In this era, we don’t need to question why so many people immigrate. It is understandable that people move to higher places and water flows to lower places. Currently, the Rio Olympics are in full swing. We might as well gossip about those athletes who were once Chinese but final

In this era, we don’t need to question why so many people immigrate. It is understandable that people go to higher places and water flows to lower places. Currently, the Rio Olympics are in full swing. We might as well gossip about those athletes who were once Chinese but finally naturalized in Japan, the Chinese's enemy for many years, for everyone's entertainment!

Everyone knows clearly that among the Chinese Olympic sports, table tennis is the most powerful. Therefore, athletes who have become Japanese citizens must include table tennis players. At the same time, there are also basketball players, volleyball players, etc.

Regarding Japanese athletes, the most famous one in China is probably Fukuhara Ai, who is known as the favorite of the Chinese table tennis team! But you know what? The achievements she has achieved are still because she is Chinese, which means that her mentor was once a Chinese. Let’s not talk about other things first, let’s take a look at these athletes who were naturalized in Japan! See how many you can recognize?

1, He Zhili

The name He Zhili is definitely well known to domestic table tennis fans. Because she was dissatisfied with the "handicap" arrangement arranged by the leadership at the 1987 World Table Tennis Championships in New Delhi, He Zhili was punished by the national team and chose to marry away from Japan. Soon she He became a Japanese citizen and changed his name to "Chili Koyama". At the 1994 Hiroshima Asian Games held in Hiroshima, "Oyama Chili" Lian Ke Qiaohong and Deng Yaping won the women's singles championship.

Wang Yachen

Wang Yachen was born in Beijing in 1988. His parents are both former Chinese volleyball national players. He studied abroad in an American university and won the MVP of the Jefferson University team. After graduation, he came to Japan to play. In May 2015, she obtained Japanese nationality. Wang Yachen got the opportunity to represent Ageo and changed her name to Aya Matsumoto. It is also her goal to represent Japan.

Zhang Xinmu

Zhang Xinmu, now named Zhang Xinmuyi, is 2 meters tall and 3.20 meters tall. Both parents are Chinese volleyball team players. He used to be a registered player of the Bayi team. He went to Japan to attend high school a few years ago and later became a Japanese citizen. Became the tallest player in the history of Japanese high school women's volleyball team.

Song Haiwei

In 1997, Song Haiwei was spotted by a visiting coach of the Japanese high school table tennis team. After being discovered and studying in Japan for several years, he became a Japanese citizen in 2004 and changed his name to Yoshida Kaiwei. At the All-Japan Table Tennis Championships in January 2005, Kaiwei Yoshida defeated the former Olympic champion Seki Harimitsu who was about to defend his title and won the men's singles championship. Kaiwei Yoshida became the new big brother in the Japanese table tennis world.

Manli

Manli, in 1996, as one of the ten strongest table tennis players in China, participated in the challenge match with the world star team. After retiring in 1997, Manli went to Japan to play and was later selected for the Japanese national team. In 2004, Manri became a Japanese citizen and changed her name to Kanazawa Saki. In 2006, she defeated Anita Konishi 4-3 in the women's singles final of the All-Japan Table Tennis Championships, winning the women's singles championship for the first time and gaining the opportunity to participate in the world series. In the 2007 China Table Tennis Open, she defeated Li Xiaoxia, the main player of the Chinese women's team at the time, in an 8-4 match. At the 2008 World Table Tennis Championships in Guangzhou, she represented the Japanese team and won the women's team and third place.

Zhang Tianjie

Zhang Bentianjie, formerly known as Zhang Tianjie, was born in Shenyang, Liaoning in 1991. He is 1.97m tall and later became a Japanese citizen. He was the first Chinese player to be naturalized in Japan. He became a Japanese national and became a member of the Japanese national team.

Wang Jiao

Xiaoshan Xiuga, whose Chinese name is Wang Jiao, was born on September 25, 1980 in Fushun City, Liaoning Province. At the age of 18, he moved to Japan and started volleyball training. In 2002, Koyama officially obtained Japanese citizenship. Selected for the Japanese national team in 2006, she became the top attacker of the Japanese women's volleyball team for the first time.

Li Shasha

On March 20, 2010, the Japan Basketball Association announced that Chinese-Japanese player Li Shasha (Kawamura Lisha) was selected for the Japanese women's basketball national team and will represent Japan in the World Championships in the Czech Republic in September.Li Shasha once played for two WCBA teams, Shandong and Yunnan. In the 2006-07 WCBA season, Li Shasha returned to China and was invited by basketball legend Ji Minshang to join the Shandong Women's Basketball Team.

Ren Yanli

Ren Yanli, female, was the captain of the Chinese softball team in the 1980s. After joining Japan (Japanese name: Utsuki Reika), she served as the captain of the Japanese women's softball team and coached the Japanese Women's Softball League Takasaki team. In 2011, she was selected by the Japan Softball Association. Became the new Japanese women's softball coach.

Li Mingyang

Li Mingyang was born in Jilin, China, and is 1.96 meters tall. The Japanese name is Miyuki Sugiyama. Born in 1994. In the 2010 U17 Women's Basketball World Youth Championship, the Chinese National Youth Women's Basketball Team won the bronze medal. Li Mingyang served as the team's main inside player. After that, for unknown reasons, she quietly changed her nationality and joined Japan in the name of taking leave, and played for a Japanese club.

Tang Yuanyuan

In fact, Tang Yuanyuan did not represent Japan in a competition after joining Japan, at least she did not represent the Japanese team against the Chinese team directly. Originally from Liaoning, she became a Japanese national in 2008 and changed her name to Zhang Lizi. She is the personal coach of Japanese table tennis player Ai Fukuhara. Under Tang Yuanyuan's careful training, Fukuhara Ai quickly rose from outside the world's top 100 to the top 20, becoming the absolute most popular and ranking sister in the Japanese table tennis world.

It may be for this reason that Fukuhara Ai is evaluated by Chinese netizens as the only table tennis player in history who escaped unharmed after traveling to the underworld!