Maharu Yoshimura

Maharu Yoshimura (吉村 真晴, Yoshimura Maharu, born 3 August 1993) is a Japanese table tennis player.[1]

The native form of this personal name is Yoshimura Maharu. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Maharu Yoshimura
Personal information
NationalityJapanese
Born (1993-08-03) 3 August 1993
Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
Playing styleright-handed, shakehand grip
Equipment(s)Butterfly Custon (ZL Carbon), Butterfly Tenergy 05 (BH, FH)
Highest ranking15 (May 2016)
Current ranking52 (December 2019)
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
Medal record
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
World Cup
2019 TokyoTeam
World Championships
2017 DüsseldorfMixed doubles
2015 SuzhouMixed doubles
2016 Kuala LumpurTeam
2019 BudapestMixed doubles
2012 DortmundTeam
2017 DüsseldorfDoubles
ITTF World Tour Grand Finals
2017 AstanaDoubles
Asian Cup
2012 GuangzhouSingles
Asian Championships
2015 PattayaTeam
2015 PattayaDoubles
2017 WuxiDoubles
2017 WuxiTeam
2019 YogyakartaDoubles
2019 YogyakartaTeam
World Junior Championships
2011 ManamaSingles
2011 ManamaDoubles
Asian Junior Championships
2011 New DelhiSingles
2011 New DelhiDoubles

Life and career

1993–2010: Early life and background

Yoshimura was born in Ibaraki Prefecture to a Filipina mother and a Japanese father. His first name is a Japanese transliteration of the Tagalog word "Mahal", meaning "beloved".[2]

2011–present

In 2011, while in junior high school, he competed in the February Table Tennis Tournament Japan where he advanced to the top 12. He defeated Kazuhiro Zhang in the semi-finals but lost to Jun Mizutani in the final game. His achievements include the Asian Championships (New Delhi, India; the first victory of a Japanese player in the men's singles[3]) and the All Japan Table Tennis Championships. At the 2015 World Table Tennis Championships, Yoshimura won a silver medal in the mixed doubles event with Kasumi Ishikawa. At the 2017 World Table Tennis Championships, Yoshimura won a gold medal in the mixed doubles event with Kasumi Ishikawa.

Career records
  • Japan Top 12 Table Tennis Tournament (2011)
    • Men's singles runner-up
  • World Junior Table Tennis Championships (2011)
    • 3rd in Men's Singles
    • 3rd in Men's Doubles
  • Interscholastic athletic competition (2011)
    • Men's Doubles winner
    • 3rd in Men's Singles Table Tennis
  • Asian Junior Table Tennis Championships (2011)
    • Men's Doubles runner up
    • Won men's singles
  • All Japan Table Tennis Championships (2012)
    • Won the men's singles
  • Japan Open (2015)
    • Men's Singles runner-up

Maharu Yoshimura had a minor role in the 2017 film Mixed Doubles.[4]

In a 2016 segment of the Japanese variety show Ningen Kansatsu Variety Monitoring (ニンゲン観察バラエティ モニタリング), Yoshimura and Koki Niwa disguised themselves as two old men and proceeded to shock normal folks in table tennis.[5]

References
  1. "Maharu Yoshimura profile". rio2016.com. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  2. "水谷止めた！高校生吉村が初優勝／卓球". Retrieved 23 January 2012.
  3. "Maharu Yoshimura Strikes Gold in New Delhi to Prevent Chinese Clean Sweep". ITTF. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  4. "新垣結衣×瑛太「ミックス。」に水谷＆石川ら現役卓球選手出演". Excite (in Japanese). 17 August 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  5. "あの人がまさかの出演‼︎モニタリングにあのリオオリンピック銀メダリストが登場！". Naver Matome (in Japanese). 7 November 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
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