Miyuu Kihara Explained

Miyuu Kihara
Birth Date:3 August 2004
Birth Place:Akashi, Hyōgo, Japan[1]
Height:164 cm
Playingstyle:Right-handed shakehand grip
Highest Rank:13 (26 July 2022)[2]
Current Rank:20 (18 June 2024)[3]
Club:Kinoshita Abyell Kanagawa (T.League)

is a Japanese table tennis player.[4]

Career highlights

In 2019, Kihara upset world No. 9 Miu Hirano and became the youngest finalist in singles at the All Japan National Championships.[5] [6] In May, at the age of 14 years and 278 days, Kihara won both the women's singles and doubles (with Miyu Nagasaki) at the Croatia Open. She was the youngest ever to win an international open tournament since the ITTF World Tour began in 1996.[7] Kihara and Nagasaki continued to capture doubles titles, including the ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in December.[8]

Kihara advanced to the semifinals at WTT inaugural event, the WTT Contender Doha 2021, before losing to Hina Hayata.[9] In 2022, Kihara won the singles title at WTT Star Contender Doha by defeating Han Ying in the final. She became a member of the Japanese women's team, winning silver at the 2022 World Team Championships. She also claimed the U-19 singles title at the ITTF World Youth Championships.[10]

Finals

Women's singles

ResultYearTournamentOpponentScoreRef
Winner2019ITTF Challenge, Croatia Open Miyu Kato4–3
Winner2022WTT Star Contender Doha Han Ying4–3[11]

Women's doubles

ResultYearTournamentPartnerOpponentsScoreRef
Runner-up2018ITTF Challenge, Slovenia OpenMiyu Nagasaki Ng Wing Nam / Minnie Soo1–3[12]
Winner2019ITTF Challenge, Slovenia Open Satsuki Odo / Saki Shibata3–0[13]
Winner2019ITTF Challenge, Croatia Open Honoka Hashimoto / Hitomi Sato3–2[14]
Runner-up2019ITTF World Tour, German Open Jeon Ji-hee / Yang Ha-eun1–3[15]
Winner2019ITTF World Tour, Austrian Open Chen Szu-yu / Cheng Hsien-tzu3–2[16]
Winner2019ITTF World Tour Grand Finals Jeon Ji-hee / Yang Ha-eun3–0
Winner2022WTT Contender Doha Chen Szu-yu / Huang Yi-hua3–0[17]
Winner2022WTT Star Contender Doha Li Yu-jhun / Cheng I-ching3–0[18]
Runner-up2023WTT Contender TunisMiwa Harimoto Sutirtha Mukherjee / Ayhika Mukherjee1–3[19]
Runner-up2023WTT FinalsMiyu Nagasaki Wang Manyu / Sun Yingsha1–3[20]
Winner2024WTT Star Contender Ljubljana Jeon Ji-hee / Joo Cheon-hui3–1[21]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 木原美悠 選手・長﨑美柚 選手　2020-2021シーズン 参戦決定！. ja. tleague.jp. 7 August 2020. 18 May 2022.
  2. Web site: ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking Women's Singles 2022 Week #30. ittf.com. 26 July 2022. 26 July 2022.
  3. Web site: ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking. ittf.com. 2 October 2023.
  4. Web site: 木原 美悠. T.League. ja. 18 May 2022.
  5. News: 平野美宇が１４歳木原に敗退　「焦っていた」　卓球. Asahi Shimbun. ja. 18 January 2019. 25 June 2023.
  6. News: １４歳の木原、史上最年少で決勝進出　全日本卓球選手権. Asahi Shimbun. ja. 20 January 2019. 25 June 2023.
  7. Web site: Zagreb highlights: Miyuu Kihara, youngest ever. ITTF. 18 May 2019. Marshall. Ian. 8 January 2020.
  8. Web site: Teen duo Miyu Kihara, Miyu Nagasaki capture table tennis Grand Finals title. Kyodo News. 15 December 2019. 8 January 2020.
  9. Web site: WTT Contender Doha 2021. worldtabletennis.com. 25 June 2023.
  10. Web site: China dominate ITTF World Youth Championships in Tunis. insidethegames.biz. 11 December 2022. 25 June 2023.
  11. Web site: WTT Star Contender Doha 2022. worldtabletennis.com. 8 March 2023.
  12. Web site: Review Final Day: first time winners. 7 April 2018. 7 February 2020. Marshall. Ian. ITTF.
  13. Web site: Seamaster 2019 ITTF Challenge, Slovenia Open Results (12 May). 7 February 2020. ITTF.
  14. Web site: Final Day: Seamaster 2019 ITTF Challenge Croatia Open. ITTF. 18 May 2019. 7 February 2020.
  15. Web site: Day Three: 2019 ITTF World Tour Platinum German Open. 12 October 2019. 7 February 2020. ITTF.
  16. Web site: Taiwan duo lose in women's doubles final at Austrian Table Tennis Open. 17 November 2019. Long Po-an. Chiang Yi-ching. Focus Taiwan. 7 February 2020.
  17. Web site: WTT Contender Doha 2022. worldtabletennis.com. 8 March 2023.
  18. Web site: WTT Star Contender Doha 2022. worldtabletennis.com. 8 March 2023.
  19. Web site: WTT Contender Tunis 2023. worldtabletennis.com. 25 June 2023.
  20. Web site: WTT Finals Women Nagoya 2023. worldtabletennis.com. 22 February 2024.
  21. Web site: WTT Star Contender Ljubljana 2024. worldtabletennis.com. 18 June 2024.

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