2026 Emperor's/Empress's Cup (aka All Japan) Jan 20-25, Doubles Jan 29-Feb 1

[pongfugrasshopper]

Scheduled times (local time) and tables for tonight/today's upcoming matches

Women

Table 17 3:10 pm
Hina Hayata [Nippon Life Insurance (Fukuoka)]
Takamori Mao [Shitennoji High School (Osaka)]

Table 4 2:10 pm
Anna Uesawa [Nippon Life Insurance (Nagano)]
Ayame Yajima [Resonac (Ibaraki)]

Table 4 3:10 pm
Kasumi Kimura [Top Otome Ping Pongs Nagoya (Tokyo)]
Momoe Iwami (Sakuragaoka High School, Aichi Prefecture)

Table 5 2:10 pm
Hiura Hikaru [Seichi Fukaya High School (Saitama)]
Kaho Akae [Nippon Life Insurance (Osaka)]

Table 8 2:10 pm
Hitomi Sato [Nippon Paint Group (Osaka)]
Chiri Tsukasa (Waseda University (Tokyo))

Table 9 2:10 pm
Hina Kizuka [Ehime Bank (Ehime)]
Emiko Taguchi [Individual (Saitama)]

Table 10 2:10 pm
Kotomi Omoda [Aichi Institute of Technology (Aichi)]
Mitsuho Kimura [Chugoku Electric Power Company, Inc. (Hiroshima)]

Table 7 2:10 pm
Kotona Okada [Juroku Financial Group (Gifu)]
Miu Hirano [Kinoshita Group (Kanagawa)]

Table 5 3:10 pm
Yua Yamasaki [Sanritz (Tokyo)]
Sakiko Tanaka [Kagoshima Mutual Credit Union (Kagoshima)]

Table 11 2:10 pm
Reina Aso [Nippon Life Insurance (Osaka)]
Juri Yoshimatsu [Chuo University (Tokyo)]

Table 9 3:10 pm
Natsuki Tsuruoka [Juroku Financial Group (Gifu)]
Yuna Ojio [JOC Elite Academy/Seisa (Tokyo)]

Table 10 3:10 pm
Yuan Ito [Kaizuka Second Junior High School (Osaka)]
Miyuu Kihara [Top Otome Ping Pongs Nagoya (Aichi)]

Table 8 3:10 pm
Yuka Mimura [Sanritz (Tokyo)]
Miku Matsushima [Takahiro Tasaka Laboratory (Kyoto)]

Table 12 2:10 pm
Reina Hagiwara [Shitennoji High School (Osaka)]
Honoka Hashimoto [DENSO Polaris (Shizuoka)]

Table 13 2:10 pm
Mende Rin [Sanyo Gakuen High School (Okayama)]
Momoka Ito [EXEDY (Mie)]

Table 7 3:10 pm
Mirei Makino [Seisa International High School Yokohama (Kanagawa)]
Satsuki Odo [Miki House (Osaka)]

Table 17 2:10 pm
Mima Ito [Starts (Osaka)]
Rina Makino [University of Tsukuba (Ishikawa)]

Table 14 2:10 pm
Takako Nagao [Sanritz (Tokyo)]
Haya Yamamuro [Sakuragaoka High School (Aichi)]

Table 15 2:10 pm
Izumo Mikuu [Resonac (Ibaraki)]
Moe Nomura [DENSO Polaris (Shizuoka)]

Table 11 3:10 pm
Honoka Iwakoshi [EXEDY (Mie)]
Yokoi Sakura [Miki House (Osaka)]

Table 12 3:10 pm
Mika Tamura [Juroku Financial Group (Gifu)]
Sachi Aoki [Shitennoji High School (Osaka)]

Table 13 3:10 pm
Sara Ohno (Kibougaoka High School (Fukuoka))
Anna Harada [Toyota Industries (Aichi)]

Table 14 3:10 pm
Tomoko Fujita (Aichi Institute of Technology, Aichi)
Ami Shirayama [Sanritz (Tokyo)]

Table 15 3:10 pm
Oka Ruru [Kobe Shoin University (Hokkaido)]
Saki Shibata [Nippon Paint Group (Osaka)]

Table 16 2:10 pm
Ayano Ii [Three Group (Shimane)]
Hina Higashikawa [EXEDY (Mie)]

Table 16 3:10 pm
Moe Nagano [Aichi Institute of Technology (Saitama)]
Yuka Kaneyoshi [Chuo University (Tokyo)]

Table 19 3:10 pm
Hitomi Edahiro [Chugoku Electric Power Company, Inc. (Hiroshima)]
Waka Fukaya [Waseda University (Tokyo)]

Table 18 2:10 pm
Kyoka Idezawa [Resonac (Ibaraki)]
Nagasaki Miyu [Kinoshita Aviel Kanagawa (Kanagawa)]

Table 19 2:10 pm
Seira Ushijima [Sanritz (Tokyo)]
Ami Kato [Juroku Financial Group (Gifu)]

Table 21 2:10 pm
Karen Shimamura (Yokohama Hayato High School (Kanagawa))
Asuka Sasao [Nippon Life Insurance (Osaka)]

Table 21 3:10 pm
Yurika Nanba [Top Otome Ping Pongs Nagoya (Shiga)]
Shina Ito [Aichi Institute of Technology (Aichi)]

Table 18 3:10 pm
Mizuki Obata [DENSO Polaris (Shizuoka)]
Miwa Harimoto [Kinoshita Group (Kanagawa)]


Men

Table 7 4:10 pm
Matsushima Sora [Kinoshita Group (Kanagawa)]
Hayate Suzuki (Aichi Institute of Technology)

Table 4 4:10 pm
Takumi Tanimoto [Ikuei High School (Hyogo)]
Machi Asuka [First (Kagoshima)]

Table 5 4:10 pm
Sota Noda [Nippon Steel Logistics Blazers (Wakayama)]
Ryoga Sugiura (Aichi Institute of Technology Meiden High School)

Table 8 4:10 pm
Taishi Hori [Gifu Shinkin Bank (Gifu)] Kazuki Hamada [Waseda University (Tokyo)]

Table 9 4:10 pm
Masaharu Yoshimura [SCO Group (Tokyo)]
Atsushi Horikawa [Clover Dental Cuspids (Nara)]

Table 10 4:10 pm
Shota Sakane [Kansai Table Tennis Academy (Osaka)]
Rikuto Maede (Chuo University, Tokyo)

Table 17 4:10 pm
Keishi Hagiwara (Aichi Institute of Technology, Aichi Prefecture)
Kohei Sanbe [Citizen Watch (Tokyo)]

Table 11 4:10 pm
Genki Mawatari [Hinode Medical Welfare Group (Hyogo)]
Sho Sone [S_ONE Table Tennis Studio (Saitama)]

Table 12 4:10 pm
Shunsuke Okano [Asahi University (Gifu)]
Yuto Kizukuri [Kansai Table Tennis Academy (Miyazaki)]

Table 13 4:10 pm
Mitsuto Nakamura [Ricoh (Tokyo)]
Yuta Ito (Seisa International High School Yokohama (Kanagawa))

Table 14 4:10 pm
Hiromitsu Kasahara [888TABLE TENNIS (Saitama)]
Haruto Kizuka [Senshu University (Oita)]

Table 15 4:10 pm
Yuta Fukuzawa [Artemis Hokkaido (Hokkaido)]
Tono Tatsuzaki [Careritz Technologies (Tokyo)]

Table 19 4:10 pm
Takuya Kami [First baseman (Chiba)]
Kazuhiro Yoshimura [Careritz and Partners (Kanagawa)]

Table 21 4:10 pm
Yuhi Sakai (Aichi Institute of Technology, Aichi)
Yusuke Watanabe [Kyowa Kirin (Tokyo)]

Table 16 4:10 pm
Satoshi Hideta [Hinode Medical Welfare Group (Hyogo)]
Aoi Asatsu [Citizen Watch (Tokyo)]

Table 18 4:10 pm
Kouki Kato [Nihon University (Kochi)]
Tomokazu Harimoto [Toyota Motor Corporation (Miyagi)]

Table 4 5:10 pm
Yuma Tanigaki [Aichi Institute of Technology (Aichi)]
Fumiya Igarashi [Hinode Medical Welfare Group (Hyogo)]

Table 5 5:10 pm
Kohaku Nakano [Noda Gakuen High School (Yamaguchi)]
Kanta Tokuda [Waseda University (Tokyo)]

Table 7 5:10 pm
Shunsuke Togami [Imuraya Group (Tokyo)]
Tatsuma Miura [Toyota Industries (Aichi)]

Table 8 5:10 pm
Hibiki Tazoe [Okayama Rivetz (Saga)]
Kenji Matsudaira [Kyowa Kirin (Tokyo)]

Table 9 5:10 pm
Yuto Muramatsu [Kirishima Orthopedic Hospital (Kagoshima)]
Ryoichi Yoshiyama [Nihon University (Aichi)]

Table 10 5:10 pm
Yuya Oshima [Ryukyu Astrea (Saitama)]
Shohei Onodera [Ricoh (Tokyo)]

Table 17 5:10 pm
Ryusei Kawakami (Seisa International High School Yokohama (Kanagawa))
Keiya Uemura [Citizen Watch (Tokyo)]

Table 11 5:10 pm
Masaki Takami [Nippon Steel Logistics Blazers (Wakayama)]
Yuta Tanaka [Kanazawa Port (Saga)]

Table 12 5:10 pm
Yukiya Uda [Kyowa Kirin (Tokyo)]
Hayato Miki (Aichi Institute of Technology, Aichi)

Table 13 5:10 pm
Ryoma Tezuka [Okaya City Hall (Nagano)]
Norihiro Ito [Nihon University (Tokyo)]

Table 14 5:10 pm
Makoto Ishiyama [Careritz and Partners (Tokyo)]
Haruka Mochida [Aichi Institute of Technology Meiden High School (Aichi)]

Table 15 5:10 pm
Hiroki Matsuyama [Clover Dental Cuspids (Saitama)]
Taisei Matsushita [Hinode Medical Welfare Group (Hyogo)]

Table 16 5:10 pm
Arinobu Taimu [T.T. Saitama (Saga)]
Yuto Abe [Citizen Watch (Tokyo)]

Table 19 5:10 pm
Yuma Tsuboi [Clover Dental Cuspids (Osaka)]
Hiromu Kobayashi [First (Chiba)]

Table 21 5:10 pm
Kazuki Yoshiyama [Okayama Rivetz (Saitama)]
Akira Yokotani [Miyazaki Prefectural Sports Association (Miyazaki)]

Table 18 5:10 pm
Tamito Watanabe [JOC Elite Academy/Seisa (Tokyo)]
Hiroto Shinozuka [Aichi Institute of Technology (Aichi)]

 

[zeio]

JG R4
7403
Ito Yuan 3-0 Ishida Kokomi ()
Ito Yuan (2010/8/13) looks really strong this year.

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

Miu Hirano vs. Kotona Okada (a T-League teammate) about to start on Table 7

 

[zeio]

WS R4
2408
岡田 琴菜/Okada Kotona 2-4 Hirano (-9, 7, -9, 11, -5, -10)
G4 610, 810 TO for Hirano, 1010, 1011, 1311. 5 game points wasted.
G5 20, 24, 34, 37, 47, 49, 59, 511
G6 01, 11, 14 TO for 岡田, 24, 25, 75, 76, 96, 97, 107, 1012
How many full-gamers has Hirano played since late 2025? Didn't play G7 this time.

 

[NextLevel]

Miu Hirano vs. Kotona Okada (a T-League teammate) about to start on Table 7

What took Hirano so long?

 

[KiwiPong]

WS R4
2408
岡田 琴菜/Okada Kotona 2-4 Hirano (-9, 7, -9, 11, -5, -10)
G4 610, 810 TO for Hirano, 1010, 1011, 1311. 5 game points wasted.
G5 20, 24, 34, 37, 47, 49, 59, 511
G6 01, 11, 14 TO for 岡田, 24, 25, 75, 76, 96, 97, 107, 1012
How many full-gamers has Hirano played since late 2025? Didn't play G7 this time.

She always makes me worried watching her struggle not able to close it out sooner…

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

Pretty crazy for a 12 yr old to make it to the 4th round of the All Japan let along beating a Super Seed. I didn't get a chance to watch this, but Miku Matsushima beat Yuka Mimura in straight games 4-0,11-1. And not only that she had just beaten a high school chopper an hour earlier in the junior girls event. Even though she has no chance against Honoka Hashimoto, it's pretty amazing getting this far.

 

[TampaBayTableTennis]

if your last name is Matsushima, you always have a chance

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

if your last name is Matsushima, you always have a chance

Sora will take on Asuka MACHI

 

[zeio]

She always makes me worried watching her struggle not able to close it out sooner…

And yet she said she was having fun this year... 😅

Hirano Miu narrowly wins her fourth round match: "In the first match, I can get about two points with 'Hirano's bib number' (lol), but that didn't happen at all."
https://world-tt.com/blog/news/archives/323709

 

[zeio]

MS R4
1424
Takami Masaki 4-3 Tanaka Yuta (-8, -9, 9, -2, 11, 13, 8)
The vicious cycle continues for Tanaka.

1432
Watanabe Tamito 3-4 Shinozuka (13, 11, -5, 7, -6, -5, -9)
Whereas Shinozuka lives to die another day.

 

[zeio]

WS R4
2402
Uesawa Anne 2-4 Yajima Ayame (9, -4, 5, -9, -3, -8)
2407
Omoda Kotomi 4-3 Kimura Mitsuho (7, 5, 7, -8, -4, -6, 9)
2411
Tsuruoka Natsuki 4-3 Ojio Yuna (6, 9, -8, -9, 6, -5, 5)
2420
Iwakoshi Honoka 3-4 Yokoi Sakura (-8, -8, 8, 5, 9, -7, -1)
2421
Tamura Mika 4-3 Aoki Sachi (-8, 3, 5, 9, -6, -8, 9)

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

What took Hirano so long?

Maybe it was first match jitters, but yeah that was a bit of a sloppy match. The match was even closer than the score suggests. Kotona was up 9-6 in the 1st before losing 11-9. Miu got a good draw though. She should be able to beat her next opponent, MLTT's Kotomi Omoda. It's a bo7 so Miu's skill level should win out, but her mentality fluctuates so you never know.

 

[NextLevel]

if your last name is Matsushima, you always have a chance

Pretty crazy for a 12 yr old to make it to the 4th round of the All Japan let along beating a Super Seed. I didn't get a chance to watch this, but Miku Matsushima beat Yuka Mimura in straight games 4-0,11-1. And not only that she had just beaten a high school chopper an hour earlier in the junior girls event. Even though she has no chance against Honoka Hashimoto, it's pretty amazing getting this far.

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She heard Tieba users calling her brother a nepo-baby and decided she would make her performance avoid that lol.

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

Junior Boys/Girls are playing now.

Live Streaming

 

[KiwiPong]

The 1:20pm matches seem to be all running behind?

 

[joshmak10]

If Miku can even take a set off of Hashimoto that would be impressive

 

[NextLevel]

Any interesting tables in particular? Watching Sato...

 

[driversbeat]

Maybe it was first match jitters, but yeah that was a bit of a sloppy match. The match was even closer than the score suggests. Kotona was up 9-6 in the 1st before losing 11-9. Miu got a good draw though. She should be able to beat her next opponent, MLTT's Kotomi Omoda. It's a bo7 so Miu's skill level should win out, but her mentality fluctuates so you never know.

I wouldn't consider Sato in R6 and Hayata in quarters a good draw. I'll be pleasantly surprised if she makes the semis.

 

[KiwiPong]

If Miku can even take a set off of Hashimoto that would be impressive

She did lol