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.

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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 {{Japan-tabletennis-bio-stub