Tomokazu Zhang vowed to win a men's singles medal for Japanese table tennis again in 46 years at the 2025 World Table Tennis Championships in Doha

On the 7th local time, the Japanese delegation participating in the 2025 Doha World Table Tennis Championships, which will open on May 17, opened the team training camp at the Ajinomoto National Training Center in Tokyo.

Tomokazu Zhang "really lonely empty-handed", vowed at the 2025 World Table Tennis Championships in Doha to win a medal for the Japanese men's singles again after 46 years

It is expected that Japan will be able to win a medal at the World Table Tennis Championships for the first time in 46 years since Seiji Ono won the gold medal at the 1979 World Table Tennis Championships in Pyongyang. Tomokazu Zhangmoto, a 21-year-old Japanese table tennis player who leads the Japanese male players, will participate in the World Championships for the fifth time in this competition. In the last time at the 2023 World Table Tennis Championships in Durban, Tomokazu Zhang lost 2-4 in the men's singles quarterfinals to Liang Jingkun, one of the "Four Tigers of China" at the time, and missed the opportunity to go further.

In the face of this competition, Tomokazu Hayamoto made efforts to strengthen his footwork training by reducing his weight by running, etc., "If your movements become better, the number of balls you attack will increase." Originally, the backhand was a weapon, but now it is possible to play the ball (transition ball) that used to be used as a safety countermeasure as an offensive ball." This stems from the fact that Tomokazu did not win a medal at the Paris Olympics last summer, and in this regard, he further honed the "aggressive table tennis" style of play that he pursued in the future.

Since April this year, Tomokazu Haramoto has been affiliated with Toyota Motor Corporation. He vowed to repay his new "colleagues," saying, "I feel more supported by everyone." It will be very lonely if this World Table Tennis Championships returns empty-handed, so I hope to get a medal and report (results) to everyone. ”

The 2025 World Table Tennis Championships will kick off in Doha, Qatar on the 17th of this month, and No. 4 seed Tomokazu Zhang will face South Korea's Lim Jong-hoon in the first round of the men's singles.