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Dec 13, 2014 · History was made at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Tour Grand Finals as Japanese duo Miu Hirano and Mima Ito became the tournament's youngest ever women's doubles...
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- Aren’T You Talking About Ping Pong?
- Destined to Win
- Strict Upbringing
- Intimidating Size
- Ying and Yang of The So-Called “Miu Mima” Pair
- Results Thus Far at Tokyo 2020
No, the Olympic sport of table tennis, known as takkyu(卓球) in Japanese, is different from ping pong. Contrary to popular opinion, the two games are, in fact, not the same. Only the serve must hit the table on each side of the net in table tennis, whereas in ping pong, every shot must hit the table on both sides of the net. As you may recall from su...
Anybody who has ever played a team sport with one or two stand-out players has probably realized that such talent is often sustained by parents who can be overly supportive. Unlike the kids on the team who are just there to have a good time, these players—and their parents—are out to win. With every successive year, this “support” tends to become e...
Ito, who won her first Olympic medal, a bronze, at the 2016 Olympics in Rio, is said to have “announced” to her parents at age 2 that she wanted to follow in their footsteps (as if she had a choice). From that point, Ito has been trained intensively with a very strict upbringing. Many in Japan believe that her upbringing has been too harsh. It is s...
Despite standing only 152cm (5’ 0”), Ito intimidates opponents who are much taller. Ito uses her petite stature as an advantage. While she can in no way be characterized as a mouse, Ito’s small size enables her to confuse and frighten her opponents, somewhat like how a mouse can terrify an elephant. Combined with an intense mental focus on winning,...
Both from Shizuoka Prefecture near Mt. Fuji, Ito was only 4 years old when she first paired up with Miu Hirano, who had just turned 5. The two would often play together as doubles partners. They first played doubles together at the age of five in a tournament for second-graders and younger. The pair later won the 2014 German Open, earning them a Gu...
Together with teammate Jun Mizutani, Ito won the gold medal in mixed doubles on July 26. Three days later, she snagged another bronze medal in women’s singles. Together with Miu Hirano and Kasumi Ishikawa, yesterday, Ito beat a rival team from Hong Kong to reach the semi-final of the women’s team bracket. We wish Ito and her teammates the best of l...
Jul 21, 2021 · Japan’s table tennis ace Itō Mima has climbed through the rankings and is now poised to challenge China’s Olympic dominance in the women’s competition. A fierce competitor, the 20-year-old...
Sep 25, 2019 · After taking the headlines in the land of ABBA last year, will Japan’s Mima Ito defend her women’s singles title at the forthcoming 2019 ITTF World Tour Swedish Open? Play commences in Stockholm in earnest on Thursday 3rd October, after two days of qualification.
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In January 2020, it was announced that Ito Mima would be part of the women's table tennis team for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, together with Kasumi Ishikawa and Miu Hirano. Earlier on, she had been the first player to be selected to play in the Women's Singles event. [ 29 ]
