is a male Japanese
table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...
player.
He paired with
Jun Mizutani
is a retired Japanese table tennis player. He became the youngest Japanese national champion at the age of 17. His consecutive singles titles at the national championships from 2007 to 2011 made him the first man to win the event five times in ...
in men's doubles competitions, the duo won four consecutive national titles from 2007 to 2010. They also won a bronze medal at the
2009 World Championships and two titles at the
ITTF Pro Tour
The ITTF World Tour, known as the ITTF Pro Tour until 2011, is an annual series of table tennis tournaments introduced by International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) in 1996. The tour includes events in seven categories: Men's and Women's Single ...
.
He currently plays for the German team
TTC Ruhrstadt Herne.
References
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1987 births
Living people
Japanese male table tennis players
Olympic table tennis players for Japan
Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Asian Games medalists in table tennis
Table tennis players at the 2006 Asian Games
Table tennis players at the 2010 Asian Games
Table tennis players at the 2014 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan
World Table Tennis Championships medalists
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