Matsushima, Harimoto lead ITTF youth rankings for June 2026 cycle
Matsushima led Wen Ruibo by 7,760 points, while Harimoto's cushion over Mao Takamori reached 11,815. The September 14 cut-off still leaves the chase open.
Sora Matsushima and Miwa Harimoto kept Japan in control of the ITTF youth rankings in the 22 June 2026 cycle, with both teenagers holding wide leads in the Under-19 lists. Matsushima led the boys on 24,890 points, 7,760 clear of Wen Ruibo, while Harimoto topped the girls on 27,900, 11,815 ahead of Mao Takamori.
That cushion matters because the ITTF Table Tennis Youth Ranking is published weekly on Mondays and operates as a unified Under-19 list for seeding and qualification. The Race to the ITTF World Youth Championships 2026 will be decided from the youth standings as of 14 September 2026, week 38, so the June release is already part of the qualification map.
The boys' top 10 shows how international the junior pipeline has become: Ryuusei Kawakami was third on 12,595, Flavien Coton fourth on 10,435, Kuo Guan-Hong fifth on 10,115, Li Hechen sixth on 9,005, Lee Seungsoo seventh on 8,035, Emanuel Otalvaro eighth on 7,745, Hyuk Kwon ninth on 7,550 and Lin Chin-Ting tenth on 7,030. Matsushima's lead over third place was 12,295 points and his edge over fifth place was 14,775, a margin that keeps the Japanese No. 1 comfortably in front heading toward the late-summer run-in.
The girls' list is just as top-heavy at the summit, with Takamori second on 16,085, Miku Matsushima third on 9,930, Hana Goda fourth on 9,885, Heo Yerim fifth on 9,230, Chen Min-Hsin sixth on 9,220, Wu Ying Syuan seventh on 7,265, Yeh Yi-Tian eighth on 6,845, Yao Ruixuan ninth on 6,700 and Wu Jia-En tenth on 6,370. Harimoto's 11,815-point cushion over Takamori and 18,015-point lead over fourth-place Goda underline how secure her No. 1 spot looks for now, even as China, Korea Republic and Chinese Taipei stay packed into the chase group.
ITTF Results folds rankings into the same system that carries historical data, head-to-head records and analytics, which gives the youth table a job far bigger than simple listing. For Matsushima and Harimoto, Week 26 was a status report and a pressure test at once, and the next real judgment comes when the 14 September qualification cut-off arrives.
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