2016 WJTTC (Junior Boys' Singles - Final) [Video]

Thanks for the video.

I think kid from Korea play better. I mean his technique better then Harimoto

Edited by piligrim - 12/08/2016 at 12:59pm

Dannygo wrote: By the way Harimoto Tomokazu is Chinese. His parent were both CNT. His father (Yu) went to Japan as a table tennis coach. His mother (Ling) was CNT during 1995. For sure he learned table tennis in Japan.

Egghead wrote: Dannygo wrote: By the way Harimoto Tomokazu is Chinese. His parent were both CNT. His father (Yu) went to Japan as a table tennis coach. His mother (Ling) was CNT during 1995. For sure he learned table tennis in Japan.  give me a break, Harimoto Tomokazu is Japanese  ; japan nationality act is more strict than our Canada leftist nationality act. You can ask them, who they are?

http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=70429&PID=856774&title=tomokazu-harimoto#856774

His father went to Japan in 1998. He is born in 2003. Yes, He should be born in Japan unless his father went back and forth (Japan/ China). The article mentioned the kid was in Japan learned table tennis when 2 years old. Very likely he born in Japan.

The Observer wrote: I have been wondering about this, I have assumed in the past he was born in Japan, was he?

Edited by skip3119 - 12/08/2016 at 3:29pm

doesn't matter where he was born. If his parents Chinese he also Chinese.
citizenship is something else.

Egghead wrote: piligrim wrote: doesn't matter where he was born. If his parents Chinese he also Chinese. citizenship is something else. I believe they don't think so, easily mistaken them for people from PRC

it doesn't matter what they think. If your parents chinese, you get chinese gens. or you think because he born in Japan he got japanese gens?   

Edited by piligrim - 12/08/2016 at 3:21pm

His technique looks very solid to me, like an upgraded version of Koki Niwa. I disagree with others who say his blocking/countering doesn't have a future, it is usually very good close-to-table blocking/countering that throws off the Chinese players, like Kenta and Koki. Mizutani didn't really start threatening the Chinese till he switched to a close table countering style. Definitely not as promising as Fan Zhendong was when he won the WJTTC (Fan Zhendong demolished everyone and showed the complete package of super good countering + BH receive + huge loads of power on both wings very early on), but he could very well be a top 10-20 player in the future IMO, and possibly a top 10 player if he does build good muscles and develops good powerful loops on both sides. 

there is nothing wrong with Harimoto's yells. I can understand why he do it. If I was at his age I would do same. I still do sometimes :)

no limit. its part of the game

kakapo wrote: Poor game, bad behaviours....

skip3119 wrote: The Observer wrote: I have been wondering about this, I have assumed in the past he was born in Japan, was he? Harimoto Tomokazu's parents moved from China to Japan in 1998.  Harimoto was born in Japan in 2003. In March 2014, his father, he and his younger sister became naturalized Japanese citizens.  However his mother retained the Chinese citizenship. Both his parents are top Chinese TT players.  His mother was a CNT player and used to play shoulder-to-shoulder with Deng Yaping and Qiao Hong on the world stage. Reference (in Chinese): http://baike.baidu.com/view/13855362.htm

Btw what was the setup of harimoto before butterfly? It was yasak blades and rubbers but what model