Today, Japanese table tennis star Yoshijun Ishikawa announced her retirement, and she posted a long post on social media saying that she decided to retire before the Macau Championship, and the reason why she did not announce it in advance was because she wanted to play the last event. Later Japan's Yoshijun Ishikawa withdrew from the WTT Bangkok Star Challenge, and now she has officially announced her retirement to end her career.
Yoshijun Ishikawa took to social media to thank his teammates, coaches, team doctors and opponents, as well as the fans who supported him. It has been 16 years since he started playing for Japan in the World Series at the age of 14, and now Yoshijun Ishikawa is 30 years old. Yoshijun Ishikawa sighed: "I started to learn to play at the age of 7, and the 23 years of my table tennis career have brought me the most valuable experience in my life. ”
Although Chinese fans are generally more resistant to Japanese players, Ishikawa Jiachun is a more special one, she has trained and lived in China before, because of her excellent ball skills, high appearance, not only fluent Chinese, but also humble, very friendly and enthusiastic to Chinese fans, so Ishikawa Jiachun has a large number of fans in China who support her.
Everyone who pays attention to table tennis events knows that from the London Olympic cycle to the Tokyo Olympic cycle, Ishikawa Jiajun has always been the main competitor of the Chinese women's team. Since the London Olympics, she has won medals in three consecutive Olympic Games, won the world championship in mixed doubles, and won the singles championship 5 times in the All Japan Championships, which is a very proud achievement, and once ranked in the position of the first sister of Japanese women's table tennis for a long time.
Yoshijun Ishikawa lost 3-1 to Chen Meng in the Macau Championship in the last match of his career, and the two have met many times and are also old rivals.
At the same time, Yoshijun Ishikawa is also Ma Long's number one fan, and she has repeatedly expressed her admiration for Ma Long on social media and in interviews, saying that Ma Long is her idol and hopes to mix doubles with him. When Ma Long talked about mixed doubles, he also said that he rarely partnered with girls, and if he chose one person, he would choose Yoshijun Ishikawa.
Finally, I wish Yoshijun Ishikawa all the best in the future!