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Fresh Faces at the Table：A Top Table Tennis Official on Japan’s Strong Young Squad

  • Japan’s players line up with their medals at Narita Airport on June 7, 2017, after returning from the World Table Tennis Championships in Germany. Back row (from left): Hirano Miu, Itō Mima, Hayata Hina, and Niwa Kōki; at front, Yoshimura Maharu, Ishikawa Kasumi, Ōshima Yūya, and Morizono Masataka. (© Jiji)

    Japan’s players line up with their medals at Narita Airport on June 7, 2017, after returning from the World Table Tennis Championships in Germany. Back row (from left): Hirano Miu, Itō Mima, Hayata Hina, and Niwa Kōki; at front, Yoshimura Maharu, Ishikawa Kasumi, Ōshima Yūya, and Morizono Masataka. (© Jiji)

  • Maehara Masahiro at the Ajinomoto National Training Center in Tokyo. Japan Olympic Committee Elite Academy players practice in the background. (Photograph by Nagasaka Yoshiki)

    Maehara Masahiro at the Ajinomoto National Training Center in Tokyo. Japan Olympic Committee Elite Academy players practice in the background. (Photograph by Nagasaka Yoshiki)

  • A cooking class focusing on international dishes (left). Harimoto Tomokazu talks about the South African “pap” porridge that he prepared. (Photograph courtesy Japan Table Tennis Association)

    A cooking class focusing on international dishes (left). Harimoto Tomokazu talks about the South African “pap” porridge that he prepared. (Photograph courtesy Japan Table Tennis Association)

  • Mizutani Jun wins his ninth men’s singles title at the All Japan Championships on January 22, 2017, setting an all-time record. (© Jiji)

    Mizutani Jun wins his ninth men’s singles title at the All Japan Championships on January 22, 2017, setting an all-time record. (© Jiji)

  • Maehara with the bronze-medal-winning women’s team at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. From left to right: Ishikawa Kasumi, Fukuhara Ai, Maehara, and Itō Mima. (Photograph courtesy Japan Table Tennis Association)

    Maehara with the bronze-medal-winning women’s team at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. From left to right: Ishikawa Kasumi, Fukuhara Ai, Maehara, and Itō Mima. (Photograph courtesy Japan Table Tennis Association)

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