11 year old kid defeats World no.43 and 71!

[ronz91]

Really and i mean really hope that they will develop leg strenght for this kid as that is the area where most of the Japaneese players fail compared to Chineese IMHO and then just hope he stays positive about table tennis

Get Mizutani to mentor him

 

[midikem]

He won agains takura Jin aswell! Takura Jin is the guy that got 2:nd in The japanese championship!

 

[TareqPhoto]

Amazing, sure insane, if he keeps that improvement rates i am sure he can be even better than Jun Mizutani himself and become Japan champion in no time, i also want to see non Chinese in big events, China rules for long time now, Japan is more closer to China than S.Korea, not sure about Singapore or C.Taipei.

 

[brabhamista]

If you want to see full matches of Harimoto in the semi and the final with full, in-depth technical commentary, you can find them here:
http://iof1.idrottonline.se/SvenskaBordtennisforbundet/Nyheter/Aktuellt/SafirWebb-TVfredag1850-2100/
The semi against Lundqvist starts at 15.20 and the final against Xu Hui at 1.14.30. It's well worth it

 

[John18]

Everybody already said it but it's the only thing I can say after watching these videos : Unbelievable ! This kid is insane !
For a 11 yo kid to play like this ! His FH flick is amazing ! It's really hard to believe !
Thanks MrThePortal for this amazing find ! (and for all your videos/work by the way)
I will follow this kid in the future for sure !

 

[ankor24]

It's very interesting his equipment : the blade & the rubbers ! Any idea please ???

Tomokazu Harimoto, It's very interesting his equipment : the blade & the rubbers ! Any idea please ???

Very young Japanese new talent

This kid has not yet 12 years (Jun 2003) !!
In the Quarterfinals of Safir Open 2015 he beat Omar Assar (WR 43)
In the Semifinal he beat Jens Lundqvist (WR 71)

Tomokazu Harimoto, take note this name !!

 

[John18]

So apparently, he is chinese-born ? (Both parents are chinese and he was born in China ?)

Tomokazu Harimoto, It's very interesting his equipment : the blade & the rubbers ! Any idea please ???

For his equipment here are some pics from the ITTF (I don't recognize the blade) :

https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=harimoto&user_id=56089523@N02&sort=date-posted-desc

Edit:
Apparently, both his parents were in CNT and his father is his coach.
http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=38718&Category=General&Competition_ID=&

 

[pasping1]

Battre Ma long ou Zhang Jike, dans 6 ans, quand il aura 18 ans, ça ne sera vraiment pas un exploit pour lui, car ils seront "sur le retour" et ne pourront plus suivre son rythme. Un bon adversaire pour lui, pourrait alors être Fan Zhendong je pense

 

[brabhamista]

So apparently, he is chinese-born ? (Both parents are chinese and he was born in China ?)

No, not chinese-born. His parents are Chinese, but he was born in Sendai in Japan.

 

[sebas-aguirre]

So apparently, he is chinese-born ? (Both parents are chinese and he was born in China ?)


For his equipment here are some pics from the ITTF (I don't recognize the blade) :

https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=harimoto&user_id=56089523@N02&sort=date-posted-desc

Edit:
Apparently, both his parents were in CNT and his father is his coach.
http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=38718&Category=General&Competition_ID=&

the blade is yasaka galayxa carbon.
probably feels similar to a clipper cr.
what I don't recognize is the rubbers.

oh, seems the fh is yasaka pryde.
I used pryde for a couple of shots a long time ago.
it was fast but not so spiny.
similar to donic's acuda s1 or tibhar dtecs series.

 

[akipiro]

 

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He is working hard for the 2020 Olympics I see! Awesome videos, I hope they had English subtitles though. He is an incredibly talented boy!

 

[bricephan]

I think when he plays short Jens is to strong so he played long often

Unless he is very exceptional case and has been recognized by the coach for a long time, then he started to learn short game early. As far as I know the Korea system to raise the youth (Korea and Japan share a lot in common), the kids do not learn playing short game early. At professional level in early age, they are focused more on completing the stroke, long balls such as pushing, blocking, side-step and forehand counter (backhand is usually for pushing, block), and footwork. As long as they get consistent in all basics, the kids will be exercised harder to gain power. Short game is something coming at the end, high level, when they start to work on serve, placement, flicks and short game.

 

[John18]

Thanks akipiro, I love this kind of reportage.
So, he played already at 2 yo ! And it was funny he seems angry when Mizutani mess with him .

 

[TTHopeful]

Thanks akipiro, I love this kind of reportage.
So, he played already at 2 yo ! And it was funny he seems angry when Mizutani mess with him .

Same, this kid is going to be a star! It looks like Japan are putting their resources into him!

Go Japan!

 

[sebas-aguirre]

he doesn't look so great here.
how could he change so much in so little time?

 

[raazzz]

Is this kid human? Can anyone give me some evidence of that?

 

[fz29888]

No, not chinese-born. His parents are Chinese, but he was born in Sendai in Japan.

Yes. He was born in Japan. Both his parents were professional table tennis players. His mother Zhang Ling participated WTTC 1995 and won the Chinese National Champions several times. He got the citizenship of Japan and he is really a promising player for Japan!

 

[brabhamista]

Is this kid human? Can anyone give me some evidence of that?

Depends. I have some fairly conclusive documents here. Do you read Klingon?

 

[sebas-aguirre]

the match between harimoto and lundqvist reminds me a lot of this scene