Itō Mima: Young Japanese Ace Intent on Shaking up Table Tennis in Tokyo

From left: Fukuhara Ai, Ishikawa Kasumi, and Itō Mima pose with their Olympic bronze medals in the women’s team competition on August 16, 2016, in Rio de Janeiro. (© Jiji)

Itō, then 10 years old, returns a shot at the All Japan Table Tennis Championships on January 19, 2011. (© Jiji)

Itō plays a match at the WTT Contender Doha on in Doha, Qatar, on March 6, 2021. She won the women’s singles competition as well as the subsequent WTT Star Contender event. (© AFP/Jiji)