Tomokazu Harimoto
{{Short description|Japanese table tennis player (born 2003)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox table tennis player
| name = Tomokazu Harimoto
| image = Table tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Men's Singles Gold Medal Match 020 (cropped).jpg
| imagesize = 250
| caption = Harimoto at the 2018 Youth Olympics Final
| nationality = Chinese (before 2014)
Japanese (after 2014)
| birth_name = Zhang Zhihe ({{lang|zh|張智和}})
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2003|6|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = Sendai, Miyagi, Japan{{cite web|title=Tomokazu Harimoto: 12-Year-Old Shakes Up The World|url=https://butterflyonline.com/tomokazu-harimoto-12-year-old-shakes-up-the-world/|website=Butterfly Online|date=18 July 2016|access-date=9 April 2018}}
| residence =
| playingstyle = Right-handed, shakehand grip
| equipment = Butterfly Harimoto Tomokazu Innerforce ALC, Butterfly Dignics 05 (Forehand) Dignics 05 (Backhand){{cite web|url=https://butterflyonline.com/players/tomokazu-harimoto/|title=HARIMOTO, TOMOKAZU|website=butterflyonline.com|date=16 June 2016 |access-date=23 April 2023}}
| hrank = 2 (22 November 2022){{cite web|title=ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking Men's Singles 2022 Week #47|url=https://www.ittf.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/2022_47_SEN_MS.html|website=ittf.com|access-date=22 November 2022}}
| crank = 3 (25 March 2025){{cite web|title=ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking|url=https://www.ittf.com/rankings/|website=ittf.com |access-date=5 February 2024}}
| club = Ryukyu Asteeda (T.League){{cite web|title=張本 智和 Tomokazu Harimoto|url=https://tleague.jp/player/detail.php?player=10012&year=2022|website=tleague.jp|language=ja|access-date=23 April 2023}}
TTC Neu-Ulm (TTCLM){{cite web|title=TTC Neu-Ulm Team|url=https://www.ttcnu.de/team/|website=TTC Neu-Ulm|language=de|access-date=9 October 2022}}
| height = 1.78 m{{cite web|url=https://www.ttcnu.de/tomokazu-harimoto/|title=Tomokazu Harimoto|website=ttcnu.de|language=de|access-date=23 April 2023}}
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport| Men's table tennis}}
{{MedalCountry|{{JPN}}}}
{{MedalCount|total=yes
|Olympic Games|0|0|1
|World Championships|0|2|1
|World Cup|0|2|2
}}
{{MedalOlympic}}
{{MedalBronze|2020 Tokyo|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|2021 Houston|Mixed doubles}}
{{MedalSilver|2023 Durban|Mixed doubles}}
{{MedalBronze|2022 Chengdu|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Cup}}
{{MedalSilver|2018 London|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|2019 Chengdu|Singles}}
{{MedalBronze|2023 Chengdu|Mixed team}}
{{MedalBronze|2024 Macao|Singles}}
{{MedalCompetition|WTT Cup Finals}}
{{MedalSilver|2021 Singapore|Singles}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Xinxiang|Singles}}
{{MedalCompetition|ITTF World Tour Grand Finals}}
{{MedalGold|2018 Incheon|Singles}}
{{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2024 Astana|Singles}}
{{MedalBronze|2017 Wuxi|Team}}
{{MedalBronze|2019 Yogyakarta|Singles}}
{{MedalBronze|2019 Yogyakarta|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|Asian Cup}}
{{MedalGold|2022 Bangkok|Singles}}
{{MedalCompetition|Summer Youth Olympics}}
{{MedalSilver|2018 Buenos Aires|Singles}}
{{MedalSilver|2018 Buenos Aires|Mixed team}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Junior Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2016 Cape Town|Singles}}
{{MedalGold|2016 Cape Town|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|2016 Cape Town|Doubles}}
{{MedalCompetition|Asian Junior Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2016 Bangkok|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|2016 Bangkok|Singles}}
}}
{{nihongo|Tomokazu Harimoto|張本 智和|Harimoto Tomokazu|born 27 June 2003}} is a Japanese professional table tennis player who is ranked No. 3 in the ITTF rankings. Born to Chinese parents, he became a naturalized Japanese citizen in 2014.{{cite web | url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/olympics-and-paralympics/meet-the-japanese-teen-phenom-threatening-china-s-decades-long-dominance-of-table-tennis/article_5ac03ca5-ef75-5451-a8be-b1f290c23886.html | title=Rosie DiManno: Meet the Japanese teen phenom threatening China's decades-long dominance of table tennis | website=Toronto Star | date=26 July 2021 }} He won the world junior singles and team title at the 2016 World Junior Table Tennis Championships for Japan.
In August 2017, he became the youngest ever winner of an ITTF World Tour men's singles title, winning the Czech Open title at the age of 14 years and 61 days.{{cite web|title=Record breaker, Tomokazu Harimoto, youngest .He also won ITTF World Tour men's single title , winning the Japan Open title at the age of 15.ever|url=https://www.ittf.com/2017/08/27/record-breaker-tomokazu-harimoto-youngest-ever/|website=ITTF|date=27 August 2017|access-date=9 April 2018}} In December 2018, he became the youngest player to win the ITTF World Tour Grand Finals at the age of 15 years and 172 days.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ittf.com/2018/12/16/amazing-form-maintained-tomokazu-harimoto-wins-incheon/|title=Amazing form maintained, Tomokazu Harimoto wins in Incheon|date=16 December 2018|website=International Table Tennis Federation|language=en-GB|access-date=17 December 2018}}
Personal life
Harimoto was born as Zhang Zhihe{{Efn|{{zh|s=张智和|t=張智和|p=Zhāng Zhìhé}}}} in Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture. His father Yuu Harimoto (born Zhang Yu){{Efn|{{langx|ja|張本 宇|Harimoto Yū}}. Born as Zhang Yu ({{zh|s=张宇|t=張宇|p=Zhāng Yǔ}}).}} and mother Zhang Ling{{Efn|{{zh|s=张凌|p=Zhāng Líng|links=no|t=張凌}}}} 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.{{Cite news|url=http://www.recordchina.co.jp/b180431-s10-c50-d0035.html|title=日本の「希望の星」、弱冠13歳で世界選手権ベスト8に入った張本智和とは？―中国紙|last=人民網日本語版|work=Record China|access-date=18 May 2018|language=ja-JP}} His parents moved from China to Japan in 1998.https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/tomokazu-harimoto_1931099 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}} Tomokazu's younger sister Miwa Harimoto is also a table tennis player.{{Cite web|url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/others/pingpang/2018-06-30/doc-ihespqrx5396650.shtml|title=中国教练：张本美和天赋不输哥哥 未来必成大器|accessdate=2018-09-09|work=sports.sina.com.cn|date=30 June 2018 }}{{cite web|title=Harimoto Miwa|url=https://tabletennis.guide/profile.php?name=miwa-harimoto-136711|publisher=Tabletennis.guide|access-date=7 August 2022}}
Harimoto began playing table tennis at the age of two.{{Cite news|url=http://www.hochi.co.jp/sports/ballsports/20160509-OHT1T50106.html|title=【卓球】期待の星・張本智和、金のシナリオ！エリートアカデミーで技磨く : スポーツ報知|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115092304/http://www.hochi.co.jp/sports/ballsports/20160509-OHT1T50106.html|archive-date=15 November 2016}} To compete in the All Japan Championships, he needed Japanese nationality. Consequently, his father and sister chose to become Japanese citizens as well.https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/tomokazu-harimoto_1931099 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}} While in the fourth grade, he was naturalized as a Japanese citizen in 2014 and legally changed his surname to Harimoto.https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/tomokazu-harimoto_1931099 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}
In April 2022, Harimoto announced he will be attending Waseda University School of Human Sciences after graduating from Nihon University Senior High School.{{Cite instagram|user=harimoto__tomokazu_1711|postid=Cb1bh07BIbJ|author=Harimoto Tomokazu|title=早稲田大学人間科学部（通信教育課程）に入学しました!|date=1 April 2022|access-date=9 October 2022}}
Career
=Junior career=
Harimoto first won the All-Japan Table Tennis Championships Juniors title in 2010 as a first grader. He would continue to win the tournament for all 6 years of his elementary school years. In 2015, he was chosen to represent Japan at the World Junior Table Tennis Championships in France, becoming the youngest Japanese player to be chosen. However, due to the November 2015 Paris attacks, Harimoto was not able to participate in the tournament.
Aged 12 years and 355 days, Harimoto defeated seasoned professionals Ho Kwan Kit, Hugo Calderano, and teammate Kohei Sambe to win the 2016 U-21 Japan Open title. With the win, he became the youngest winner ITTF World Tour under-21 men's singles title. Later that year, Harimoto won gold medals in the boys' singles and teams events at the World Junior Table Tennis Championships in Cape Town, South Africa. This win was historic, as Harimoto became the youngest winner of the World Junior Championships aged 13 years and 163 days. Harimoto achieved an Under-21 ranking of No. 10 in the world in December 2016.
=2017=
Harimoto began the year in February at the recently revamped India Open. He reached the finals with victories over Álvaro Robles, Sakai Asuka, Robert Gardos, and local favorite Sharath Kamal, before losing to defending champion Dimitrij Ovtcharov in straight sets.
=2018=
In June 2018, Harimoto shocked the world by winning first place in the ITTF World Tour Japan Open, after beating Olympic champions Ma Long in the semifinal and Zhang Jike in the final.{{Cite web|date=11 June 2018|title=Japanese Teenagers Defeat Chinese Superstars at the 2018 Japan Open|url=https://www.ittf.com/2018/06/11/press-release-japanese-teenagers-defeat-chinese-superstars-2018-japan-open/|access-date=9 October 2022|website=ittf.com|language=en-US}} He was just short of 15 years old when he won the title. Later in the year, Harimoto continued to win the ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in Incheon, South Korea, where he defeated Lin Gaoyuan 4-1 in the final and became the youngest-ever winner of the event. His outstanding performance in 2018 also helped him reach No.3 in the ITTF world ranking, his career best.
=2020=
Harimoto won third place at the 2020 World Cup. Harimoto led 3–1 against Ma Long in the semi-finals, but lost 4–3 after Ma Long called time-out in the fifth game and switched to a high-toss serve that Harimoto had trouble reading.{{Cite web|date=16 June 2021|title=How Harimoto Built A 3–1 Lead And How Ma Long Came Back at the 2020 World Cup|url=https://edgesandnets.com/2021/06/16/how-harimoto-built-a-3-1-lead-and-ma-long-came-back-at-the-2020-world-cup/|access-date=17 June 2021|website=edgesandnets.com|language=en-US|archive-date=16 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616170515/https://edgesandnets.com/2021/06/16/how-harimoto-built-a-3-1-lead-and-ma-long-came-back-at-the-2020-world-cup/|url-status=dead}}
=2021=
In March, Harimoto played in WTT Doha. He was upset in the semi-finals by Dimitrij Ovtcharov in the WTT Contender event, but won the champion for the WTT Star Contender event.{{Cite web|date=13 March 2021|title=Confident Tomokazu Harimoto Defeats Ruwen Filus 4–2 To Take WTT Star Contender Title|url=https://edgesandnets.com/2021/03/13/confident-tomokazu-harimoto-defeats-ruwen-filus-4-2-to-take-wtt-star-contender-title/|access-date=13 March 2021|website=edgesandnets.com|language=en-US|archive-date=13 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210313192826/https://edgesandnets.com/2021/03/13/confident-tomokazu-harimoto-defeats-ruwen-filus-4-2-to-take-wtt-star-contender-title/|url-status=dead}}
In June, teammate Jun Mizutani said that Harimoto's mental game was steadily improving in 2021 and better than the previous year. Mizutani also positively noted that Harimoto was reverting to his more aggressive style of play in 2021.{{Cite web|date=14 June 2021|title=Jun Mizutani Discusses Olympics, Harimoto, Ito, and More|url=https://edgesandnets.com/2021/06/14/jun-mizutani-discusses-olympics-harimoto-ito-and-more/|access-date=14 June 2021|website=edgesandnets.com|language=en-US|archive-date=14 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614203913/https://edgesandnets.com/2021/06/14/jun-mizutani-discusses-olympics-harimoto-ito-and-more/|url-status=dead}}
Harimoto was upset by Darko Jorgic in the round of 16 of the men's singles event at the Tokyo Olympics.{{Cite web|date=27 July 2021|title=Full Recap: Darko Jorgic Ekes Out Tomokazu Harimoto 4–3|url=https://edgesandnets.com/2021/07/27/live-tomokazu-harimoto-vs-darko-jorgic-olympics/|access-date=27 July 2021|website=edgesandnets.com|language=en-US|archive-date=29 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929010645/https://edgesandnets.com/2021/07/27/live-tomokazu-harimoto-vs-darko-jorgic-olympics/|url-status=dead}} Originally slated to be the ace player in the team event, Harimoto ended up playing in doubles in Japan's 3–1 victory against Sweden in the quarter-finals.{{Cite web|date=3 August 2021|title=Olympic Table Tennis Team Quarterfinal Round-Up|url=https://edgesandnets.com/2021/08/03/olympic-table-tennis-team-quarterfinal-round-up/|access-date=3 August 2021|website=edgesandnets.com|language=en-US|archive-date=3 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803182249/https://edgesandnets.com/2021/08/03/olympic-table-tennis-team-quarterfinal-round-up/|url-status=dead}} In the semi-finals, Harimoto won both his matches as the ace player against Germany, but Germany still won 3–2.{{Cite web|date=4 August 2021|title=Germany and Japan To Face China in Olympic Table Tennis Team Finals|url=https://edgesandnets.com/2021/08/04/germany-and-japan-to-face-china-in-olympic-table-tennis-team-finals/|access-date=4 August 2021|website=edgesandnets.com|language=en-US|archive-date=3 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003213125/https://edgesandnets.com/2021/08/04/germany-and-japan-to-face-china-in-olympic-table-tennis-team-finals/|url-status=dead}}
Records
- June 2016: Youngest ever winner of an ITTF World Tour under-21 men's singles title (12 years, 355 days).
- December 2016: Youngest ever winner of the boys' singles title at the World Junior Championships (13 years, 163 days).{{cite web|title=Boys' Singles success means Tomokazu Harimoto youngest ever champion|url=https://www.ittf.com/2016/12/07/records-broken-tomokazu-harimoto-becomes-youngest-ever-champion-boys-singles-success/|website=ITTF|date=7 December 2016|access-date=9 April 2018}}
- August 2017: Youngest ever winner of an ITTF World Tour men's singles title (14 years, 61 days).
- January 2018: Youngest ever winner of the men's singles title at the Japanese National Championships (14 years, 207 days).{{cite news|title=14-year-old Tomokazu Harimoto becomes youngest national table tennis singles champion|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2018/01/21/more-sports/fourteen-year-old-tomokazu-harimoto-becomes-youngest-national-table-tennis-singles-champion/#.WsvwlC-ZOwU|newspaper=The Japan Times|date=21 January 2018|access-date=9 April 2018}}
- December 2018: Youngest ever winner of an ITTF World Tour Grand Finals men's singles title (15 years, 172 days).{{cite web|title=Amazing form maintained, Tomokazu Harimoto wins in Incheon|url=https://www.ittf.com/2018/12/16/amazing-form-maintained-tomokazu-harimoto-wins-incheon/|website=ITTF|date=16 December 2018|access-date=16 December 2018}}
Awards
- ITTF Star Awards: Breakthrough Star (2017){{cite news|title=Tomokazu Harimoto chosen as ITTF's Breakthrough Star award recipient|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2017/12/15/more-sports/tomokazu-harimoto-chosen-ittfs-breakthrough-star-award-recipient/#.WswDDS-ZOwU|newspaper=The Japan Times|date=15 December 2017|access-date=10 April 2018}}
Major tournament performance timeline
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+Key | colspan="2" style="background:lime;" |W | style="background: thistle;" |F | style="background: yellow;" |SF | style="background: #ffebcd;" |QF | style="background: #afeeee;" |#R |
(W) won; (F) finalist; (SF) semi-finalist, rank added if bronze medal match played; (QF) quarter-finalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1;
(S) singles event; (MD) men's doubles event; (XD) mixed doubles event; (T) team event.
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center; font-size: small;"
! class="unsortable" |Tournament ! ! class="unsortable" |2017 ! class="unsortable" |2018 ! class="unsortable" |2019 ! class="unsortable" |2020 ! class="unsortable" |2021 ! class="unsortable" |2022 ! class="unsortable" |2023 ! class="unsortable" |2024 |
| rowspan="4" style="text-align: left;" |World Championships
|data-sort-value="1" style="text-align: left;" |S | style="background: #ffebcd;" |QF | style="background: #eaecf0;"| | style="background: #afeeee;" |4R | style="background: #eaecf0;"| | style="background: #afeeee;" |2R | style="background: #eaecf0;"| | style="background: #ffebcd;" |QF | style="background: #eaecf0;"| |
| data-sort-value="2" style="text-align: left;" |MD
| | style="background: #eaecf0;"| | style="background: #afeeee;" |3R | style="background: #eaecf0;"| | style="background: #afeeee;" |3R | style="background: #eaecf0;"| | style="background: #afeeee;" |1R | style="background: #eaecf0;"| |
| data-sort-value="3" style="text-align: left;" |XD
| | style="background: #eaecf0;"| | | style="background: #eaecf0;"| | style="background: thistle;" |F | style="background: #eaecf0;"| | style="background: thistle;" |F | style="background: #eaecf0;"| |
| data-sort-value="4" style="text-align: left;" |T
| style="background: #eaecf0;"| | style="background: #ffebcd;" |QF | colspan="3" style="background: #eaecf0;"| | style="background: yellow;" |SF | style="background: #eaecf0;"| | style="background: #ffebcd;" |QF |
| rowspan="3" style="text-align: left;" |Olympic Games
|data-sort-value="1" style="text-align: left;" |S | colspan="4" style="background: #eaecf0;"| | style="background: #afeeee;" |4R | colspan="2" style="background: #eaecf0;"| | style="background: #ffebcd;" |QF |
| data-sort-value="3" style="text-align: left;" |XD
| colspan="4" style="background: #eaecf0;"| | | colspan="2" style="background: #eaecf0;"| | style="background: #afeeee;" |1R |
| data-sort-value="4" style="text-align: left;" |T
| colspan="4" style="background: #eaecf0;"| | style="background: yellow;" |SF3 | colspan="2" style="background: #eaecf0;"| | style="background: yellow;" |SF4 |
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: left;" |World Cup
|data-sort-value="1" style="text-align: left;" |S | | style="background: #ffebcd;" |QF | style="background: thistle;" |F | style="background: yellow;" |SF3 | colspan="3" style="background: #eaecf0;"| | style="background: yellow;" |SF |
| data-sort-value="4" style="text-align: left;" |T
| style="background: #eaecf0;"| | style="background: thistle;" |F | style="background: yellow;" |SF | colspan="3" style="background: #eaecf0;"| | style="background: yellow;"|3rd |
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: left;" |ITTF Finals / WTT Finals
|data-sort-value="1" style="text-align: left;" |S | style="background: #ffebcd;" |QF | style="background: lime;" |W | style="background: #ffebcd;" |QF | style="background: #afeeee;" |1R | style="background: thistle;" |F | style="background: thistle;" |F | style="background: #ffebcd;" |QF | style="background: thistle;" |F |
| data-sort-value="2" style="text-align: left;" |MD
| style="background: #ffebcd;" |QF | | | | colspan="2" style="background: #eaecf0;"| | | style="background: #ffebcd;" |QF |
| class="sortbottom"
| colspan="10" | |
| class="sortbottom"
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Year-end ranking !2017 !2018 !2019 !2020 !2021 !2022 !2023 !2024 |
| class="sortbottom" style="text-align: center;"
|17 |5 |5 |5 |5 |2 |11 |3 |
Senior career highlights, as of 11 January 2025{{cite web|title=ITTF/WTT Results and Statistics|url=https://results.ittf.link/index.php?option=com_fabrik&view=list&listid=29&Itemid=248|website=ITTF|access-date=26 May 2023}}
ITTF/WTT career finals
=Singles: 21 (12 titles, 9 runners-up)=
| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:small;"
!Result !class="unsortable"|Year !Tournament !Opponent !Score !class="unsortable"|Ref |
| style="background: #ffa07a;"|Runner-up
|2017 |ITTF World Tour, India Open |{{Flagicon|GER}} Dimitrij Ovtcharov |0–4 |
| style="background: #98fb98;"|Winner
|2017 |ITTF World Tour, Czech Open |{{Flagicon|GER}} Timo Boll |4–2 |
| style="background: #98fb98;"|Winner
|2018 |ITTF World Tour, Japan Open |{{Flagicon|CHN}} Zhang Jike |4–3 |
| style="background: #98fb98;"|Winner
|2018 |ITTF World Tour Grand Finals |{{Flagicon|CHN}} Lin Gaoyuan |4–1 |
| style="background: #ffa07a;"|Runner-up
|2019 |ITTF World Tour, Hong Kong Open |{{Flagicon|CHN}} Lin Gaoyuan |2–4 |
| style="background: #98fb98;"|Winner
|2019 |ITTF World Tour, Bulgaria Open |{{Flagicon|CHN}} Zhao Zihao |4–2 |
| style="background: #ffa07a;"|Runner-up
|2019 |{{Flagicon|CHN}} Fan Zhendong |2–4 |
| style="background: #98fb98;"|Winner
|2020 |ITTF World Tour, Hungarian Open |{{Flagicon|JPN}} Yukiya Uda |4–1 |
| style="background: #98fb98;"|Winner
|2021 |WTT Star Contender Doha |{{Flagicon|GER}} Ruwen Filus |4–2 |
| style="background: #ffa07a;"|Runner-up
|2021 |WTT Cup Finals |{{Flagicon|CHN}} Fan Zhendong |1–4 |
| style="background: #98fb98;"|Winner
|2022 |WTT Champions European Summer Series |{{Flagicon|CHN}} Lin Gaoyuan |4–3 |
| style="background: #ffa07a;"|Runner-up
|2022 |WTT Cup Finals |{{Flagicon|CHN}} Wang Chuqin |2–4 |
| style="background: #98fb98;"|Winner
|2022 |Asian Cup |{{Flagicon|KOR}} Lim Jong-hoon |4–1 |
| style="background: #ffa07a;"|Runner-up
|2024 |WTT Contender Doha |{{Flagicon|GER}} Timo Boll |3–4 |
| style="background: #98fb98;"|Winner
|2024 |WTT Contender Tunis |{{Flagicon|JPN}} Yukiya Uda |4–3 |
| style="background: #98fb98;"|Winner
|2024 |WTT Star Contender Bangkok |{{Flagicon|CHN}} Lin Gaoyuan |4–0 |
| style="background: #98fb98;"|Winner
|2024 |{{Flagicon|CHN}} Lin Shidong |3–1 |
| style="background: #ffa07a;"|Runner-up
|2024 |WTT Champions Montpellier |{{flagicon|FRA}} Félix Lebrun |1–4 |
| style="background: #ffa07a;"|Runner-up
|2024 |WTT Finals |{{flagicon|CHN}} Wang Chuqin |0–4 |
| style="background: #98fb98;"|Winner
|2025 |WTT Star Contender Doha |{{Flagicon|DEN}} Jonathan Groth |4–0 |
| style="background: #ffa07a;"|Runner-up
|2025 |WTT Contender Muscat |{{flagicon|CHN}} Chen Yuanyu |2–4 |
=Men's doubles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runners-up)=
| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:small;"
!Result !class="unsortable"|Year !Tournament !Partner !Opponents !Score !class="unsortable"|Ref |
| style="background: #ffa07a;"|Runner-up
|2017 |ITTF World Tour Platinum, China Open |Yuto Kizukuri |{{Flagicon|JPN}} Jin Ueda / Maharu Yoshimura |1–3 |
| style="background: #ffa07a;"|Runner-up
|2017 |ITTF World Tour Platinum, German Open |Yuto Kizukuri |{{Flagicon|KOR}} Jung Young-sik / Lee Sang-su |2–3 |
| style="background: #98fb98;"|Winner
|2022 |WTT Contender Tunis |Yuto Kizukuri |{{Flagicon|CHN}} Zhao Zihao / Xue Fei |3–2 |
| style="background: #98fb98;"|Winner
|2024 |WTT Contender Tunis |Sora Matsushima |{{Flagicon|TPE}} Huang Yan-cheng / Feng Yi-hsin |3–0 |
| style="background: #98fb98;"|Winner
|2024 |WTT Star Contender Bangkok |Sora Matsushima |{{Flagicon|TPE}} Kao Cheng-jui / Chuang Chih-yuan |3–2 |
| style="background: #ffa07a;"|Runner-up
|2025 |WTT Star Contender Doha |Sora Matsushima |{{Flagicon|CHN}} Xiang Peng / Xu Yingbin |2–3 |
| style="background: #98fb98;"|Winner
|2025 |WTT Contender Muscat |Sora Matsushima |{{Flagicon|TPE}} Hung Jing-kai / Chang Yu-an |3–0 |
| style="background: #ffa07a;"|Runner-up
|2025 |WTT Star Contender Chennai |Sora Matsushima |{{Flagicon|KOR}} Lim Jong-hoon / An Jae-hyun |1–3 |
=Mixed doubles: 15 (8 titles, 7 runners-up)=
| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:small;"
!Result !class="unsortable"|Year !Tournament !Partner !Opponents !Score !class="unsortable"|Ref |
| style="background: #ffa07a;"|Runner-up
|2019 |ITTF World Tour Platinum, Japan Open |{{Flagicon|CHN}} Xu Xin / Zhu Yuling |0–3 |
| style="background: #98fb98;"|Winner
|2019 |ITTF World Tour Platinum, Austrian Open |Hina Hayata |{{Flagicon|CHN}} Lin Gaoyuan / Zhu Yuling |3–1 |
| style="background: #ffa07a;"|Runner-up
|2021 |Hina Hayata |{{Flagicon|CHN}} Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha |0–3 |
| style="background: #98fb98;"|Winner
|2022 |WTT Contender Zagreb |Hina Hayata |{{Flagicon|HKG}} Wong Chun Ting / Doo Hoi Kem |3–0 |
| style="background: #ffa07a;"|Runner-up
|2022 |WTT Star Contender European Summer Series |Hina Hayata |{{Flagicon|CHN}} Wang Chuqin / Wang Manyu |2–3 |
| style="background: #98fb98;"|Winner
|2022 |WTT Contender Tunis |{{Flagicon|TPE}} Feng Yi-hsin / Chen Szu-yu |3–2 |
| style="background: #ffa07a;"|Runner-up
|2023 |Singapore Smash |Hina Hayata |{{Flagicon|CHN}} Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha |1–3 |
| style="background: #ffa07a;"|Runner-up
|2023 |Hina Hayata |{{Flagicon|CHN}} Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha |0–3 |
| style="background: #ffa07a;"|Runner-up
|2023 |WTT Star Contender Lanzhou |Hina Hayata |{{Flagicon|CHN}} Lin Shidong / Kuai Man |2–3 |
| style="background: #98fb98;"|Winner
|2023 |WTT Contender Antalya |Hina Hayata |{{Flagicon|FRA}} Félix Lebrun / Prithika Pavade |3–1 |
| style="background: #ffa07a;"|Runner-up
|2024 |WTT Contender Rio de Janeiro |Hina Hayata |{{Flagicon|KOR}} Lim Jong-hoon / Shin Yu-bin |0–3 |
| style="background: #98fb98;"|Winner
|2024 |WTT Contender Zagreb |Hina Hayata |{{Flagicon|KOR}} Lim Jong-hoon / Shin Yu-bin |3–2 |
| style="background: #98fb98;"|Winner
|2024 |WTT Star Contender Ljubljana |Hina Hayata |{{Flagicon|KOR}} Lim Jong-hoon / Shin Yu-bin |3–2 |
| style="background: #98fb98;"|Winner
|2024 |WTT Contender Tunis |Hina Hayata |{{Flagicon|SWE}} Kristian Karlsson / Christina Källberg |3–2 |
| style="background: #98fb98;"|Winner
|2024 |WTT Star Contender Bangkok |Hina Hayata |{{Flagicon|HKG}} Wong Chun Ting / Doo Hoi Kem |3–1 |
Record against top-10 players
Harimoto's singles match record against those who had been ranked in the top 10 ({{as of|2025|4|3|lc=y}}):{{cite web|url=https://results.ittf.link/index.php/head-to-head|title=Head to Head|website=results.ittf.link|access-date=11 January 2025}}
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!Player !Highest ! style="width:60px;" |Record !Win% !Last match |
| align="left" |{{Flagicon|BLR}} Vladimir Samsonov
|1 |5–0 |style="background:#98fb98;" |100% |style="background:#98fb98; text-align:left;" |Won (4–1) at 2019 ITTF World Tour Platinum German Open |
| align="left" |{{flagicon|GER}} Timo Boll
|1 |2–3 | style="background:#ffecb2;" |40% | style="background:#ffecb2; text-align:left;" |Lost (3–4) at 2024 WTT Contender Doha |
| align="left" |{{flagicon|CHN}} Ma Long
|1 |2–4 | style="background:#ffecb2;" |33% | style="background:#ffecb2; text-align:left;" |Lost (3–4) at 2020 World Cup |
| align="left" |{{flagicon|CHN}} Zhang Jike
|1 |2–0 | style="background:#98fb98;" |100% | style="background:#98fb98; text-align:left;" |Won (4–3) at 2018 ITTF World Tour Japan Open |
| align="left" |{{flagicon|CHN}} Xu Xin
|1 |0–8 | style="background:#ffecb2;" |0% | style="background:#ffecb2; text-align:left;" |Lost (3–4) at 2019 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals |
| align="left" |{{flagicon|GER}} Dimitrij Ovtcharov
|1 |7–4 | style="background:#98fb98;" |64% | style="background:#98fb98; text-align:left;" |Won (3–0) at 2024 WTT Star Contender Ljubljana |
| align="left" |{{flagicon|CHN}} Fan Zhendong
|1 |2–8 | style="background:#ffecb2;" |20% | style="background:#ffecb2; text-align:left;" |Lost (3–4) at 2024 Summer Olympics |
| align="left" |{{flagicon|CHN}} Wang Chuqin
|1 |2–11 | style="background:#ffecb2;" |15% | style="background:#ffecb2; text-align:left;" |Lost (1–4) at 2025 WTT Champions Chongqing |
| align="left" |{{flagicon|CHN}} Lin Shidong
|1 |4–1 | style="background:#98fb98;" |80% | style="background:#98fb98; text-align:left;" |Won (4–3) at 2024 WTT Finals |
| align="left" |{{flagicon|CHN}} Lin Gaoyuan
|2 |5–4 | style="background:#98fb98;" |56% | style="background:#98fb98; text-align:left;" |Won (3–1) at 2025 Asian Cup |
| align="left" |{{flagicon|CHN}} Liang Jingkun
|2 |2–7 | style="background:#ffecb2;" |22% | style="background:#ffecb2; text-align:left;" |Lost (2–4) at 2025 Asian Cup |
| align="left" |{{Flagicon|TPE}} Chuang Chih-yuan
|3 |8–3 | style="background:#98fb98;" |73% | style="background:#98fb98; text-align:left;" |Won (3–0) at 2024 Summer Olympics |
| align="left" |{{flagicon|BRA}} Hugo Calderano
|3 |4–1 | style="background:#98fb98;" |80% | style="background:#98fb98; text-align:left;" |Won (4–1) at 2021 WTT Cup Finals |
| align="left" |{{Flagicon|SWE}} Truls Möregårdh
|3 |1–2 | style="background:#ffecb2;" |33% | style="background:#ffecb2; text-align:left;" |Lost (2–3) at 2024 WTT China Smash |
| align="left" |{{Flagicon|JPN}} Jun Mizutani
|4 |3–0 | style="background:#98fb98;" |100% | style="background:#98fb98; text-align:left;" |Won (4–1) at 2019 ITTF World Tour Hong Kong Open |
| align="left" |{{Flagicon|FRA}} Félix Lebrun
|4 |0–4 | style="background:#ffecb2;" |0% | style="background:#ffecb2; text-align:left;" |Lost (1–4) at 2024 WTT Champions Montpellier |
| align="left" |{{flagicon|JPN}} Koki Niwa
|5 |4–1 | style="background:#98fb98;" |80% | style="background:#98fb98; text-align:left;" |Won (4–3) at 2019 World Cup |
| align="left" |{{flagicon|TPE}} Lin Yun-ju
|5 |6–3 | style="background:#98fb98;" |67% | style="background:#ffecb2; text-align:left;" |Lost (1–3) at 2025 WTT Champions Incheon |
| align="left" |{{flagicon|HKG}} Wong Chun Ting
|6 |10–2 | style="background:#98fb98;" |83% | style="background:#98fb98; text-align:left;" |Won (3–0) at 2025 WTT Contender Muscat |
| align="left" |{{flagicon|KOR}} Lee Sang-su
|6 |4–1 | style="background:#98fb98;" |80% | style="background:#98fb98; text-align:left;" |Won (4–1) at 2022 Asian Cup |
| align="left" |{{flagicon|SLO}} Darko Jorgić
|6 |3–1 | style="background:#98fb98;" |75% | style="background:#98fb98; text-align:left;" |Won (3–1) at 2023 WTT Champions Macao |
| align="left" |{{flagicon|POR}} Marcos Freitas
|7 |5–2 | style="background:#98fb98;" |71% | style="background:#98fb98; text-align:left;" |Won (4–2) at 2024 World Cup |
| align="left" |{{flagicon|KOR}} Jeoung Young-sik
|7 |3–1 | style="background:#98fb98;" |75% | style="background:#98fb98; text-align:left;" |Won (3–0) at 2021 WTT Star Contender Doha |
| align="left" |{{Flagicon|SWE}} Mattias Falck
|7 |2–2 | style="background:#99ccff;" |50% | style="background:#ffecb2; text-align:left;" | Lost (1–3) at 2022 WTT Champions Macao |
| align="left" |{{Flagicon|FRA}} Simon Gauzy
|8 |3–0 | style="background:#98fb98;" | 100% | style="background:#98fb98; text-align:left;" | Won (3–1) at 2024 Summer Olympics |
| align="left" |{{Flagicon|GER}} Dang Qiu
|8 |1–0 | style="background:#98fb98;" | 100% | style="background:#98fb98; text-align:left;" | Won (3–0) at 2022 WTT Champions Budapest |
| align="left" |{{flagicon|KOR}} Jang Woo-jin
|8 |6–4 | style="background:#98fb98;" |60% | style="background:#98fb98; text-align:left;" |Won (3–0) at 2024 WTT Finals |
| align="left" |{{flagicon|GER}} Patrick Franziska
|8 |9–0 | style="background:#98fb98;" |100% | style="background:#98fb98; text-align:left;" |Won (3–0) at 2024 WTT Champions Montpellier |
| align="left" |{{flagicon|SIN}} Gao Ning
|9 |1–0 | style="background:#98fb98;" |100% | style="background:#98fb98; text-align:left;" |Won (3–0) at 2018 World Championships |
| align="left" |{{flagicon|JPN}} Kenta Matsudaira
|9 |0–1 | style="background:#ffecb2;" |0% | style="background:#ffecb2; text-align:left;" |Lost (2–4) at 2018 ITTF World Tour Bulgarian Open |
| align="left" |{{flagicon|FRA}} Alexis Lebrun
|9 |1–1 | style="background:#99ccff;" |50% | style="background:#98fb98; text-align:left;" |Won (3–1) at 2024 WTT Star Contender Ljubljana |
| align="left" |{{Flagicon|NGR}} Quadri Aruna
|10 |3–2 | style="background:#98fb98;" | 60% | style="background:#ffecb2; text-align:left;" | Lost (2–3) at 2024 WTT Champions Frankfurt |
Notes
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References
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