Miyu Nagasaki

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

Miyu Nagasaki
Nagasaki at the 2018 Swedish Open
Personal information
Born (2002-06-15) 15 June 2002
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 place2018 HalmstadTeam
Silver medal – second place2022 ChengduTeam
Bronze medal – third place2023 Durban Doubles
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place2022 HangzhouTeam
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 DohaTeam
Bronze medal – third place2021 DohaDoubles
Bronze medal – third place2023 PyeongchangDoubles
Bronze medal – third place2023 PyeongchangTeam

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. "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. "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.
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