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Tomokazu Harimoto, A Sensational Table Tennis Player

      Tomokazu Harimoto was born on June 27th,2003. He is an attacking player with right-handed shake-hand grip player.

      Despite his young age,Harimoto’s game cannot be underestimated.In 16 years old,his rankings is at #2 in Junior level and #13 in the professional level.Since his first year at primary school,Tomokazu managed to qualify for the Japanese Championships and dominated several age categories.Only Ai Fukuhara,in the girl’s events has previously enjoyed similar success.Having parents with same background,it is hardly surprising that Tomozaku began playing table tennis as a two years old. In 2017,Japan’s table tennis wonderkid wrote many new records in the world’s record book.


     Tomokazu Harimoto closed out 2017 with some records. He became the youngest ever in Men’s ITTF World Tour Champion in Czech. The table tennis sensation was making headlines around the world for his ability to beat with many competitors twice his age. So does anyone be really surprised if he will continue to set records in 2018?

    On the afternoon of Sunday, 27th August 2017, Tomokazu Harimoto won Men’s Singles Champion at the Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour Czech Open in Olomouc. He did the unthinkable at 14 years old.Harimoto took the title with the final he encountered Germany’s Legend,Timo Boll.He took the match 11-9 in the sixth game to write his way in to the history books. The table tennis wonder kid capped off the year by taking home the Breakthrough Star Award at the ITTF Star Awards night in Astana.

     I am sure that his fans around the world would wonder about his training and equipment. There are several items on which Tomokazu Harimoto pays special attention with regards to his material: First, “good speed and spin development”, secondly “good ball contact.” His blade is a special butterfly wood with Arylate Carbon and inner-fiber technology.

“To remain dangerous enough in longer rallies and especially during counter-spinning, I needed a blade that had more speed and spin than the previous ones.” –Tomokazu Harimoto

     He chose  TENERGY 80 as rubber, being best for the balance of speed and rotation. Because for its pace development, he had played with a TENERGY 64 until now.On the backhand he plays with TENERGY 05 FX.

     “As soon as I feel that I become stronger as by body strength grows and also with constant training, I will certainly try even harder rubbers,” said Tomokazu.

“Age doesn’t matter, you must play and fight against everyone! It was my second World Tour final, first time I lost my chance, this time I won; now at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games I want to win Men’s Singles and Men’s Team gold but I know I must practise hard and fight to gain the glory.” - Tomokazu Harimoto

      The career of Tomokazu Harimoto is only just beginning. The Monster is only just waking up to roar.What records will he create in 2018?

-Arief Nuryanto/16202241043-
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