Thread about Japanese Players

[Catenaccio]

WTT Singapore Smash

WS R64
Miyu Nagasaki vs Lee Eunhye 3-0 (8,3,6)
Miwa Harimoto vs Nina Mittelham 3-1 (-8,4,2,4)
Honoka Hashimoto vs Qin Yuxuan 3-0 (7,5,10)
Satsuki Odo vs Linda Bergstrom 3-0 (11,11,5)
Miyu Kihara vs Adriana Diaz 1-3 (-5,-8,4,-8)
Hina Hayata vs Bruna Takahashi 3-2 (5,-7,-11,7,6)
Mima Ito vs Kim Nayeong 3-0 (6,10,10)

MS R64
Hiroto Shinozuka vs Lin Shidong 1-3 (-3,8,-5,-12)
Shunsuke Togami vs Cho Daesong 3-1 (6,-6,8,6)
Sora Matsushima vs Isaac Quek 3-1 (4,6,-9,8)
Tomokazu Harimoto vs Chen Junsong 3-2 (-13,9,-5,4,9)
Yuta Tanaka vs Alvaro Robles 1-3 (-3,7,-11,-10)
Yukiya Uda vs Thibault Poret 2-3 (7,-7,-9,6,-10)

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

Alexis Lebrun playing with Satsuki Odo in XD ????

 

[zeio]

Alexis Lebrun playing with Satsuki Odo in XD ????

A. Lebrun: Hi, S.Odo. Wanna gattai?

 

[NextLevel]

Alexis Lebrun playing with Satsuki Odo in XD ????

My quesrion remains the same. Given the new rules that allow high ranking XD pairs to take part if both players are part of a team (a rule that inordinately favors China and Japan), would this pairing be allowed to play at the Olympics if both Lebrun and Odo make their teams?

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

My quesrion remains the same. Given the new rules that allow high ranking XD pairs to take part if both players are part of a team (a rule that inordinately favors China and Japan), would this pairing be allowed to play at the Olympics if both Lebrun and Odo make their teams?

From the qualification website

Scroll to the Qualification system - Table Tennis

https://www.olympics.com/ioc/documents/olympic-games/los-angeles-2028-olympic-games

It looks to me that they are defining eligible pairs as being from the same NOC. Reposting XD qualification section here:

Mixed doubles qualification

D.1.6. 5 pairs (10 athletes)

The highest-placed pair in each continental qualification event will obtain one mixed doubles quota place. Each ITTF Continental Federation should identify an existing event that will be used to determine their representative , with a maximum of one pair per NOC .​

D.1.7. 4 pairs (8 athletes)

Four (4) mixed doubles pairs at a designated qualification event organized between 15 March and 7 May 2028 will obtain one mixed doubles quota place. Only eligible pairs (athletes from the same NOC) from NOCs not already qualified may enter this event, with a maximum of one pair per NOC.​

D.1.8. 2 pairs (4 athletes)

The two highest-ranked eligible pairs in the Mixed Doubles World Ranking of 13 March 2028 – who have not already qualified and are from different NOCs than those already qualified will obtain one mixed doubles quota place.​

D.1.9. 1 pair HC (2 athletes)

The host country is guaranteed one mixed doubles quota place, if it has not qualified through the qualification pathway.​

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[Edit]

D.1.10. 4 pairs (8 athletes)

To allocate the last 4 mixed doubles quota. NOC's that have 2 pairs in the Top 8 of the WR at the time of the allocation, will receive a second quota place when all 4 athletes (2 doubles pairs) are among the 6 quota places (3 per gender) per NOC. If this i s not the case, the quota place will go to the next mixed double pair. The additional mixed doubles pairs , from NOCs with at least one qualified male player in singles and at least one qualified female player in singles , will be allocated places . If there are fewer than four pairs who meet these criteria, additional pairs will be selected from among teams that have not qualified in mixed doubles. The Mixed Doubles World Ranking positions will be used as a tiebreaker in each case. See D.4 , “Allocated places”.​

 

[NextLevel]

From the qualification website

Scroll to the Qualification system - Table Tennis

https://www.olympics.com/ioc/documents/olympic-games/los-angeles-2028-olympic-games

It looks to me that they are defining eligible pairs as being from the same NOC. Reposting XD qualification section here:

Mixed doubles qualification

D.1.6. 5 pairs (10 athletes)

The highest-placed pair in each continental qualification event will obtain one mixed doubles quota place. Each ITTF Continental Federation should identify an existing event that will be used to determine their representative , with a maximum of one pair per NOC .​

D.1.7. 4 pairs (8 athletes)

Four (4) mixed doubles pairs at a designated qualification event organized between 15 March and 7 May 2028 will obtain one mixed doubles quota place. Only eligible pairs (athletes from the same NOC) from NOCs not already qualified may enter this event, with a maximum of one pair per NOC.​

D.1.8. 2 pairs (4 athletes)

The two highest-ranked eligible pairs in the Mixed Doubles World Ranking of 13 March 2028 – who have not already qualified and are from different NOCs than those already qualified will obtain one mixed doubles quota place.​

D.1.9. 1 pair HC (2 athletes)

The host country is guaranteed one mixed doubles quota place, if it has not qualified through the qualification pathway.​

So they don't allow cross-country pairs in doubles at the Olympics. Interesting.

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

So they don't allow cross-country pairs in doubles at the Olympics. Interesting.

Yeah, it appears to be same NOC only. I updated my post to include the section I missed which is a 2nd quota for pairs in top 8 XD world ranking. So a bit surprising that Japan isn't testing out a Odo/Uda or Odo/Shinozuka pairing to go along with the Sora/Miwa pairing in Singapore. Perhaps the coaches don't want to send out any early signals.

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

A fun series of handicap matches between Miu Hirano and Japanese girl band AKB48

 

[Catenaccio]

WTT Singapore Smash

WS R32
Satsuki Odo vs Adriana Diaz 3-1 (7,6,-8,7)
Miwa Harimoto vs Hana Goda 3-0 (6,9,4)
Honoka Hashimoto vs Bernadette Szocs 3-2 (-10,-7,2,6,8)
Miyu Nagasaki vs Xiaoxin Yang 3-0 (7,4,7)
Hina Hayata vs He Zhuojia 3-2 (-10,16,-7,7,11)
Mima Ito vs Maria Xiao 3-0 (10,9,4)

MS R32
Sora Matsushima vs Kanak Jha 3-1 (-9,3,7,2)
Shunsuke Togami vs Wang Chuqin 0-3 (-9,-8,-5)
Tomokazu Harimoto vs Alvaro Robles 3-1 (7,-10,7,8)

 

[Catenaccio]

WTT Singapore Smash

WS R16
Miwa Harimoto vs Satsuki Odo 3-0 (7,8,9)
Mima Ito vs Wang Yidi 1-3 (12,-7,-6,-3)
Miyu Nagasaki vs Chen Xingtong 0-3 (-6,-7,-9)
Honoka Hashimoto vs Chen Yi 0-3 (-3,-5,-9)
Hina Hayata vs Kuai Man 3-2 (7,10,-4,-7,11)

MS R16
Sora Matsushima vs Jang Woojin 1-3 (9,-5,-9,-9)
Tomokazu Harimoto vs Patrick Franziska 2-3 (6,-7,-7,6,-8)

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

I don't follow figure skating, but I did catch some of it at the Winter Olympics because of the great sportsmanship and camaraderie between the USA and Japan so I found it interesting that Hina referenced how she was inspired by USA gold medalist Alyssa Liu:

Hina Hayata reveals her thoughts after defeating the world's fifth-ranked southpaw. She was inspired by the figure skating gold medalist: "I want people to watch my table tennis." [Singapore Smash]​

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

Congratulations to Japan's Mao Takamori for taking the Singapore Youth Smash U19 title beating Chen Min-Hsin of Taiwan 4-0. Also, congratulations to Japan's Miku Matsushima for taking the Singapore Youth Smash U15 title beating Liu Ziling of China 4-1.

 

[Shine]

Life throws out so many strange twists, turns and outcomes after leading people on for so long.
The Harimoto siblings were thought of and heralded as the ones to finally break the Chinese stronghold on the sport for good, and establish a new dynasty. But looking at the results they've got, and the results from the junior competitions, I think it's actually the juniors who are the true Kwisatz Haderachs. Credit will be given to the Harimotos for paving the way when that day comes.

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

Congratulations to Satsuki on an amazing 3-0 win over WMY at a WTT tournament IN CHINA. I hope this becomes a springboard for success not only for Satsuki but for the Japanese women's team in general. But at a minimum, this shocking result is the encouragement that they needed. Even Miwa hasn't been able to crack the code against WMY.

Shout out to coach Ryusuke Sakamoto who coaches both Satsuki Odo and Sakura Yokoi. Sakura Yokoi is making great progress and even beat Hina Hayata 3-2 for the first time in the final regular season match of T-League. It's behind a paywall, but there's an article where he says that the Japanese athletes can compete on equal terms with the Chinese.

 

[NextLevel]

Congratulations to Satsuki on an amazing 3-0 win over WMY at a WTT tournament IN CHINA. I hope this becomes a springboard for success not only for Satsuki but for the Japanese women's team in general. But at a minimum, this shocking result is the encouragement that they needed. Even Miwa hasn't been able to crack the code against WMY.

Shout out to coach Ryusuke Sakamoto who coaches both Satsuki Odo and Sakura Yokoi. Sakura Yokoi is making great progress and even beat Hina Hayata 3-2 for the first time in the final regular season match of T-League. It's behind a paywall, but there's an article where he says that the Japanese athletes can compete on equal terms with the Chinese.

It's still one match though. We need to see some trends . The whole event will say a lot.

 

[JackJohnson]

Congratulations to Satsuki on an amazing 3-0 win over WMY at a WTT tournament IN CHINA. I hope this becomes a springboard for success not only for Satsuki but for the Japanese women's team in general. But at a minimum, this shocking result is the encouragement that they needed. Even Miwa hasn't been able to crack the code against WMY.

Shout out to coach Ryusuke Sakamoto who coaches both Satsuki Odo and Sakura Yokoi. Sakura Yokoi is making great progress and even beat Hina Hayata 3-2 for the first time in the final regular season match of T-League. It's behind a paywall, but there's an article where he says that the Japanese athletes can compete on equal terms with the Chinese.

Sakamoto has been a goat at coaching Odo and Yokoi. Both of these players have had a big improvement in recent times especially with Yokoi being able to compete well in singles and not just a doubles specialist.

 

[NextLevel]

Sakamoto has been a goat at coaching Odo and Yokoi. Both of these players have had a big improvement in recent times especially with Yokoi being able to compete well in singles and not just a doubles specialist.

The one thing I will say is that Odo has become a huge practitioner of hidden serves and that I wonder whether she would survive a TTR review of that match with WMY. That said, she played well and the rest is really up to WTT.

 

[JackJohnson]

The one thing I will say is that Odo has become a huge practitioner of hidden serves and that I wonder whether she would survive a TTR review of that match with WMY. That said, she played well and the rest is really up to WTT.

CTTA should have kept TTR. They don’t have problems with money so I’m not sure why they decided to not have TTR at this event. Is TTR based on WTT or host nation?

 

[NextLevel]

Miyu Nagasaki is injured and Miwa Harimoto gets a walkover win cs Nagasaki into the next round (match wasn't even started).

 

[Lemonxz]

Can someone tell me why a player like Yuma Tanigaki doesn't play in wtt? I find it very frustrating that some of the best players in one of the best countries don't play internationally.