On January 30, 2022, Beijing time, the Japan Table Tennis Championships continued, and the men's singles semifinals broke out two major unpopularities. World champion Makoto Yoshimura fought hard for seven innings, was killed by Kenta Matsudaira, and missed the final 3-4. Japan's main Olympic player Takaki Niwa also missed the final by losing 0-4 to Tokami Hayabusa. In the end, young player Hayabusa Toue defeated Kenta Matsudaira 4-2 to win the men's singles title at the Japan Championships for the first time.
In this competition, the defending champion of the men's singles and Chuan Ruiji were out early, and the champion Zhang Benzhihe was eliminated by Makoto Yoshimura. The players who finally reached the men's singles final four were Makoto Yoshimura, Kenta Matsudaira, Takashi Niwa, and Hayabusa Toue, all of whom were old faces except Hayabusa Tokami. Apparently, Olympian main player Takashi Niwa ushered in a good opportunity to win the championship, and Makoru Yoshimura, who returned from injury, was also a popular player, but the two lost in the semifinals.
Makoto Yoshimura won the Mixed Doubles Title at the World Table Tennis Championships and is one of the few players in the Japanese Championships to hold a world title. Facing Kenta Matsudaira in the semi-finals, Makoto Yoshimura trailed to a 2-2 draw and dragged the match into the decider with 2-3 behind. Unfortunately, in the decider, Makoto Yoshimura was killed miserably, losing 3-4 and missing the men's singles final.
The winning Kenta Matsudaira and youngster Toue Hayabusa competed for the championship, Andaka tohashi played well, sweeping Japan's main Olympic player Takashi Niwa 4-0, with a score of 11-7, 11-4, 11-9, 11-5 in four sets, which can also be seen from the score, this is a game with a huge gap, And Niwa Takashi's performance was disappointing. Entering the Paris Olympic cycle, Niwa Takashi will face greater challenges, and Japan will definitely accelerate the cultivation of young players, but the Japanese men's table tennis has not emerged too many eye-catching new stars, Zhang Benzhihe's performance is not stable enough, and the overall competitiveness of Japanese men's table tennis has a further downward trend.
In the men's singles final, young player Hayabusa Tokami continued to work hard to win the Men's Singles Championship of the Japan Championships for the first time with a 4-2 victory over Kenta Matsudaira, and after winning the men's doubles championship, he won the men's singles championship. Many fans are unfamiliar with the name Tokami Hayabusa, before the World Table Tennis Championships, several main players in Japan were out early, Toue Hayabusa fought alone, but was eliminated by the national table tennis player Wang Chuqin. Although Togami Hayabusa won the Men's Singles Championship at the Japan Championships, to be honest, he is very far from the top masters.
However, considering that Mizutani Hayabusa has retired and Niwa Takashi is in a sluggish state, young players such as Hayabusa Tokami and Yukiya Utada will definitely get more opportunities, that is, they will be trained in a key way, and the Japanese men's table tennis should also be completely shuffled!