Table tennis master, one of the top ten Japanese players who once dominated the world table tennis world.

If which country has contributed the most to the development of table tennis? Everyone thinks it is China (the world champion and the largest number of overseas legions), and some people think it is Britain (the birthplace of modern table tennis). In fact, from the perspective of technological innovation, Japan has made the greatest contribution to the development of table tennis. Their three great inventions, namely, the backhand, the sponge rubber and the loop ball, have had a vital impact on promoting the popularization and development of table tennis in the world. In the more than 30 years after World War II in the last century, Japanese table tennis once led the development trend of table tennis in the world, and a large number of top table tennis players with outstanding reputation emerged. Sino-Japanese confrontation became the main theme of that era. Now I'll take stock of those Japanese table tennis players who once became sworn brothers with Guo Ping, and see which player is your favorite.

History of Japanese table tennis masters 10: Xiao Ye Chengsi.

At the 1979 World Table Tennis Championships in Pyongyang, a worker from a Japanese piano manufacturing workshop caused a sensation in the world table tennis world. As an amateur player who was not favored before the competition, Xiao Ye Chengsi, 23, passed five hurdles in the singles competition and killed six players. He used the traditional Japanese loop ball combined with fast break to become the biggest nemesis among China players in this World Table Tennis Championships. 16 at 8 o'clock, he started from 3. In the next three games against China players, Xiao Ye put on a wonderful performance of Sanying against Lu Bu. In the knockout round of eight into four, he first defeated China's rubber freak Huang Liang by 3: 1 and reached the men's singles semi-final. In a suffocating semi-final, he narrowly beat China's long rubber chop master Liang Geliang and reached the men's singles final, becoming the biggest in this World Table Tennis Championships. In the final match against Guo Yuehua of China, they played the same routine, competing for who pulled the ball harder and whose will was more tenacious. Xiao Ye Cheng Er led at 25: 225: 17, and Guo Yuehua suffered a serious thigh muscle strain after tenaciously pulling back a game. He played another game with a bandage on his thigh, and his injury became worse again, so he couldn't hold on to the game, so he had to hand over the title of champion to Xiao Ye Chengsi. Xiao Ye Chengsi wept with joy when he lifted the heavy St. Brad trophy. His victory became the swan song in the history of Japanese men's table tennis world champion. For more than forty years now, Japanese male athletes have never reached the highest podium of the World Table Tennis Championships.

The ninth place in the history of Japanese table tennis masters: Kawaguchi Fuji Branch

Speaking of women table tennis players in Japanese history, we can't help but mention Kawaguchi Fujiichi. She is an outstanding player in the history of Japanese women's table tennis, second only to Song, and also one of the famous "five golden flowers" in Japanese table tennis in the 1950s. She is not tall, with a straight racket in her right hand. She is a typical rubber player with flexible footwork and fierce attack. She entered the semi-final of women's singles when she participated in the World Championships at Wembley for the first time on 1954, and finally won the women's singles championship at the 24th World Championships with 1957. In addition, she won two gold medals in the team and mixed doubles finals. Its hegemony was replaced by Matsuzaki. In view of her outstanding contribution to the world table tennis, she was elected to the World Table Tennis Hall of Fame by ITTF with 199, and she is also one of only three female players in Japan.

The eighth place in the history of Japanese table tennis masters: Kono foreigner

As a representative of the early backhand tapping of raw rubber, Japanese glasses player Manmo Yohei Kono is definitely a famous figure in the world men's table tennis for more than 40 years. He is the first player in the world to beat raw rubber. His unique style of play shines brilliantly in the 34th World Table Tennis Championships. In the team semi-final, he even made great contributions to the Japanese finals together with three Hungarian famous players, Joan Ye, Klampar and Gegeli. Gehlsen, the last world champion of men's singles, was defeated 3-2 in the singles competition and entered the semi-finals. In the semi-final, Kono easily defeated Liang Geliang of China 3-0, and got the qualification to compete with Guo Yuehua, the best player in China. In this remarkable final, Yohei Kono, 34, beat Guo Yuehua and won the most important gold medal in his career. He is also the most successful Japanese player in using raw rubber.

The seventh place in the history of Japanese table tennis masters: Akira Hoshino

If we want to select the Japanese table tennis players who were most familiar to the audience in China in 1960s, Minami Hoshino, known as the "Little Table Tennis Monk", is definitely one of the best candidates. The scene of Xu Yinsheng's 12th game against Hoshino has been talked about by many old fans. 196 1 China fell behind 1: 2 in the men's team final of the Beijing World Table Tennis Championships, and the situation was rather grim. In the fourth set, "Zhi Duo Xing" Xu Yinsheng played against Japanese world champion Hoshino Taiye. The first two games were tied 1: 1, and the atmosphere in the third game was even more intense. Hoshino was forced to retreat to defend, and Xu Yinsheng continued to smash the backhand to Hoshino, one board, two boards and three boards ... Tens of thousands of spectators in Beijing Workers Stadium also counted together. When playing the twelfth board, Xu Yinsheng suddenly hit the middle gap of Hoshino. Hoshino hesitated a little and made a mistake in returning the ball. The superb skills of both sides won thunderous applause from the audience, and this moving picture has also become a legendary story that has been sung for a long time in the sports history of China. Although Minami Hoshino lost to Xu Yinsheng and Rong Guotuan, he still won a gold medal in men's doubles. The offensive and defensive war with Xu Yinsheng opened the curtain of strong confrontation between China and Japan, and also marked the all-round rise of table tennis in China. As a failed hero, Stefano Minami contributed a lot.

Sixth place in the history of Japanese table tennis masters: Ito Fan Xiong.

At the end of 1960s, Japanese men's table tennis was full of famous "Three Musketeers", and Tomio Ito was one of the core figures. He belongs to the traditional Japanese straight-handed, one-sided pulling style, with fierce attack and tenacious will. His powerful backhand serve and powerful attack are his specialty scoring weapons. In the 1969 World Table Tennis Championships, he won two gold medals in men's team and men's singles. Although he lost to China's three main players in the men's team final of the 3 1 World Table Tennis Championships (one match with Li Jingguang scored only 9 points, creating the worst record in the history of the men's team final of the World Table Tennis Championships), he can still be called a great table tennis player in the history of Japanese table tennis.

The fifth place in the history of Japanese table tennis masters: Dawn Tanaka.

As a symbol of the rise of Japanese table tennis in the world table tennis, Dawn Tanaka is one of the outstanding representatives. 1955 At the World Table Tennis Championships in Utrecht, the Netherlands, Li Ming Tanaka, a rookie, won the men's singles championship in one fell swoop, becoming the second Japanese player to win the singles championship in the World Table Tennis Championships after Sato of Ji Bo, officially blowing the horn that Japanese table tennis replaced Eastern Europe to dominate the world. 1957 crowned the men's singles champion of the World Table Tennis Championships again, becoming the first player in Japanese men's table tennis history to win the singles world championship twice. In the 1950s, the Japanese men's table tennis duo, composed of him and Ichiro Tsumura, has already become a legend in the world table tennis world. The two men competed with each other and promoted each other, which made Japanese table tennis quickly climb to the highest peak in the world. He is also one of the three male players selected into the World Table Tennis Hall of Fame.

The fourth place in the history of Japanese table tennis masters: Kenji Kimura

Who was the founder of Japanese table tennis who used sea tactics against China table tennis? Who was the first pioneer in table tennis in the world to adopt the backhand style? This man is Kenji Kimura, the current president of Japan Table Tennis Association and executive vice president of ITTF. In the 1960s, he defeated almost all China table tennis masters, and was one of the most troublesome and difficult opponents of the China team. He is slender and gentle, and always wears a pair of black-rimmed glasses. He looks weak, but pulls out a beautiful forward loop ball with bullet-like impact, which makes all opponents daunting. With this killer, he has won the men's doubles and mixed doubles championships in the World Table Tennis Championships for four times, and Xu Yinsheng and Rong Guotuan have all been defeated by him, but he also has his own nemesis, that is, China, a famous attacker in absolute beauty, Zhuang Zedong.

The third master in Japanese table tennis history: Yan.

The greatest contribution of Japanese table tennis to the world table tennis is the loop ball technology. Yan is the main performer who participated in the development of the loop ball technology, one of the pioneers who adopted the loop ball pull technology in the world, and one of the only two players in Japan at that time. He is short, flexible in footwork (called Mr. Footwork by the Japanese) and tenacious in will. His loop ball rotation was second to none in the world table tennis world at that time, and the fast and fierce loop ball made the opponent feel frightened. /kloc-at the age of 0/7, he became the main force for the Japanese men's team to win the world team championship. At the age of 20, he became the youngest world champion of men's singles in Japanese history. In his career, he has won 65,438+04 Asian championships and six world championships in men's team, men's singles and mixed doubles, ranking third in the history of Japanese men's table tennis after Ichiro Dimura and Tadao Nakato.

The second place in the history of Japanese table tennis masters: Song Dynasty

Who is the greatest player in Japanese women's table tennis history? Who is the first female table tennis player in the world to achieve golden slam (team, singles, doubles and mixed doubles)? She is the Japanese table tennis queen Song Dai, known as the "dancer". In the 1950s, a large number of Japanese female penhold players became popular, and Dai Song QiJun was one of the most dazzling stars. Since 1959 won the first world championship, she has won seven world championships in women's team, women's doubles, women's singles and mixed doubles, which started the era of oriental witches headed by her, declared that Europe and Horizontal Plate Chopping would rule the world forever and led a clean stream.

The first Japanese table tennis player in history, Ichiro Okimura.

Speaking of the name Ichiro Tomura, I believe that the majority of table tennis fans have heard of it. He has high prestige not only in the world table tennis world, but also in the world sports world. During his career as an athlete, he won the men's singles World Championships twice, and also won the 12 World Championships. He was the fifth runner-up in men's team, men's doubles and mixed doubles, and the third runner-up. Before the 1990s (when there was no World Cup and Olympic Games), he ranked first among all Asian male players who won the World Championships. Even today, he is a superstar. The most commendable thing is that he is not only an excellent table tennis player, but also a great sports activist and politician. During his tenure as chairman of ITTF, he did many measures to promote the popularization and development of table tennis, and served as a coach and coach in more than 20 countries and regions. At the same time, he is also an old friend of China people. At that time, he proposed to Premier Zhou to invite the China table tennis team after the Cultural Revolution to participate in the Nagoya World Championships, taking advantage of this great opportunity. It indirectly contributed to the world-famous ping-pong diplomacy between China and the United States. As far as sports achievements and contributions to table tennis are concerned, he is the best among all athletes, and it is well-deserved to call him the Emperor of Table Tennis.

Conclusion: In the past 70 years, Japanese table tennis has played an important role in the world table tennis. They have gone through five stages: rise-prosperity-decline-decline-revival. Nowadays, Japanese table tennis has woken up from more than 30 years' deep sleep and become the biggest rival of China table tennis team. With the withdrawal of a number of veterans, such as Long, Ding Ning and Liu, Japanese rising stars, led by Zhang Benzhi and Ito Mei, rose rapidly, defeating almost all national table tennis teams. A situation of strong confrontation between China and Japan in table tennis has re-opened! Will Guo Ping continue to maintain its superiority and endure for a long time? Or is Japan daring to eat its bread and return to the peak? We will wait and see!

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