is a former international

table tennis Table tennis (also known as ping-pong) is a racket sport derived from tennis but distinguished by its playing surface being atop a stationary table, rather than the Tennis court, court on which players stand. Either individually or in teams of ...

player from Japan. He won a

gold medal A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture. Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have b ...

at the

1967 World Table Tennis Championships The 1967 World Table Tennis Championships were held at the Johanneshovs Isstadion in Stockholm from April 11 to April 21, 1967. During the Cultural Revolution, Chinese sports professionals were denounced as 'Sprouts of Revisionism' and were den ...

in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event) with

Nobuhiko Hasegawa was one of the best table tennis players worldwide from 1966 to 1974. Table tennis career From 1966 until 1974 he won five gold medals at world championships and two golds at the Asian Games. In total he won ten World Championship medals His ...

, Satoru Kawahara,

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 ...

and Mitsuru Kono for Japan.

References

Japanese male table tennis players World Table Tennis Championships medalists {{Japan-tabletennis-bio-stub

See also

References