Joola Liam Pitchford Z vs Kenji Matudaira Z

[CallMeZaddy]

Both blades are going to be released on 7/21 and looks like they have the same composition. Is the only difference the color in handle? @Matt Hetherington

KENJI MATSUDAIRA Z *PRE-ORDER ITEM Kenji Matsudaira Z, Kenji Matsudaira Racket, Pre-order, Release July 21 2026, Table Tennis Blade [TGRAC023000000] - 21,250円 : TT-JAPAN TABLE TENNIS STORE TOMIOKA OF JAPAN

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LIAM PITCHFORD Z *PRE-ORDER ITEM Liam Pitchford Z, Liam Pitchford Racket, Pre-order, Release July 21 2026, Table Tennis Blade [TGRAC022000000] - 21,250円 : TT-JAPAN TABLE TENNIS STORE TOMIOKA OF JAPAN

Liam Pitchford, Table Tennis, Blade, Pre-order, ARY-c, Shakehand, 2026 Release, Great Britain Ace

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[piligrim]

Koto and Limba

 

[CallMeZaddy]

They both have speed 8, control 9 though

 

[Matt Hetherington]

Pitchford blade is koto outer, Kenji is limba outer.

 

[ck1407]

Pitchford blade is koto outer, Kenji is limba outer.

Are they equivalent to zqh 90 & 45? I notice pitchford and kenji are "made in China" while zqh blades are made in Korea

 

[Matt Hetherington]

Are they equivalent to zqh 90 & 45? I notice pitchford and kenji are "made in China" while zqh blades are made in Korea

They are in some ways, different supplier and cured aramid carbon composite layer.

 

[ck1407]

They are in some ways, different supplier and cured aramid carbon composite layer.

Oh... Thanks for sharing the info. Hope u stocked up enough zqh 90s for your own usage

 

[Matt Hetherington]

Oh... Thanks for sharing the info. Hope u stocked up enough zqh 90s for your own usage

I tend to keep hold of my blades for longer so I use them for a lengthy period of time. There will be more updates on that blade at some point in the near future

 

[Novarac23]

Pitchford blade is koto outer, Kenji is limba outer.

Do you know when Liams blade will come to US market? Was eyeing the website for one for a bit (mostly to support Pitch and to try it out for fun) but it looks like its not out yet here in the US of A

 

[Matt Hetherington]

Do you know when Liams blade will come to US market? Was eyeing the website for one for a bit (mostly to support Pitch and to try it out for fun) but it looks like its not out yet here in the US of A

It’s moving along slowly, Pitch is still recovering so it’ll probably align with his comeback debut 😁