Really good interview! The interviewer was caring but not condescending and actually made Harimoto to open up. Such a good kid. Best luck with both college life and pingpong!
honestly , as much as i love chinese players, their lack of reaction makes it a bit underwhelming for me in important matches. harimoto's screams just gets me everytime. it makes me feel the eagerness and the comptetiveness of his and i feel motivated by it. i feel the fighting spirit and that might be one of the reasons he is the player i cherish the most. and i know as long as he keeps this spirit , he will always come back and play better no matter how many times he falls.
The interviewer had a typical Beijing accent for some particular words and mumbled the words out sometimes, which is usually a hurdle for people from Southern China to keep up with in a conversation. But Harimoto understands and responds well, which really surprises me. I'm sorry that Harimoto did not get into the finals in Olympics, but I'm sure he'll play well in men's team.
Beijing dialect is the closest accent to standard mandarin. No legit mandarin speakers should have difficulty understanding it… unless they’re not legit mandarin speakers
@@tsc7589 he is not “literally” Chinese lmao. He was born and raised in Japan, that is not literally Chinese lol. That’s the same idiots who say Giannis is Nigerian in NBA, when he isn’t lmao. Grow up losers lol.
He seems so sincere and humble when being interviewed. But on the court his screams are really OTT. 😅 Japan still values mainstream edn while in China they provide a more “streamlined” approach with guarantee graduations from top colleges for top athletes it seems.
Harimoto is an incredible player, his backhand is one of the finest ever. But honestly, he needs to improve his capacity to manage stress and confidence. His screams are so loud on each winning points, so annoying and even stressing for his opponents.
@@pappaflammyboi5799 you guys are both wrong, learning Chinese at home is much more difficult than learning Japanese at school where he uses is everyday. I grew up the same way, and know a lot of Chinese Americans who also did, yet all of our Mandarin pales in comparison to Harimoto's. Our English is good, we use it all the time at school, with friends and teachers, and our only exposure to Chinese, much like Harimoto, is at home, and most of the time, we reply to our parents in English. Harimoto's Chinese is incredibly good for having only Chinese spoken at home. It takes a lot of effort, but most of all discipline. It's very hard to learn a language from parents due to limited sample size (only 2 parents, only talk about parent-child affairs and used vocab is limited), limited utility and reason for learning, and rebellious nature of being a kid. My Chinese only improved after I became an adult and started hanging out with people from China, not just Americans, and even then I would constantly be asking what certain words are and I'd practice later by myself to memorize them. I commend Harimoto's Chinese listening and speaking, it's really impressive.
LoL he is chinese his birth name is zhang zhihe, his mother is zhang ling (a former Sichuan table tennis athlete) his father is zhang yu in 2014 he was naturalized by japan and changed his name
He is a good kid, but distracting his opponents like this is not sympathetic. He can become the Djokovic of table tennis but Ma Long is a gentleman like Federer who plays fairly and also an artist of the game.
11:27 For the answer to the title.
Really good interview! The interviewer was caring but not condescending and actually made Harimoto to open up. Such a good kid. Best luck with both college life and pingpong!
All the best Tomokazu-san! Best wishes from Malaysia!
Why does Harimoto sound like an adult when he talks but sounds like a kid when he screams?
He's so cute lmao
honestly , as much as i love chinese players, their lack of reaction makes it a bit underwhelming for me in important matches. harimoto's screams just gets me everytime. it makes me feel the eagerness and the comptetiveness of his and i feel motivated by it. i feel the fighting spirit and that might be one of the reasons he is the player i cherish the most. and i know as long as he keeps this spirit , he will always come back and play better no matter how many times he falls.
Many thanks for translation!
The interviewer had a typical Beijing accent for some particular words and mumbled the words out sometimes, which is usually a hurdle for people from Southern China to keep up with in a conversation. But Harimoto understands and responds well, which really surprises me. I'm sorry that Harimoto did not get into the finals in Olympics, but I'm sure he'll play well in men's team.
obviously he understands his parents are from sichuan
Beijing dialect is the closest accent to standard mandarin. No legit mandarin speakers should have difficulty understanding it… unless they’re not legit mandarin speakers
Why are you surprised he’s literally Chinese, and his parents are Chinese. Immigrants in Japan.
i found the interviewer mandarin easy to understand. ps. i'm not from beijing
@@tsc7589 he is not “literally” Chinese lmao. He was born and raised in Japan, that is not literally Chinese lol.
That’s the same idiots who say Giannis is Nigerian in NBA, when he isn’t lmao.
Grow up losers lol.
這個訪問員非常暖心，很關心張本，由語氣感覺到他當張本是自己中國人的孩子，的確走出中國的退役乒乓球員亦是我們關心的一群，他們的駭子的發展亦是我們關心的下一代。
He seems so sincere and humble when being interviewed. But on the court his screams are really OTT. 😅
Japan still values mainstream edn while in China they provide a more “streamlined” approach with guarantee graduations from top colleges for top athletes it seems.
Two background musics at the same time is a bit much :p
Harimoto is an incredible player, his backhand is one of the finest ever. But honestly, he needs to improve his capacity to manage stress and confidence. His screams are so loud on each winning points, so annoying and even stressing for his opponents.
简单真诚
日本代表の中国語を英語で理解している日本人の僕
To upset the opponent and make him miss
Wow, you spoke well in Mandarin.
Of course, Japanese born Chinese and parents came from China
I'd be more impressed if he spoke Japanese well since that isn't his parent's native tongue.
@@pappaflammyboi5799 you guys are both wrong, learning Chinese at home is much more difficult than learning Japanese at school where he uses is everyday. I grew up the same way, and know a lot of Chinese Americans who also did, yet all of our Mandarin pales in comparison to Harimoto's. Our English is good, we use it all the time at school, with friends and teachers, and our only exposure to Chinese, much like Harimoto, is at home, and most of the time, we reply to our parents in English. Harimoto's Chinese is incredibly good for having only Chinese spoken at home. It takes a lot of effort, but most of all discipline. It's very hard to learn a language from parents due to limited sample size (only 2 parents, only talk about parent-child affairs and used vocab is limited), limited utility and reason for learning, and rebellious nature of being a kid. My Chinese only improved after I became an adult and started hanging out with people from China, not just Americans, and even then I would constantly be asking what certain words are and I'd practice later by myself to memorize them. I commend Harimoto's Chinese listening and speaking, it's really impressive.
He has a strong Southern accent. Don't hear that from a young person very often nowadays, besides Taiwan.
Harimoto is a model student,very disciplined.Most CNT players are semi- illiterate with zero life outside TT whatsoever.
wow he speaks chinese so fluently
LoL he is chinese
his birth name is zhang zhihe, his mother is zhang ling (a former Sichuan table tennis athlete) his father is zhang yu
in 2014 he was naturalized by japan and changed his name
@@jokerxback2633 No, he was born and raised in Japan. He is Japanese. It’s that simple.
That’s like calling Giannis a Nigerian. It’s false.
@@anthonyrocco5208 have him do a DNA test, he doesn't even have Japanese blood flowing from his parents
@@anthonyrocco5208 he has chinese blood
@@jokerxback2633 You’re racism? what do u mean by blood?
He is a good kid, but distracting his opponents like this is not sympathetic. He can become the Djokovic of table tennis but Ma Long is a gentleman like Federer who plays fairly and also an artist of the game.
You know ma long screams too right 💀
@@arshiachidambaram7764 not nearly as often
Ma long is unmatched unlike federer
紳士な人が卓球台に乗るの？笑
10:43 為什麼譯成越南語呢？
Wow.. harimoto can speak chinese?
Как дела?
川普
北京
智和👍🏻
Harimoto the best he Japanese not Chinese .
Wrong
100.000!!
Harimoto speaking chinese loooool
What's so funny about that..?
now only i know that he can speak chinese.
His parents had been in CNT
His parents both used to be Chinese tt player
He is from china.both parents are from china as well. Naturalized to Japanese.
ちゅーしてぎゅーして🥧🥧🥧