Nittaku

The history of Nittaku dates back to 1920 and the company celebrated its 100 th anniversary in 2020. The Tokyo-based company is renowned for producing some of the best table tennis balls in the world. Nittaku has provided the official ball for many World Championships, Olympic Games, and European Championships. Nittaku is also known for producing some of the finest blades, including the Acoustic and Violin lines, which have been made using String Instrument Manufacturing Technology. Other stand-out blades include the Irodori series and the Mima Ito Carbon and Hina Hayata H2 composite blades. Nittaku’s rubber range is equally impressive. The German-made Fastarc rubbers are Nittaku’s flagship series, with the Fastarc G-1 ... being used by Japanese stars Mima Ito and Masataka Morizono. Other Nittaku offerings include the GeneXTion, Hammond series, and Hurricane Pro3 Turbo rubbers that combine sticky Chinese topsheets with hard dynamic Japanese sponges. The Moristo short pimpled rubbers, used by Ito for her explosive backhand, are also highly regarded. Japanese star players Hina Hayata (bronze medalist in Women’s Singles at the 2023 World Championships; five-time medalist in doubles events at World Championships), Mima Ito (Mixed Doubles champion at the 2020 Summer Olympics; three-time medalist in doubles events at World Championships), and Masataka Morizono (2017 Men’s Doubles World Championship silver medalist; 2015 and 2017 ITTF World Tour Grand Final Men’s Doubles champion), among others, are supported by Nittaku. Kasumi Ishikawa (2017 Mixed Doubles World Champion and 3-fold Olympic medalist) remains associated with Nittaku as an Executive Adviser following her recent retirement from professional table tennis. Did you know that Nittaku published the 800 th issue of its monthly magazine “Nittaku News”,which is written in Japanese, in June 2020?     Show more Show less