is a Japanese
table tennis player.
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
Tagalog may refer to:
Language
* Tagalog language, a language spoken in the Philippines
** Old Tagalog, an archaic form of the language
** Batangas Tagalog, a dialect of the language
* Tagalog script, the writing system historically used for Tagal ...
word "Mahal", meaning "beloved".
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
Kazuhiro is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
*Kazuhiro Fujita, Japanese manga artist
*Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Japanese anime director and supervisor
*Kazuhiro Hamanaka, professional mixed martial arts (MMA) fighte ...
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
) and the All Japan Table Tennis Championships. At the
2015 World Table Tennis Championships
The 2015 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Suzhou from 26 April to 3 May 2015. The Championship was staged in China for the fifth time and was the 53rd edition of the individual competition. The decision was announced by ITTF in Marc ...
, Yoshimura won a silver medal in the
mixed doubles event with
Kasumi Ishikawa. At the
2017 World Table Tennis Championships
The 2017 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Düsseldorf, Germany, from 29 May to 5 June 2017. The decision to host the event in Düsseldorf was announced by the ITTF in April 2015. They were the 54th edition of the competition, and the ...
, 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
In popular culture
Maharu Yoshimura had a minor role in the 2017 film ''
Mixed Doubles''.
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.
References
External links
Official Website*
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1993 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Ibaraki Prefecture
Japanese people of Filipino descent
Japanese male table tennis players
Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic medalists in table tennis
Olympic silver medalists for Japan
Olympic table tennis players of Japan
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Universiade medalists in table tennis
World Table Tennis Championships medalists
Universiade silver medalists for Japan
Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade
Aichi Institute of Technology alumni
21st-century Japanese people