Badminton in Japan

Miyazaki Tomoka will be joining ACT SAIKYO after graduating from High School next March. This is a huge catch for the corporate team; I am wondering how they managed to beat off the competition from more established teams such Saishunkan and BIPROGY.

Miyazaki is originally from Osaka, but attended badminton powerhouse, Yanai Commercial and Technical High School, located in the same prefecture as ACT SAIKYO. She will be representing ACT SAIKYO in the S/J League this winter, and there is also speculation that she may pair up with 'senpai', Taguchi Maya, to play doubles.
 
kurako said:
Miyazaki Tomoka will be joining ACT SAIKYO after graduating from High School next March. This is a huge catch for the corporate team; I am wondering how they managed to beat off the competition from more established teams such Saishunkan and BIPROGY.

Miyazaki is originally from Osaka, but attended badminton powerhouse, Yanai Commercial and Technical High School, located in the same prefecture as ACT SAIKYO. She will be representing ACT SAIKYO in the S/J League this winter, and there is also speculation that she may pair up with 'senpai', Taguchi Maya, to play doubles.
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preparing to see more of these 2 in the international tours!
 
I wonder if her joining Act Saikyo has anything to do with Taguchi? They seem to be very close so it wouldn't be surprising if that played a factor in her choosing to join them.

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https://www.sj-league.jp/

SJ langue 2024-2025 starts in another 2 days.

Momota said he will not be playing in international tournaments but will he be playing in tournaments inside Japan?

Will be very nice if can watch these tournaments in YouTube or some where.
 
Thanks a lot. It is in Japanese but the automatic translation in Chrome does a pretty good job. Never heard about Rinsei Takei, Tanaka’s opponent in MS final. I note that Arisa made the WD final but Yuta went out in XD already in the qf. His new pairing doesn’t seem to take off.

Yamaguchi, Okuhara, K Watanabe all played but later retired. Hope nothing serious.


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Winners of the All Japan Championships 2024:

MS: Tanaka Yushi (NTT-East); runner-up: Takei Riki (NTT-East)
WS: Miyazaki Tomoka (Yanai Commercial and Technical HS); runner-up: Nidaira Natsuki (Yonex)
MD: Yamashita/Midorikawa (NTT-East); runners-up: Shimogami/Nomura (Hitachi)
WD: Shida/Matsuyama (Saishunkan); runners-up: Igarashi/Sakuramoto (BIPROGY/Yonex)
XD: Shibata/Shinoya (NTT-East); runners-up: Nishi/Sato (Ryukoku U/ACT Saikyo)

And the National Team coaches have been announced; an interesting line-up, which may reflect Ohori's preferences. I am not sure, at this point, how the coaching staff will be divided into Team A and B.

Head Coach: Ohori Hitoshi

Coaching Team:
Ida Takako (Women's Singles)
Imai Norio (Mixed Doubles)
Endo Hiroyuki (Men's Doubles)
Sakai Kazumasa (Men's Singles)
Sasaki Sho (Men's Singles)
Sato Shoji (Women's Singles)
Nakashima Kei (Women's Doubles)
Fujii Mizuki (Women's Doubles)
Lee Wan Wah (Men's Doubles)
 
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Cheung said:
Next week Shida is paired with Misaki Matsumoto in the Malaysian Open
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I almost wrote off Misaki Matsutomo as "on the brink of retirement" as I have not seen her competing in anything noteworthy of late. Her pairing with Kaneko didn't take off in XD after trying for a good 3 or so seasons and she hasn't been making waves domestically in SJ or All Japan either.

I hope she finds some talent to partner with for at least a couple more years.
 
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Will Momota go into coaching?
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I believe he was involved in coaching Tanaka Yushi, this year's winner of the All-Japan Championships. They are both NTT-East employees. NTT-East has openly acknowledged that it has offered a coaching position to Momota starting from April 2025.
 
When will the new national teams be announced? Any speculations? I would guess Naraoka, K Watanabe, Tanaka, Yamaguchi and Miyazaki are clear for team A in singles, but who else? Is Gunji coming back? Nidaira? Akechi?


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oldtaby said:
When will the new national teams be announced? Any speculations? I would guess Naraoka, K Watanabe, Tanaka, Yamaguchi and Miyazaki are clear for team A in singles, but who else? Is Gunji coming back? Nidaira? Akechi?


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Nothing official will be released until late January, apparently. There have also been hints that the Team A/Team B division may be revised.
 
kurako said:
I believe he was involved in coaching Tanaka Yushi, this year's winner of the All-Japan Championships. They are both NTT-East employees. NTT-East has openly acknowledged that it has offered a coaching position to Momota starting from April 2025.
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For me, the most interesting aspect recently was the ultimate destination of the "foreign' coaches.

Having Jeremy Gan come to HK is a big deal for me. He is proven quality in bringing players to another level. Hope he sticks around in HK for two Olympic cycles. I never thought there was chance he would come to HK.
 
Why
Nami Matsuyama is not playing? I thought
Nami Matsuyama did really, really well as partner of Chiharu Shida. Powerful smash from back court and also swift front court player.

Or is this a temporary arrangement?
 
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Pcyl said:
Why
Nami Matsuyama is not playing? I thought
Nami Matsuyama did really, really well as partner of Chiharu Shida. Powerful smash from back court and also swift front court player.

Or is this a temporary arrangement?
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She's taking a break to recover.

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