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Hina Hayata

Hina Hayata (早田 ひな, Hayata Hina; born 7 July 2000) is a Japanese international table tennis player. She is the most successful player on the ITTF Challenge Series since its inception in 2017. Owing to her stature, she is able to generate more spin on both sides than most female players. She is coached by Daisuka Ishida.

Hayata was a member of Japanese girls' team winning gold at the 2016 World Junior Table Tennis Championships. She also won silver in girls' doubles and mixed doubles.

She won the bronze medal in women's doubles at the 2017 World Table Tennis Championships with Mima Ito. She won several doubles titles in the ITTF World Tour, including the Grand Finals in 2016 and 2018.

In the ITTF Portugal Open 2019, she caused a major upset by beating 4-time Women's World Cup Champion Liu Shiwen 4–3. She went on to beat another Chinese player Hu Limei before winning the tournament by defeating her compatriot Honoka Hashimoto in the finals.

In January 2020, she won the All Japan Table Tennis Championships for the first time, shocking reigning champion Mima Ito in the semi-finals and then defeating Kasumi Ishikawa in the finals.

Hayata lost to Mima Ito 4–3 in the 2021 All Japan Table Tennis Championships in the semi-finals. At the WTT Contender Doha, she upset Kasumi Ishikawa and advanced to the finals to once again face Mima Ito. Hayata lost to Ito 4–2 in the finals. In the WTT Star Contender Doha event later the same year, Hayata won the women's singles title and the mixed doubles title.

In the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, which was postponed to 2021 due to the global pandemic, Hina Hayata had her first participation at the Olympics, although as reserve player of the Japanese women's team. The team secured the silver medal at this event.

At the ITTF World Table Tennis Championships 2021 held in Houston, Hayata joined all three competitions at the first time. In women's singles, Hayata was eliminated in the round of last 16 by Wang Yidi of China by 4:2. Together with Mima Ito, Hayata won silver medals in women's doubles after beating Qian Tianyi/Chen Meng 3:2 in the semi-finals and losing to Sun Yingsha/Wang Manyu 3:0 in the finals. She was also successful in mixed doubles, winning silver medals together with Tomokazu Harimoto.

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