Semifinal at the first ever World Cup outing for Miwa in what was supposed to be a R16 exit on paper. Not bad at all.
Harimoto follows in Fukuhara's footsteps at World Cup 2005. Her bronze medal has higher gold content than Ishikawa's bronze at World Cup 2014 and silver at World Cup 2015 and Ito's bronze at World Cup 2020.
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Fukuhara
World Cup 2005 - Bronze (3-4th 4-1 Tie Ya Na, SF 3-2 -> 3-4 Guo Yan)
World Cup 2006 - QF (0-4 Tie Ya Na)
World Cup 2007 - Lost in Grp
World Cup 2009 - Lost in Grp (4-2 Li Xiaoxia but was edged out in
3-way tie by Liu Jia)
World Cup 2010 - QF (1-4 Guo Yan)
World Cup 2011 - Lost in Grp
World Cup 2012 - Qualified but didn't take part due to political issue
World Cup 2013 - QF (1-4 Wu Yang)
World Cup 2015 - QF (3-4 Petrissa Solja)
Ishikawa
World Cup 2011 - Lost in Grp
World Cup 2012 - Qualified but didn't take part due to political issue
World Cup 2013 - QF (3-4 Feng Tianwei)
World Cup 2014 - Bronze (3-4th 4-3 Georgina Pota, SF 2-4 Ding Ning)
World Cup 2015 - Silver (F 0-4 Liu Shiwen, SF 4-2 Li Jiao, QF Zhu Yuling 1-3 -> 2-4 Li Jiao) IIRC, Li Jiao complained about the scheduling.
World Cup 2017 - R16 (3-4 Lee Ho Ching)
World Cup 2018 - 4th (3-4th 1-4 Cheng I-Ching, SF 0-4 Ding Ning)
World Cup 2019 - QF (3-2 -> 3-4 Feng Tianwei)
Hirano
World Cup 2016 - Gold (F 4-0 Cheng I-Ching, SF 4-2 Feng Tianwei, QF 4-1 Ito, R16 4-2 Samara)
World Cup 2017 - 4th (3-4th 2-4 Cheng I-Ching, SF 0-4 Liu Shiwen)
World Cup 2018 - QF (1-4 Ishikawa)
World Cup 2019 - R16 (3-4 Lily Zhang)
World Cup 2024 - QF (0-4 Chen Meng)
Hayata
World Cup 2024 - ?
Ito
World Cup 2016 - QF (1-4 Hirano)
World Cup 2020 - Bronze
World Cup 2024 - Grp (2-2 Sawettabut, 2-2 Amy Wang)
Harimoto
World Cup 2024 - At least SF (QF 4-1 Wang Yidi)