The second selection of the Japan Table Tennis Asian Games ended, and the Japanese team Hangzhou Asian Games lineup was formed. The men's team participated in the Tokyo Olympic Games, Niwa Takashi did not participate in the selection competition and did not qualify for the Asian Games; the women's team world champion and Olympic team silver medalist Ishikawa Yoshijun failed to pass the selection competition and was not selected for the Asian Games lineup. In addition to Ishikawa Yoshijun, another who participated in the women's singles competition at the Tokyo Olympic Games, Mimachi Ito, also did not participate in the Asian Games singles competition.
In order to select the lineup for the Hangzhou Asian Games, Japan conducted two selection competitions, the first for the Japan Round of 32, and zhang Benzhi, who won the men's singles championship, and Hayata Xina, the women's singles champion, took the lead in qualifying for the Asian Games singles. In the second selection tournament held last weekend, Yoshimura Makoto, the 2017 World Table Tennis Championships mixed doubles champion, and the 2016 Women's Table Tennis World Cup winner Miyu Hirano won the men's and women's singles championships and got another singles ticket. Runner-up Hayabusa Tokami and Miyu Kihara qualified for the team. After the end of the second selection, the Complete Lineup of the Asian Games announced by the Japan Table Tennis Association, in addition to the above-mentioned 6 people who qualified for the Asian Games, the men's team that won the second place in each group in the second selection, as well as Kawazuki and Daisei Matsushita, and the women's teams Ito Mimachi and Hitomi Sato also qualified.
Ishikawa Yoshijun, who has always been the main force of the Japanese women's team, performed poorly in the selection competition, ranking third in the group with a score of 1 win and 2 losses, and did not have the opportunity to participate in the Hangzhou Asian Games. Since 2012, Ishikawa has been the main player of the Japanese women's team, with medals in three consecutive Olympic Games, and partnerEd with Makoto Yoshimura at the 2017 World Table Tennis Championships to win the mixed doubles championship and win the world championship title. In the fight with the national table tennis, ishikawa Jiajun also had a highlight moment of victory over Chen Meng and other main players in the past three years, and finally lost the Hangzhou Asian Games due to the poor performance in these two domestic selection competitions. As young players such as Hina Hayata and Miyu Kihara continue to mature, Ishikawa may withdraw from the main Japanese squad.
Hirano's victory in the second selection was also unexpected, with the outside world more optimistic about Tokyo Olympic mixed doubles champion Ito Mimako and WTT Star Challenge women's singles champion Miyu Kihara. After consecutive victories over Yoshinori Ishikawa, Hitomi Sato and Miyu Kihara, Hirano won the championship and qualified for the Asian Games women's singles competition. Hirano's strong return is very optimistic about the relevant people of the Japan Table Tennis Association, who believe that Hirano Miyu can once again defeat the national table tennis and repeat the highlight performance of 2017. After winning the Women's Table Tennis World Cup in 2016, Hirano became the first post-00s world champion in table tennis, and she is still the only post-00s singles world champion. At the 2017 Asian Championships, 17-year-old Miyu Hirano defeated Ding Ning, Zhu Yuling and Chen Meng, three consecutive national table tennis players, to win the women's singles championship. Now, the 21-year-old Hirano Miyu is expected to defeat the national table tennis players again after passing through the trough.