Just recently, the Japan Table Tennis Association announced an important decision, invited Zhang Yibo to join the coaching staff, as the assistant of the men's team head coach Tian Shi Kunishi, responsible for the preparation of the Paris Olympic cycle, the previous Qiu Jianxin to the current Zhang Yibo, these coaches from China are reused, through their help, the Young Japanese players have grown rapidly, and the recent progress has been obvious, becoming the main opponent of the national table tennis.
Zhang Yibo went to Japan very early to play, once won the team World Cup 3-0 against Ma Long, but the overall performance is relatively average, did not win any championships, his wife Tang Yuanyuan has been the coach of Ai Fukuhara for a long time, their family is naturalized in Japan, and their daughter Zhang Benzien, who is still in elementary school, is also a table tennis player, and has participated in this year's All Japan Championships, and the talent is not as good as Zhang Benmeihe.
Fukuhara Ai and Tang Yuanyuan are good friends, the two have been communicating, Zi En's name is also given by her, Zhang Yibo has previously served as the head coach of the club, leading the team to get good results, but did not expect to be valued by the Japan Table Tennis Association, directly became the main person in charge of the men's team, second only to head coach Tashi Kunishi, Qiu Jianxin and Nakazawa Rui have not been selected, it is indeed somewhat unexpected.
After the Tokyo Olympics, the Coaching Staff of the Japanese team changed greatly, two head coaches Yosuke Kurashima and Mika Baba resigned, Kunishi Tashi and Takehiro Watanabe took over, the most famous of which is definitely Kunishi Tashi, the mixed doubles final is his off-field guidance, leading Mizutani Hayabusa / Ito Mishimasa defeated Xu Xin / Liu Shiwen to win the gold medal, Watanabe Takehiro is much worse, but there is no other candidate.
It can be seen that Qiu Jianxin, Zhang Yibo, Nakazawa Rui, Wei Guan Qingguang and other coaches from China have made great contributions to Japanese table tennis, and can achieve such results as they are now, which is directly related to them, but the Japanese Table Tennis Association still has to arrange their own people in the position of head coach, after retiring as a coach, Zhang Yibo's coaching performance is not particularly prominent, and the role that can be played is limited.
Now the Japanese team mainly relies on young players to impact the national table tennis, Mizutani Hayabusa saw good and directly retired, Niwa Takashi and Ishikawa Yoshijun are difficult to stick to the next session, the reuse of Zhang Yibo is estimated to be directly related to his previous responsibility for the cultivation of young players, more familiar with this aspect.
The recent Star Challenge and Asian Championships, young players from the Japanese team have improved rapidly, especially Hayabusa Tokami and Hayata Hina, showing a strong impact, the World Table Tennis Championships at the end of the year are believed to be very exciting, the national table tennis has not yet announced the lineup, after the end of the Table Tennis Super League, the coaching team will reveal the answer as soon as possible, no matter how arranged, it is inevitable to come up with the strongest lineup.