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

[fore.n.back]

Togami after Zennihon Takkyu 2025: Civil War King no more.
Togami after Zennihon Takkyu 2026: What good am I?

Lol after watching the match, it's clear that Togami tried to approach with a more all-round style rather than excessive offense years ago. But his ability to control pace, touch and defense is no where sufficient, in the end he went for fast paced rallies which worked against him when Tanigaki is younger and have better reflex.


And where the hell did Tanigaki learn his grip, his index finger is all over the backhand rubber side

 

[NextLevel]

Lol after watching the match, it's clear that Togami tried to approach with a more all-round style rather than excessive offense years ago. But his ability to control pace, touch and defense is no where sufficient, in the end he went for fast paced rallies which worked against him when Tanigaki is younger and have better reflex.


And where the hell did Tanigaki learn his grip, his index finger is all over the backhand rubber side

It is a Japanese special lol...

Nobuhiko Hasegawa - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Lemonxz]

Yes, all of them need to advance to the Round of 64.
Kenta Matsudaira, Kazuhiro Yoshimura, and Yuto Kizukuri start from the Round of 256, while Asuka Sakai starts from the Round of 512.

Asuka Sakai isn't even the best Sakai currently

 

[Lemonxz]

He should retire

Yuya Oshima is still good and Kawakami is a super talent.

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

Start times for the QF start an hour later than the last couple of days

Women's Singles

11:00 am local

Hina Hayata vs. Hitomi Sato Live Stream​

Miyuu Kihara vs. Satsuki Odo Live Stream​

12:00 pm local

Miyu Nagasaki vs. Miwa Harimoto Live Stream​

Sakura Yokoi vs. Saki Shibata Live Stream​

Men's Singles

2:00 pm local

Sora Matsushima vs. Maharu Yoshimura Live Stream​

Yuma Tanigaki vs. Ryuusei Kawakami Live Stream​

3:00 pm local

Yuto Kizukuri vs. Tomokazu Harimoto Live Stream​

Yukiya Uda vs. Hiroto Shinozuka Live Stream​

 

[KiwiPong]

Start times for the QF start an hour later than the last couple of days

Women's Singles

11:00 am local

Hina Hayata vs. Hitomi Sato Live Stream​

Miyuu Kihara vs. Satsuki Odo Live Stream​

12:00 pm local

Miyu Nagasaki vs. Miwa Harimoto Live Stream​

Sakura Yokoi vs. Saki Shibata Live Stream​

Men's Singles

2:00 pm local

Sora Matsushima vs. Maharu Yoshimura Live Stream​

Yuma Tanigaki vs. Ryuusei Kawakami Live Stream​

3:00 pm local

Yuto Kizukuri vs. Tomokazu Harimoto Live Stream​

Yukiya Uda vs. Hiroto Shinozuka Live Stream​

Thank you for posting the schedule

 

[piligrim]

Yuya Oshima is still good and Kawakami is a super talent.

Not talking about this two

 

[KiwiPong]

Japanese comments were all about Ito’s bad attitude…..

 

[zeio]

WS QF
Hayata 4-0 Sato (7, 5, 5, 8)
Kihara 4-1 Odo (-6, 4, 11, 11, 9)

Nagasaki 1-4 Harimoto (10, -8, -9, -9, -7)
G1 99, 910, 1210
G2 69, 79, 710, 810, 811
G3 85, 88, 98, 910 Nagasaki served into the net, 911
G4 30, 31, 41 endline edge for Nagasaki, 61, 62 faint endline edge for Harimoto, 72, 76 TO for Nagasaki, 77, 87 Harimoto served into the net, 88, 98, 911
G5 40, 41, 71, 74 faint endline edge for Harimoto, 711
I wonder how far Qiu Jianxin could bring Nagasaki if they work together.

Yokoi 4-0 Shibata (2, 6, 6, 8)

https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/fo...s-2025-bhubaneswar-10-11-15.37489/post-545814

p.s.
From the standpoint of results against CNT, Harimoto/Kihara (Asian Games 2022) and Kihara/Nagasaki (WTGF 2019) have both defeated SYS/WMY in WD. The problem is Harimoto/Kihara then lost to SYB/JJH in the SF. SYB and Ryu Hanna will likely be the WD pair plus another in XT for LA28. Odo/Yokoi lost to that pair at WTTC 2025. A favorite pair for the podium without a doubt, and sticking out like a sore thumb for JNT.

Given all that, Harimoto/Kihara/Nagasaki could also theoretically get the job done, where a podium finish is a little less certain but can make CNT sweat bullets.

https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/fo...-be-revamped-for-paris-2024.24977/post-433976

On day 1 of Zennoh Cup Osaka, Hayata says she barely beat WYD twice in a row and she had a rough idea where she stood. Yet, the match against WMY at WTT CS Frankfurt 2023 gave her a reality check even more than playing against SYS and CM. Realizing that she will not win gold at Paris 2024 at this rate and in order to beat China's top 3, she has changed how she plays (been 2 weeks) to reach higher and become World No. 1. She points out that in doing so she may be able to beat the top 3 but may lose to other players. (so like Hirano) Because of that, she may lose to someone here but she has to do it to become World No. 1.

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

Too comfortable of a match for Hina. Hitomi has to take the risk and get into attack mode early against a player of Hina's caliber. Can't wait until the match is nearly over.

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

Sakura Yokoi completely erased her 3-0 loss at SC Doha with a 4-0 win over Saki Shibata here at the All Japan.

 

[zeio]

Harimoto becomes the 2nd player after Ishikawa (2007-2010) to win the JGS event 4 times in a row. Last year, she equaled Fukuhara's record (2001/2002/2004 [Starting from Heisei 15, Zennihon was moved from Dec to Jan of next year]).
Matsushima becomes the 3rd player after Fukuhara (2000) and Kato (2012) to finish in WS R32.

Nagasaki on 4-2 Idesawa in WS R4
同い年のライバル・出澤杏佳との接戦に勝利した長﨑美柚。「スーパーシードの初戦の中では、一番厳しい山だなって思っていた」
https://world-tt.com/blog/news/archives/324004
【卓球】出澤杏佳との接戦に勝利の長﨑美柚。「スーパーシードの初戦の中では、一番厳しい山だなって思っていた」〈全日本卓球2026〉
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/262e4e1d2cdc5c691b4bd3188ec2508e2729b938

Hirano on 4-2 Okada Kotona in WS R4
「もうすぐママ」が効いた！？ 17年女王の平野美宇 初戦勝利の裏に元コーチの衝撃ワード【全日本卓球】
https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/tabletennis/news/2026/01/041094.html
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/cde57d0f0d6dd6406f2c2a876ffed35c80f1ed12

Hashimoto on skipping WTT events and 4-0 Hagiwara Reina (?) in R4
橋本帆乃香が初戦ストレート勝ち！今年最初のWTTを棄権した世界最強カットマンのコンディションは？ 【全日本卓球】
https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/tabletennis/news/2026/01/041095.html
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/880445d16f5857bead2a046d019538e2a8ff900e

Shinozuka on 4-3
大波乱一歩手前、第2シード篠塚大登が渡部民人に大苦戦「めちゃくちゃホッとした」
https://world-tt.com/blog/news/archives/324070
【卓球】あわや大波乱、第2シード篠塚大登が薄氷の勝利「めちゃくちゃホッとした」〈全日本卓球2026〉
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/f06d34bdd585ce05ecdbb2926720071a64fc050f

4-time back-to-back JGS winner Harimoto Miwa
【卓球全日本】高２・張本美和がジュニア史上２人目の４連覇達成　石川佳純以来、１６年ぶりの快挙
https://hochi.news/articles/20260123-OHT1T51068.html?page=1
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/bf19535438bcc69d1e9405b34b35ecef935776cf

JBS winner Kawakami Ryuusei
【卓球全日本】世界ユース王者・川上流星が初優勝　中城瑛貴との接戦を３―２で制す…ジュニア男子の部
https://hochi.news/articles/20260123-OHT1T51084.html?page=1
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/3622ba2762198d4818f75c571161a2f530dd663d

JBS finalist Nakajo Eiki (?) on the difficulties he had to overcome
「なんでやんないんだ」監督の叱咤で目覚めた大器　野田学園・中城瑛貴、左手手術乗り越え準優勝＜全日本卓球2026・ジュニア男子＞
https://rallys.online/topic/alljapan/260123nakashiro/
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/0e583ec34dc57b4ca7503daa8262c5d066f3afa1

Matsushima Miku on 1-4 Hashimoto in WS R5
【卓球全日本】小６・松島美空　５回戦で世界１１位の橋本帆乃香に敗れ「本当に悔しい」　福原愛超えならずも小学生最記録３２強の快進撃
https://hochi.news/articles/20260123-OHT1T51109.html?page=1
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/5ec0a3dfa0cf0a44737ecdfed385beb3cb77d62e

20-match win streak in WS for Hayata since 2023
早田ひな、女子シングルスで20連勝　史上4人目の4連覇へまた前進【卓球全日本選手権】
https://nishispo.nishinippon.co.jp/article/978905
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/4d120a7af4bc8beccf787cecdad0cf2a1e0956cf

50 wins for Ito since her first Zennihon Takkyu
【卓球全日本】伊藤美誠、高校生に大苦戦も死闘制して16強入り　通算50勝に到達
https://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2026/01/23/articles/20260123s00026000154000c.html
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/1418d81c0ac9e7a4ba99bc0d0416192617a6b842

No excuses for Hirano, simply saying she's not strong enough and that Japanese players are the strongest right now when it comes to choppers and one must beat these choppers to win Zennihon
平野美宇は６回戦敗退「力不足だった」カットマン佐藤瞳にストレート完敗「カットは今、日本の選手が１番強い」８強逃すのは４年ぶり　伊藤美誠も敗退の波乱
https://www.daily.co.jp/general/2026/01/23/0019942847.shtml
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/d78cbca7077e788d12713f2d757d8cc53d617c2c
How there are so many styles that it's hard to move up unless you're strong in all of them
【卓球】黄金世代に明暗…　早田ひなは８強も平野美宇、伊藤美誠が６回戦敗退「力不足だった」
https://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/articles/-/374626
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/57133acb7d19248df569bdc7513d50714374e1f6
How G4 was better but she had been losing too quickly at that point and she couldn't handle Sato's high balls.
【卓球全日本】１７年覇者・平野美宇「対応しきれなかった」絶好調のカットマン・佐藤瞳に完敗　盟友・伊藤美誠とともに６回戦で姿消す
https://hochi.news/articles/20260123-OHT1T51301.html?page=1
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/6e909448c62900d9698875269efeb71c33a7f33f
「世界トップのカットに勝たないといけないのが全日本の難しさ」平野美宇は佐藤瞳に屈してベスト16
https://world-tt.com/blog/news/archives/324958
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/a30dd2c7e49b5dc3caa681eaba06d7eba6f1d8de
「カットの選手は日本が一番強い」平野美宇がカットマン・佐藤瞳に敗戦〈全日本卓球〉
https://news.ntv.co.jp/category/sports/c7a284802ad348818c68e514ddf5911b
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/ebb953684e6cd6acc3abb508936bc49dbe447a24

OTOH, as usual, Ito puts the blame on stamina and how she couldn't practice much and wasn't well-prepared
伊藤美誠、平野美宇が６回戦敗退の波乱　伊藤は横井咲桜に完敗「若い選手との体力的な差も感じた」、平野はカットマン佐藤にストレート負け「力不足」　４連覇狙う早田、初Ｖ狙う張本ら８強入り
https://www.daily.co.jp/general/2026/01/23/0019942913.shtml
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/51961b404e369b98cf0be39f31ef8124a9f45cc9
【卓球全日本】過去３度優勝の伊藤美誠、８強ならず「若い選手との体力的な差を…」高校生にフルゲーム勝ちも、横井咲桜に１―４で６回戦敗退
https://hochi.news/articles/20260123-OHT1T51178.html?page=1
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/a01dc222e88fe31a713ab1a4ae296d9bb5a81822
【卓球】伊藤美誠が６回戦敗退　体力面で苦悩「若い選手との差を感じた」
https://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/articles/-/374629
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/5e69cc04151bdef428cfd670d8deff39935aedd1
「若い選手はすごいな」卓球・伊藤美誠が6回戦敗退　18歳のカットマンに苦戦「確かに自分もすごかった」
https://news.ntv.co.jp/category/sports/de5c7de4e0084269bf5042385391805e
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/8d30f2452211ddb8580ee7a396c7f3689511b647

5 wins in 1 day for Miwa. Winning the senior event, something money buy, would be her dad's birthday present this year
【卓球全日本】張本美和、1日5勝でジュニアV4と一般8強入り「疲れたなというのはあるけど…」
https://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2026/01/23/articles/20260123s00026000200000c.html
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/d0ce5c9f9446074f182e8a4ef14928b17e6d7bc6
【卓球全日本】ジュニア４連覇達成の張本美和、石川佳純の偉業に並び「尊敬している。同じ記録に並べてうれしい」
https://hochi.news/articles/20260123-OHT1T51182.html?page=1
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/f7061326ab67940f2e199df0b5bffba62c8c509a
Going to be a tough fight against Nagasaki in QF
【卓球】張本美和がジュニアで４連覇　尊敬する石川佳純さん以来の快挙「見本にしている」
https://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/articles/-/374618
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/2ec07711f2cd513dda7729e378e1d74cac457d7a
張本美和、全日本ジュニア4連覇「今年は何も用意していなくて…」父・宇さんへの誕生日プレゼントは一般の部初優勝【卓球】
https://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/1197958
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/8d0a9e3edceb8844be63decd3724dc7a85574ed5
How she is confident in her stamina, running ahead of Zennihon.
【卓球全日本】張本美和「価値がある」１６年ぶりジュニア女子４連覇で“レジェンド”に並んだ
https://hochi.news/articles/20260123-OHT1T51326.html?page=1
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/88685ae0c009b3276d249fd6a767e821d304bb20
張本美和　８強＆ジュニア４連覇　憧れの石川佳純に並ぶジュニア記録「すごくうれしい」　悲願“２冠”へあと三つ
https://www.daily.co.jp/general/2026/01/24/0019944152.shtml
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/1402032cd5f3121e9592af8b45c72765dab85fd6
【卓球】張本美和　ジュニア４連覇は「全日本４冠」への序章 「全部勝つつもり」と関係者
https://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/articles/-/374678
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/4245d1546ad17ebdd4ece35f663634361a37524b
ジュニア4連覇の張本美和「勝ち続けることの難しさを感じた」　準々決勝は「厳しい戦いになる」＜全日本卓球2026＞
https://rallys.online/topic/alljapan/260123harimotomiwa/
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/14b3d7220977349f4963d63cc3abd20d53fbf93b
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/14b3d7220977349f4963d63cc3abd20d53fbf93b?page=2

Matsushima Miku on failing to reach WS R6
【卓球】12歳・松島美空がジュニア4強、シニアも32強、福原愛さんらに並ぶ小学生最高の好成績も「隠れて少し涙が出た」
https://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/1197870
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/372b250d756ed94782b57defb9fae39b49ddedb4
【卓球】１２歳・松島美空はシニア５回戦で終戦　悔しさあらわ「まだ泣きはしていないけど…」
https://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/articles/-/374646
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/bdf38792a977cf9884f7abe7554c231832a004a6
「自分が戦えることは分かった」小6・松島美空が世界11位に敗戦　過去最高成績に「1年間頑張ったな」〈全日本卓球〉
https://news.ntv.co.jp/category/sports/f874ce6bd51b44019e6a9fe09065fde2
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/f38a9991da7662374dc614c9e425a85aa68a7fb7

Kawakami on how the pressure of winning the JBS event is gone now, he will go all out in MS
【卓球全日本】ジュニア男子初優勝の川上流星「うれし涙もありました」世界ユース王者は一般でも８強入りで「徹底して勝ちに行きたい」
https://hochi.news/articles/20260123-OHT1T51213.html?page=1
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/1bec6dc414bb905adb078538355d85d9e2182352

The editor of The Digest feels that times are changing and wonders if the golden generation is undergoing a generational replacement.
“みうみま”、まさかの全日本８強入りならず…日本女子卓球『黄金世代』に世代交代の波か「時代の変化を感じるな」
https://thedigestweb.com/topics_detail13/id=108271
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/a939469e3edd99957e735abc0a0c894affb75187

Togami on testing out his skills and tactics, trying to strike a balance between offense and defense
【卓球】戸上隼輔、またも谷垣佑真に苦杯を喫してV奪還逃す「悔しい。これが今の実力かなと痛感している」〈全日本卓球2026〉
https://world-tt.com/blog/news/archives/324924
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/73982a3b2399c2b21f1bca68a116204f1f62d8f2

Yamamuro Saya on 3-4 Ito in WS R5
「自分が勝ったらめっちゃすごいんじゃないか」カットマン・山室早矢、ポジティブ思考で伊藤美誠に大金星まで“あと1点”＜全日本卓球2026＞
https://rallys.online/topic/alljapan/260123yamamurosaya/
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/606c4beb303b02ac1362046efd24728f6e61927c
カット打ちの名手・伊藤美誠を追いつめた！高校生チョッパー・山室早矢が躍動
https://world-tt.com/blog/news/archives/323941
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/d834cdb2486bc0aa54c1babc97c15fc0b6081027

Harimoto on why he picked Tazoe Hibiki to bench-coach him rather than his dad
【卓球】張本智和が明かすベンチコーチの選び方「卓球や普段の話でも、話して楽しいとか…」
https://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/articles/-/374686
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/4672cd08ab4acae77eacf2e615b9c4fe5792df1b

 

[NextLevel]

Too comfortable of a match for Hina. Hitomi has to take the risk and get into attack mode early against a player of Hina's caliber. Can't wait until the match is nearly over.

She read a lot of Tieba postings on Hayata and believed Hayata was ready to retire....

 

[NextLevel]

So Yokoi is the interloper while everyone juat defended their seeding.

 

[KiwiPong]

No coach for either Nagasaki or Miwa. Is it because they are both from the same t league team?

 

[Janard]

Seems like the doppelgangers of Sato/Hashimoto and Odo/Yokoi cannot both peak together

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

No coach for either Nagasaki or Miwa. Is it because they are both from the same t league team?

I think so. Saki and Sakura did not have coaches as both are NP Mallets team members. Satsuki and Miyuu both had coaches as they are different T-League teams.

 

[zeio]

Seems like the doppelgangers of Sato/Hashimoto and Odo/Yokoi cannot both peak together

The conservation law of table tennis.

 

[fore.n.back]

It is a Japanese special lol...

Nobuhiko Hasegawa - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I really don't understand how this grip benefit the player but he has just won Kawakami 4-2 so I guess it works for him lol

 

[zeio]

wow tanigaki eliminated togami again

Same for Uda, eliminated by Shinopi again.