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Tomokazu Harimoto (張本 智和, Harimoto Tomokazu, born 27 June 2003) is a Japanese table tennis player. In 2018, he won the 2018 World Junior Singles and Team Title at the ITTF 2018 World Junior Championship for Japan. The previous players to win the title were Kenta Matsudaira, Koki Niwa, and Jun Mizutani (Teams).

Tomokazu Harimoto
Harimoto at the 2018 Youth Olympics Final
Personal information
NationalityChinese (before 2014)
Japanese (after 2014)
BornZhang Zhihe (張智和)
(2003-06-27) 27 June 2003 (age 19)
Sendai, Miyagi, Japan[1]
Playing styleRight-handed, shakehand grip
Equipment(s)Butterfly Harimoto Tomokazu Innerforce ALC, Butterfly Dignics 05 (Forehand) Dignics 05 (Backhand)
Highest ranking3 (January 2019)[2]
Current ranking4 (11 November 2022)[3]
ClubRyukyu Asteeda,[4] TTC Neu-Ulm[5]
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  Japan
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 0 1
World Championships 0 1 1
World Cup 0 2 0
Total 0 3 2
Olympic Games
2020 TokyoTeam
World Championships
2021 HoustonMixed doubles
2022 ChengduTeam
World Cup
2018 LondonTeam
2019 ChengduSingles
WTT Cup Finals
2021 SingaporeSingles
2022 XinxiangSingles
ITTF World Tour Grand Finals
2018 IncheonSingles
Asian Championships
2017 WuxiTeam
Summer Youth Olympics
2018 Buenos AiresSingles
2018 Buenos AiresMixed team
World Junior Championships
2016 Cape TownSingles
2016 Cape TownTeam
2016 Cape TownDoubles
Asian Junior Championships
2016 BangkokTeam
2016 BangkokSingles

In August 2017, he became the youngest ever winner of an ITTF World Tour men's singles title, winning the Czech Open title at the age of 14 years and 61 days.[6] In December 2018, he became the youngest player to win the ITTF World Tour Grand Finals at the age of 15 years and 172 days.[7]


Personal life


Harimoto was born as Zhang Zhihe (simplified Chinese: 张智和; traditional Chinese: 張智和; pinyin: Zhāng Zhìhé) in Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture. His father Zhang Yu (simplified Chinese: 张宇; traditional Chinese: 張宇; pinyin: Zhāng Yǔ) and mother Zhang Ling (simplified Chinese: 张凌; traditional Chinese: 張凌; pinyin: Zhāng Líng) are both former professional table tennis players from Sichuan province, China. Zhang Ling, at the peak of her career, represented China at the 43rd World Table Tennis Championships in Tianjin.[8] His younger sister Miwa Harimoto (張本 美和, Harimoto Miwa, born 16 June 2008) is also a table tennis player competing in the U-18 junior table tennis circuit.[9][10]

Harimoto began playing table tennis at the age of two.[11] He became a naturalized citizen of Japan in 2014 and legally changed his surname to Harimoto. After graduating from East Miyagi Elementary School in 2016, he relocated to Tokyo to join the JOC Elite Academy. His pastimes include baseball and reading.[12]

In April 2022, Harimoto announced he will be attending Waseda University School of Human Sciences after graduating from Nihon University Senior High School.[13]


Career



Junior career


Harimoto first won the All-Japan Table Tennis Championships Juniors title in 2010 as a first grader. He would continue to win the tournament for all 6 years of his elementary school years. In 2015, he was chosen to represent Japan at the World Junior Table Tennis Championships in France, becoming the youngest Japanese player to be chosen. However, due to the November 2015 Paris attacks, Harimoto was not able to participate in the tournament.

Aged 12 years and 355 days, Harimoto defeated seasoned professionals Ho Kwan Kit, Hugo Calderano, and teammate Kohei Sambe to win the 2016 U-21 Japan Open title. With the win, he became the youngest winner ITTF World Tour under-21 men's singles title.[1] Later that year, Harimoto won gold medals in the boys' singles and teams events at the World Junior Table Tennis Championships in Cape Town, South Africa. This win was historic, as Harimoto became the youngest winner of the World Junior Championships aged 13 years and 163 days. Harimoto achieved an Under-21 ranking of No. 10 in the world in December 2016.


2017


Harimoto began the year in February at the recently revamped India Open. He reached the finals with victories over Álvaro Robles, Sakai Asuka, Robert Gardos, and local favorite Sharath Kamal, before losing to defending champion Dimitrij Ovtcharov in straight sets.


2018


In June of 2018, Harimoto shocked the world by winning first place in the ITTF World Tour Japan Open, after beating Olympic champions Ma Long in the semifinal and Zhang Jike in the final.[14] He was just short of 15 years old when he won the title. Later in the year, Harimoto continued to win the ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in Incheon, South Korea, where he defeated Lin Gaoyuan 4-1 in the final and became the youngest-ever winner of the event. His outstanding performance in 2018 also helped him reach No.3 in the ITTF world ranking, his career best.


2020


Harimoto won third place at the 2020 World Cup. Harimoto led 3–1 against Ma Long in the semi-finals, but lost 4–3 after Ma Long called time-out in the fifth game and switched to a high-toss serve that Harimoto had trouble reading.[15]


2021


In March, Harimoto played in WTT Doha. He was upset in the semi-finals by Dimitrij Ovtcharov in the WTT Contender event, but won the champion for the WTT Star Contender event.[16]

In June, teammate Jun Mizutani said that Harimoto's mental game was steadily improving in 2021 and better than the previous year. Mizutani also positively noted that Harimoto was reverting to his more aggressive style of play in 2021.[17]

Harimoto was upset by Darko Jorgic in the round of 16 of the men's singles event at the Tokyo Olympics.[18] Originally slated to be the ace player in the team event, Harimoto ended up playing in doubles in Japan's 3–1 victory against Sweden in the quarter-finals.[19] In the semi-finals, Harimoto won both his matches as the ace player against Germany, but Germany still won 3–2.[20]


Records



Career



ITTF Major tournament performance timeline


Key
W F SF QF #R RR

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semi-finalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (S) Singles Tournament; (D) Doubles Tournament; (MD) Mixed Doubles Tournament; (T) Team Tournament.

Tournament 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
World Cup S QF
T F
World Championships S QF
T QF
D
MD
World Tour Grand Finals S QF W
D QF
Olympic Games S
T

Senior career highlights, as of April 2018:[24]


ITTF Career Singles Finals: 11 (7 titles, 4 runner-ups)


Result Date Tournament Tier Opponent Score
Runner-up February 2017 2017 ITTF World Tour India Open World Tour Dimitrij Ovtcharov 6–11, 8–11, 4–11, 12–14
Win August 2017 Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour Czech Open World Tour Timo Boll 11–3, 4–11, 8–11, 11–9, 11–6, 11–9
Win June 2018 Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour Lion Japan Open World Tour Zhang Jike 9–11, 8–11, 11–9, 11–4, 10–12, 11–7, 13–11
Win December 2018 2018 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals World Tour Grand Finals Lin Gaoyuan 11–4, 13–15, 11–9, 11–9, 11–9
Runner-up June 2019 2019 ITTF World Tour Hong Kong Open World Tour Lin Gaoyuan 3–11, 11–7, 11–8, 6–11, 9–11, 7–11
Win August 2019 2019 ITTF World Tour Bulgaria Open World Tour Zhao Zihao 11–6, 12–14, 11–5, 13–11, 13–15, 11–4
Runner-up December 2019 2019 ITTF World Cup World Cup Fan Zhendong 11–9, 4–11, 11–6, 8–11, 2–11, 7–11
Win February 2020 2020 ITTF World Tour Hungarian Open World Tour Yukiya Uda 7–11, 11–8, 11–2, 11–6, 11–9
Win March 2021 WTT Middle East Hub – WTT Star Contender Doha 2021 WTT Star Contender Ruwen Filus 11–9, 11–9, 12–14, 11–5, 7–11, 11–8
Runner-up December 2021 WTT Cup Finals Singapore 2021 WTT Cup Finals Fan Zhendong 8–11, 11–9, 9–11, 7–11, 5–11
Win July 2022 WTT European Summer Series – WTT Champions Budapest 2022 WTT Champions Lin Gaoyuan 3–11, 7–11, 12–14, 11–6, 11–6, 13–11, 11–9

ITTF Career Doubles Finals: 2 (2 runner-ups)


Result Date Tournament Tier Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up June 2017 2017 ITTF World Tour Platinum China Open World Tour Yuto Kizukuri Jin Ueda

Maharu Yoshimura

 10–12, 11–9, 8–11, 9–11
Runner-up November 2017 2017 ITTF World Tour Platinum German Open World Tour Platinum Yuto Kizukuri Jung Young-sik

Lee Sang-su

 11–8, 11–3, 5–11, 14–16, 6–11

Singles



Men's doubles



Team events



Awards



Record against top-10 players


Harimoto's singles match record against those who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who have been No. 1 in bold:

Statistics correct as of 9 October 2022. * indicates current world rank no. 1.

Player Ranking Record Win% Last match
Fan Zhendong* 1 2–5 29% Won (3–2) at 2022 World Team Table Tennis Championships
Timo Boll 1 1–2 33% Lost (1–4) at 2018 ITTF Men's World Cup
Dimitrij Ovtcharov 1 4–4 50% Won (3–1) at 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games
Xu Xin 1 0–8 0% Lost (3–4) at 2019 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals
Ma Long 1 2–4 33% Lost (3–4) at 2020 ITTF Men's World Cup
Zhang Jike 1 2–0 100% Won (4–3) at 2018 ITTF Japan Open
Vladimir Samsonov 1 5–0 100% Won (4–1) at 2019 ITTF World Tour Platinum German Open
Lin Gaoyuan 2 3–2 60% Won (4–3) at 2022 WTT Champions, Budapest
Chuang Chih-yuan 3 3–3 50% Won (3–0) at 2021 WTT Contender, Doha
Liang Jingkun 3 1–3 25% Lost (2–4) at 2019 ITTF World Tour Platinum German Open
Jun Mizutani 4 3–0 100% Won (4–1) at 2019 ITTF World Tour Hong Kong Open
Truls Möregårdh 4 0–1 0% Lost (1–3) at 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Koki Niwa 5 4–1 80% Won (4–3) at 2019 ITTF Men's World Cup
Hugo Calderano 6 4–1 80% Won (4–1) at 2021 WTT Cup Finals, Singapore
Wong Chun Ting 6 7–2 78% Won (3–0) at 2022 World Team Table Tennis Championships
Lee Sang-su 6 3–1 75% Won (4–2) at 2021 WTT Contender, Doha
Marcos Freitas 7 3–2 60% Won (3–1) at 2022 World Team Table Tennis Championships
Lin Yun-ju 7 2–0 100% Won (3–1) at 2018 ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup
Jung Young-sik 7 3–1 75% Won (3–0) at 2021 WTT Star Contender, Doha
Darko Jorgic 8 2–1 66% Lost (3–4) at 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games
Kenta Matsudaira 9 0–1 0% Lost (2–4) at 2018 ITTF World Tour Bulgarian Open
Gao Ning 9 1–0 100% Won (3–0) at 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships
Wang Chuqin 10 2–4 33% Won (3–1) at 2022 World Team Table Tennis Championships
Jang Woo-jin 10 4–2 66% Won (3–1) at 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games

References


  1. "Tomokazu Harimoto: 12-Year-Old Shakes Up The World". Butterfly Online. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  2. "Ranking progression". ittf.com. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  3. "Rankings". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  4. "Ryukyu Asteeda". Ryukyu Asteeda. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  5. "TTC Neu-Ulm-1.Tischtennis Bundesliga". TTC Neu-Ulm. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  6. "Record breaker, Tomokazu Harimoto, youngest .He also won ITTF World Tour men's single title , winning the Japan Open title at the age of 15.ever". ITTF. 27 August 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  7. "Amazing form maintained, Tomokazu Harimoto wins in Incheon". International Table Tennis Federation. 16 December 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  8. 人民網日本語版. "日本の「希望の星」、弱冠13歳で世界選手権ベスト8に入った張本智和とは？―中国紙". Record China (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  9. "中国教练：张本美和天赋不输哥哥 未来必成大器". sports.sina.com.cn. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  10. "Harimoto Miwa". Tabletennis.guide. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
  11. "【卓球】期待の星・張本智和、金のシナリオ！エリートアカデミーで技磨く : スポーツ報知". Archived from the original on 15 November 2016.
  12. "始動：２０２０を目指して／１ 卓球 東京の頂、新世代の決意". 毎日新聞 (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  13. Harimoto Tomokazu [@harimoto__tomokazu_1711] (1 April 2022). "早稲田大学人間科学部（通信教育課程）に入学しました!". Retrieved 9 October 2022 – via Instagram.
  14. "Japanese Teenagers Defeat Chinese Superstars at the 2018 Japan Open". ittf.com. 11 June 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  15. "How Harimoto Built A 3–1 Lead And How Ma Long Came Back at the 2020 World Cup". edgesandnets.com. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  16. "Confident Tomokazu Harimoto Defeats Ruwen Filus 4–2 To Take WTT Star Contender Title". edgesandnets.com. 13 March 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  17. "Jun Mizutani Discusses Olympics, Harimoto, Ito, and More". edgesandnets.com. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  18. "Full Recap: Darko Jorgic Ekes Out Tomokazu Harimoto 4–3". edgesandnets.com. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  19. "Olympic Table Tennis Team Quarterfinal Round-Up". edgesandnets.com. 3 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  20. "Germany and Japan To Face China in Olympic Table Tennis Team Finals". edgesandnets.com. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  21. "Boys' Singles success means Tomokazu Harimoto youngest ever champion". ITTF. 7 December 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  22. "14-year-old Tomokazu Harimoto becomes youngest national table tennis singles champion". The Japan Times. 21 January 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  23. "Amazing form maintained, Tomokazu Harimoto wins in Incheon". ITTF. 16 December 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  24. "ITTF Player Matches / Tomokazu Harimoto". ITTF. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  25. "Tomokazu Harimoto chosen as ITTF's Breakthrough Star award recipient". The Japan Times. 15 December 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2018.



На других языках

[de] Tomokazu Harimoto

Tomokazu Harimoto (japanisch 張本 智和, Harimoto Tomokazu; * 27. Juni 2003 als chinesisch .mw-parser-output .Hant{font-size:110%}張智和, Pinyin Zhāng Zhìhé in Sendai, Präfektur Miyagi)[3] ist ein japanischer Tischtennisspieler chinesischer Abstammung. Er gilt in der Tischtennisszene als Wunderkind[4], Jahrhunderttalent[5] bzw. in Japan auch als kaibutsu (怪物, dt. etwa Monster, Ungeheuer – Person mit unerklärlicher Kraft – fig.)[1][6], weil er bereits Erfolge vorweisen kann, die bisher erst deutlich ältere Spieler erreicht haben. In Deutschland wurde Harimoto durch die Berichterstattung über seine Auftritte bei der Weltmeisterschaft 2017 in Düsseldorf einer breiteren Öffentlichkeit bekannt. Unter anderem gewann er 2018 die World Tour Grand Finals und erreichte damit im Alter von 15 Jahren Platz 3 der Weltrangliste.
- [en] Tomokazu Harimoto

[fr] Tomokazu Harimoto

Tomokazu Harimoto, en japonais 張本 智和, Harimoto Tomokazu, né le 27 juin 2003[1] à Sendai, est un joueur de tennis de table japonais, d'origine chinoise considéré dans le milieu du tennis de table comme un prodige, en tant que Monstre (怪物)[2].  Il a en effet un niveau à son âge que peu, jusqu'à présent, d'autres joueurs plus âgés ont atteint. C'est en Allemagne, que Harimoto s'est fait connaitre du public, par l'établissement de performances aux Championnats du monde 2017 à Düsseldorf. En effet, à cette occasion, alors classé 61e mondial, il a battu le Coréen Jang Woojing, 48e et le Japonais Jun Mizutani, 6e mondial, accédant ainsi en quarts de finale.

[ru] Харимото, Томокадзу

Томокадзу Харимото (яп. 張本 智和 Томокадзу: Харимото) род. 27 июня 2003 — японский игрок в настольный теннис китайского происхождения[2]. Член сборной Японии по настольному теннису, бронзовый призёр летних Олимпийских игр 2020 года в командном разряде, самый молодой в мире спортсмен, выигрывавший взрослый этап «ITTF World Tour» (2017 год, Чехия)[4] и «ITTF World Tour Grand Finals» в одиночном разряде (2018 год, Инчхон, Корея)[5].


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