Miu Hirano
Miu Hirano | |
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![]() Hirano at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics | |
Personal information | |
Born | Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan | 14 April 2000
Playing style | Right-handed, Shakehand grip, Counter Driver |
Equipment(s) | Butterfly Viscaria FL (blade), Butterfly Tenergy 05 Hard (FH, black), Butterfly Tenergy 05 (BH, red) |
Highest ranking | 5 (July 2017)[1] |
Current ranking | 11 (January 2020)[2] |
Club | |
Height | 1.56 m (5 ft 1 in)[3] |
Weight | 45 kg (99 lb)[3] |
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Medal record |
Miu Hirano (平野 美宇, Hirano Miu) (born 14 April 2000) is a Japanese table tennis player.[4] She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Women's team, winning a silver medal.[5]
She won the women's singles at the 2017 Asian Table Tennis Championships, sweeping away three top Chinese players - Olympic champion and world number one Ding Ning, Zhu Yuling and in the finals, Chen Meng - to clinch the championship. She also won the 2016 Women's World Cup — the youngest ever winner.
Career[]
2014[]
In March 2014, she and Mima Ito won their first doubles title at ITTF World Tour German Open. They became the youngest ever winners of the doubles competition in the ITTF World Tour.[6][7] She was part of the Japanese team in 2014 Asian Games, but lost to China in the final.
In April 2014 she won her second doubles title with Mima Ito at the ITTF World Tour Spanish open.[8]
In December 2014, she won the doubles title with Mima Ito at the ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in Bangkok. The pair defeated Singapore pair of Feng Tianwei and Yu Mengyu in the semi-finals and Poland pair of Katarzyna Grzybowska and Natalia Partyka in the final.[9]
2015[]
On 5 July 2015, Miu Hirano and Mima Ito won the Women's Doubles title at the ITTF World Tour Korean Open.[10] This was their third doubles title since 2014.
2016[]
In April 2016, she won her first women's singles title in ITTF World Tour Polish Open by defeating Yu Mengyu in the Final.[11]
On 9 October 2016, with the absence of Chinese players, she seized the opportunity to win the Women's World Cup in Philadelphia, USA after defeating Mima Ito in the quarterfinals, Feng Tianwei in the semi-final and Cheng I-ching in the final. This marks the youngest women's World Cup Champion and the first non-Chinese player to win the title.[12]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Hirano_Miu_ATTC_2017_final_win.jpg/220px-Hirano_Miu_ATTC_2017_final_win.jpg)
2017[]
On 22 January 2017, she won All Japan Championships by defeating Kasumi Ishikawa 4–2 in the final at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.[13] On 14 April 2017, she defeated the world ranked No.1 player Ding Ning at the 2017 ITTF Asian Table Tennis Championships.[14] The following day of the tournament, she defeated the world ranked No.2 player Zhu Yuling in the Semifinals [15] and Chen Meng world ranked No.5 in the Finals, where she set a new record for the youngest winner of the Asian Championships in the Singles Event. She became the third non-Chinese player ever and the first non-Chinese player since Chire Koyama in 1996 to win the Singles title.[16]
In the 2017 World Table Tennis Championships in Düsseldorf, Hirano progressed to the singles semi-finals but lost to Ding Ning of China. She obtained a joint bronze medal with Liu Shiwen of China. This ended a long medal drought for Japan in women's singles at the world championships since Toshiko Kowada achieved the gold medal in 1969 World Championships.[17]
2021[]
Hirano represented Japan at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics in the team event. However, she will not play in the singles event.[18] In March, Hirano played in WTT Doha, but suffered disappointing upsets in both the WTT Contender and WTT Star Contender event, including a loss to Shin Yubin in a potential Olympic Team preview.[19]
Hirano won silver in the team event at the Tokyo Olympics.[20]
Career records[]
Statistics correct as of 7 May 2017[21]
Singles[]
- World Championships:SF(2017), round of 32 (2015)
- World Cup: Winner (2016), 4th (2017)
- World Tour
- Winner: Polish Open (2016)
- Runner-up: Spanish Open (2014); Croatia Open(2016)
- World Tour Grand Finals: SF (2016)
- Asian Championships: Winner (2017)
- Asian Cup: QF (2016)
- World Junior Championships: QF (2014,2016)
Doubles[]
- World Championships: : round of 32 (2015)
- World Tour
- Winner: German, Spanish Open (2014); Korea Open (2015)
- Runner-up: Korea Open (2014); Spanish Open (2015)
- World Tour Grand Finals
- Winner : Bangkok Open (2014)
- Runner-up : Lisbon Open (2015)
- Asian Championships: Runner-up (2015)
- World Junior Championships: Runner-up (2014)
Mixed doubles[]
- World Junior Championships: QF (2016)
Team[]
- Asian Games: Runner-up (2014)
- Asian Championships: Runner-up (2015,2017)
- World Junior Championships
- Winner (2016)
- Runner-up (2014,2015)
Finals[]
Singles[]
Titles 3、runner-ups 2
Result | Year.Month | Tournament | Score | Opponent |
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runner-ups | 2014.04 | ITTF World Tour Spanish Open | 1-4 | ![]() |
Winner | 2016.04 | ITTF World Tour Polish Open | 4-0 | ![]() |
runner-ups | 2016.05 | ITTF World Tour Croatia Open | 1-4 | ![]() |
Winner | 2016.10 | World Cup | 4-0 | ![]() |
Winner | 2017.04 | 2017 Asian Table Tennis Championships | 3-0 | ![]() |
Doubles[]
Titles 4、runner-ups 4
Result | Year.Month | Tournament | Partner | Score | Opponent |
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Winner | 2014.03 | ITTF World Tour German Open | ![]() |
3-0 | ![]() ![]() |
Winner | 2014.04 | ITTF World Tour Spanish Open | ![]() |
3-2 | ![]() ![]() |
runner-ups | 2014.06 | ITTF World Tour Korea Open | ![]() |
0-3 | ![]() ![]() |
Winner | 2014.12 | World Tour Grand Finals | ![]() |
4-0 | ![]() ![]() |
runner-ups | 2015.03 | ITTF World Tour Spanish Open | ![]() |
2-3 | ![]() ![]() |
Winner | 2015.07 | ITTF World Tour Korea Open | ![]() |
3-2 | ![]() ![]() |
runner-ups | 2015.10 | 2015 Asian Table Tennis Championships | ![]() |
0-4 | ![]() ![]() |
runner-ups | 2015.12 | World Tour Grand Finals | ![]() |
0-4 | ![]() ![]() |
Performance timelines[]
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | F-S | SF-B | NMS | P | NH |
S=Singles,D=Doubles,T=Team
Current through the 2017 Asian Table Tennis Championships.
Year | World Championships | World Cup | World Tour Grand Finals | Asian Games | Asian Championship | Asian Cup | ||||||
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S | D | T | S | T | S | D | T | S | D | T | S | |
2014 | W | F | ||||||||||
2015 | 3R | 2R | F | 4R | F | F | ||||||
2016 | W | B | 5P | |||||||||
2017 | B | 3R | 4P | 1R | W | F | 4P | |||||
2018 | F | F | 5P |
ITTF World ranking[]
Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May. | Jun. | Jul. | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | |
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2010 | 841 | 826 | 813 | 826 | ||||||||
2011 | 822 | 823 | 822 | 810 | 802 | 810 | 769 | 550 | 498 | 402 | 405 | 388 |
2012 | 389 | 396 | 394 | 408 | 313 | 281 | 253 | 255 | 279 | 283 | 276 | 281 |
2013 | 283 | 283 | 182 | 181 | 179 | 180 | 147 | 154 | 103 | 110 | 110 | 78 |
2014 | 69 | 69 | 53 | 49 | 33 | 34 | 33 | 33 | 45 | 44 | 48 | 42 |
2015 | 37 | 37 | 51 | 36 | 29 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 16 |
2016 | 18 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 11 |
2017 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
2018 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
Awards[]
Records[]
- World Cup Women's singles the youngest Champion
- Asian Championship Women's singles the youngest Champion
In popular culture[]
Hirano made her acting debut in the 2018 Fuji TV drama .[23]
References[]
- ^ "ITTF World Ranking Profile Hirano Miu". ITTF. Archived from the original on 26 May 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ^ "Current WR - Women". ITTF.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Athlete's Profile". 2014 Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee. Archived from the original on 2 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ "Miu Hirano – one of the worlds' most promising young girls signs with STIGA!". Stiga Table Tennis. 2013-04-02. Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
- ^ "Table Tennis HIRANO Miu - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". .. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
- ^ "Table Tennis Japanese 13-year-olds make history at German Open". Sport Asia. 2014-03-31. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
- ^ "13 Year Old Japanese Duo Create History on the ITTF World Tour". Around The Rings. 2014-03-31. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
- ^ "Maturity Beyond Years, Miu Hirano and Mima Ito Repeat Magdeburg Success". Ian Marshall, ITTF Publications Editor. 2014-06-04. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
- ^ "At A Glance: Japanese Teenagers Create History in Bangkok". Ian Marshall, ITTF Publications Editor. 2014-12-13. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
- ^ "Gold for Miu Hirano and Mima Ito, Youngest Final Ever". Ian Marshall, ITTF Publications Editor. 2015-07-05. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
- ^ "Result of Previous Month Reversed, Miu Hirano Wins in Poland". Ian Marshall, ITTF Publications Editor. 2016-04-24. Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
- ^ "Miu Hirano responds to occasion, writes history, wins Seamaster Women's World Cup". Ian Marshall, ITTF Publications Editor. 2016-10-09. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
- ^ "Hirano wins All Japan Championships". 2017-01-22.
- ^ "Hurricane Hirano shocks Olympic and World Champion Ding Ning out of Asian Championships". 2017-04-14.
- ^ "Hurricane Hirano gale force, blows away Zhu Yuling". 2017-04-15.
- ^ "Marvellous Miu and her magical ways". 2017-04-15.
- ^ "Hirano ends long medal drought for Japan women". Archived from the original on 2017-06-13. Retrieved 2017-06-04.
- ^ "WTT Doha 2021 Preview Part 3: Women's Singles seeds 5 To 8". edgesandnets.com. 2021-02-14. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
- ^ "A Deep Dive Into How Shin Yubin Upset Miu Hirano 3-1". edgesandnets.com. 2021-03-10. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
- ^ "Chinese Women Cruise To Olympic Gold - Edges and Nets". edgesandnets.com. 2021-08-05. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
- ^ "HIRANO Miu(JPN)ID:117820". International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 26 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
- ^ "Table Tennis: Hirano wins ITTF Breakthrough Star award". Mainichi Shimbun. 2016-12-10. Retrieved 2016-12-11.
- ^ "卓球・平野美宇選手がドラマ初出演!!". Fuji TV (in Japanese). 28 May 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
External links[]
- Miu Hirano on Twitter
- Miu Hirano on Instagram
- Miu Hirano on Sina Weibo (in Chinese)
- Miu Hirano - ITTF
- Miu Hirano - ITTF archive
- Miu Hirano's SponsoringStiga
- Miu Hirano
- Miu Hirano
- Miu HiranoJOC
- JOC Elite Academy
- Miu Hirano's SponsoringMizuno Japan
- Miu HiranoChina Table Tennis Super League
- Miu Hirano's Web-Site Japan
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Japanese female table tennis players
- Asian Games medalists in table tennis
- Table tennis players at the 2014 Asian Games
- Asian Games silver medalists for Japan
- Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
- People from Numazu, Shizuoka
- World Table Tennis Championships medalists
- Japanese expatriate sportspeople in China
- Table tennis players at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
- Olympic table tennis players of Japan
- Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in table tennis
- Olympic silver medalists for Japan