Zhang Benmei's world ranking hit a career high, and the Japanese table tennis Olympic list was approved
In July 2024, the "33rd Summer Olympic Games" will be held in Paris, France. The Japan Olympic Committee (JOC) has approved the confirmation of players and coaches for seven sports, including table tennis, based on the recommendation of competitive groups. The six previously scheduled table tennis players will officially become Olympic representatives and participate in the upcoming Paris Olympic Games.
The Japanese representative players and staff of the table tennis tournament recognized by the JOC are as follows, and each player, especially the female player, has its own coach.
【Coaching Staff】
Men's Team Head Coach: Kunishi Tasaki (Japan Table Tennis Association)
Women's Team Head Coach: Takehiro Watanabe (Chubu University)
Coach: Dong Qimin (Misaki Club/Note: Coach Tomokazu Zhangmoto)
Teaching: Daisuke Ishida (Japan Life / Note: Kiya Hayata)
教练：张成（Athlete Solution）
Coach: Rui Nakazawa (Kinoshita Group / Note: Miu Hirano, Miwa Haramoto, Coach Daito Shinozuka)
【Men's Players】
Tomokazu Haramoto (Tomokazu Planning), 21 years old, Men's Singles/Men's Team/Mixed Doubles
Hayasuke Togami (Imuraya), 22 years old, men's singles/men's team
Shinozuka Oden (Aichi Institute of Technology) 20 years old Men's team
【Women's Players】
Hina Hayada (Japanese Life) 24 years old Women's Singles/Women's Team/Mixed Doubles
Miu Hirano (Kinoshita Group), 24 years old, women's singles/women's team
Miwa Haramoto (Kinoshita Group) 16 years old Women's team
Outside the JOC list, the lineup of the Japanese table tennis team's accompanying list is even larger, and Zhang Benmeihe's father Zhang Yu and mother Zhang Ling are all in it.
In addition, the information on the World Ranking page (Week 25 of 2024 announced on June 18) has been updated. The Chinese table tennis team Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha still dominate the list, and there is no change in the top ten.
For the foreign players, the ranking points of the WTT Star Challenge Ljubljana (Slovenia), which ended on the 16th, have already been reflected, and the men's and women's rankings have changed slightly. In particular, Miwa Zhangmoto rose to No. 7 and reached a new career high!
Among the Japanese men's players, Hayasuke Togami rose one place to 14th. Matsushima defeated talented players such as Moregaard (Sweden) and Qiu Dang (Germany) to advance to the last 8 and perform well, moving up five places to No. 30.
In addition, Maharu Yoshimura and Daito Shinozuka also improved their rankings. In addition, the top Japanese men's ranking is Tomokazu Haramoto, 11th.
On the other hand, in the Japanese women's table tennis, Miwa Haramoto rose from 8th to 7th, setting a new personal best. In addition, Hina Hayada (Life of Japan), who won the women's singles title, remained unchanged even after increasing her ranking points, ranking fifth in the global women's singles.
Among the overseas players, in the men's group, Cho Dae-sung (South Korea) and Falke (Sweden) rose in the rankings. In the women's group, Parvard (France) showed her momentum by beating consecutive Asian players to advance to the final, moving up from 28th to 19th.
Ping Pong Hu Qingyuan