Miwa Harimoto Explained

Miwa Harimoto
Birth Name:Zhang Meihe
Birth Date:16 June 2008
Birth Place:Sendai, Japan[1]
Height:1.65 m
Playingstyle:Right-handed shakehand grip
Highest Rank:7 (18 June 2024)[2]
Current Rank:7 (2 July 2024)
Club:Kinoshita Abyell Kanagawa (T.League)

is a Japanese table tennis player.[3] She is the younger sister of Tomokazu Harimoto.[4]

Career

She won 2021 Youth Championships in singles, women's doubles, mixed doubles and team events. She remained undefeated throughout.[5]

At the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, she won two medals. She was the third player on the Japanese team which lost in the final against China. With Miyuu Kihara, they notably eliminated the Chinese pair Wang Manyu/Sun Yingsha in the quarter-final. They finally brought home a bronze medal.[6] [7]

Singles titles

YearTournamentFinal opponentScoreRef
2023WTT Feeder Antalya Minami Ando3–2[8]
2023WTT Contender Tunis Shin Yu-bin4–2[9]
2024WTT Contender Tunis Satsuki Odo4–0[10]

Notes and References

  1. News: Siblings and table tennis prodigies Tomokazu and Miwa eye Olympic success. The Strait Times. 14 March 2024. 23 April 2024.
  2. Web site: Ranking History. results.ittf.link. 19 June 2024.
  3. Web site: 張本 美和 Miwa Harimoto. tleague.jp. ja. 23 April 2024.
  4. Web site: Miwa, 14, mirrors brother Tomokazu's rise; China sweep singles . Hindustan Times . 2023-03-06 . 2023-10-27.
  5. Web site: Sun sets on Japan, Sora Matsushima and Miwa Harimoto rise to the occasion . International Table Tennis Federation . 2021-12-08 . 2023-10-27.
  6. Web site: Shimbun . The Yomiuri . 2023-10-01 . Teenage Table Tennis Players Secure 3-1 Victory over Chinese No. 1 and No. 3 . 2024-04-08 . japannews.yomiuri.co.jp.
  7. Web site: Noda . Hiroki . 2023-09-27 . China defeats Japan for Asian Games women's table tennis team gold . 2024-04-08 . The Japan Times.
  8. Web site: WTT Feeder Antalya 2023. worldtabletennis.com. 26 April 2024.
  9. Web site: WTT Contender Tunis 2023. worldtabletennis.com. 26 April 2024.
  10. Web site: WTT Contender Tunis 2024. worldtabletennis.com. 6 July 2024.