Hashimoto Honoka

Honoka Hashimoto left Aichi for Shitennoji in Osaka, and came back from the World Championships with a medal. What I love is her style. Modern table tennis is all speed at the table, rallies ended in a single shot. She backs away instead, chopping, shaving, waiting for the opponent's patience to snap before her own does. Carrying a defensive game onto the world stage takes a stubbornness I find genuinely thrilling, and one player like her makes the whole sport more interesting.

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Name (English)

Hashimoto Honoka

Name (Japanese)

橋本帆乃香

Reading

はしもと ほのか

Born

July 5, 1998 (age 28)

Origin

Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

table tennis player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Tiger

High school

Shitennoji Junior and Senior High School

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honoka%20Hashimoto
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A9%8B%E6%9C%AC%E5%B8%86%E4%B9%83%E9%A6%99
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28609190

Tags

• Aichi Prefecture
• table tennis player

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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