(February 1, 1937 – February 22, 2020) was an international

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player from Japan.

Table tennis career

From 1959 to 1961 he won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the

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and in the Asian Table Tennis Championships. His four World Championship medals included two gold medals in the doubles with

Koji Kimura is a retired Japanese table tennis player and coach who won four world titles between 1961 and 1967. He is left-handed. Table tennis career He won nine World Championship medals included four gold medals; one in the doubles with Nobuya Hoshino ...

at the

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and in the team event for Japan in 1959.

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1937 births 2020 deaths Japanese male table tennis players {{Japan-tabletennis-bio-stub

Table tennis career

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