In the mixed doubles semifinals of the 2022 Japan Table Tennis Championships, Zhang Benzhi and 3-1 defeated Yukiya Utada / Miyu Kihara, taking the lead in reaching the final, while his sister Zhang Benmiwa and his partner Tian Tim Kenta lost 2-3 to Makoru Yoshimura / Li Jia Suzuki, and did not have the opportunity to meet the brothers and sisters. In the final, Zhang Benzhikazu defeated world champion Makoto Yoshimura and partner Li Jia Suzuki to win the first title of the year 3-1 (12-10/8-11/11/11-9/11-8) to win the first title of the year, while partner Masahashi Morien defeated the Yoshida brothers 3-1 in the fourth round of men's doubles.
Zhang Benzhihe is the leader of the Japanese men's table tennis team, although his Chinese identity was once rejected by the Japanese media, but it is undeniable that his talent and strength are temporarily irreplaceable in Japan, ranking 5th in the men's singles world rankings, this Japanese championship Zhang Benzhihe is also a combination of three competitions, the first to end the mixed doubles semifinals, Zhang Benzhi and Hayata Hina ushered in the challenge of Yukiya Utada / Miyu Kihara, Yukiya Utada once won Zhang Benzhihe the first Japanese championship men's singles championship in 2020, Although the training as a key object has not made much waves in the international arena, Kihara Miyu won the second place in the women's singles of the Japanese Championships at the age of 14, and was once a player who saw olympic hopes in the Tokyo Olympic cycle, but unfortunately, the late strength seems to have converged. In the semi-finals, Tomokazu Zhang and Hina Hayata won 3-1 (11-5/11-8/8-11/11-9).
In another semi-final, the highly anticipated Hiromi Zhang Ben failed to meet her brother in the mixed doubles final, facing the 2017 World Table Tennis Championships mixed doubles champion Makoto Yoshimura and her new partner Li Jia Suzuki, after five sets of hard fighting to be reversed by the opponent 2-3 (11-5/7-11/11-8/7-11/8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-11). Hiromi's mixed doubles trip ended in third place, and in the fourth round of the women's doubles, she and Haruka Koshi also lost 2-3 to Saiki Nakajima/Kurono Aoi, suffering a one-day double defeat.
Mixed doubles final Zhang Benzhihe / Hayata Hina vs. Makoto Yoshimura / Suzuki Li Jia, after the training and competition during the Houston World Table Tennis Championships, and the title of runner-up in the World Table Tennis Championships, Zhang Benzhihe / Hayata Hina obviously feel that in the course of the game to cooperate tacitly, there are not many unnecessary mistakes, the connection is smooth, the key points of the game are often in the middle of their scores, and finally after 4 rounds of fighting to get the first championship title of 2022, the next doubles and singles of the two hope to have a championship in the future.
Zhang Benzhihe also participated in the fourth round of men's doubles before the mixed doubles final, Zhang Benjiwa's partner Masataka Morien is also a doubles player, once won the men's doubles runner-up in 2015, and Ito Mimachi won the Mixed Doubles championship of the Japan Championships, and personally won the men's singles championship at the 2020 Straight to Busan World Table Tennis Championships, this time and Zhang Benji's men's doubles combination is also one of the favorites to win the championship, the opponent Yoshida Shengdou / Yoshida Haidou, after 4 sets to defeat the Yoshida brothers 3-1, successfully advanced to the men's doubles next round.
The Adult Men's and Women's Singles Competitions of the Japan Championships have begun, but the big seeded players are still in a state of bye, this year's competition is still in suspense, and no one in recent singles champions has been able to successfully defend the title, this time although Zhang Benzhi and Ito Mimachi are the most powerful, they dare not guarantee to win the championship.