{"id":30027,"date":"2015-07-16T10:39:49","date_gmt":"2015-07-16T01:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/?p=30027"},"modified":"2015-07-16T10:40:39","modified_gmt":"2015-07-16T01:40:39","slug":"lead-members-of-the-national-championship-winning-table-tennis-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/news\/30027","title":{"rendered":"Lead members of the national championship winning Table Tennis Club"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leading the team to victory<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Yui Odono
\nFourth year, School of Sport Sciences<\/p>\n

Yume Takahashi
\nFourth year, School of Sport Sciences<\/p>\n

Yuya Oshima
\nFourth year, School of Sport Sciences
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\"\"Winners of women’s doubles in the 81st<\/sup> National Intercollegiate Table Tennis Championship, Yui Odono and Yume Takahashi, and\u00a0winner of men’s singles in the 11<\/span>th<\/sup> National Student Invitational Table Tennis Championship, Yuya Oshima, have spent their days in passionate pursuit of table tennis since entering Waseda. Reflecting on their victories, the trio says that despite the pressure there have been few hardships. \u201cI first teamed up with Takahashi last year. After winning the Autumn Kanto Students League Tournament, we also won the Most Valuable Pair Award just before going to the Intercollegiate Championship. We weren’t nervous and were able to enjoy each game,” said Odono. Takahashi commented, \u201cI think we were able to clinch the finals because we were used to overcoming close matches. This allowed us to go to the finals with confidence.\u201d Oshima said, \u201cThe top 16 Japanese athletes at the Intercollegiate Championship and skilled international students can participate at the Invitational. I wanted to pay back my coach from high school who came to cheer me on, so I\u2019m really glad I won.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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This year marks their last tournaments as students for the three athletes. They promise to do their best at their respective championships so they can reach their goals, end their student days with a victory, and graduate without regrets.<\/b><\/p>\n

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\n<\/b>(From left to right) Yui Odono: Originally from Kanagawa, Odono graduated from Yokohama Hayato High School. Odono is the women\u2019s captain of the Tennis Club. Yume Takahashi: Originally from Niigata, Takahashi graduated from Niigata Sangyo University’s Attached High School. Yuya Oshima: Originally from Kyoto, Oshima graduated from Higashiyama High School. He was selected for the 2015 men\u2019s National Team. After graduating, Odono and Takahashi plan on joining a corporate team, while Oshima intends to continue pursuing table tennis as a professional. Their future goals include winning the Group Division of the National Collegiate Table Tennis Championship (Odono and Takahashi) and participating in the Rio Olympics (Oshima).<\/p>\n

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