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Kasumi Ishikawa
Ishikawa celebrating at the2016 World Team Table Tennis Championships
Personal information
Nickname(s)Kasumi-chan, Kasumin
NationalityJapanese
Born(1993-02-23)23 February 1993(age 31)[1]
Yamaguchi,Japan[2]
Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)[3]
Weight51 kg (112 lb)[4]
Table tennis career
Playing styleLeft-handed,Shakehand grip,Looper
Equipment(s)Butterfly Viscaria, Butterfly Tenergy 64, DHS Neo Hurricane 3 National Blue Sponge
Highest ranking3 (February 2017)[5]
Current ranking10 (May 2022)
ClubKinoshita Abyell Kanagawa
Medal record
RepresentingJapan
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Team
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Budapest Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2018 Halmstad Team
Gold medal – first place 2017 Düsseldorf Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2016 Kuala Lumpur Team
Silver medal – second place 2015 Suzhou Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2014 Tokyo Team
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Moscow Team
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Guangzhou Team
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Incheon Team
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Guangzhou Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Guangzhou Mixed doubles

Kasumi Ishikawa(Thạch xuyên giai thuần,Ishikawa Kasumi)(born 23 February 1993) is a retired Japanesetable tennisplayer.[1]A regular member of the Japanese national team, she won a silver medal at the2012 Summer Olympics,a bronze at the2016 Summer Olympics,and a silver medal at the2020 Summer Olympics,inWomen's team.[6]

She is a left-handed inverted rubber shakehand player who primarily uses speedy top-spins and loops in offensive play.

Biography

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Kasumi Ishikawa's entire family, which consists of her father, mother, and younger sister, play or used to play competitive table tennis. She has a younger sister, Rira, who was also a professional table tennis player, while her mother Kumi Ishikawa is her current coach.

Upon graduation from Hirakawa Primary School inYamaguchi,Ishikawa wrote in the yearbook of her dream to play in the Olympics.[7]She first got public attention when she managed to defeat high school and even university students much older than her in her first ever All Japan Table Tennis Championships. Since 2007, she has won the All Japan Table Tennis Championships – female junior division; four years in a row.[8]She was also nicknamed Ai-Chan II, a comparison to fellow athleteAi Fukuhara,who also started playing table tennis at a young age. She models herunderspinserveafter Fukuhara.

Her talent for table tennis was due partly to her parents, both former players, who gave Ishikawa special training since she was young. Her mother, Kumi Ishikawa, had played at the national level. In the autumn of her first year of primary school, a special practice area in their house was erected to help her train more rigorously. After graduating from primary school, Ishikawa decided to live away from home and devote herself to table tennis. She entered Shitennoji Habikigaoka Middle School, and then Shitennoji High School inOsaka Prefecture.She practiced with all-Japan-Class players until late at night including holidays. Her aggressive attacking style coupled with formidable speed were developed there. She began working towards the Olympics and played in international tournaments representing her club;ZEN-NOH, Japan.

She competed at the2009 World Table Tennis Championships,reaching the quarter-final of thesingles competition.In 2011, she won the national singles title at the age of 17.[9]She quickly rose through the world rankings in recent years and managed to secure a place to compete at theLondon 2012 Olympics.She is currently ranked 6th in the ITTF women's world ranking as of July 2012 but has achieved ranking as high as 5th.[5]She is now the best female table tennis player in Japan after managing to overtake Ai Fukuhara in rankings.

She reached the semi-finals of theWomen's Singlesat theLondon 2012 Olympicsbut lost out to eventualgold medalwinner;Li XiaoxiaofChina.In thebronze medalplay-off, she lost out toFeng TianweiofSingapore.She finished an overall 4th position. This was her first ever Olympics participation and despite her young age of 19, she wasseeded no. 4at the Women's Singles Event. She is also the first ever Japanese to have reached the semi-finals of the tournament.

At theWomen's Team Event semi-finals,Kasumi Ishikawa helped Japan to overcome Singapore by defeating her quarter-finals opponent in the Single's,Wang Yueguin three straight games. In the thirdDouble's game,she paired up withSayaka Hiranoto overcomeWang YueguandLi Jiaweiin three straight games as well. The wins together withAi FukuharaovercomingFeng Tianweiin the first game brought Japan to their first table tennis finals in the Olympics in three straight matches.[10][11]However, Japan failed to beat China in the finals but got their first eversilver medalin table tennis.[12]

She won bronze with the Japanese Olympic team inRio de Janeiro 2016,beating together withAi FukuharaandMima Itoon her side the team from Singapore.[13]She also represented Japan in the women's singles event, where she crashed out of the tournament after suffering a cramp in her leg, losing 4–3 to North Korea'sKim Song-iin their third-round match.[14]

At the2017 World Table Tennis Championshipsheld inDüsseldorf,partnering compatriotMaharu Yoshimurain the mixed doubles event, Ishikawa and Yoshimura progressed through to the final, beating the combination ofFang BoandPetrissa Soljain the semi-finals, and overcame the Taiwanese pair ofChen Chien-anandCheng I-ching4–3 to win the first title in this tournament. It was also Japan's first mixed doubles gold medal after 48 years.[15]

In January 2020, she was announced to be part of the women's table tennis team for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, together withIto MimaandMiu Hirano.Furthermore, she will be making her third appearance in the Singles category withIto Mima.[16]

2021

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Ishikawa at the 2017German Open.

Ishikawa defeated Miyuu Kihara in the semi-finals[17]and Mima Ito in the finals to win the All Japan National Championships in 2021 for the first time in five years.[18]Afterwards, Ishikawa said that she was enjoying practicing recently, which she attributed to the pandemic putting things in perspective.[19]

In her first international event of 2021, Ishikawa was upset by Hina Hayata in the round of 16 in the WTT Contender event at WTT Doha.[20]

In June, Ishikawa stated that she was 70% ready for the Tokyo Olympics and that she wanted to spend the final month preparing so that there would be no regrets.[19]

Ishikawa lost in the quarter-finals of the Tokyo Olympics toYu Mengyuof Singapore.[21]Ishikawa won silver in the team event.[22]

2023

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On May 1, Ishikawa announced her retirement from international table tennis.

Popularity

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In Japan, Ishikawa has ranked among the five "most-liked" sportswomen every year from 2014 to 2020 in surveys published byOricon,[23][24][25][26][27][28]after ranking No. 10 in 2013.[29]As she is fluent inMandarinwhich she learned from Chinese coaches, her popularity has also extended to China. When she opened aSina Weiboaccount in 2016, she gained over 60,000 followers on the first day.[30]

Ishikawa appeared in the 2017 filmMixed Doublesas herself.

Career records

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Singles[31]
Doubles
  • World Championships:round of 16 (2011).
  • Pro Tour winner (6): Morocco Open (2009); German, Morocco, Hungarian Open (2010), Chile Open (2011), Bulgaria Open (2017).
  • Pro Tour Grand Finals: runner-up (2011).
  • Asian Games:SF (2010).
Mixed doubles
Team

References

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  25. ^"『 đệ 10 hồi hảo きなスポーツ tuyển thủ ランキング』 nam nữ biệt TOP10を phát biểu!".Oricon(in Japanese). 25 November 2017.Retrieved14 October2019.
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  27. ^"『 đệ 12 hồi hảo きなスポーツ tuyển thủ ランキング』 nam nữ biệt TOP10を phát biểu".Oricon(in Japanese). 14 October 2019.Retrieved14 October2019.
  28. ^"『 đệ 13 hồi hảo きなスポーツ tuyển thủ ランキング』 nam nữ biệt TOP10を phát biểu".Oricon(in Japanese). 16 October 2020.Retrieved20 February2021.
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  30. ^"Thạch xuyên giai thuần, 1 nhật で6 vạn フォロワー vi bác デビュー, hoàn bích な trung quốc ngữ を phi lộ".withnews(in Japanese). 2 September 2016.Retrieved14 October2019.
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