Profile of Tomokazu Harimoto. Introduction of major records so far
Date of birth June 27, 2003 Born in Sendai
Both parents are Chinese table tennis players.
Tomokazu Harumoto also had Chinese citizenship until he acquired Japanese citizenship in 2014.
In Sendai City, born and raised
From junior high school to entering elite academy
Living in Tokyo
In Japan , a new school year starts in April
2009 (Nursery school senior) 6 years old child
July :
All Japan Championships Bambi section (for second graders and younger)
Entering the Best 16
(Just do it!)
2010 (1st grader)
July:
All Japan Championships Bambi section (for second graders and younger)
Victory
As a first grader, won the second grade or lower grade tournament
And all matches 3-0 straight victory.
Even in the final
11-5, 11-3, 11-4 victory.
(Hm? This is a genius..)
2011 (2nd grade)
July:
All Japan Championships Bambi section (for second graders and younger)
Victory
As he won the first grade of elementary school, he won the next year as well.
The semi-finals were 3-1, but everything else was 3-0
Even in the final game
Not even close to 11-2, 11-7, 11-7.
(It’s definitely not a genius table tennis boy.)
November:
All Nippon Championship Cadet (less than 14 Y O)
Doubles out of the second round
(The first round wins the junior high school student pair)
Likewise
November:
All Japan Championship Cadet (13 years old and younger)
Singles
Also in the fourth round (out of the best 32)
Conversely, He have won three.
In the fourth round, He was eliminated by Matsuyama, a member of prestigious AIT.
Matsuyama was second in the tournament.
It is in the best 32 of the all japan within 13 YO.
(elementary school 2nd grade )
2012 (3rd grade elementary school)
July:
All Japan Championship Cub Part (for 4th grade or lower elementary school students)
Victory
He won every match 3-0
It was a victory.
If the grade is higher than one, He will not be the other party.
November:
All Nippon Championship Cadet (less than 14 YO)
Doubles out of the 4th round
(Best 16)
Likewise
November:
All Japan Championship Cadet (13 years old and younger)
Singles
In the fourth round, he was eliminated (best 32)
It was the same result as the previous year.
January:
All Japanese Championships in January in the 3rd grade of elementary school
Junior (high school 2nd grade or less) part
Eliminated in the first round
The other player is Matsuyama, a member of the Aichi University of Technology, who lost out in the Cadet last year
However, it came to take 1 set.
1-3 lost
2013 (4th grade school)
July:
All Japan Championship Cub Part (for 4th grade or lower elementary school students)
It is the fourth grade of elementary school and it is a national convention less than four years of elementary school.
You know even if I don’t write.
Result is.
Victory
And
I think that I do not have to write,
Harimoto won every match 3-0
It was a victory.
November:
All Nippon Championship Cadet (less than 14YO)
Doubles out of the third round
(Best 32)
It’s a doubles. . . Because it is not singles.
Likewise
November:
All Japan Championship Cadet (13 years old and younger)
Singles
With the 5th round of elimination (best in 16)
He went one more than the previous year.
The opponent was a small 6 grade Togami player.
January:
All Nippon Championships in January in 4th grade
Junior (high school 2 years or less) part
Eliminated in the third round
He won high school students at national convention
He went to the third round. It is the best 64.
It is national best 64 including high school second grader in January
2014 (fifth grade of elementary school)
July:
All Japan Championships Hoops Club (for 6th grade students and younger)
It is the fifth grade of elementary school, and it is a national convention less than sixth grade of elementary school.
You know even if I don’t write.
Result is.
Victory
Only 2 sets were taken to fight 8 games.
It is 3-0 after the quarterfinals.
He win in the next above grade with no problem.
August :
Hong Kong Cadet Open (International Convention) in August (14 years and under)
There was a tournament, and it was the best 4 in singles.
November:
All Japan Championship Cadet (13 years old and younger)
Singles
Last year was the best 16, but
Even in the category up to 2 grade , Harimoto had won
Not only one higher grade but also two higher grades
There is no enemy.
He only lost 3 sets in 7 games.
January:
All Japan Championships in January in the 5th grade of elementary school
Junior (high school 2nd grade or less) part
Eliminated in the quarterfinals
I have been on this post several times so far,
So far He have lost to Matsuyama Yuki,
This time it is 3-2 victory over Matsuyama in the fifth round.
In the quarterfinals, He was eliminated by Oikawa,
He went to the best 8
January:
All Japan Championships in January in the 5th grade of elementary school
General department
Eliminated in the first round
He lost to college students,
It would be amazing just to compete in the All-Japan Championships at 5th grade of elementary school.
February :
Safir international open runner up !
In the third round, he defeated Jin-Takuya 3-0, who had been runner-up in the All Japan Championship last month.
All Japan ranking second place player
Do you win in 5th grade ? ?
In the quarterfinals, the world ranking 43rd at the time
He was also a runner-up to defeat Assar.
too amazing.
2015 (6th grade of elementary school)
July:
All Japan Championships Hopes Club (for 6th grade students and younger)
He is a sixth grader. It is only the person of the same grade.
Which is the result?
1, lost the first match?
2, 3-0 in all 9 games and won
3, other than that
Was it a difficult question? ?
The answer will be written somewhere in this year.
May:
Polish Cadet Open in May
(International Convention) (14 years and under)
There was a tournament, and it was runner-up in singles.
August:
He won the East Asia Hopes Championship in August.
At the convention that determines East Asian kings of primary school children,
He won a wonderful victory.
September:
Chinese Taipei Open in September
(International Convention) (17 years old and younger)
And won the singles.
In the finals, the world ranked 177th in the world rankings
He broke it.
(Harimoto ranked 301st in the world ranking at that time)
October :
And in October at the Polish Open,
In the general section, the world ranking 1st at that time
(1st place in 2017 as well) with Malong
He lost in battle 0-4.
By the way, the singles Malong in the Rio Olympics the following year
Malong was a gold medal.
However, in the 6th grade of elementary school up to the place where you hit with Malong
The place to go ahead is great.
November:
All Japan Championship Cadet (13 years old and younger)
Singles
Even in the category up to 1 above grade
He won
Naturally, it was a victory at 6th grade .
He only lost one set in seven games.
At the national convention of 6th grade or lower
He should win all 9 games 3-0. (Answer earlier)
January:
All Japan Championship in January of 6th grade
Junior (high school 2 years or less) part
Eliminated in semifinals
It is the best 4 in high school 2nd grade or less.
It was a loss to Ogata players.
January:
All Japan Championship in January of 6th grade
When He participated in the last year, He lost a battle, but
In this tournament, win twice,
He went to the end of the fourth round until He lost to Koki Niwa.
It is the best 64 in all Japan.
2016 (1st year of junior high school)
June:
Japan Open in June.
It is one of the highest international competitions.
He won the U21 section in this tournament.
It was the youngest victory ever.
In this tournament, he beat Sanbe players in the finals.
Speaking of Sanbe players, the previous year (2015)
It is an inter high champion.
(At the time of the game, I was a freshman in university.)
He win against the previous year’s inter high champion.
At the 16th stage, Kizukuri Yuto players are also beating.
This Kizukuri player is the 2015 Inter High second place winner (1st grader)
2016 and 2017 Inter high consecutive victory,
Among high school students, Kizukuri is a godlike player.
In high school competitions, Kizukuri is a strong player like God,
The Kizukuri players lost to 1st year of junior high school student Harimoto.
(Of course two months later, the Kizukuri player won the Inter High.
He is an absolute champion at a high school tournament. )
August:
The All Japan junior-high school tabletennis championship in August,
In the semi-final, there was a pinch that Togami Shunsuke (3rd grade of junior high school) could hold the match point against the Harimoto,
Harimoto was victory.
(Togami is beating Harimoto all Nippon Cadet at the time of the 4th grade)
Now, as a category that his age participates in,
He was champion from 1st grade to seven consecutive years championship.
September:
Asian Junior Cadet Championship was held.
This tournament was defeated by the Chinese Niu Guankai in the singles finals and it was the second place victory.
Because Harimoto won 3-1 in a group match of the same tournament,
I feel sorry, but still Chinese players is strong .
The Niu player is 1 year old,
Even if Harimoto can be winner at U21 category .
After all that there is such a player thickness of layer of Chinese table tennis
Be aware.
November:
All Japan Championship Cadet (14 years old and younger)
Singles
As he won in category of 5th grade, 6th grade and 13 years old or less,
This year, He became 13 years old , was raised to the upper category of “14 YO or less “,
As there are no 3rd grade inside, it is more easy victory,
7 games were a 3-0 victory.
Because it is won in the tournament including the middle three in August ( All Japan junior-high schhol national convention). . .
In November there is no reason to lose to opponents.
December:
He made the public a noise, and it was the first time to spread the name of Harumoto
It is this tournament.
World Junior table tennis Championship
It is a tournament to determine the world’s No. 1 table tennis players under 18 years old .
He won here.
It is the youngest champion ever.
January:
He won the Junior World Championships last November.
All Japan junior Table Tennis Championships.
(Juniors in domestic competitions are under 2nd grade of high school)
4th grade Best 64
5th grade Best 8
6th grade Best 4
All the people think he will be Winner in this year at 7th grade.
He was defeated by Miyamoto in the quarterfinals.
This was a really shocking event.
In world rankings of U18
Because he is the first place, it was the top of the winning candidate.
In the past two years inter high champion
Because we won as of last June. . .
In addition, he have won the world’s junior generation tournaments.
It was planned to make the record for the youngest ever record with the desire of the winning candidate.
But in the wake of this defeat
Harumoto say “Become absolutely stronger!”
Then he made his mind strong and practice well,
It is actually stronger.
By the way, at this tournament
After all, a strong KIZUKURI player like God won the victory.
I was looking forward to watching the finals against Kizukuriplayers
There was also the All Japan Championships
(the general section.)
He can get the best 32 and more on the seed right
He think he was aiming for
He lost to Hirano’s player spirit and tactics.
This is also the best 64 in all Japan regrettable.
Mizutani won the tournament, but
Yoshimura Kazuhiro (the younger brother of Rio Olympics participation Maharu) is
Yoshimura won the second place.
February:
In India Open (International Convention)
Advance to the finals, ranked 5th in the world rankings
He fought with Dimitrij Ovtcharov ,
He lost 0-4 straight. . .
He did not win the youngest world tour ever.
(※ still in 13 years old Haha)
March:
Only selected top players will compete,
At Japan Top 12 in March,
He won the All Japan Championship runner-up Kazuhiro Yoshimura .
He showed my ability.
He will win in May all Japan’s runner-up in . .
2017 (2nd year of junior high school)
May:
Table tennis World Championships
Leading figure of recent table tennis in Japan, legend, absolute king
Against Jun Mizutani , he beat set 4-1.
And it remains in the best 8 with its momentum.
Taking one set from the world ranking 3rd player Xu Xin (China),
He was 1-4 defeat.
XU was indeed a matchmaker.
But he beat the world ranking sixth place Mizutani
The Top 8 is a great result.
June:
World Tour China Open
He was the best 4 to lose to Germany’s Timo boll.
He was a defeat at 1-4.
(Niwa who is Japan representative of Rio Olympics: World ranking 9th
He was overwhelming to have won 4-0. )
August:
World Tour Czech Open
Advance to the finals.
The opponent is again German Timo Boll
BOLL is the world ranking seventh place.
He won a 4-2 victory.
He is the youngest winner ever for World tour
(By the way, in the win, the Japanese team Rio Japan representative Masaharu Yoshimura
he defeated by 4-2. )
From June to August 2016 ,
He have defeated all three representative players of Rio olympic games . . .
I think there are no opponents who can not win in Japanese anymore.
Other than China’s top three
I don’t think anyone can always win for him .
It won’t surprise you so much.
Since then
In the Swedish Open in November, Chinese Olympic team Xu Xin defeated him to a 3-4 full set (final set is also 9-11)
In the December World Tour Grand Finals, they also lost 3-4 full sets to Dimitrij Ovtcharov, who will be No. 1 in the world ranking next January.
And so on, He is almost in line with the top players in the world.
And all Japan championship of January of junior high school 2nd ,
Junior (high school 2nd or less) part
Victory
He was defeated while being said that he must be the championship last year,
“I’m sorry to die. I’ll get stronger.”
One year after that. He was told a word.
All Japan Championships in January, 2018 in
General department
Aiming for the 10th victory in the 12th consecutive final
Mizutani was beaten 4-2 (match is overwhelming).
“The strength of today’s Harimoto is not particularly good,
If it’s a normal 100% power, we can not win again. “
Mizutani said that.
2018 (third year of junior high school)
Asian Cup in April
Although it is a 5 game match,
In the preliminaries, he defeated Fan Zhendong , who is ranked first in the world ranking .
8. -8. 9.8 It was a victory in 3-1.
June
World Tour Japan Open
Rio Olympic gold medalist Ma Long ,
In the quarterfinals
he won over the world king Ma Long 4-2.
He took a series of three games first and got stiff,
The last won well.
In the final, the 2012 London Olympics,
The singles gold medalist Zhang Jike also has the game All-Deuce
He won a wonderful victory over a close battle.
You can win when there is a lot of cheers in Japan at home. It is strong that
It is very good material for aiming at the gold medal of Tokyo Olympics.
And December,
Only top rankings of the annual tour can participate,
Tour Grand Final,
Therefore, he defeated the star player responsible for the next generation in China and the future Olympic national team candidate Lin Gaoyuan , and became the youngest Grand Final Winner ever .
January 2019
Finally, the ranking was the 3rd for the first time.
Since the highest ranking of Legend Mizutani in the modern Japan table tennis is the 4th place, it can be said that it goes above the highest status of Mizutani in the ranking.
The world ranking 3rd at the age of 15 years.