Ryusuke Sakamoto

Ryusuke Sakamoto
Nation:	Japan
Date of birth:	November 25, 1984
Best world ranking :	136 (September 2003)

Ryūsuke Sakamoto ( Japanese 坂 本 竜 介 , Sakamoto Ryūsuke ; born November 25, 1984 ) is a Japanese table tennis player .

In 2002 Sakamoto moved from the Japanese club Aomori Yamada to Jahn Kassel in Germany . After a stopover at TTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt in the 2nd Bundesliga, he joined the record champions Borussia Düsseldorf in the 1st Bundesliga in 2004 , where he played until 2006. In 2006 he moved to the second division club DJK Germania Holthausen . In the first half of the 2006/07 season he was one of the best players in the 2nd Bundesliga. He returned to Japan for the 2007/2008 series.

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
JPN	Asian Cup	2000	Mumbai	IND	13
JPN	Pro tour	2008	Shanghai	CHN	last 32	Quarter finals
JPN	Pro tour	2007	catfish	AUT	last 64
JPN	Pro tour	2007	Taipei	TPE	last 64
JPN	Pro tour	2007	Chiba	JPN	last 64
JPN	Pro tour	2007	Seongnam	COR	last 64	last 16
JPN	Pro tour	2006	Bayreuth	GER	last 64
JPN	Pro tour	2006	Yokohama	JPN	last 64	last 16
JPN	Pro tour	2006	Kunshan	CHN	last 64
JPN	Pro tour	2006	Taipei	TPE	last 32	last 16
JPN	Pro tour	2005	Magdeburg	GER		Quarter finals
JPN	Pro tour	2005	Yokohama	JPN	last 64	Semifinals
JPN	Pro tour	2005	Taipei	TPE	last 32	silver
JPN	Pro tour	2005	Suncheon	COR	last 32	Semifinals
JPN	Pro tour	2004	catfish	AUT		Quarter finals
JPN	Pro tour	2004	Leipzig	GER		last 16
JPN	Pro tour	2004	Aarhus	THE		Quarter finals
JPN	Pro tour	2004	Warsaw	POLE		last 16
JPN	Pro tour	2004	Kobe	JPN	last 64	last 16
JPN	Pro tour	2004	Changchun	CHN	last 32	last 16
JPN	Pro tour	2004	Singapore	SIN	last 64	last 16
JPN	Pro tour	2004	Pyeongchang	COR		Semifinals
JPN	Pro tour	2004	Athens	GRE		last 16
JPN	Pro tour	2004	Croatia	HRV	last 64	last 16
JPN	Pro tour	2003	Bremen	GER		last 16
JPN	Pro tour	2003	Kobe	JPN	last 64
JPN	Pro tour	2003	Jeju-Si	COR	last 64	last 16
JPN	Pro tour	2003	Croatia	HRV		last 16
JPN	Pro tour	2002	Warsaw	POLE	last 64
JPN	Pro tour	2002	Kobe	JPN	last 64	last 16
JPN	Pro tour	2002	Gangneung City	COR	last 64
JPN	Pro tour	2002	São Paulo	BRA		Quarter finals
JPN	Pro tour	2002	Fort Lauderdale	United States	last 64
JPN	Pro tour	2002	Courmayeur	ITA	last 64	last 16
JPN	Pro tour	2002	Cairo	EGY	last 64
JPN	Pro tour	2001	Yokohama	JPN	last 32	Rd 1
JPN	Pro tour	2001	Seoul	COR	last 32	Rd 1
JPN	Pro tour	2001	Chatham	CLOSELY		Rd 1
JPN	Pro tour	2000	Toulouse	FRA	Rd 1
JPN	Pro tour	2000	Kobe City	JPN		Rd 1
JPN	Pro tour	1999	Kobe City	JPN	Rd 1	Rd 1
JPN	World Championship	2005	Shanghai	CHN	last 128	last 32	last 32
JPN	World Championship	2003	Paris	FRA	last 128	last 16	last 64
JPN	World Championship	2001	Osaka	JPN	Agony	no participants	no participants
JPN	World Junior Circuit	2002	Fort Lauderdale	United States	silver
JPN	World Junior Circuit	2002	Platja d'Aro	ESP	silver
JPN	World Junior Circuit Finals	2002	Stockholm	SWE	silver

Web links

• Ryusuke Sakamotog Article about Ryusuke Sakamotog on the website of the World Table Tennis Association ittf.com (accessed August 21, 2012)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ DTS magazine , 2002/6 p. 15 + 2002/8 p. 41
2. ↑ Change from Bergneustadt to Düsseldorf (accessed on August 21, 2012) ( Memento from February 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
3. ↑ Change from Düsseldorf to Holthausen (accessed on August 21, 2012) ( Memento from February 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
4. ↑ Ryūsuke Sakamoto results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed September 14, 2011)