Fukuhara Ai

Fukuhara Ai

AI Fukuhara, born in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan on November 1, 1988, is a Japanese table tennis player.

In 2000, he became the youngest member of the Japanese national team in history. In 2004, he took part in the Athens Olympic Games. He is the youngest athlete in the history of Japan to take part in the Olympic Games. In October 2007, he participated in the ITTF Austria open and won the doubles championship with Hayashi Hirano. In 2011, Fukuhara joined Guangdong Women's table tennis team and participated in the 2011 China Table Tennis Super League. She took part in the London Olympic Games in 2012 and won the second place of women's table tennis team. In 2016, she took part in the 53rd world table tennis team competition and won the runner up of women's table tennis team. On August 11, 2016, she won the fourth place in women's singles of table tennis in Rio Olympic Games. On January 1, 2017, AI Fukuhara and Jiang Hongjie held a wedding ceremony in Taipei.

On October 21, 2018, AI Fukuhara announced his retirement on Weibo. On December 15, 2018, the board of directors of Japan Table Tennis Association held in Tokyo announced the award of "special merit recognition".

Sports career

In January 1999, I studied in grade 4 of Zhengbei Primary School of Bawei City University. March 20, enter the ranks of professional players.

In June 2000, he transferred to grade 5 of dongshanben primary school in Bawei city. In the same year, she became the youngest member of the Japanese national team in history.

In March 2001, he graduated from dongshanben primary school in Bawei city. In April, I entered senior one of Bawei shilidong middle school. In May, I began to study in Aomori Shantian middle school.

In 2002, he entered the top 8 of the table tennis championships in Japan. In May, he won the fifth place in the world championships in Paris, and helped Japan win the third place in the team competition and the eighth place in the women's singles World Championships, becoming the youngest top eight player in history.

In November 2003, she won the women's singles under 21 in the German open and the women's singles under 21 in the Swedish open.

In March 2004, graduated from Aomori Yamada middle school. In April, I went to Aomori Yamada University. In August, he took part in the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. He was the youngest player in Japan to take part in the Olympic Games, and entered the top 16 in the table tennis competition.

March 2005, the 17th women's Asian Cup Singles third. In April, he signed a contract with Liaoning Benxi Iron and steel Club of China to participate in the Super League of China table tennis club, and fought side by side with famous table tennis players Wang Nan and Guo Yue. In June, it ranked 24 (the highest ranking Japanese player) in the ITTF, ranked fifth among the Under-21 players, and ranked fourth among the Under-18 players. In September, at the 17th Asian Table Tennis Championship held in Jeju Island, South Korea, he helped Japan win the third place in women's team competition, the women's doubles match with Teng Mu Ya Yi won the third place, and the individual singles won the fifth place.

In March 2006, he signed a contract with Guangdong Sasakawa jibian women's team and will play in China Table Tennis Super League as Guangdong's second singles team. In May, Bremen won the bronze medal in the world table tennis team. In June, ITTF Taiwan open doubles champion won the first professional tour championship (with Fujikura). In July, she ranked 14 (the highest ranking Japanese player) in ITTF, ranked fourth among the players under 21, and ranked third among the players under 18; on September 16, she was admitted by the Department of sports science of Waseda University.

In March 2007, she ranked 11th in the ITTF (the highest ranked Japanese player). Women's singles runner up at the Brazil open on April 15. In October, ITTF Austria open doubles champion. In the same year, he graduated from high school and entered Waseda University in Japan.

In January 2008, she ranked 10 (the highest ranked Japanese player) in the ITTF. In February, the 49th Guangzhou World Table Tennis Team Championship won the bronze medal.

She won the women's singles and women's doubles at the Moroccan open in July 2009.

On March 31, 2010, fuyuanai signed a contract with Guangdong Shenzhen Changyuan group table tennis club. In the 2010 season, fuyuanai and Liu Shiwen, who ranked first in the world, will represent Changyuan group in the Table Tennis Super League. In May, she was ranked eighth in the ITTF (the highest ranked Japanese player). In November, she won three bronze medals at the Guangzhou Asian Games. In the same year, Guangzhou Asian Games women's singles top four.

In 2011, the top four in women's singles of the third "public Cup" international table tennis elite competition, the top 32 in women's singles of the 51st World Table Tennis Championships in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, the top four in mixed doubles (with kiskawa Shengye) and the runner up of table tennis team World Cup.

In 2012, she took part in the London Olympic Games and won the runner up of women's table tennis team. This is the first medal japan has won since the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games became an official event. On the evening of August 5, the semi-final of the women's table tennis team of the London Olympic Games began. The Japanese women's team led by AI Fukuhara won the Singapore team 3-0 to advance to the final. In the same year, she won the top eight women's singles in the Slovenian table tennis open, the top four women's teams in the Asian Table Tennis Championships and the top eight women's doubles in the Asian Table Tennis Championships. After the London Olympics, AI Fukuhara had a synovectomy on her right elbow. She had planned to withdraw from all competitions in 2012, but she still came to Hangzhou. After an operation at the end of August, Japanese player AI Fukuhara has been recovering. She chose to come back in the finals at the end of the year.

On September 30, 2014, in the women's team final of Incheon Asian Games table tennis competition, AI Fukuhara led Japanese women table tennis team to win the team runner up.

On March 6, 2016, in the women's team final of the world table tennis championships, AI Fukuhara lost 3-0 to Liu Shiwen, and the Japanese women's table tennis team won the team runner up.

On August 11, 2016, AI Fukuhara won the fourth place in women's singles of table tennis in Rio Olympic Games.

On the evening of October 21, 2018, AI Fukuhara officially announced his retirement on Weibo.

Personal life

In 2008, Fukuhara and Kam Chi Kuei got married because of the Olympic Games. The two lovers were photographed kissing on the street, but finally broke up. The following year, Kam Chi Kuei, introduced by his friends, met Kimi Hirai, who is known as "Japan's most beautiful rhythmic gymnast", and has been in contact for nearly four years.

On September 29, 2014, the interview video of Fukuhara Ai was praised and forwarded by Wang Sicong. When asked about Wang Sicong's "show of love", Fukuhara Ai said with a smile that he didn't know who the other party was, but thanks for Wang Sicong's support.

On April 6, 2016, Japanese weekly magazine revealed that Fukuhara will marry Taiwan table tennis player Jiang Hongjie after the Rio Olympic Games; in early September, Fukuhara and her boyfriend Jiang Hongjie applied for marriage in Tokyo, Japan; on September 21, Fukuhara and Jiang Hongjie held a press conference to announce their marriage.

On January 1, 2017, a wedding ceremony was held in Taipei, and Liu Shiwen, an athlete of the national table tennis team, also attended the ceremony. On June 29, her husband Jiang Hongjie announced on his microblog that Fukuhara Ai was pregnant, saying that the couple were ready for the arrival of their baby. On October 13, Fukuhara Ai gave birth to a baby girl in Kaohsiung, Taiwan Province, China.

On December 5, 2018, Jiang Hongjie announced on his microblog that Fukuhara was pregnant with a second child and had been pregnant for six months.

On April 8, 2019, Jiang Hongjie announced the good news of Fuyuan AI's second child on his microblog.

In late February 2021, Fukuhara Ai Jiang Hongjie had a marriage coup. On February 25, Jiang Hongjie also came forward to deny the rumor. Then the Japanese media stressed that some people in the table tennis industry disclosed that Fukuhara Ai returned to Japan not only for the Olympic Games, but also to take care of his long sick mother. On March 3, according to the magazine Wen Chun, AI Fukuhara decided to divorce in January 2021 and has proposed divorce to Jiang Hongjie.

Award winning record

Professional achievement

In September 1993, when he was 4 years old, he was the representative of Miyagi Prefecture of Japan Table Tennis Association, and the best result was the 16th in China.

In September 1994, Heicheng won the Sixth National (Japan) Table Tennis Championship (under 8 years old group).

In September 1995, Pingcheng won the champion of children's group in the seventh national table tennis championship.

In September 1996, Pingcheng won the championship of children's group in the Eighth National Table Tennis Championship.

In August 1997, he was the representative of Japan in the East Asian Games; in September, he won the champion of children's group in the ninth Pingcheng national table tennis championship; in November, he won the champion of students' group in the ninth Pingcheng national table tennis championship.

In July 1998, he moved to Osaka. He joined the Youth Sports Club (ミキハウス j.s.c.); in August, he was the representative of Japan in the East Asian Games; in September, he won the champion of children's group (under 10 years old group) and doubles in the 10th Pingcheng national table tennis championship; in November, he won the champion of student group (under 14 years old group) and singles in the 10th Pingcheng national table tennis championship; in December, he won the 10th Pingcheng national table tennis championship In the table tennis championship, the youngest player in the history of the ordinary group, doubles, the best place is 32, and the youngest player in the history of the junior group (under 17) singles, won the championship.

On March 20, 1999, with the recognition of the president of Japan Table Tennis Association, he registered as a professional player; in August, he was the representative of Japan in the East Asian Games, and the best place was the eighth; in September, he won the champion of hope group (under 12 years old group) in the 11th National Table Tennis Championship; in November, he won the champion of student group (under 14 years old group) in the 11th National Table Tennis Championship In December, Pingcheng won the 11th National Table Tennis Championship. The best result of the junior group (under 17 years old group) was the fourth, while the ordinary group, singles, the youngest player in history, and the best place was 6

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