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Sayaka Hirano

1985 - Today

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Sayaka Hirano (平野 早矢香, Hirano Sayaka; born 24 March 1985) is a Japanese five-time national table tennis champion. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, reaching the third round of the singles competition. She also competed in the team competition, reaching the bronze medal final but losing to South Korea. At the 2012 London Olympics Women's Team Event semi-finals, she helped Japan overcome Singapore to reach their historic first final by winning her doubles match with Kasumi Ishikawa over Wang Yuegu and Li Jiawei (11-3, 13-11 and 11–4). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Sayaka Hirano is the 132nd most popular table tennis player (down from 109th in 2024), the 4,665th most popular biography from Japan (down from 3,269th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Japanese Table Tennis Player.

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Among TABLE TENNIS PLAYERS

Among table tennis players, Sayaka Hirano ranks 130 out of 107Before her are Kim Song-i, Lim Jong-hoon, Petrissa Solja, and Quadri Aruna. After her are Wang Manyu, Adriana Díaz, Miu Hirano, Daniel Habesohn, Maharu Yoshimura, Gustavo Tsuboi, Emmanuel Lebesson, and Sharath Kamal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Sayaka Hirano ranks 1,460Before her are Tobias Werner, Zhang Yawen, Nicolas Limbach, Nomcebo Zikode, Masashi Nishiyama, and Simon Niepmann. After her are Emanuel Silva, Hristo Zlatinski, Mara Abbott, Adam Federici, Abisoye Ajayi-Akinfolarin, and Stoyka Krasteva.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Sayaka Hirano ranks 4,675 out of 6,245Before her are Hiroki Kishida (1981), Masashi Nishiyama (1985), and Shiori Tamai (1995). After her are Yumemi Kanda (1994), Masaru Yamada (1994), Kaishū Sano (2000), Shun Nagasawa (1988), Akari Nanawo (1995), Satoshi Shimizu (1986), Keisuke Ota (1979), Toshitaka Tsurumi (1986), and Yasuhiro Tominaga (1980).

Among TABLE TENNIS PLAYERS In Japan

Among table tennis players born in Japan, Sayaka Hirano ranks 6Before her are Ai Fukuhara (1988), Jun Mizutani (1989), Mima Ito (2000), Kasumi Ishikawa (1993), and Koki Niwa (1994). After her are Miu Hirano (2000), and Maharu Yoshimura (1993).