HIRANO Miu

Date of Birth: 14 Apr 2000

Age: 21

Gender: Female

Youth Olympian

Place of birth: NUMAZU

Birth Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Table Tennis	Women's Team JPN Japan	2

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 2	Women's Team Round of 16 #8 HUN Hungary 0 JPN Japan 3	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 2	Women's Team Quarterfinal #12 TPE Chinese Taipei 0 JPN Japan 3	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 1	Women's Team Semifinal #14 HKG Hong Kong, China 0 JPN Japan 3	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 1	Women's Team Gold Medal Team Match #16 CHN China 3 JPN Japan 0	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Youth Olympic Games

Year	Location	Singles	Team X
2018	Buenos Aires, ARG	2	2

World Championships

Year	Location	Singles	Doubles W	Team
2019	Budapest, HUN	QF	-	-
2018	Halmstad, SWE	-	-	2
2017	Dusseldorf, GER	3	3R	-
2015	Suzhou, CHN	3R	2R	-

Year	Location	Singles
2019	Chengdu, CHN	Last 16
2018	Chengdu, CHN	QF
2017	Markham, ON, CAN	4
2016	Philadelphia, PA, USA	1

Asian Championships

Year	Location	Singles	Doubles W	Team
2019	Yogyakarta, INA	QF	3	2
2017	Wuxi, CHN	1	-	2

WTT Star Contender

Year	Location	Singles	Doubles W
2021	Doha, QAT	3R	2

ITTF World Tour Grand Finals

Year	Location	Singles	Doubles W
2019	Zhengzhou, CHN	1R	QF
2018	Incheon, KOR	1R	-
2017	Astana, KAZ	1R	-
2016	Doha, QAT	3	-

ITTF World Tour - Eliminations per phase since 2017

Year	Event	W	RU	SF	QF	L16	L32	L64
2020	Singles	-	-	-	1x	1x	1x	-
2020	Doubles W	1x	1x	1x	-	-	-	-
2019	Singles	-	1x	2x	-	6x	2x	-
2019	Doubles W	-	3x	1x	2x	1x	-	-
2018	Singles	-	-	-	5x	3x	3x	-
2018	Doubles W	-	-	3x	3x	-	-	-
2018	Doubles X	-	-	-	1x	-	-	-
2017	Singles	-	-	1x	2x	-	5x	-
2017	Doubles W	1x	-	-	2x	-	-	-

ITTF World Tour - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
1	2020	Doubles	Hungarian Open	Budapest, HUN
1	2017	Doubles	German Open	Magdeburg, GER
2	2020	Doubles	German Open	Magdeburg, GER
2	2019	Singles	Czech Open	Olomouc, CZE
2	2019	Doubles	Swedish Open	Stockholm, SWE
2	2019	Doubles	Czech Open	Olomouc, CZE
2	2019	Doubles	Bulgarian Open	Panagyurishte, BUL
3	2020	Doubles	Qatar Open	Doha, QAT
3	2019	Singles	Japan Open	Sapporo, JPN
3	2019	Singles	Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong, CHN
3	2019	Doubles	Austrian Open	Linz, AUT
3	2018	Doubles	Czech Open	Olomouc, CZE
3	2018	Doubles	Bulgarian Open	Panagyurishte, BUL
3	2018	Doubles	China Open	Shenzhen, CHN
3	2017	Singles	Korea Open	Incheon, KOR

World Junior Championships

Year	Location	Singles	Doubles W	Doubles X	Team
2016	Cape Town, RSA	QF	1R	QF	1

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

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

English, Japanese

Nippon Life [Japan]

Mika Baba [national], JPN

Right (world-tt.com, 04 Nov 2013; sponichi.co.jp, 10 Dec 2019)

Sporting relatives:

Her mother Mariko Hirano played table tennis at collegiate level in Japan and has also worked as a coach in the sport. Her father Mitsumasa played table tennis at national level in Japan. (nittaku.com, 01 Jan 2005; sponichi.co.jp, 29 Jun 2014; sanspo.com, 29 Jan 2015; tokyo-np.co.jp, 03 Sep 2019)

She withdrew from the 2020 World Tour Grand Finals in Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China, due to lower back pain. (news.cgtn.com, 14 Oct 2020)

A back injury forced her to miss the doubles event at the 2015 Japan Open. (at-s.com, 26 Jun 2015)

She took up the sport at age three in Tokyo, Japan. (toto-dream.com, 22 Feb 2014; sponichi.co.jp, 29 Jun 2014)

Her mother coached a table tennis class. (toto-dream.com, 22 Feb 2014)

To win a gold medal in the team event at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (nippon.com, 06 Feb 2020; number.bunshun.jp, 12 Apr 2018; sankei.com, 31 Dec 2016)

Chinese table tennis player Liu Shiwen. (j.people.com.cn, 09 Mar 2015)

Her mother. (sanspo.com, 29 Jan 2015)

General Interest

Grip
Shakehand (ITTF, 26 Apr 2015; sponichi.co.jp, 10 Dec 2019)

Style of play
Attack (ITTF, 26 Apr 2015)

Milestones

She became the first Japanese female table tennis player in 48 years to win a medal in singles at the world championships, when she won bronze at the 2017 edition in Dusseldorf, Germany. (tleague.jp, 20 Nov 2019; hochi.news, 13 Aug 2018; SportsDeskOnline, 30 Dec 2019)

Alongside her partner Mima Ito, she was part of the women's doubles team that became the youngest to win a World Tour title. The pair won gold in doubles at the 2014 German Open in Magdeburg, Germany, at a combined age of 27 years and 145 days. The pair also became the youngest doubles team to win a World Tour Grand Finals title, following their victory at the 2014 edition in Bangkok, Thailand, at a combined age of 28 years and 298 days. (ITTF, 13 Dec 2014, 30 Jun 2015; japantoday.com, 15 Jan 2009; insidethegames.biz, 30 Mar 2014; SportsDeskOnline, 30 Dec 2019)

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Legend

:: Silver Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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