Table tennis world championship 10 men and women including Ito and Hayata are representatives on January 24 at 14:28

In March, Japan's representative of the world championship of table tennis groups to be held in Korea was announced in March. In addition to Misato Ito, who has been determined to be the representative of the Tokyo Olympics, Hina Hayata who won the All Japan Championship this month, etc. Ten men and women were selected.

The table tennis world championships are held alternately in individual and team competitions every other year.

The Japan Table Tennis Association held a press conference in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo on the 24th, and announced five Japanese men and women athletes.

The three women who are aiming for the gold medal for the first time in 49 years are the top three in the world ranking of the Tokyo Olympics, with Japan's top 3rd place in the world ranking Ito, 9th place Kasumi Ishikawa and 11th place Miu Hirano in the world In addition to this, 23rd-placed player Hayata and 17th-placed Hitomi Sato, who won the All Japan Championship for the first time, were selected.

In addition to the three men, Tomokazu Harimoto, who is ranked 5th in the world as a representative of the Tokyo Olympics, Takaki Niwa, who is 15th in the world, and Jun Mizutani, who is 16th in the world, as well as the world champion for the first time Koya Uda and Masataka Morizono, who won the final round last month, were selected.

The World Championships for table tennis groups will be held from March 22 in Busan, South Korea.