2025 All Japan (Emperor's/Empress's Cup) 1/21-1/26

[FIXPOINT]

Driven purely by OCPD...

WS
Ai EDAHIRO -> Madoka EDAHIRO
Mizuki TAKETANI -> Misuzu TAKEYA
Satsuki OOTO = Satuski Odo

Natsuki AKAE -> Kaho AKAE
Kazumi KIMURA -> Kasumi KIMURA
Haruna KIZUKA -> Hina KIZUKA

MS
Satoshi EIDA -> Satoshi AIDA
Hiroshi ARIYOSHI -> Taimu ARINOBU
Ayahiro ITO -> Akihiro ITO
Kazutaka TAKAGI -> Taku TAKAKIWA
Hiroyuki HAGIWARA -> Keishi HAGIWARA

Aori ASAZU -> Aoto ASAZU
Masashi TAKAMI -> Masaki TAKAMI
Yasukazu ONO -> Daito ONO
Keiya Kamimura -> Keiya Uemura

Corrected. Thank you very much for pointing out errors. I had ChatGPT create a dictionary to convert kana-kanji names into Romanized names. The cause of this error was my failure to thoroughly review it. I apologize for the inconvenience caused.

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

First round underway. Sora Matsushima's younger sister playing on table 8 if you happen to see this post now

[Edit] Match is over ... Misora win 3-2,13-11 ... She was up I think 10-7 in the 5th, but her opponent was able to get to deuce. She's doing everything she can to not cry, but it's pretty much impossible at her age. Breathing deep between points with tears down running down her face she somehow holds it together to win the match.

【見逃し配信】2025年全日本卓球選手権大会【1日目：1/21】：コートNo. 08

▶ 1日目：タイムテーブル（PDFダウンロード） ▶ 2025年全日本卓球選手権大会（一般・ジュニアの部）特設ページ（日本卓球協会サイトに移動） ▶ 男子シングルス 試合結果（日本卓球 […]

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[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

First round underway. Sora Matsushima's younger sister playing on table 8 if you happen to see this post now

[Edit] Match is over ... Misora win 3-2,13-11 ... She was up I think 10-7 in the 5th, but her opponent was able to get to deuce. She's doing everything she can to not cry, but it's pretty much impossible at her age. Breathing deep between points with tears down running down her face she somehow holds it together to win the match.

【見逃し配信】2025年全日本卓球選手権大会【1日目：1/21】：コートNo. 08

▶ 1日目：タイムテーブル（PDFダウンロード） ▶ 2025年全日本卓球選手権大会（一般・ジュニアの部）特設ページ（日本卓球協会サイトに移動） ▶ 男子シングルス 試合結果（日本卓球 […]

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Her first name is Miku

 

[tzifos]

Waiting for my two favorites players!

4th round | January 23, 2025 | 14:10 | Match ID: 2429 | Court 20
Hitomi Sato [Miki House (Osaka)]								0
Players are undecided

4th round | January 23, 2025 | 15:10 | Match ID: 2421 | Court 13
Honoka Hashimoto [Miki House (Osaka)]								0
Players are undecided

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

I updated the first post with an easier to navigate draws. You'll want to use your browser's translate function so it makes searching easier:

Men's Singles Draws

Women's Singles Draws

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

I “kinda” participated in zennihon today. I went to a big venue (Yokohama Budokan) and became a practice partner for a guy from Kyushu playing first round tomorrow.
We played 6 sets in total and unfortunately i got beaten badly but there were a few “super play” to be happy about.


Of course serve receive was where the biggest difference of level could be felt. His short serves were much faster than those I see around my level giving me much less time to react. His footwork was of course much faster than mine but that’s expected with the age gap.

My teammate could get a game out of him

Tomorrow I can see how well he does on tttv

He lost 0-3 in first round. Not really a surprise given he was finished 3rd and last qualifier of his “small” prefecture (Saga in Kyushu). But GG

 

[Gozo Zyreruna]

Come on Sato Hasimoto! You've got this! I wanna see a pair of choppers in the OG 2028!

 

[tzifos]

Come on Sato Hasimoto! You've got this! I wanna see a pair of choppers in the OG 2028!

There is no Doubles (men, women, mixed) in this tournament

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

Come on Sato Hasimoto! You've got this! I wanna see a pair of choppers in the OG 2028!

There is no Doubles (men, women, mixed) in this tournament

There will be a separate tournament for All Japan Doubles 4 days (1/30-2/2) after this one finishes:

全農杯 2025年全日本卓球選手権大会（ダブルスの部）

全農杯 2025年全日本卓球選手権大会（ダブルスの部）：特設ページを見る 競技日程について：こちら　（12/11差し替え） 大会要項：こちら　（11/13差し替え） 個人情報、画像、映像および音声の取扱いについて：こちら […]

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However, you might as well just hand Sato/Hashimoto the trophy because the top players will be at the Singapore Smash (1/30-2/9).

Also, the selection criteria for LA 2028 has not been announced yet. I like your enthusiasm @Gozo Aruna , but there are only 3 Olympic spots and it's highly doubtful that either Sato or Hashimoto will make the Olympic team.

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

First day is over, and although Miku Matsushima can only go so far, it's very impressive for an 11 year old girl to win 2 rounds already at the All Japan. She won her 2nd round matchup 3-0 and will play round 3 tomorrow.

MLTT fans, Aimi Menda, who we know as Kotomi Omoda, also advances to round 3.

 

[tzifos]

However, you might as well just hand Sato/Hashimoto the trophy because the top players will be at the Singapore Smash (1/30-2/9).

That is sad, they should have scheduled it another way

I expected to see this couple in Singapore Smash too, beating the chinese pairs!

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

Miu HIRANO's older sister Ako (?) advances to round 3

 

[NextLevel]

First day is over, and although Miku Matsushima can only go so far, it's very impressive for an 11 year old girl to win 2 rounds already at the All Japan. She won her 2nd round matchup 3-0 and will play round 3 tomorrow.

MLTT fans, Aimi Menda, who we know as Kotomi Omoda, also advances to round 3.

Why the name difference lol?

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

Why the name difference lol?

I'm going to have to defer to one of our Japanese netizens or zeio, but I saw this post on X

x.com

x.com

where her name is translated as Aimi Menda and that's how it shows up in the Women's Singles Draw. Incidentally, her X handle is @omodakotomi. Must be a Japanese language translation thing.

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

BTW, I recognize Omoda/Menda's opponent as Anne Uesawa , who plays on Hayata's T-League Team Red Elf. Beating a 17 yr. old national level Japanese junior is no joke. You can watch the replay of this match at:

https://tttv.jp/video/9705#gsc.tab=0 around the 5:55:00 (or -33:30) mark

 

[NextLevel]

I'm going to have to defer to one of our Japanese netizens or zeio, but I saw this post on X

x.com

x.com

where her name is translated as Aimi Menda and that's how it shows up in the Women's Singles Draw. Incidentally, her X handle is @omodakotomi. Must be a Japanese language translation thing.

Maybe some kind of nickname or alias...

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

First round underway. Sora Matsushima's younger sister playing on table 8 if you happen to see this post now

[Edit] Match is over ... Misora win 3-2,13-11 ... She was up I think 10-7 in the 5th, but her opponent was able to get to deuce. She's doing everything she can to not cry, but it's pretty much impossible at her age. Breathing deep between points with tears down running down her face she somehow holds it together to win the match.

【見逃し配信】2025年全日本卓球選手権大会【1日目：1/21】：コートNo. 08

▶ 1日目：タイムテーブル（PDFダウンロード） ▶ 2025年全日本卓球選手権大会（一般・ジュニアの部）特設ページ（日本卓球協会サイトに移動） ▶ 男子シングルス 試合結果（日本卓球 […]

tttv.jp

this was her R1 match.

here is the end of G5
yep Miku is almost crying... i saw more footage on TV, Miku did some really superplay with her BH, some incredible trajectories. almost parallel to the net...

her opponent was a high school student

she also won her R2 match

 

[backspacer]

I'm going to have to defer to one of our Japanese netizens or zeio, but I saw this post on X

x.com

x.com

where her name is translated as Aimi Menda and that's how it shows up in the Women's Singles Draw. Incidentally, her X handle is @omodakotomi. Must be a Japanese language translation thing.

How to read Japanese names is a thing of its own. You can easily make a mistake and I would never trust an automatic translation for that. So her name is Omoda Kotomi. Her old T-League page has a transcription too.

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

Japanese sometimes can’t even read names. Because there are different ways to pronounce kanjis. In those cases They need the kanas.

 

[GAOdp]

All Japan Table Tennis Championships-2025 - the 2025 Japan National Table Tennis Championships will be held under the guidance of Japan Table Tennis Association in 7 events: men's and women's singles and doubles, mixed doubles, men's and women's singles among juniors. This year, for the first time, the tournament will be held in a separate competition format:

• from January 21 to 26, the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium will host All Japan Table Tennis Championships-2025 (general/junior, singles)in four events (men's and women's singles, men's and women's junior singles). This competition will be held under the name "Emperor and Empress Cup 2025";
  
  
• from January 30 to February 2 in Sky Hall Toyota (Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture) will be held All Japan Table Tennis Championships-2025 (doubles) in men's, women's and mixed doubles under the name "Zennō Cup 2025".

This will be the 85th All Japan National Championships (established in 1935 and had a hiatus during World War II). The Japanese Championships for cadets and juniors are held separately.

The tag contains full information about the tournament: links to news, schedule, tournament format, participants, links to results