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Born in 2008, from Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture.

Both parents are table tennis players; her father is a former coach for the Japan Men’s Junior National Team, and her mother is a former representative player in the World Table Tennis Championships.

Her brother, five years older, is Tomokazu Harimoto, a bronze medalist in the men’s team table tennis event at the Tokyo 2020 Games.

Born into a table tennis family, she began playing table tennis in earnest at the age of 2, and was selected for the U15 Japan National Team at the age of 10. The following year, at 11 years old, she was selected for the U18 Japan National Team, and at 13 years old, she became a candidate for the National Team.

202112At the World Youth Table Tennis Championships held in Portugal in Month, she achieved the first-ever4title.

In the All-Japan Table Tennis Championships in January 2024, she achieved two consecutive victories in the junior division and second place in the general singles division. In addition, she won a silver medal at the World Table Tennis Championships team event held in February.

At the Paris 2024 Olympics in June, she won a team silver medal. At the Asian Championships held in October, she participated as a key player and contributed to the first team victory in 50 years.

In the All-Japan Table Tennis Championships in January 2025, she achieved her third consecutive victory in the junior division and was the runner-up in the general singles division.

 

Main achievements and records

●2014

All Japan Table Tennis Championships, Bambi Division, Singles 3rd place

 

●2015

All Japan Table Tennis Championships, Bambi Division, Singles Champion

 

●2018

All Japan Table Tennis Championships, Kabu Division, Singles Champion

All Japan Table Tennis Championships, Cadet Division, Doubles Champion

 

●2019

East Asia Hopes Table Tennis Tournament, Singles Champion (5th grade)

All Japan Table Tennis Championships, Hopes Division, Singles Champion

 

●2021

National Junior High School Table Tennis Tournament, Singles Champion

All Japan Table Tennis Championships, Cadet Division, U13 Singles Champion

World Youth Table Tennis Championships, U15 Singles Champion/U15 Doubles Champion

World Youth Table Tennis Championships U15 Mixed Doubles Champion/U15 Women’s Team Champion

 

●2022

WWT Contender Tunis Mixed Doubles Champion (First victory as a pair with her brother Tomokazu)

WWT Contender Tunis Singles Runner-up

World Youth Table Tennis Championships U19 Singles Runner-up / U19 Women’s Doubles Champion

World Youth Table Tennis Championships U19 Mixed Doubles 3rd Place / U19 Women’s Team 3rd Place

 

●2023

All Japan Table Tennis Championships Junior (High School Students and Under) Singles Champion

WWT Contender Tunis Singles Champion, Doubles Runner-up

19th Asian Games Team Runner-up, Doubles 3rd Place

ZEN-NOH CUP Osaka (Olympic Selection) Singles Champion

 

●2024

All Japan Table Tennis Championships Junior (High School Students and Under) Singles Champion

All Japan Table Tennis Championships General Division Singles Runner-up

World Table Tennis Championships Team Runner-up

Paris 2024 Olympics Team Silver Medal

Asian Championships Team Champion

Asian Championships Singles Runner-up

Asian Championships Doubles Runner-up

 

●2025

All Japan Table Tennis Championships Junior (High School Students and Under) Singles 3 Consecutive Championships

All Japan Table Tennis Championships General Division Singles Runner-up

 

*Bambi Division is for elementary school 2nd graders and under, Kabu Division is for elementary school 4th graders and under, Hopes Division is for elementary school 6th graders and under, and Cadet Division is for junior high school 2nd graders and under, also known as the JOC Junior Olympic Games.

 

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