[World Table Tennis 2023 South Africa]Held from May 20th (Sat) to 28th (Sun)! Click here for the match results and tournament table → https://bit.ly/3M0EJU3 The Japanese national team, which will hold “World Table Tennis 2023 South Africa (individual match)” next week, will be on the 12th. Public practice and a press conference were held at the Ajinomoto National Training Center during the training camp just before the tournament. Ace Tomokazu Harimoto (Tomokazu Kikaku), who is expected to win a medal and is ranked 4th in the world, the highest rank in Japan, responded to the interview of the reporters after the open practice. “World Table Tennis 2023 South Africa” ​​will be held from Saturday, May 20th to Sunday, May 28th! Broadcast live every day on TV Tokyo and BS TV Tokyo! This tournament, which is an individual competition held once every two years, will be held in five categories: men’s and women’s singles, men’s and women’s doubles, and mixed doubles, and the medal deciding match is scheduled from the beginning of the tournament, raising expectations for a rush of medals every day. This year, Tomokazu Harimoto, who won two wins from Chinese players in last year’s world table tennis (team game), will participate, including ace Mima Ito, who won a bronze medal in the Tokyo Olympics women’s singles. The Harimoto/Hina Hayata pair, who won the silver medal in the mixed doubles last time, and the Ito/Hayata pair, who won the silver medal in the women’s doubles, will team up again this time. In addition, the popular idol group Hinatazaka46 will be appointed as “supporters” to liven up the tournament. Starting with appearances on TV Tokyo’s popular programs, they will also appear in “Vertical Nagare Bansen”, where Hinatazaka 46 members introduce the programs that will be broadcast on that day, and liven up the tournament from the beginning. In addition, on TikTok and Twitter, we plan to develop content such as dance videos of Hinatazaka 46 members wearing table tennis uniforms and table tennis videos learned from Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Jun Mizutani. Hinatazaka46 excites world table tennis from various fields such as terrestrial broadcasting and SNS. Main caster Akira Fukuzawa, world table tennis 2023 ambassador Jun Mizutani, commentator Sayaka Hirano, supporter Hinatazaka 46, and “World Table Tennis 2023 South Africa”, which will be delivered in a luxurious lineup, will attract attention. Tournament name: 2023 World Table Tennis Championships Durban Tournament (Individual) Period: May 20 (Sat)-28 (Sun), 2023 Venue: Durban, South Africa Participating players: Male player Tomokazu Harimoto (Tomokazu Planning) Shunsuke Togami (Meiji University) Mizuki Oikawa (Kinoshita Group) Masaharu Yoshimura (TEAM MAHARU) Yukiya Uda (Meiji University) Female athletes Mima Ito (Starts) Hina Hayata (Nippon Life Insurance Co.) Miyu Kihara (Kinoshita Group) Miu Hirano (Kinoshita Group) Miyu Nagasaki (Kinoshita Group) Participating events: Men’s singles (5 people) Tomokazu Harimoto, Maharu Yoshimura, Junsuke Togami, Mizuki Oikawa, Koya Uda Women’s singles ( 5 people) Hina Hayata, Mima Ito, Miu Hirano, Miyu Kihara, Miyu Nagasaki Men’s Doubles (2 sets) Tomokazu Harimoto/Maharu Yoshimura, Shunsuke Togami/Koya Uda Women’s Doubles (2 sets) Ito Mima / Hina Hayata, Miyu Kihara / Miyu Nagasaki mixed doubles (2 sets) Tomokazu Harimoto / Hina Hayata, Yukiya Uda / Miyu Kihara[TV Tokyo table tennis NEWS]https://www.tv-tokyo. co.jp/tabletennis/ Japan’s largest table tennis media provided by TV Tokyo. We will deliver the latest news such as column, tournament / player information.[TV Tokyo Table Tennis Channel (YouTube)]https://www.youtube.com/tabletennis/ Japan’s largest table tennis video channel operated by TV Tokyo. A wide range of content related to table tennis is available, from top-level battles by top players such as world table tennis and world tours, to interviews and practice scenes! # Tomokazu Harimoto # World table tennis 2023 # World table tennis # Table tennis # TV Tokyo # Table tennis # tabletennis # TV Tokyo # BS TV Tokyo # WTTC

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