Olympic mixed doubles champion Mima Ito won her third singles title, and first in three years, at the national table tennis championships in Tokyo on Sunday. Ito, the reigning Olympic women's singles bronze medalist, teamed up with Hina Hayata to win the women's doubles national ...
Mima Ito and Hina Hayata lose in women's doubles final at worlds
Ito, winner of three medals at the Tokyo Olympics, and Hayata, a Games reserve, were seeking to become the first Japanese women's doubles pair in 54 years to win a world title.
Mima Ito and Kasumi Ishikawa make quarterfinal exits at worlds
Ito faced Wang Yidi for a place in the semifinals, but the Tokyo Olympic singles bronze medalist managed to win only one of five games.
Japanese teen table tennis star Tomokazu Harimoto makes surprise Tokyo exit
Regarded as Japan's brightest young talent, third seed Tomokazu Harimoto made an earlier-than-expected exit on his Olympic debut, losing in seven games to Slovenia's Darko Jorgic.
Japanese players swept the singles events at the inaugural World Table Tennis Star Contender tournament in Doha on Saturday, with Mima Ito winning the women's title before 17-year-old prodigy Tomokazu Harimoto claimed the men's crown. With Chinese players staying home because of concerns about the ...
Kasumi Ishikawa holds off fellow Olympian Mima Ito for Japan title
Kasumi Ishikawa came from behind to beat fellow Tokyo Olympian Mima Ito in the national championships' women's singles final on Sunday to end a four-tournament winless drought. Ishikawa, ranked ninth in the world, trailed the world No. 3 Ito three games to one, but snatched ...
T. League officials upbeat ahead of third campaign
Despite the the T. League being forced to open its third season behind closed doors due to COVID-19, officials are hoping to continue to expand the table tennis circuit’s fanbase.
Japan's table tennis players assemble for first exhibition since pandemic
The T. League hopes the successful event will be a springboard toward the start of its third season in November.
Table tennis star Mima Ito taking Tokyo 2020 delay in stride
Table tennis star Mima Ito was disappointed by the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics, due to the COVID-19 outbreak, because it took away the chance to reach her goal of winning a gold medal as a teenager. Other than that, Ito, who will turn 20 ...
Businesses that support the game of table tennis by providing people a place to play have been struggling due to the new coronavirus epidemic in Japan, with many owners forced to close their doors. Naomitsu Uda is one owner who has decided to temporarily shut ...
Mima Ito climbs to No. 2 in world rankings, Japan's highest ever
Mima Ito has climbed to second in the women's singles world rankings, achieving the highest position ever held by a Japanese table tennis player, male or female, since the current system began in 1991, according to the ITTF's listing for April released Thursday. "I'll do ...
Japan's efforts to host China table tennis team face challenges
Plans to invite the China table tennis team to train in Japan have hit a hurdle as a prospective host municipality has backed down to deal with the coronavirus outbreak, Japan Table Tennis Association sources said Saturday. The association had initially agreed to take in ...
