April 10, 2022 news, the Japanese team officially announced the Asian Games lineup, through the selection of the list to determine the list, four singles places out, Utada Yukiya, Ishikawa Yoshijun lost, Ito Mimachi did not have the opportunity to single, she praised Kihara Miyu, not satisfied with her performance.
Just this year's Lion King Cup Round of 32, Zhang Benzhihe and Hayata Shina won the singles championship, straight to the Asian Games singles, according to the results at that time, invited players to participate, Niwa Takashi, Nagasaki Miyu took the initiative to give up the qualification, and the Japan Table Tennis Association arranged some players to replace.
The selection tournament adopts a group round-robin system, the whole 7 rounds and 4 wins, reducing the possibility of upset, the men's team and the women's team are divided into two groups, the top two players are shortlisted for the Asian Games lineup, the first group A and the first group B advance to the final, the winner gets a singles seat, in other words, the Japanese team is not guaranteed this time, completely according to personal results, everyone depends on their own efforts.
In the first round of the women's team Group A, Ito Mimachi swept Hashimoto 4-0, Miyu Kihara narrowly defeated Miyu Kato 4-3, In the second round Ito mimachi defeated Miyu Kato 4-0, Miyu Kihara defeated Hashimoto 4-2, and in the third round, Miyu Kihara defeated Miyu Ito 4-2.
In the first round of Group B, Hirano Miyu swept Ishikawa Yoshinori 4-0, Hitomi Sato narrowly defeated Yurika Minamiwa 4-3, Miyu Hirano beat Yurika Minamiba 4-1 in the second round, Hitomi Sato defeated Yoshinori Ishikawa 4-2, Miyu Hirano defeated Hitomi Sato 4-2 in the third round, Miyu Hirano and Miyu Kihara ranked first in the group, and finally Miyu Hirano beat Miyu Kihara 4-0 to win the singles seat at the Asian Games, and Ito Mimachi was defeated.
The top two members of the men's team A group, Toue Hayabusa and Kawazuki, and the top two in group B, Makoto Yoshimura and Daisei Matsushita, of which Daisei Matsushita is a young player with a straight board play, Hayasuke Toue and Makoto Yoshimura won the first place in the group, and finally Makoto Yoshimura narrowly defeated Tojo Hayabusa 4-3.
In this way, the Japanese team through the selection competition, determine the Asian Games lineup, the men's team Zhang Ben Tomokazu, Yoshimura Masaharu, Tokami Hayasuke, Kawazuki, Matsushita Daisei, the women's team Hayata Hina, Hirano Miyu, Ito Mimachi, Kihara Miyu, Hitomi Sato, the singles competition is Tomokazu Akira, Yoshimura Maharu, Hayata Hina, Hirano Miyu, the other doubles lineup is to be determined, will be revealed in the near future.
Ishikawa Yoshinori's results in the selection competition are not good, did not enter the lineup, Utada Yukiya is not qualified to participate in the selection competition, the recent Ito Mimachi lost to Nagasaki Miyu, Kihara Miyu, Yuan Jiannan, the overall performance is very poor, she responded to the Asian Games singles, said that she felt very unwilling, but there is no way, can only accept this result, the next will continue to cheer, to enhance their strength.