Kōki Niwa
Kōki Niwa 
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| Table tennis world championship 2013 | |
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| Date of birth: | October 10, 1994 |
| Place of birth: | Tomakomai |
| Playing hand: | left handed |
| How to play: | Shakehand |
| Current world rankings : | 11 |
| Best world ranking : | 5 (November 2017) |
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Koki Niwa ( Japanese 丹羽 孝 希 , Niwa Kōki ; born October 10, 1994 in Tomakomai , Hokkaidō ) is a Japanese table tennis player . With the Japanese team he won, among other things, Olympic and World Cup silver, in doubles with Kenta Matsudaira and Maharu Yoshimura, twice World Cup bronze.
Career
Under the influence of his father, he began to play table tennis during elementary school. At the age of 11 he became the youngest player in the Japanese U18 team. In July 2007 he was listed at number 997 for the first time in the world rankings . In 2008 and 2009 he won bronze in doubles with Kenta Matsudaira at the youth world championship, from 2009 he was also active internationally in the adult field and played his first world championship . In 2010, with double victories at the Japan and Hungarian Open, he won the first gold medals on the Pro Tour and qualified for the Grand Finals. He also won the Youth Olympic Games in singles and as a team and with Matsudaira the World Youth Championship in doubles. At the end of the year he made it into the top 100 of the world rankings for the first time. At the Japanese Championship 2010 he won a medal in men's doubles together with Kenta Matsudaira in January 2011, and again at the 2012 tournament, where he also won the men's singles title. In 2011 he became youth world champion and won his first individual medal on the Pro Tour by reaching the semi-finals at the Japan Open. In 2012 he took part in the team competition of the Olympic Games and won bronze with the Japanese team at the World Cup . This year he also made it into the top 20 in the world for the first time and qualified in doubles with Seiya Kishikawa for the Grand Finals, where they won silver. Kōki Niwa also competed for the first time in the individual competition, but retired, just as usually in the years after, in the first round. At the next individual World Cup in 2013 he reached the round of 16 in singles and doubles - now again with Matsudaira. With the Russian Open 2014 he was able to win his first World Tour tournament in singles, at the Team World Cup 2014 in Japan there was again bronze, at the Grand Finals silver in doubles. With a 7th place at the Asian Cup, Niwa was able to qualify for the first time in 2015 for the World Cup , where he reached the quarter-finals, at the World Cup he reached the second round in singles and mixed and won bronze in doubles. From 2016 he formed doubles with Maharu Yoshimura , this year he also won World Cup silver with the Japanese team and qualified not only for the team but also for the individual competition of the Olympic Games . There he reached the quarter-finals in the individual and finished second with the team.
2017 was a successful year: At the Asian Championships, Niwa defeated Xu Xin , among others , and won bronze not only in doubles and team competitions, but also in singles. At the world championship he again won bronze in doubles and after victories reached the individual quarter-finals over Dimitrij Ovtcharov , his best world championship placement to date. As a result, he moved up into the top 10 in the world rankings for the first time. At the World Cup , he made it back to the quarter-finals, and in the November world rankings he was fifth, which was a new record. At the 2018 World Cup , he was part of the Japanese team that started as the reigning runner-up, but surprisingly lost to England in the group stage and South Korea in the quarter-finals and was eliminated without a medal.
Double partner
Listed only for at least three joint tournaments a year.
- 2009-2015: Kenta Matsudaira
- 2012: Seiya Kishikawa
- since 2016: Maharu Yoshimura
Results from the ITTF database (excerpt)
| Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
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| JPN | Asian Championship | 2017 | Wuxi | CHN | Semifinals | Semifinals | 3 | |
| JPN | Asian Championship | 2015 | Pattaya | THA | last 32 | Semifinals | 2 | |
| JPN | Asian Championship | 2013 | Busan | COR | Quarter finals | Semifinals | silver | 2 |
| JPN | Asian Championship | 2012 | Macau | MAC | last 16 | Quarter finals | 2 | |
| JPN | Asian Championship | 2009 | Lucknow | IND | Semifinals | 2 | ||
| JPN | Asian Cup | 2019 | Yokohama | JPN | bronze | |||
| JPN | Asian Cup | 2018 | Yokohama | JPN | 6th place | |||
| JPN | Asian Cup | 2017 | Ahmedabad | IND | 8th place | |||
| JPN | Asian Cup | 2015 | Jaipur | IND | 7th place | |||
| JPN | Asian Cup | 2010 | Guangzhou | CHN | 13th place | |||
| JPN | Asian Cup | 2009 | Hangzhou | CHN | 7th place | |||
| JPN | Asian Games | 2014 | Incheon | COR | Quarter finals | Semifinals | Quarter finals | 3 |
| JPN | Asian Games | 2010 | Guangzhou | CHN | Semifinals | |||
| JPN | Asian Championship (Juniors) | 2010 | Bangkok | THA | gold | |||
| JPN | Olympic games | 2016 | Rio de Janeiro | BRA | Quarter finals | 2 | ||
| JPN | Olympic games | 2012 | London | CLOSELY | Quarter finals | |||
| JPN | Youth Olympic Games | 2010 | Singapore | SIN | gold | 1 | ||
| JPN | World Tour | 2019 | Shenzhen | CHN | last 16 | Semifinals | ||
| JPN | World Tour | 2017 | Linz | AUT | Quarter finals | gold | ||
| JPN | World Tour | 2017 | Tokyo | JPN | Quarter finals | silver | ||
| JPN | World Tour | 2017 | New Delhi | IND | Semifinals | |||
| JPN | World Tour | 2016 | Cheng you | CHN | last 16 | Semifinals | ||
| JPN | World Tour | 2016 | Warsaw | POLE | last 64 | silver | ||
| JPN | World Tour | 2016 | Doha | QAT | last 32 | silver | ||
| JPN | World Tour | 2015 | Incheon | COR | Semifinals | |||
| JPN | World Tour | 2015 | Almeria | ESP | Quarter finals | Semifinals | ||
| JPN | World Tour | 2015 | Bremen | GER | last 32 | Semifinals | ||
| JPN | World Tour | 2014 | Ekaterinburg | RUS | gold | Semifinals | ||
| JPN | World Tour | 2014 | Olomouc | CZE | Semifinals | Semifinals | ||
| JPN | World Tour | 2014 | Cheng you | CHN | last 16 | Semifinals | ||
| JPN | World Tour | 2013 | Dubai | UAE | last 16 | |||
| JPN | World Tour | 2013 | Ekaterinburg | RUS | Quarter finals | |||
| JPN | World Tour | 2013 | Spala | POLE | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| JPN | World Tour | 2013 | Suzhou | CHN | Semifinals | silver | ||
| JPN | World Tour | 2013 | Yokohama | JPN | Quarter finals | silver | ||
| JPN | World Tour | 2013 | Incheon City | COR | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2012 | Poznań | POLE | last 32 | gold | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2012 | Bremen | GER | Quarter finals | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2012 | Kobe | JPN | last 16 | Semifinals | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2012 | Shanghai | CHN | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2012 | Incheon City | COR | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2012 | Kuwait City | KUW | Quarter finals | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2012 | Doha | QAT | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2011 | Stockholm | SWE | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2011 | Suzhou | CHN | last 64 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2011 | Kobe | JPN | Semifinals | silver | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2011 | Incheon | COR | last 32 | silver | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2011 | Shenzen | CHN | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2011 | Almeria | ESP | last 32 | Semifinals | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2011 | Wladyslawowo | POLE | last 64 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2011 | Dortmund | GER | Quarter finals | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2011 | Dubai | UAE | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2011 | Doha | QAT | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2010 | catfish | AUT | last 64 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2010 | Budaörs | HUN | last 64 | gold | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2010 | Kobe | JPN | last 32 | gold | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2010 | Berlin | GER | last 16 | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2010 | Kuwait City | KUW | last 64 | Quarter finals | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2010 | Doha | QAT | last 16 | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2009 | Sheffield | CLOSELY | last 64 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2009 | Seoul | COR | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2009 | Tianjin | CHN | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2009 | Wakayama | JPN | last 32 | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2009 | Su Zhou | CHN | last 64 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2009 | Doha | QAT | last 64 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | World Tour Grand Finals | 2018 | Incheon | COR | last 16 | |||
| JPN | World Tour Grand Finals | 2017 | Astana | KAZ | last 16 | |||
| JPN | World Tour Grand Finals | 2016 | Doha | QAT | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| JPN | World Tour Grand Finals | 2015 | Lisbon | POR | last 16 | |||
| JPN | World Tour Grand Finals | 2014 | Bangkok | THA | Quarter finals | silver | ||
| JPN | World Tour Grand Finals | 2013 | Dubai | UAE | last 16 | |||
| JPN | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 2012 | Hangzhou | CHN | last 16 | silver | ||
| JPN | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 2010 | Seoul | COR | Quarter finals | |||
| JPN | World Championship | 2019 | Budapest | HUN | Quarter finals | |||
| JPN | World Championship | 2018 | Halmstad | SWE | Quarter finals | |||
| JPN | World Championship | 2017 | Dusseldorf | GER | Quarter finals | Semifinals | ||
| JPN | World Championship | 2016 | Kuala Lumpur | MAS | 2 | |||
| JPN | World Championship | 2015 | Suzhou | CHN | last 16 | Semifinals | last 16 | |
| JPN | World Championship | 2014 | Tokyo | JPN | 3 | |||
| JPN | World Championship | 2013 | Paris | FRA | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | World Championship | 2012 | Dortmund | GER | 3 | |||
| JPN | World Championship | 2011 | Rotterdam | NED | last 64 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | World Championship | 2009 | Yokohama | JPN | last 64 | last 64 | last 128 | |
| JPN | World cup | 2019 | Cheng you | JPN | Quarter finals | |||
| JPN | World cup | 2018 | Paris | FRA | Quarter finals | |||
| JPN | World cup | 2017 | Liege | BEL | Quarter finals | |||
| JPN | World cup | 2015 | Halmstad | SWE | Quarter finals | |||
| JPN | World Team Cup | 2019 | Tokyo | JPN | 3 | |||
| JPN | World Team Cup | 2018 | London | CLOSELY | 2 | |||
| JPN | World Team Cup | 2013 | Guangzhou | CHN | 3rd place | |||
| JPN | World Team Cup | 2011 | Magdeburg | GER | 3rd place | |||
| JPN | Youth World Championship | 2011 | Manama | BRN | gold | Semifinals | 2 | |
| JPN | Youth World Championship | 2010 | Bratislava | SVK | Quarter finals | gold | 2 | |
| JPN | Youth World Championship | 2009 | Cartagena de Indias | COL | Quarter finals | Semifinals | ||
| JPN | Youth World Championship | 2008 | Madrid | ESP | last 16 | Semifinals | Quarter finals | |
| JPN | World Junior Circuit | 2011 | Mangilao | GUM | silver | |||
| JPN | World Junior Circuit | 2008 | Pune | IND | Quarter finals | |||
| JPN | World Junior Circuit | 2008 | Papeete | PYF | silver | |||
| JPN | World Junior Circuit | 2008 | Cetniewo | POLE | Semifinals | |||
| JPN | World Junior Circuit Finals | 2008 | Helsingborg | SWE | gold |
Individual evidence
- ↑ 日本 卓 球 界 の ホ ー プ 丹羽 孝 希 (に わ ･ こ う き) 君 (12) . In: あ し た の 風 . Tomakomai Mimpōsha ("People's Newspaper Tomakomai"), 2006, archived from the original on May 21, 2011 ; Retrieved February 9, 2016 (Japanese).
- ↑ Kōki Niwa results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed June 27, 2014)
Web links
- Kōki Niwa biography on the website of the World Table Tennis Federation ittf.com (accessed June 27, 2014)
- Kōki Niwa in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original ) (accessed June 27, 2014)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Niwa, Kōki |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 丹羽 孝 希 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese table tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 10, 1994 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tomakomai , Hokkaidō , Japan |