pair,
Yonatan Suryatama Dasuki and
Rian Sukmawan 21–19 and 24–22 in the final round. In October 2009, they won the
French Super Series. On 17 December 2009, they defeated Malaysian duo
Koo Kien Keat and
Tan Boon Heong to win gold at the
2009 SEA Games in Vientiane, Laos. They continued their domination to win the gold medal at the
2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou after beating
Koo Kien Keat and
Tan Boon Heong. They won all their round matches of the competition in 3 games as well. and Kido at
2010 BWF World Championships Participation in Indonesian national team • Three times at
Thomas Cup (
2006,
2008,
2010) • Two times at
Sudirman Cup (
2007,
2009) == Personal life ==