Japan offered 21 million heavy prizes to the medalists of the 2025 World Table Tennis Championships in Doha, and Tomokazu Zhang did not receive anything

The Japan Table Tennis Association held a council meeting in Tokyo on the 7th local time and announced that the Japanese representatives who won 4 medals in the individual competition of the World Table Tennis Championships in Doha in May will be given a total of 21 million yen (about 1.04 million yuan) in bonuses according to regulations.

Maharu Yoshimura (left) and Satsuki Oto

In the men's doubles competition, Hayasuke Togami (Imuraya Group) and Shinozuka Daito (Aichi Institute of Technology), who won the gold medal for the Japanese table tennis team again after 64 years, will each receive 5 million yen (about 250,000 yuan). In the mixed doubles quarterfinals, they defeated the world's No. 1 Chinese pair Lin Shidong/Kuai Man, and eventually won silver medals Yoshimura Maharu (SCO pair) and Miki House Oto Satsuki (about 124,000 yuan) each received 2.5 million yen (about 124,000 yuan).

In the women's singles quarter-finals, beating the then world No. 4 Wang Yidi (China), Mimato Ito (Starts), who won the bronze medal for the first time, will receive 3 million yen (about 150,000 yuan), and the women's doubles bronze medalists Miwa Takamoto (Kinoshita) and Miyu Kihara will each receive 1.5 million yen (approx75,000 yuan）。 Japanese table tennis brother Tomokazu Zhang failed to reach the podium at this World Table Tennis Championships, so he missed the prize money this time.

Mika Baba, head of the Japan Table Tennis Association's Strengthening Headquarters, concluded, "Winning a gold medal in men's doubles is a good thing for the Japanese table tennis community. The reinforcement was well underway, and the first World Championships led by the new coach for the next Los Angeles Olympics got off to a great start. Women also won medals in all events, including singles, doubles, and mixed doubles. In addition, there are 4 Japanese women and 1 Japanese man in the top 8 singles, so I would like to further strengthen Los Angeles from here. ”