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At the [[2022 Asian Games]] in [[Hangzhou]], she won two medals. She was the third player on the Japanese team, losing in the final against China. With [[Miyuu Kihara]], they brought home a bronze medal.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shimbun |first=The Yomiuri |date=2023-10-01 |title=Teenage Table Tennis Players Secure 3-1 Victory over Chinese No. 1 and No. 3 |url=https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/sports/other-sports/20231001-140227/ |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=japannews.yomiuri.co.jp}}</ref>

At the [[2022 Asian Games]] in [[Hangzhou]], she won two medals. She was the third player on the Japanese team, losing in the final against China. With [[Miyuu Kihara]], they brought home a bronze medal.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shimbun |first=The Yomiuri |date=2023-10-01 |title=Teenage Table Tennis Players Secure 3-1 Victory over Chinese No. 1 and No. 3 |url=https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/sports/other-sports/20231001-140227/ |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=japannews.yomiuri.co.jp}}</ref>

In 2024, Harimoto was picked for the Japanese national team as the third women’s team event member at the [[Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women’s team|Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20240205/k10014347891000.html|title=卓球 パリ五輪代表内定 女子は早田ひな 平野美宇 張本美和|work=NHK|language=ja|date=5 February 2024|access-date=3 November 2024}}</ref> She won bronze in women’s singles at the 2024 ITTF World Cup.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fnn.jp/articles/-/689032|title=W杯史上最年少銅メダル 張本美和選手(15)活躍のワケ 次はパリ五輪へ…「過去にないくらい中国に近づいている」|website=fnn.jp|language=ja|date=22 April 2024|access-date=3 November 2024}}

In 2024, Harimoto was picked for the Japanese national team as the third women’s team event member at the [[Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women’s team|Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20240205/k10014347891000.html|title=卓球 パリ五輪代表内定 女子は早田ひな 平野美宇 張本美和|work=NHK|language=ja|date=5 February 2024|access-date=3 November 2024}}</ref> She won bronze in women’s singles at the 2024 ITTF World Cup.

==Singles titles==

==Singles titles==


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Japanese table tennis player (born 2008)

Miwa Harimoto (張本 美和, Harimoto Miwa; born 16 June 2008) is a Japanese table tennis player.[4]

Personal life

Harimoto was born Zhang Meihe[a] in Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture. Her father Yuu Harimoto (born Zhang Yu)[b] and mother Zhang Ling[c] are both former professional table tennis players from Sichuan, China. Zhang Ling, at the peak of her career, represented the Chinese National Table Tennis Team at the 43rd World Table Tennis Championships in Tianjin.[5] Her parents moved from China to Japan in 1998.[6] Miwa’s older brother Tomokazu Harimoto is also a table tennis player.[7]

Career

She won the 2021 Youth Championships in U-15 singles, women’s doubles, mixed doubles, and team events. She remained undefeated throughout.[8]

At the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, she won two medals. She was the third player on the Japanese team, losing in the final against China. With Miyuu Kihara, they brought home a bronze medal.[9]

In 2024, Harimoto was picked for the Japanese national team as the third women’s team event member at the Summer Olympics.[10] She won bronze in women’s singles at the 2024 ITTF World Cup.

Singles titles

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