Speaking of the most popular Japanese table tennis players by Chinese fans, in addition to Ai Fukuhara, Yoshizumi Ishikawa is also a very popular player. In the WTT Macau Championship, Yoshizumi Ishikawa also participated in this competition, and also reached the quarterfinals and reached the quarterfinals of the women's singles, and there were many Chinese fans cheering for her on the court, why is she so popular?
On October 23, Beijing time, Yoshizumi Ishikawa posted a dynamic on social platforms, holding a cheering banner made for her by fans, on which she was wearing a jersey, smiling, and writing Chinese "Yoshizumi Ishikawa", she put the banner on her head, looking very cute, to thank Chinese fans for their support for her.
The 29-year-old Yoshizumi Ishikawa is the third main force in the Japanese women's table tennis team, and the captain, with a pure and cute appearance, and also considerable strength, once known as a "genius girl", there is a heartfelt happiness on the court, watching her game is more happy.
Compared with the controversy over Mimako Ito, Yoshizumi Ishikawa is very popular in China for the following reasons:
First, Yoshizumi Ishikawa is beautiful and affinity. Although in competitive sports, strength is the most important, but appearance is also the icing on the cake. Why can Fukuhara Ai be so popular in China, on the one hand, is her cute appearance, and Ishikawa Yoshizumi's appearance is not downwind, she has been very beautiful since she was a child, her appearance is consistent with Chinese aesthetics, big eyes, white skin, well-behaved and beautiful;
Second, Yoshizumi Ishikawa is also quite talented in table tennis, she came out to play at a very young age, and was called a "talented girl", because she hated training and never used the game as a way to accumulate experience and skills, and made a name for herself through one game after another. Zhang Yining believes that Ishikawa Yoshizumi's first three boards are better, especially the serve, and the adaptability on the court is more mature than that of his peers, whether it is the feeling of the hand to the ball, or coordination, and explosiveness, it is more than Fukuhara's hobby.
Third, Yoshizumi Ishikawa's ball is also better, giving people a very happy and relaxed feeling on the field, and does not give people a feeling of provocation. And Ishikawa Yoshizumi can speak fluent Northeastern dialect, which naturally makes people feel good.
Yoshizumi Ishikawa has previously said that she hopes to form a mixed doubles match with Ma Long because the other party is a player she admires very much, but after Ma Long got married, she did not say such a thing, and her performance and affinity on the court attracted many fans.