is a Japanese table tennis

Table tennis

Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...

 player. Winner of 2006 World Junior Championships

World Junior Table Tennis Championships

The World Junior Table Tennis Championships is an annual table tennis competition for juniors under 18. The tournament has been held by International Table Tennis Federation since 2003.- Winners :...

 in boys' singles. He was ranked as the number one junior player in the world. Kenta has supposedly one of the world's best serves. He serves either a regular tomahawk service or a backhand tomahawk service.

Kenta became well known after his match with Olympic champion Ma Lin

Ma Lin (table tennis)

Ma Lin is a male table tennis player. He is the world's number four ranked player as of June, 2011 in the International Table Tennis Federation ....

 in 2009 World Table Tennis Championships

2009 World Table Tennis Championships

The 2009 H.I.S. World Table Tennis Championships were held in Yokohama, Japan, from 28 April to 5 May 2009. The Chinese team dominated the competition, following their sweep of the gold medals in table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics...

. Kenta was up 4-1 in the seventh set when Ma Lin

Ma Lin

Ma Lin is a fictional character in the Water Margin, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. He ranks 67th of the 108 Liangshan heroes and 31st of the 72 Earthly Fiends. He is nicknamed "Iron Flute Deity".-Background:...

 called a timeout. Kenta lost the set 11-9.

Reference

The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.