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  1. phil-mm

    phil-mm Regular Member

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    Oh yes, and Minatsu managed to get into the reserves list for the German Open [​IMG]. It's such a big advantage to be in the national team, getting to play in all the big tournaments. But I think she needs to play in the smaller ones to push up her rankings. I'm sure she'll be doing very well this year. BWF has got her family name mixed up. It's Mitani :).
     
  2. suetyan

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    German Open, All England & Swiss Open participants

    Here is the list of players from the Japan team. The German Open list is same as the All England list.

    Tago Kenichi
    Sasaki Sho
    Yamada Kazushi
    Ueda Takuma
    Sonoda Keigo
    Sakai Masayuki
    Hirata Noriyasu
    Hashimoto Hirokatsu
    Hayakawa Kenichi
    Endo Hiroyuki
    Sato Shoki
    Kawamae Naoki
    Hirobe Yoshiteru
    Kazuno Kenta
    Hirose Eriko
    Goto Ai
    Sato Sayaka
    Kurihara Ayane
    Imabeppu Kaori
    Mitani Minatsu
    Maeda Miyuki
    Suetsuna Satoko
    Matsutomo Misaki
    Takahashi Ayaka
    Matsuo Shizuka
    Naito Mami
    Fujii Mizuki
    Kakiiwa Reika
    Shiota Reiko
    Ikeda Shintaro



    Not full squad will be going to Swiss Open, only certain players will be going to Swiss Open:

    MS
    Yamada Kazushi
    Sasaki Sho
    Sonoda Keigo

    WS
    Hirose Eriko
    Goto Ai
    Mitani Minatsu
    Sato Sayaka
    Imabeppu Kaori
    Sekiya Mayu


    WD
    Naito Mami/Matsuo Shizuka
    Matsutomo Misaki/Takahashi Ayaka
    Wakita Yu/Eto Rie

    MD
    Sato Shoji/Kawamae Naoki
    Hayakawa Kenichi/Endo Hiroyuki
    Kazuno Kenta/Yoshiteru Hirobe

    XD
    Ikeda Shintaro/Shiota Reiko
    Hayakawa Kenichi/Matsutomo Misaki
    Sato Shoji/Matsuo Shizuka
    Kazuno Kenta/Takahashi Ayaka
     
  3. phil-mm

    phil-mm Regular Member

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    Why is Mayu in blue? And also your two friends :)?
     
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    Japanese national team 2011 list:

    Eriko Hirose Osaka Sanyo
    Kaori Imabeppu Osaka Sanyo
    Sayaka Sato Kanagawa Student
    Ai Goto Tokyo NTT East
    Ayane Kurihara Tokyo Nihon Unisys
    Minatsu Mitani Tokyo NTT East
    Satoko Suetsuna Kumamoto Renesas Semiconductor
    Miyuki Maeda Kumamoto Renesas Semiconductor
    Shizuka Matsuo Osaka Sanyo
    Mami Naito Osaka Sanyo
    Mizuki Fujii Kumamoto Renesas Semiconductor
    Reika Kakiiwa Kumamoto Renesas Semiconductor
    Ayaka Takahashi Tokyo Nihon Unisys
    Misaki Matsutomo Tokyo Nihon Unisys
    Reiko Shiota Tokyo Nihon Unisys

    I'm still working on the males. Maybe suetyan, you can do the honours :D.
     
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    they are in blue because they are not playing in the German Open and also the All England, they will join the team only in Swiss Open.
     
  6. suetyan

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    wait after 1st April 2011, you will know the full list. :D
     
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    phil-mm Regular Member

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    Oh, the black ones are the 日本代表 :).
     
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    phil-mm Regular Member

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    Yes, I suspected that they may be adding to the list. I can't read Japanese. But the list looks quite full already. I notice that Yu Hirayama isn't in the list anymore :(.
     
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    Austrian International Challenge 2011

    Date: 23 Feb to 26 Feb 2011

    Hayasaki Shuhei
    Hiroyuki Saeki
    Taohata Ryota
    Zeniya Sho
    Kamura Takeshi
    Saeki Koichi
    Wada Shu
    Sato Rei
    Watanabe Tatsuya
    Hoshino Shohei
    Kobayashi Akiya
    Takeuchi Hiroki
    Okoshi Izumi
    Momota Kento

    Sekiya Mayu
    Fukuman Naoko
    Koharu Yonemoto
    Miki Yuriko
    Taruno Megumi
    Uchida Shizuka
    Nojirino Masayo
    Oka Hitomi
    Takahashi Sayaka
    Okuhara Nozumi
    Ichimaru Miri
    Tanaka Shiho
    Yonao Kurumi
     
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    are you sure this is the 2011 female list? haha
     
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    she should give more chances to the youngsters, she didn't produce good results in 2010 also.
     
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    Japan team 2011

    phil-mm, I got the 2011 name list already.

    A team

    Men's team
    Tago Kenichi
    Sasaki Sho
    Yamada Kazushi
    Ueda Takuma
    Sonoda Keigo
    Sakai Masayuki
    Hirata Noriyasu
    Hashimoto Hirokatsu
    Hayakawa Kenichi
    Endo Hiroyuki
    Sato Shoki
    Kawamae Naoki
    Hirobe Yoshiteru
    Kazuno Kenta
    Ikeda Shintaro

    Women's team
    Hirose Eriko
    Imabeppu Kaori
    Sato Sayaka
    Goto Ai
    Kurihara Ayane
    Mitani Minatsu
    Maeda Miyuki
    Suetsuna Satoko
    Matsutomo Misaki
    Takahashi Ayaka
    Matsuo Shizuka
    Naito Mami
    Fujii Mizuki
    Kakiiwa Reika
    Shiota Reiko

    B team

    Men's team
    Hayasaki Shuhei
    Saeki Hiroyuki
    Taohata Ryota
    Zeniya Sho
    Kamura Takeshi
    Saeki Koichi
    Wada Shu
    Sato Rei
    Watanabe Tatsuya
    Hoshino Shohei
    Kobayashi Akiya
    Takeuchi Hiroki
    Okoshi Izumi
    Momota Kento

    Women's team
    Sekiya Mayu
    Fukuman Naoko
    Koharu Yonemoto
    Miki Yuriko
    Taruno Megumi
    Uchida Shizuka
    Nojirino Masayo
    Oka Hitomi
    Itagaki Yuki
    Tamura Chiaki
    Takahashi Sayaka
    Okuhara Nozumi
    Ichimaru Miri
    Tanaka Shiho
    Yonao Kurumi

    Here is the source: http://www.badminton.or.jp/national/20101222national.htm
     
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    You're right. Need to go check again. I could have sworn I had seen Naoko Fukuman's name in the list earlier.
     
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    Oh, cool. They have a B team too. Good thing Nozumi managed to make it. Next year she will be in the A team, ha ha.
     
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    There is quite a good balance between the different companies in the women's A team. 4 from Nihon Unisys, 4 from Sanyo, 4 from Renesas Electronics and 2 from NTT East. And one student [​IMG].
    Sayaka is still so young. But very good [​IMG].

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    I mean Nozomi. Nozomi Okuhara.

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    Sayaka Takahashi.

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    Two players from the B team to look out for in the future.
     
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    Megumi Taruno only made the B team ? I thought she was better than that...
     
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    yes, watch out Takahashi Sayaka! She has a better look now compared with the photo you posted. :D
     
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    I think the result of Austrian Open tells you why Taruno is still in the B team. She lost to Egelstaff Susan in the first round, 14-21, 17-21
     
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    I am looking forward to see Sato Rei in performance. :D
     

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