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Tomokazu Harimoto and Miu Hirano won a fierce battle, and the V selection point ranking also changed significantly | Table Tennis Media | Rallys

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On the 13th, the 2022 ZEN-NOH CUP TOP32 Funabashi Tournament ended.boys areTomokazu Harimoto(IMG) but girlsMiu Hirano(Kinoshita Academy) won the championship.

Harimoto wins V2, Hirano wins for the first time

Men’s semi-finalYuta Tanaka(Aichi Institute of Technology) defeated Ryoichi Yoshiyama (Aichi Institute of Technology) and Tomokazu Harimoto (IMG) defeated Daito Shinozuka (Aichi Institute of Technology) to advance to the final.


Photo: Tomokazu Harimoto (IMG)/Provided by Rally’s Editorial Department

Harimoto and Tanaka face off in the final. After winning the semi-final battle, Harimoto, who was full throttle from the start of the match, swung both hands and steadily accumulated points. Tanaka also put up a good fight in the third game, grabbing the game point first, but he fell one step behind Harimoto, who got on the momentum, and Harimoto won without danger with a game count of 4-0. Requested for the 1st Paris Olympics selection meeting, he won the selection meeting for the second time.

In addition, Harimoto, who has increased his selection points to 176, has a difference of more than 60 points from second place Shinozuka, making a big step forward to the Paris Olympics.


Photo:Hina Hayata(Nippon Life Insurance) / Photo: Rallies Editorial Department

Miu Hirano (Kinoshita Group) in the women’s semi-finalSaki Shibata(Miki House) by Hina Hayata (Nippon Life Insurance)Kihara Miyu(JOC Elite Academy / Seisa) and advanced to the final.

In the final match, Miu Hirano and Hina Hayata will face each other. In the early stages, Hayata took the lead and took the first and second games, but from the third game, Hirano made a fierce attack on both hands and won four games in a row. Hirano, who showed a splendid come-from-behind play, grabbed her long-cherished first victory at the Paris Olympics selection meeting.

In addition, Hirano increased his selection points for the Paris Olympics to 106 with this victory, and moved up to 3rd place in the ranking.

In addition, the selection point ranking changed greatly in this tournament.

13th Match Results

Men’s 7th and 8th Place Match

〇Kazuhiro Yoshimura(Individual) 4-1 Yuma Tanigaki (Aichi Institute of Technology)

Men’s 5th and 6th Place Match

Shunsuke Togami(Meiji University) 1-4 Masaharu Yoshimura(personal) 〇

Men’s Singles Semifinals

Ryoichi Yoshiyama (Aiken University Meiden High School) 2-4 Yuta Tanaka (Aichi Institute of Technology) 〇

Daito Shinozuka (Aichi Institute of Technology) 3-4 Tomokazu Harimoto (IMG) 〇

Men’s Singles 3rd and 4th Place Match

Ryoichi Yoshiyama (Aichi University of Technology, Meiden High School) 2-4 Daito Shinozuka (Aichi Institute of Technology) 〇

Men’s Singles Final

〇 Tomokazu Harimoto (IMG) 4-0 Yuta Tanaka (Aichi Institute of Technology)

Women’s singles 7th and 8th place match

〇Hitomi Sato(MIKI HOUSE) 4-2 forest sakura(Nippon Life Insurance)

Women’s singles 5th and 6th place match

Mima Ito(Starts) 1-4 Miwa Harimoto(Kinoshita Group) 〇

Women’s Singles Semifinals

〇 Miu Hirano (Kinoshita Group) 4-2 Saki Shibata (Miki House)

〇 Hayata Hina (Nippon Life Insurance Co.) 4-2 Miyu Kihara (JOC Elite Academy/Seisa)

Women’s singles 3rd and 4th place match

* Saki Shibata (MIKI HOUSE) 4-3 Miyu Kihara (JOC Elite Academy/Seisa)

Women’s Singles Final

〇 Biu Hirano (Kinoshita Group) 4-2 Hina Hayata (Nippon Life Insurance)

men’s final

1st place Tomokazu Harimoto (IMG)
2nd place Yuta Tanaka (Aichi Institute of Technology)
3rd place Daito Shinozuka (Aichi Institute of Technology)
4th place Ryoichi Yoshiyama (Aikodai Meiden High School)
5 Yoshimura Maharu (individual)
6th place Shunsuke Togami (Meiji University)
7th place Kazuhiro Yoshimura (individual)
8th place Yuma Tanigaki (Aichi Institute of Technology)

Women’s final standings

1st place Miu Hirano (Kinoshita group)
2nd place Hina Hayata (Nippon Life Insurance Co.)
3rd place Saki Shibata (MIKI HOUSE)
4th place Miyu Kihara (JOC Elite Academy/Seisa)
5th place Miwa Harimoto (Kinoshita Academy)
6th place Mima Ito (Starts)
7th place Hitomi Sato (MIKI HOUSE)
8th place Mori Sakura (Nippon Life Insurance)

2024 Paris Olympic Selection Points (as of November 14)

Top 8 men

1st place: Tomokazu Harimoto (176)
2nd place: Daito Shinozuka (110)
3rd place: Maharu Yoshimura (91)
4th place: Hayasuke Togami (90)
5 digits:Tracy（82）
6th place: Yoshiyama Ryoichi (66)
7th place: Yuta Tanaka (65)
8th place: Sheng Yokogu (60)

Top 8 women

1st place: Hina Hayata (162)
2nd place: Mima Ito (113)
3rd place: Miu Hirano (106)
4th place: Miyu Kihara (105)
5th place: ⻑﨑Meiyou (96)
6th place: Saki Shibata (94)
7 digits:Kasumi Ishikawa（86）
8th place: Hitomi Sato (69)

* ( ) indicates earned points

Interview with Tomokazu Harimoto (Released in February 2021)


Photo: Tomokazu Harimoto (Kinoshita Group)/Provided by Yohei Nagata/Afro Sports

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