Kōji Matsushita
Kōji Matsushita ( Japanese 松下 浩 二 , Matsushita Kōji ; born August 28, 1967 in Toyohashi , Aichi Prefecture ) is a Japanese table tennis professional .
Live and act
At the end of the 1980s Matsushita played for the Swedish club Falkenbergs BTK , in 1997 he joined SV Plüderhausen and a year later moved to Borussia Düsseldorf .
In the world rankings, he was last at position 58 in March. He is right-handed and plays the shake hand grip. Matsushita has been an active professional for over 20 years and is best known for his spectacular defensive game .
In early 2009, Matsushita ended his active career as a competitive athlete. He then set up a world record with the longest rally together with Hiroshi Kamura . The rally lasted 8 hours, 34 minutes and 29 seconds.
Overview of titles and successes
- Japanese national champion in singles 1993, 1995, 2001, 2002
- Participation in several Olympic Games (continuously 1992-2004) and world championships
- Bronze medal in doubles at the 1997 World Cup
- Bronze medal with the team at the 2000 World Cup
Results from the ITTF database
| Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN | Asian Championship ATTU | 2003 | Bangkok | THA | last 16 | |||
| JPN | Asian Championship ATTU | 1998 | Osaka | JPN | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | ||
| JPN | Asian Championship ATTU | 1994 | Tianjin | CHN | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | ||
| JPN | Asian Championship ATTU | 1988 | Niigata | JPN | last 16 | |||
| JPN | Asian Championship ATTU | 1986 | Shenzhen | CHN | Quarter finals | |||
| JPN | Asian Cup | 2006 | Kobe | JPN | 12th place | |||
| JPN | Asian Cup | 1989 | Beijing | CHN | 12 | |||
| JPN | Asian Games | 2002 | Busan | COR | last 16 | |||
| JPN | Asian Games | 1994 | Hiroshima | JPN | Quarter finals | |||
| JPN | Asian Games | 1990 | Beijing | CHN | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| JPN | Olympic games | 2004 | Athens | GRE | last 32 | |||
| JPN | Olympic games | 2000 | Sydney | OUT | last 16 | immediately excluded | ||
| JPN | Olympic games | 1996 | Atlanta | United States | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| JPN | Olympic games | 1992 | Barcelona | ESP | immediately excluded | immediately excluded | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2007 | Stockholm | SWE | last 64 | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2007 | Bremen | GER | last 16 | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2007 | catfish | AUT | last 64 | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2007 | St. Petersburg | RUS | last 64 | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2007 | Nanjing | CHN | last 32 | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2007 | Chiba | JPN | last 64 | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2007 | Santiago | CHI | last 32 | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2007 | Belo Horizonte | BRA | last 16 | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2007 | Belo Horizonte | BRA | last 16 | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2007 | Salwa Cup | KUW | last 32 | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2007 | Doha | QAT | last 32 | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2006 | Bayreuth | GER | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2006 | Yokohama | JPN | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2006 | Guangzhou | CHN | last 16 | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2006 | Kunshan | CHN | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2005 | Shenzhen | CHN | last 32 | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2005 | Taipei | TPE | last 16 | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2005 | Zagreb | HRV | last 64 | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2004 | catfish | AUT | last 16 | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2004 | Singapore | SIN | last 32 | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2003 | Malmo | SWE | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2003 | Aarhus | THE | last 64 | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2003 | Bremen | GER | last 64 | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2003 | Johor Bahru | MAS | last 16 | silver | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2003 | Kobe | JPN | last 32 | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2003 | Guangzhou | CHN | last 64 | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2003 | Jeju-Si | COR | last 32 | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2002 | Eindhoven | NED | last 16 | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2002 | Magdeburg | GER | last 32 | silver | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2002 | Kobe | JPN | last 32 | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2002 | Gangneung City | COR | last 32 | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2002 | Qingdao City | CHN | last 32 | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2002 | Courmayeur | ITA | last 16 | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2002 | Doha | QAT | last 32 | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2001 | Yokohama | JPN | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2001 | Seoul | COR | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2001 | Hainan | CHN | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2001 | Zagreb | HRV | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2001 | Doha | QAT | last 16 | last 32 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2000 | Umeå | SWE | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2000 | Warsaw | POLE | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2000 | Toulouse | FRA | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2000 | Rio de Janeiro | BRA | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2000 | Fort Lauderdale | United States | Quarter finals | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2000 | Kobe City | JPN | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2000 | Chang Chun City | CHN | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2000 | Zagreb | HRV | Quarter finals | Rd 1 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 1999 | Karlskrona | SWE | last 32 | Rd 1 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 1999 | Lievin | FRA | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 1999 | Bremen | GER | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 1999 | Kobe City | JPN | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 1999 | Guilin | CHN | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 1999 | Rio de Janeiro | BRA | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 1999 | Zagreb | HRV | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 1999 | Doha | QAT | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 1998 | Sundsvall | SWE | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 1998 | Courmayeur | ITA | Quarter finals | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 1998 | Melbourne | OUT | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 1998 | Wakayama | JPN | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 1998 | Doha | QAT | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 1997 | Lyon | FRA | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 1997 | Linz | AUT | last 32 | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 1997 | Chiba | JPN | last 16 | silver | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 1997 | Rio de Janeiro | BRA | Quarter finals | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 1997 | Doha | QAT | last 32 | gold | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 1996 | Fort Lauderdale | United States | Semifinals | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 1996 | Kitaku-Shu | JPN | Semifinals | silver | ||
| JPN | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 2003 | Guangzhou | CHN | Quarter finals | |||
| JPN | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 2000 | Kobe City | JPN | last 16 | |||
| JPN | World Championship | 2007 | Zagreb | HRV | last 128 | no participants | no participants | |
| JPN | World Championship | 2006 | Bremen | GER | 14th | |||
| JPN | World Championship | 2004 | Doha | QAT | 12 | |||
| JPN | World Championship | 2003 | Paris | FRA | last 64 | |||
| JPN | World Championship | 2001 | Osaka | JPN | last 64 | no participants | no participants | 13 |
| JPN | World Championship | 2000 | Kuala Lumpur | MAS | 3-4 | |||
| JPN | World Championship | 1999 | Eindhoven | NED | last 64 | last 16 | no participants | |
| JPN | World Championship | 1997 | Manchester | CLOSELY | last 32 | Semifinals | no participants | 5 |
| JPN | World Championship | 1995 | Tianjin | CHN | last 64 | Quarter finals | no participants | 6th |
| JPN | World Championship | 1991 | Chiba City | JPN | last 128 | last 16 | no participants | 13 |
| JPN | World Championship | 1989 | Dortmund | FRG | last 128 | Quarter finals | no participants | 6th |
| JPN | World Championship | 1987 | New Delhi | IND | last 64 | no participants | no participants | 6th |
| JPN | World cup | 1999 | Xiaolan | 0 | 5th-8th space | |||
| JPN | World cup | 1990 | Chiba City | JPN | 5th-8th space | |||
| JPN | World Doubles Cup | 1990 | Seoul | COR | 9 | |||
| JPN | WTC World Team Cup | 1995 | Atlanta | United States | 3 | |||
| JPN | WTC World Team Cup | 1990 | Hokkaido, Aomori, Niig | JPN | 5 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1989/11 p. 42
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1997/5 p. 18
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1998/6 p. 8
- ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2009/2 p. 7
- ↑ 8 hours of rallies: table tennis record in diapers. In: DiePresse.com. August 31, 2009, accessed February 6, 2018 .
- ↑ ITTF statistics (accessed on September 12, 2011)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Matsushita, Kōji |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 松下 浩 二 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese table tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 28, 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Toyohashi , Aichi Prefecture , Japan |