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]
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]
Year | Tournament | Final opponent | Score | Ref | |
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2023 | WTT Feeder Antalya | Minami Ando | 3–2 | [8] | |
2023 | WTT Contender Tunis | Shin Yu-bin | 4–2 | [9] | |
2024 | WTT Contender Tunis | Satsuki Odo | 4–0 | [10] |