20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026, 9/19-10/4

[kindof99]

Funny thing is that WMY most of the official games, like national games and asian game. SYS won more wtt and ittf games. So far SYS probably only got a 2022 Asian game gold (?), no national and no Olympics golds yet.

 

[zeio]

Kishikawa is more a sounding board, but I can't remember they had anyone particularly resourceful? Does Yosuke Kurashima count?

Kurashima is the better of the last four in terms of trying.

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/卓球日本代表#男子
男子

在任期間	名前	備考
1985	河原智
1986-1988	前原正浩	現ITTF副会長[27]
1992	粂田芳孝
1993-1995	高島規郎[21]
1996	野平孝雄[28]
1997-1999	ソーレン・アレーン[29]	初の外国人監督
1999-2001	前原正浩[30]
2001-2012	宮崎義仁[31]
2012-2021	倉嶋洋介[32]
2021-2025	田勢邦史[33]
2025-	岸川聖也

 

[fore.n.back]

For the JTTA XT, Hiroto is the true gem who energizes the whole squad, whereas Togami is just a royal deadweight who ruins the team, drags down every teammate, and distorts the lineup.

after this Asian games, there's practically no spot left for Togami in LA except the P-card. That MD SF performance is just miserable, putting Matsushima in a 1v3 lmao

 

[zeio]

after this Asian games, there's practically no spot left for Togami in LA except the P-card. That MD SF performance is just miserable, putting Matsushima in a 1v3 lmao

Togami, who turned 25 last month, does not even deserve P-Athlete if Shinozuka gets the 3rd spot. JTTA will give it to Kawakami in that scenario. They have a history/tradition of giving that spot to the next generation.

 

[fore.n.back]

MD F
HYZ/LSD 4-2 Harimoto/Shinozuka (-6, 4, -12, 6, 5, 1)
The turning point came down to the lefties. Besides getting jammed by long serves, HYZ kept looping the ball into the net (due to Nittaku ball and San-Ei table not as bouncy) and then starting around G4 (after WH's TO?) managed to adjust by chop-blocking it back instead and LSD followed suit and the pair never looked back. As former HKG player Ng Wing Nam pointed out, Shinozuka needed to offload the pressure on Harimoto but ultimately failed.

right now the problem of ShinoHari I think is that they lack a power shot to kill the rally or take the initiative. Both of them leans more towards outlasting their opponent compare to Sora Togami whose try to overpower and sacrifice safety to get points

 

[NextLevel]

right now the problem of ShinoHari I think is that they lack a power shot to kill the rally or take the initiative. Both of them leans more towards outlasting their opponent compare to Sora Togami whose try to overpower and sacrifice safety to get points

Shinozuka at least uses his forehand enough to carry the slack on occasion. While Harimoto is extremely strong on serve and receive and uses this to gain early advantages in doubles points, his reluctance to search for forehand power shots often makes his team susceptible to patient opponents who find ways to introduce theirs.