Yui Hamamoto

Yui Hamamoto (浜本 由惟, Hamamoto Yui; born July 28, 1998) is a Japanese table tennis player. Her father is Japanese, while her mother is a Chinese table tennis player.^[3]

Yui Hamamoto
Hamamoto at the 2016 World Team Table Tennis Championships
Personal information
Born	(1998-07-28) 28 July 1998 (age 27)[1] Osaka,[1] Japan
Height	174 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Table tennis career
Playing style	Right-handed shakehand grip[1]
Highest ranking	16 (February 2017)[2]
Club	Kinoshita Abyell Kanagawa
Medal record Representing  Japan World Championships 2016 Selangor Team

At the age of 18, she made the national team, which won a silver medal at the 2016 World Team Table Tennis Championships. She also won gold at the women's doubles at the 2016 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals with Hina Hayata.

Association change

In 2019, Hamamoto registered with the Austrian Table Tennis Association in hopes of acquiring Austrian nationality. According to her family, she did so in order to continue playing internationally, as making the Japanese national team again had been difficult for her.^[4][5]

In popular culture

Hamamoto appeared in the 2017 film Mixed Doubles.^[6]