The 2025 All Japan Table Tennis Championships will open at the Tokyo Gymnasium on January 21 local time. In women's singles, Hina Hayata, a bronze medalist at the Paris Olympics who is aiming for a third consecutive title, and 16-year-old rising star Miwa Haramoto, who has improved rapidly in recent years, are the two favorites to win the tournament, while in men's singles, Tomokazu Haramoto, who is aiming for Japan's No. 1 for the third time in two consecutive years, is the center.

Hina Hayada (left), Miwa Haramoto

According to the draw table, seeded players such as Hina Hayada will start in the fourth round on the 23rd, and if they want to win the championship, they will need to win six matches in a row. Hina Hayata, who suffered a left neck injury at last year's Paris Olympics, lost in the first round of the WTT Finals in November last year. At the end of the year, as she said, "how far she can get back to form", whether or not she can pass the test of the consecutive battles at that time will be the key to victory.

In the men's singles competition, Tomokazu Zhang also faced the background of strong opponents. Hayasuke Togami, who aims to win the championship again after two years, Shinozuka Daito, a Japanese table tennis representative at the Paris Olympics, and 17-year-old Teruku Matsushima, are all expected to be obstacles on the road to winning the championship.