Nittaku Hina Hayata H2

Customer Reviews

All reviews listed are from verified customers who have purchased this product.

03/04/2025 Excellent blade Review by Martin

Quality

I found this blade while scrolling through the options on tt11. There aren't that many reviews on the H2 online but the one on TableTennisDaily. The description made it sound it would fit me perfectly. I wanted something a bit slower but more controlled.

If you tried outer carbon blades but want something a bit more safe without sacraficing too much speed/power, this will be worth a try.
The Hina Hayata H2 is defintely not cheap, but the quality speaks for itself. I have bought 2 blades and they're exactly the same high quality.

Coming from a Viscaria (played for 4-5 years), this is what I was looking for. While the Viscaria is definetly the most popular and reviewed blade, the Hina Hayata is for sure a "hidden gem" like another reviewer said. I played both with Hurricane 3 Neo and can say, the H2 is for sure safer for looping. Especially lifting heavy heavy backspin balls is much easier. The speed may not be on the same level as the Viscaria, it is for sure enough to give any opponent trouble.

I recommend harder, chinese/hybrid rubbers for the blade. It is definetly very much playable with rubbers such as Tenergy (which I currently still use on my bh).

This difference made me switch from Viscaria as my main blade to Hina Hayata H2.

31/03/2025 excellent Review by Milan

Quality

Hi, higher price, but the blade is also made with highest carefulness and high quality. On the blade hybrid rubbers and it plays wonderful all kinds of strikes and very controlled, with OFF speed and stability. I am very excited. So If you can spend/save this amount and make yourself happy, this is really excellent choice.

20/03/2025 Excellent blade Review by Bogdan

Quality

Excellent blade from Nittaku.

01/03/2025 Amazing blade. Review by KL

Quality

Quality of the blade is top tier as expected from Nittaku. Great feeling, spin and control, speed is good but i think it's focus is not speed but more all traits and more emphasized on balanced offensive play.
Pair this blade with medium hard -hard rubbers. I play with fastarc g1 and hammond z2.

24/02/2025 Excellent Review by Shayne Khaw

Quality

Have used this for the past 5-10 training sessions, feeling is crisp and allows me to block almost as well as with a vis super alc. But the lighter feeling/control is much better than the super alc and allows me to safely land my shots

10/02/2025 Excellent, safe, aimbot with feeling Review by Andreas Roos

Quality

This is an excellent blade in most aspects.
I've got a Viscaria, FZDALC and National q968.
They all have their benefits, things they are better or worse at.
This blade share many attributes from the other above name blades.

It's an inner blade with a 968 composition, and it has the characteristics of that; long dwell time, spinny, safe.
But compared to "the real deal" (nat 968) this has extra kick. Its by no means a fast blade, my 968 is def faster.
But the Hayata brings the perfect amount of help in every shot. It has an EXTREMELY pleasent "cracky" and direct feel, almost more towards my Viscaria. But not at all as demanding. It's a deceptive feeling.

It does not produce the speed quality of Viscaria, nor the spin quality from 968.
But it ALLWAYS lands on the table, it's pretty amazing. It feels like you cant miss.
The draw backs are that the ball quality is'nt as good as Viscaria or 968, its almost like it tricks you, it feels like you're hitting amazing shots.
And that's FUN.
And also, sometimes actually getting the ball on the table is better than delivering an insane quality ball in the net..
my 968 is suuper demanding on foot work, timing and power output. you get nothing for free. but the quality is insane.

This is by far the most fun blade i own.

27/12/2024 Hidden Gem Review by Charles Trinh

Quality

I would have to agree with the reviewer from TableTennisDaily.
This blade is a hidden gem and plays very similar to the DHS W968 provincial.
The W968 National has more gears than the Hina Hyata, but most players do not train enough to be able to fully exploit the full range of gears.
The Hina Hyata is good enough for mosg players, for the fraction of the price of the W968.

15/08/2024 A Gem from Nittaku Review by Alex

Quality

it is a fantastic blade from Nittaku. The limba/limba outer plies are medium soft/hard. H2 is rather flexible, holds the ball very well, and gives you a good ball feeling, medium trajectory, and good spin in higher gears. It has a lower throw and is more direct compared to some loopers' blades made for spin and safe trajectory. It is made for a more all-round aggressive, high tempo game closer to the table. It is an OFF rather than an OFF+ blade though, a bit faster than Long 5, but slower and more elastic than Viscaria or Acoustic Carbon Inner. It has great consistency and control, including both over and off the table. It is not bouncy with a gentle touch but has enough power with a hard hit. I like the new Nittaku PKC carbon layer: it kicks in very smoothly and gradually, and feels elastic rather than hard. The blade plays very well with hybrids and H3 NEO. It is slightly head heavy but feels better in my hand compared to an Acoustic C. Inner. The FL handle is a bit thin, typical Nittaku, the same as SoTen, and similar to TB ALC. A very universal, consistent, balanced, high-quality blade overall. You won't get any unpleasant surprises, it will not play for you, nor will it forgive your sloppy playing, but it will reward your solid technique with consistently very high-quality balls.

24/06/2024 The best blade. Review by Panagiotis xyradakis

Quality

perhaps one of the best blades on the market at the moment congratulations to Nittaku.

03/06/2024 Excellent blade with a superb handle, but a bit weird Review by Zhen

Quality

FH: H3 Provincial BS 2.1, 39deg
BH: Fastarc G1 1.8
Blade weight: 86g FL
Pros: forehand loops and backhand flicks are incredibly easy, with decent amounts of spin, control and stability is immaculate. Speed is surprising very fast for the sound it produces, feels almost like an outer carbon blade, close to the table play is superbly easy, plus the handle is extremely comfortable for slightly smaller hands

Cons: Price, knock 50 quid off it and it would absolutely be the best blade you can buy but as it stands, it is excellent with a few caveats compared to the competition, like the W968 Provincial. There seems to be a very strong feedback/vibration when hitting the ball really flat, and the handle and wings seems to get quite a lot dirtier than my other blades (my palms are immensely sweaty)

31/01/2024 Excepțional quality and control Review by Migo Caranfilian

Quality

Excelent quality blade.
First I tried with T05 and D09 fh/bh. It was blazing fast, with some control. Seemed to me is too bouncy setup.
Changed to Hurricane 3 and now is excelent in control and still fast when You are pushing the limits. Verry flexibile and fast blade.
Îs between DHS w968 and FZD szlc.
Excelent price/quality raport

30/01/2024 Nice one Review by K-dash

Quality

Inner layer carbon plus softer top layer wood. It’s good for control, and great speed if you hit the sweet zone with power.

20/01/2024 good blade but slow Review by Vadi

Quality

OFF/OFF- blade, tried with different rubbers (hard, mid, hybrid) - pushing to "near the table" game. The handle us a bit narrow to my liking.
I do not feel "the exclusivity" of the blade.. it's good but not the best of the type.