On January 27, Beijing time, according to the official news of the WTT World Table Tennis Professional League, the former Japanese table tennis sister Fukuhara Ai will serve as the general manager of the WTT World Table Tennis Federation Japan, for this news Fukuhara Ai is also difficult to hide the excitement, she first forwarded the official announcement of WTT on the social platform, and expressed her gratitude and trust to Liu Guoliang in the comment area. WTT was founded by the International Table Tennis Federation in 2019, and the current chairman of the WTT Council is Liu Guoliang, chairman of the Chinese Table Tennis Association, so that Fukuhara Ai can also be regarded as a colleague with Liu Guoliang.
It is reported that the main task of Fukuhara Ai, the general manager, is to attract investment for the WTT World Table Tennis Federation, promote the media copyright sales of the World Table Tennis Federation in Japan, and promote the influence and development of table tennis. Ai Fukuhara is naturally the most familiar to Chinese fans, because she has come to China since she was a child to practice, and has been playing in China for many years, joining her in speaking fluent Mandarin with a northeast accent and being loved by Chinese fans, and becoming close friends with many Chinese table tennis players.
When WTT World Table Tennis Federation official Xuan Fukuhara Ai became the general manager of Japan, Chinese table tennis player Liu Shiwen responded at the first time, she said, "Congratulations to Ai Sauce for changing her identity and continuing to fight for the cause of table tennis, I am really happy for you!" I wish you a better career in the future. For Liu Shiwen's response, Fukuhara Ai also quickly replied to Liu Shiwen, Fukuhara Ai replied, "Thank you, my dear, I have to cheer you up so hard." "From the dialogue between the two, we can see their deep friendship. Previously, when Fukuhara Ai married Jiang Hongjie, Fukuhara Ai invited Liu Shiwen to go to Taiwan Province as a bridesmaid (Liu Shiwen once said that she was not a bridesmaid, but she also said that the clothes she was wearing at that time were indeed wedding bridesmaids).
Unfortunately, after 4 years of enviable marriage between Fukuhara Ai and Jiang Hongjie, they parted ways. After a period of adjustment, Ai Fukuhara opened a new life, has a new job in colleges and universities, the Japanese table tennis league, this time was invited by Liu Guoliang to serve as the general manager of the WTT World Table Tennis Federation Japan, and together with Liu Guoliang to contribute to table tennis. Here we have to admire Liu Shiwen, now Liu Shiwen is still struggling on the field, and Fukuhara Ai has bid farewell to the field for many years, and has entered the World Table Tennis Federation to serve, Liu Shiwen's efforts and persistence can't help but make people awe-inspired.