Recently, the Chinese table tennis team's "strongest 12-man battle on the surface" has attracted the attention of many people in the industry.
In fact, at about the same time, the 21st Japanese table tennis top 12-man battle was also in full swing. In the men's singles, the strongest 12 people decided to rank, Zhang Benzhi and missed the final four.
In the final knockout round, Hitoshi Ueda and Makoto Yoshimura won the championship and runner-up, and Yoshida Haiwei and Shinjo were tied for third place.
This has been held for 21 years in the top japanese table tennis event, the most won the men's singles championship is Wei Guan Qingguang, who used the name Wei Qingguang to represent China in the Olympic Games, and later joined the Japanese nationality.
The second most men's singles title winner is Yoshida, who won four consecutive titles in 2005-2008 and was also a Chinese.
Haiwei Yoshida, born in 1981, is 36 years old, but he is still the absolute main force of Japanese men's table tennis.
Yoshida Haiwei, formerly known as Song Haiwei, received table tennis training in his hometown of Hebei since childhood, and in 1997, a Japanese high school table tennis team came to Yoshida Haiwei's school for exchange, and Coach Yoshida took a look at Song Haiwei and brought him to Japan.
Because Japan requires players to be naturalized in order to represent the national team. In order to realize this dream, in March 2004, 23-year-old Song Haiwei became a Japanese citizen.
At the same time, in order to thank the coach for his kindness, Song Haiwei changed his surname and followed the coach's surname, becoming today's Yoshida Haiwei.
Talking about his change of nationality, Yoshida Haiwei said in an interview: In China, it is simply more difficult for you to become famous and want to participate in the World Series than to ascend to the sky, and playing ball for a lifetime may not be known to others, but it is different when you go abroad.
Over the years, Yoshida Haiwei has basically ranked in the top three in Japan, and has represented the Japanese team in the World Series many times, but against Chinese players such as Ma Lin, Yoshida Haiwei often loses in team competitions.
At present, the 36-year-old Yoshida Haiwei is still fighting the field. He has also become accustomed to Japanese life, marrying and having children.
Yoshida's wife, Konishi, was born in 1980, a year older than him, and is also a famous table tennis player.
Contrary to Yoshida Haiwei's "path", from the age of 13, Konishi has trained under the guidance of Chinese coaches and gradually grown into the main force of the Japanese team.
In 2001, the 21-year-old Konishi Xing, as the strongest local player in Japanese women's table tennis, joined the Chinese Table Tennis Super League, which attracted great attention.