Tag: Miu HIRANO

  • Japanese Teenager Hirano Shocks China to Win Asian Table Tennis Championships

    Japanese Teenager Hirano Shocks China to Win Asian Table Tennis Championships

    Wuxi, Apr 15, 2017: Japanese sensation Miu HIRANO has made history in Wuxi, China to become the first non-Chinese winner of the ITTF-Asian Championships since 1996. The 2016 Women’s World Cup Champion, who only celebrated her 17th birthday yesterday with a historic victory over reigning World and Olympic Champion DING Ning, continued to storm her…

  • 13 Year Old Japanese Duo Create History

    Magdeburg, Germany, Mar 31, 2014: Japanese 13 year olds Mima ITO and Miu HIRANO have created table tennis history by winning the women’s doubles event at the GAC Group 2014 ITTF World Tour Super Series German Open, which concluded today in Magdeburg, Germany. The victory means that the dynamic duo are the youngest ever pair…

  • The Youngest Ever, Japanese Prodigy Rewrites History, Not Once but Twice

    The Youngest Ever, Japanese Prodigy Rewrites History, Not Once but Twice

    By Ian Marshall, Switzerland, April 20, 2012: Japanese Prodigy, Winner of the Junior Girls’ Singles title at the Chinese Taipei Junior and Cadet Open on Sunday 18th September 2011, Mima ITO wrote history; she became the youngest ever winner on the ITTF Junior Circuit. She secured the title just one month prior to her eleventh…