Miyu Kato
Kato at the 2017 Asian Championships
Personal information
Born (1999-04-14) April 14, 1999 (age 24)
Musashino, Tokyo, Japan[1]
Height159 cm (5 ft 3 in)[2]
Weight52 kg (115 lb)[3]
Table tennis career
Playing styleRight-handed shakehand grip
Highest ranking13 (January 2018)[4]
Current ranking59 (17 May 2022)[5]
ClubNippon Paint Mallets
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Japan
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Wuxi Team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Yogyakarta Team

Miyu Kato (加藤 美優, Katō Miyu, born April 14, 1999) is a Japanese table tennis player.[6][7]

Achievements

ITTF Tours

Women's singles

Year Tournament Level Final opponent Score Rank
2018 Slovenian Open Challenge Sakura Mori 4–3[8] 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2019 Spanish Open Adina Diaconu 4–2[9] 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Croatia Open Miyuu Kihara 3–4[10] 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Final opponents Score Rank
2016 Bulgarian Open World Tour Misaki Morizono Maria Dolgikh
Polina Mikhailova 		3–0[11] 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Austrian Open Hina Hayata Honoka Hashimoto
Hitomi Sato 		2–3[12] 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2017 Belarus Open Challenge Misaki Morizono Lin Chia-hsuan
Lin Po-hsuan 		3–1[13] 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Polish Open Miyu Maeda Lee Ho Ching
Doo Hoi Kem 		2–3[14] 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Career records

Singles
Doubles
Team

References

  1. ^ "４勝！小６美優が愛ちゃん超えた／卓球". www.nikkansports.com (in Japanese). January 20, 2012. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
  2. ^ "加藤 美優". T.League (in Japanese). Retrieved February 10, 2020.
  3. ^ "Kato Miyu". Olympic Council of Asia. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
  4. ^ "ITTF World Ranking – Kato Miyu". ITTF. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
  5. ^ "ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking". ittf.com. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
  6. ^ Японские юниоры грозят китайской гегемонии. News&Score (in Russian). May 28, 2013. Retrieved April 7, 2014.
  7. ^ "小６加藤美優　大学生撃破！愛に並ぶ５回戦進出！". Sponichi Annex. January 20, 2012. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
    "１２歳の加藤美優、福原超えの４勝／卓球". Sankei Sports. January 20, 2012. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
    "卓球・１４歳美優ちゃん中学生女王に". Daily Sport Online. January 18, 2014. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
    "【卓球】１４歳美優、ジュニア初優勝！世界卓球切符グイッ". Hochi Shimbun. January 18, 2014. Archived from the original on January 17, 2014. Retrieved April 7, 2014.
  8. ^ Daish, Simon (July 19, 2018). "Defending champion falls, Miyu Kato ends reign". ITTF. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
  9. ^ "2019 Spanish Open Success For Miyu Kato and Zhai Yujia". SD Sport. March 25, 2019. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
  10. ^ Marshall, Ian (May 18, 2019). "Zagreb highlights: Miyuu Kihara, youngest ever". ITTF. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
  11. ^ Marshall, Ian (August 28, 2016). "Mixed fortunes for top seeded Russians, gold for men, silver for women". Retrieved February 10, 2020.
  12. ^ Daish, Simon (November 13, 2016). "All-Japanese Women's Doubles final comes down to dramatic finish". ITTF. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
  13. ^ Daish, Simon (March 19, 2017). "Miyu Kato and Misaki Morizono the successful partnership". ITTF. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
  14. ^ "ITTF Challenge Polish Open: Hongkong rozdaje karty w deblu". Onet.pl (in Polish). October 8, 2017. Retrieved February 10, 2020.

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