Koji Kimura

is a retired Japanese table tennis player and coach who won four world titles between 1961 and 1967. He is left-handed.

Table tennis career

He won nine World Championship medals included four gold medals; one in the doubles with Nobuya Hoshino; two in the mixed doubles with Kazuko Ito-Yamaizumi and Masako Seki respectively and one in the team event for Japan.

Retirement

After retiring from competitions Kimura worked as a sports functionary. He is a senior member of the Japanese Olympic Committee and vice president of the Japanese Table Tennis Association. In 2014 he was elected to the Advisory Council of the International Table Tennis Federation.

References

Japanese male table tennis players

Japanese table tennis coaches

1940 births

Living people

Asian Games medalists in table tennis

Table tennis players at the 1962 Asian Games

Table tennis players at the 1966 Asian Games

Asian Games gold medalists for Japan

Asian Games silver medalists for Japan

Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan

Medalists at the 1962 Asian Games

Medalists at the 1966 Asian Games