Kaii Yoshida ( ja, 吉田海偉; zh, s=宋海伟, p=Sòng Hǎiwěi; born 16 May 1981) is a

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player who is ranked among the top fifty athletes in his sport. Yoshida started playing table tennis at the age of 7 in the Hebei Institute of Physical Education under coach Liu Wenqing. He is a right handed pen hold grip player. Unlike the Chinese player Wang Hao, he only uses one side of his racket. Yoshida was spotted by a Japanese Coach in 1997. He moved to Japan and commenced his international career in competitive table tennis after completing 3 years of tertiary education and 2 years of university education. In 2004 he became a Japanese citizen. As a singles player, Yoshida was ranked 21st in the world as of July 2010. His highest ranking was in June 2010, when he was 20th. He won his 1st Men's Singles title in the 2006 ITTF Pro Tour Serbian Open. More recently, he achieved a 3rd position in the 2008 ITTF Pro Tour Chile Open. Yoshida is also a key player for Men's Team and Doubles, and Mixed Doubles events. Together with his team, he managed to achieve 2nd position in the 2007 ASIAN Table Tennis Championships in

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, China. In addition, they clinched third position in the 2008 World Table Tennis Team Championships in Guangdong, China.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Yoshida, Kaii 1981 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Chinese emigrants to Japan Naturalized citizens of Japan Japanese male table tennis players Asian Games medalists in table tennis Table tennis players at the 2006 Asian Games Table tennis players at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan People from Xinji Table tennis players from Hebei Naturalised table tennis players Japanese sportspeople of Chinese descent