Japanese table tennis players are as popular as ever in China, but Liu is helpless. Who is he?

At this year's Tokyo Olympic Games, the judges of the International Olympic Committee gave some controversial penalties in the competitions that many Japanese athletes participated in, which also made many netizens hate Japanese athletes. However, in this big environment, there is such a Japanese player who keeps himself calm in the storm. He is Japanese table tennis player Koki Niwa.

Koki Niwa is a strong male table tennis player. He is affectionately called "Teacher Dan Yu" and "Founder of Suiyuan Table Tennis" by netizens in China, and his popularity in China is no less than that in Fukuhara Ai. The title of "Teacher Dan Yu" comes from Koki Niwa's surname. The Roman word for Dan Yu is Niwa, which is very similar to Niwa in Chinese.

The title of "the founder of Suiyuan Ping-pong" is because of Koki Niwa's ping-pong style and his carelessness in the game. Koki Niwa is good at playing near Taiwan. No matter how fierce the attack is, he can fight back with the simplest and simplest action, dragging his opponent into his own rhythm and winning the game. Moreover, during the competition, Koki Niwa's state was very relaxed, giving people a sense of randomness. These two characteristics earned him the title of "the founder of Suiyuan table tennis".

In recent years, Koki Niwa has also become a headache for male table tennis players in China. Malone, the first active table tennis player called "Hexagon Warrior" by Japanese media, disliked playing Koki Niwa very much. In the face of Koki Niwa's iron barrel defense, it is difficult for Malone to start the offensive rhythm, which is why Malone lost to Koki Niwa in the Asian qualifiers of the London Olympic Games.

Liu Ye, who was then the head coach of China table tennis national team, repeatedly talked about the struggle between Malone and Uichiro Niwa. Liu said that Malone would become inexplicably negative when he saw Koki Niwa shake his head on the court. Liu Guoliang himself was speechless about this, and he could only say to Malone, "Just think that he is fooling around." .