Sora Matsushima
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| Born | 29 April 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Table tennis | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Kinoshita Meister Tokyo (T.League)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing style | Left-handed shakehand grip | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 8 (11 November 2025)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 8 (11 November 2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sora Matsushima (松島 輝空, Matsushima Sora; born 29 April 2007) is a Japanese professional table tennis player.[2][3] Ranked world No. 8, he is the second better-ranked Japanese player on men's side, after Tomokazu Harimoto and youngest male player in current Top 10 ITTF/WTT ranking.[4]
Career
[edit]Matsushima won the U-15 boys' singles title at the 2021 ITTF World Youth Championships.[5] On that occasion, he also captured the U-15 boys' doubles title with Félix Lebrun and the U-15 mixed doubles title with Miwa Harimoto. In addition, Matsushima was a member of the Japanese U-19 boys' team, which won the bronze medal in the tournament.
At the senior level, Matsushima reached the men's singles final at the WTT Contender Rio de Janeiro 2023, where he was defeated by Mattias Falck in six games.[6] He was later selected as a member of the Japanese national team for the 2024 World Team Championships, recording three wins and one loss.[7] Matsushima was also named a reserve player for the Japanese men's team at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[8]
In 2025, Matsushima won the men's singles title at the All Japan Table Tennis Championships, defeating Tomokazu Harimoto in the semifinals and Hiroto Shinozuka in the final.[9] He later claimed the men's singles title at the WTT Contender Taiyuan.[10] In November, Matsuhima reached his best results on pro level in a span of two weeks. He first finished as runner-up at WTT Champions Montpellier, where he lost to Truls Möregardh and later crowned champion at WTT Champions Frankfurt, defeating local player Dang Qiu and earning his biggest title to date.[11][12] This victory also propelled him into the top ten of the men's singles world rankings.[4]
Singles titles
[edit]| Year | Tournament | Final opponent | Score | Ref |
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| 2025 | WTT Contender Taiyuan |  An Jae-hyun
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4–3 | [13] |
| WTT Champions Frankfurt |  Dang Qiu
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4–1 | [12] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Player Ranking History". results.ittf.link. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
- ^ a b c d "松島 輝空 Sora Matsushima". tleague.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 November 2025.
- ^ "松島輝空（JPN） MATSUSHIMA Sora". butterfly.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 November 2025.
- ^ a b "Men's Singles 2025 Week #46 - November 11th". ittf.com. 11 November 2025. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
- ^ "Sun sets on Japan, Sora Matsushima and Miwa Harimoto rise to the occasion". ittf.com. 8 December 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
- ^ "Studied Performance; Falck's A-Grade Form Scores Maiden WTT Series Title". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
- ^ "ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships Finals Busan 2024". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
- ^ "Japan's Matsushima Sora ready to step up after frustrating Paris 2024". olympics.com. 8 August 2025. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
- ^ "強すぎる！17歳松島輝空初V!! 圧倒的なパワーでパリ五輪日本代表を連破". tv-tokyo.co.jp (in Japanese). 26 January 2025. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
- ^ "Sora Matsushima Wins in Taiyuan". butterflyonline.com. 13 April 2025. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
- ^ "Unstoppable Force: Truls Moregard Takes First WTT Champions Trophy". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
- ^ a b "Redemption: Sora Matsuhima Denies Home Favourite to Take the Crown in Frankfurt". World Table Tennis. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
- ^ "Honoka Hashimoto Denies Zhu Yuling's Moment of Glory". World Table Tennis. Retrieved 14 April 2025.