Miyu Nagasaki
Nagasaki at the 2018 Swedish Open
Personal information
Born (2002-06-15) 15 June 2002 (age 21)
Ebina, Kanagawa, Japan[1]
Height164 cm (5 ft 5 in)[2]
Table tennis career
Playing styleLeft-handed shakehand grip
Highest ranking24 (27 June 2023)[3]
Current ranking28 (26 September 2023)[4]
ClubKinoshita Abyell Kanagawa (T.League)
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Halmstad Team
Silver medal – second place 2022 Chengdu Team
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Durban Doubles
WTT Cup Finals
Silver medal – second place 2023 Nagoya Doubles
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou Team
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Doha Team
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Doha Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Pyeongchang Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Pyeongchang Team

Miyu Nagasaki (長﨑 美柚, Nagasaki Miyū, born 15 June 2002) is a Japanese table tennis player.

Career highlights

Nagasaki won national junior high school title and national U-14 title in 2016.[5][6] She became a part of the Japanese women's team that won a silver medal at the 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships in Halmstad, Sweden.[7]

In September 2019, Nagasaki won both the girls' singles and doubles (with Miyuu Kihara) at the Asian Junior and Cadet Championships.[8] Nagasaki continued to win both the girls' singles and doubles at the 2019 World Junior Championships. She was the first non-Chinese girl to win the singles in the tournament's 17-year history.[9] Two weeks later, she and Kihara captured the women's doubles title at the 2019 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals.[10]

Teams

Nagasaki has played for teams in T.League since 2018:

Finals

Women's singles

Result Year Tournament Opponent Score Ref
Runner-up 2022 WTT Contender Lima Germany Nina Mittelham 3–4 [12]

Women's doubles

Result Year Tournament Partner Opponents Score Ref
Runner-up 2018 ITTF Challenge, Slovenia Open Miyuu Kihara Hong Kong Ng Wing Nam / Minnie Soo 1–3 [13]
Winner 2019 ITTF Challenge, Slovenia Open Japan Satsuki Odo / Saki Shibata 3–0 [14]
Winner 2019 ITTF Challenge, Croatia Open Japan Honoka Hashimoto / Hitomi Sato 3–2 [15]
Runner-up 2019 ITTF World Tour, German Open South Korea Jeon Ji-hee / Yang Ha-eun 1–3 [16]
Winner 2019 ITTF World Tour, Austrian Open Chinese Taipei Chen Szu-yu / Cheng Hsien-tzu 3–2 [17]
Winner 2019 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals South Korea Jeon Ji-hee / Yang Ha-eun 3–0 [10]
Winner 2021 WTT Star Contender Doha II Minami Ando South Korea Jeon Ji-hee / Yang Ha-eun 3–0 [18]
Winner 2022 WTT Contender Doha Miyuu Kihara Chinese Taipei Chen Szu-yu / Huang Yi-hua 3–0 [19]
Winner 2022 WTT Star Contender Doha Chinese Taipei Li Yu-jhun / Cheng I-ching 3–0 [20]
Winner 2023 WTT Star Contender Goa Miwa Harimoto Chinese Taipei Li Yu-jhun / Cheng I-ching 3–0 [21]

References

  1. ^ "卓球女子・長崎美柚　成長続ける期待の星". www.kanaloco.jp (in Japanese). 7 February 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  2. ^ a b "長﨑 美柚 Miyuu Nagasaki". tleague.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  3. ^ "ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking Women's Singles 2023 Week #26". ittf.com. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  4. ^ "ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking". ittf.com. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  5. ^ "平成28年度　第47回全国中学校卓球大会". world-tt.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  6. ^ "全日本選手権大会（カデットの部）～14歳以下は張本と長﨑、13歳以下は濱田と木原が優勝～". butterfly.co.jp (in Japanese). 22 November 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Japan falls to China in World Team Table Tennis Championships women's final". The Japan Times. 6 May 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  8. ^ "第25回アジアジュニア＆カデット卓球選手権大会　結果". butterfly.co.jp (in Japanese). 11 September 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  9. ^ Marshall, Ian (1 December 2019). "Joy for Japan at 2019 ITTF World Junior Table Tennis Championships". ITTF. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  10. ^ a b "Teen duo Miyu Kihara, Miyu Nagasaki capture table tennis Grand Finals title". Kyodo News. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  11. ^ "長﨑 美柚 Miyuu Nagasaki". tleague.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  12. ^ "WTT Contender Lima 2022". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  13. ^ Marshall, Ian (7 April 2018). "Review Final Day: first time winners". ITTF. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  14. ^ "Seamaster 2019 ITTF Challenge, Slovenia Open Results (12 May)". ITTF. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  15. ^ "Final Day: Seamaster 2019 ITTF Challenge Croatia Open". ITTF. 18 May 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  16. ^ "Day Three: 2019 ITTF World Tour Platinum German Open". ITTF. 12 October 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  17. ^ Long Po-an; Chiang Yi-ching (17 November 2019). "Taiwan duo lose in women's doubles final at Austrian Table Tennis Open". Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  18. ^ "WTT Star Contender Doha 2021". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  19. ^ "WTT Contender Doha 2022". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  20. ^ "WTT Star Contender Doha 2022". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  21. ^ "WTT Star Contender Goa 2023". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 8 March 2023.

External links

ITTF World Tour Grand Finals women's doubles champions
Asian table tennis women's team champions
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