NIWA Koki

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Singles	Team
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	QF	2
2012	London, GBR	-	QF

Youth Olympic Games

Year	Location	Singles	Team X
2010	Singapore, SIN	1	1

World Championships

Year	Location	Singles	Doubles M	Doubles X	Team
2019	Budapest, HUN	QF	-	-	-
2018	Halmstad, SWE	-	-	-	5
2017	Dusseldorf, GER	QF	3	-	-
2016	Kuala Lumpur, MAS	-	-	-	2
2015	Suzhou, CHN	4R	3	4R	-
2014	Tokyo, JPN	-	-	-	3
2013	Paris, FRA	4R	3R	-	-
2012	Dortmund, GER	-	-	-	3
2011	Rotterdam, NED	2R	3R	-	-
2009	Yokohama, JPN	2R	1R	1R	-

World Cup

Year	Location	Singles
2020	Weihai, CHN	Last 16
2019	Chengdu, CHN	QF
2018	Paris, FRA	QF
2017	Liege, BEL	QF

Asian Championships

Year	Location	Singles	Doubles M	Team
2017	Wuxi, CHN	3	3	3

WTT Star Contender

Year	Location	Singles
2021	Doha, QAT	2R

ITTF Finals

Year	Location	Singles	Doubles M
2020	Zhengzhou, CHN	1R	-
2018	Incheon, KOR	1R	-
2017	Astana, KAZ	1R	-
2016	Doha, QAT	1R	QF

ITTF World Tour - Eliminations per phase since 2017

Year	Event	W	RU	SF	QF	L16	L32	L64
2020	Singles	-	-	-	-	2x	1x	-
2019	Singles	-	-	-	1x	5x	5x	-
2019	Doubles M	-	-	-	1x	1x	-	-
2019	Doubles X	-	-	1x	1x	-	-	-
2018	Singles	-	-	-	3x	2x	5x	-
2018	Doubles M	-	-	-	3x	-	-	-
2017	Singles	-	-	1x	5x	1x	2x	-
2017	Doubles M	1x	1x	-	-	4x	-	-

ITTF World Tour - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
1	2017	Doubles	Austrian Open	Linz, AUT
2	2017	Doubles	Japan Open	Tokyo, JPN
3	2019	Doubles	China Open	Shenzhen, CHN
3	2017	Singles	Indian Open	New Delhi, IND
Quarterfinal	2019	Singles	Austrian Open	Linz, AUT
Quarterfinal	2019	Doubles	Korea Open	Busan, KOR
Quarterfinal	2019	Doubles	Japan Open	Sapporo, JPN
Quarterfinal	2018	Singles	Austrian Open	Linz, AUT
Quarterfinal	2018	Singles	Bulgarian Open	Panagyurishte, BUL
Quarterfinal	2018	Singles	China Open	Shenzhen, CHN
Quarterfinal	2018	Doubles	Bulgarian Open	Panagyurishte, BUL
Quarterfinal	2018	Doubles	Australian Open	Gold Coast, QLD, AUS
Quarterfinal	2018	Doubles	Korea Open	Incheon, KOR
Quarterfinal	2017	Singles	Swedish Open	Stockholm, SWE
Quarterfinal	2017	Singles	Austrian Open	Linz, AUT
Quarterfinal	2017	Singles	China Open	Chengdu, CHN
Quarterfinal	2017	Singles	Japan Open	Tokyo, JPN
Quarterfinal	2017	Singles	Qatar Open	Doha, QAT

Legend
W - Winner, RU - Runner-up, SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 4R - 4th Round, 3R - 3rd Round, 2R - 2nd Round, 1R - 1st Round, Prel. Rnd - Preliminary Round, L16 - Last 16, L32 - Last 32, L64 - Last 64, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed

Niwa-chan (ITTF, 26 Apr 2015)

Going to the cinema, going to theme parks. (rallys.online, 29 Feb 2020)

Athlete

Economics, Politics - Meiji University, Japan

Japanese

TT Saitama [Japan]

Ryusuke Sakamoto [national] JPN; Yosuke Kurashima [national], JPN

Left (ITTF, 02 Aug 2016; prtimes.jp, 02 Oct 2020)

His older sister Misato competed in table tennis at the World University Games in 2013 and 2015. (SportsDeskOnline, 10 Jul 2015; ittfranking.com, 03 Jan 2014; ITTF, 18 Nov 2011)

2009 for Japan, International Tournament in Qatar (ITTF, 12 Aug 2012)

2009 (sankei.com, 13 Jan 2016)

He took up table tennis at age seven. (nanapi.jp, 17 Oct 2013)

His father encouraged him to take up the sport. (nanapi.jp, 17 Oct 2013)

To win a medal in the individual event and a gold medal in the team event at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and to compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (sportiva.shueisha.co.jp, 09 Sep 2020; rallys.online, 01 Mar 2020)

German table tennis player Timo Boll. (yamada.takkyu.ne.jp, 27 Apr 2012)

"Table tennis is the only thing that I have full confidence in." (butterflymag.com, 25 Apr 2014)

"Do what you normally do. It depends on luck whether you win or lose." (rallys.online, 29 Feb 2020)