The T.League (Japanese: Tリーグ; Romaji: T.Rīgu) or Nojima T.League (Japanese: ノジマTリーグ) is the premier table tennis league of Japan which began in 2018. It is the first professional table tennis league in Japan. There are twelve teams, six each for men and women.
Teams
Men's teams Name Japanese name Prefecture Head coach T.T Saitama T.T彩たま Saitama Yuya Mizuno (水野裕哉) Kinoshita Meister Tokyo 木下マイスター東京 Tokyo Wang Kai (王凱) Kanazawa Port 金沢ポート Kanazawa Akira Saito (西東輝) Shizuoka Jade 静岡ジェード Shizuoka Masataka Morizono (森薗政崇) Okayama Rivets 岡山リベッツ Okayama Kōsuke Shiraga (白神宏佑) Ryukyu Asteeda 琉球アスティーダ Okinawa Kazuhiro Chang (張一博)
Women's teams Name Japanese name Prefecture Head coach Kinoshita Abyell Kanagawa 木下アビエル神奈川 Kanagawa Rui Nakazawa (中澤鋭) Top Otome Pingpongs Nagoya トップおとめピンポンズ名古屋 Aichi Misako Wakamiya (若宮三紗子) Nissay Red Elf 日本生命レッドエルフ Osaka Yasukazu Murakami (村上恭和) Nippon Paint Mallets 日本ペイントマレッツ Osaka Yumi Oshima (大嶋由美) Kyushu Asteeda 九州アスティーダ Fukuoka Hidefumi Masuda (増田秀文) Kyoto Kaguyalyze 京都カグヤライズ Kyoto Shuhei Kobayashi (小林修平)
Stadiums
Format and rules Each team match features one doubles match and at least three singles matches. If the score after four matches is 2–2, an extra-time, single-game "victory match" will determine the winner. T.League rules differ from international table tennis rules. Match 1 Doubles Best of 3 Score starts at 6–6 for the final gamePlay to 11 points only (i.e. 11–10 wins) for non-final games Match 2 Singles Best of 5 Match 3 Match 4 "Victory match" 1 game
Match 1 players may not play in Match 2. Matches 2, 3, and 4 must feature different players for both teams.
Results Men's division Season Winner Runner-up MVP Best doubles pair 2018–19 Tokyo(14W–7L) Okayama(12W–9L) Season & 2nd half: Jun Mizutani (Tokyo)1st half: Tomokazu Harimoto (Tokyo) Masataka Morizono Jin Ueda (Okayama) 2019–20 Tokyo(15W–6L) Ryukyu(11W–10L) Season & 1st half: Hou Yingchao (Tokyo)2nd half: Takuya Jin (Saitama) Kenta Tazoe Yukiya Uda (Tokyo) 2020–21 Ryukyu(15W–6L) Tokyo(13W–8L) Season: Maharu Yoshimura (Ryukyu) Kakeru Sone Hiroto Shinozuka (TT Ayatama) 2021–22 Tokyo(15W–6L) T.T Saitama(10W–11L) Season & 1st half: Mizuki Oikawa (Tokyo)2nd half: Kakeru Sone (TT Ayatama) Taimu Arinobu Yukiya Uda (Ryukyu) 2022–23 Ryukyu(12W–9L) Tokyo(13W–8L) 2023–24 Tokyo(15W–5L) Okayama(10W–10L) Season: Lin Yun-ju (Tokyo) Masataka Morizono Tonin Ryuzaki (Shizuoka) 2024–25 TT Ayatama(16W–9L) Ryukyu(16W–9L)
Women's division Season Winner Runner-up MVP Best doubles pair 2018–19 Nissay(18W–3L) Kanagawa(13W–8L) Season & 1st half: Hina Hayata (Nissay)2nd half: Kasumi Ishikawa (Kanagawa) Chang Chenchen Jiang Hui (Nissay) 2019–20 Nissay(14W–7L) Kanagawa(13W–8L) Season & 2nd half: Sakura Mori (Nissay)1st half: Suthasini Sawettabut (Nippon Paint) Yang Ha-eun Rika Suzuki (Nagoya) 2020–21 Nissay(13W–8L) Kanagawa(17W–4L) Season: Hina Hayata (Nissay) Miyu Nagasaki Yui Hamamoto (Kanagawa) 2021–22 Nissay(16W–4L) Nippon Paint(14W–6L) Season & 1st half: Honoka Hashimoto (Kyushu)2nd half: Sakura Mori (Nissay) Hitomi Sato Honoka Hashimoto (Kyushu) 2022–23 Kanagawa(15W–5L) Nissay(11W–9L) 2023–24 Nissay(15W–5L) Kanagawa(16W–4L) Season: Miwa Harimoto (Kanagawa) Kasumi Kimura Yurika Namba (Nagoya) 2024–25 Kanagawa(19W–6L) Nippon Paint(21W–4L)
References
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