Official confirmation! The 25-year-old national table tennis star will go to Japan to officially join hands with Mimato Ito
On October 24, 2023, Beijing time, the Japanese Table Tennis T-League officially announced that Chinese players Fan Siqi, Cheng Jingqi, Liao Zhenjun and others joined. Fan Siqi and Japan Life Club agreed to represent the team in the 2023-24 season, officially joining forces with Mimato Ito and Hina Hayada, and the overall competitiveness of Japan Life Club has been improved again.
This season, a number of national table tennis players joined the Japanese league, Zhou Yu and Yan An, who retired from the national team, have appeared in the Japanese league, and Yan An scored 2 points in the last round to help the team win. In addition, Hao Shuai and Xu Chenhao are both working hard in the Japanese league. Compared with before, the openness of National Table Tennis to the Japanese league has been further improved, and not only retired players participate in the Japanese league, but also current players participate in the Japanese league.
Just before the offseason, Zhang Rui, Sun Mingyang, He Zhuojia and other national table tennis current players have rushed to Japan to join the Japanese league, these players quickly became the main players of the Japanese team, Zhang Rui also defeated Misei Ito, although these players are not the main players of national table tennis, but the basic skills are very solid, can still become the protagonist in the Japanese league.
For the Japanese league, in addition to improving their strength, the table tennis players of the signed countries can also enhance the influence of the club and the entire league. The reason is actually very simple, the national table tennis is the leader of the table tennis world, strength and influence are the first, so many national table tennis players join the Japanese league, will also make the Japanese league get more attention from Chinese fans. Therefore, Japanese clubs will work hard to sign national table tennis players as long as they have the opportunity.
A few days ago, the Japanese T League officially announced that the Japan Life Club and national table tennis player Fan Siqi reached an agreement, and Fan Siqi will represent the club in the next matches. The 25-year-old is in his prime of play and is also a very competitive player, playing against Japanese players on the international stage many times, and they are very familiar with each other. Japan Life Club has Mimato Ito and Hina Hayada, and the addition of Fan Siqi will further enhance the overall strength of the team, and it is expected to attack the championship next.
In addition, Kanazawa Club announced that Cheng Jingqi and Liao Zhenjun of Chinese Taipei joined the team, Cheng Jingqi is also a well-known national table tennis player, although he left the national team early, but also very strong, was a member of the World Youth Championship team champion, his addition can also enhance the competitiveness of the Japanese Kanazawa club. So far, there are more than double digits of national table tennis players playing in Japan, compared with previous years, this is an unimaginable scene, after all, many national table tennis current players also play in the Japanese league, it can be said that the development strategy of national table tennis has changed a lot, the attitude to the Japanese league has also changed, and the competition pattern is more open!