Table Tennis Butterfly Holds Table Tennis Event in Mitoyo City, Kagawa Prefecture, Featuring T-Leaguers Miwa Harimoto, Kasumi Kimura, and Others
Tamass Co., Ltd., which operates the "Butterfly" table tennis brand, will hold a table tennis promotion event in Mitoyo City, Kagawa Prefecture, on May 23, 2026, featuring T-Leaguers Miwa Harimoto and others. The event aims to convey the joy and appeal of table tennis to a wide range of generations, from preschoolers to the general public.
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Tamass Co., Ltd., which operates the "Butterfly" brand, will hold a table tennis promotion event in Mitoyo City, Kagawa Prefecture, on Saturday, May 23. This event will be implemented in collaboration with the T.LEAGUE, Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions Co., Ltd., and Shogakukan Academy Co., Ltd.
The purpose of this event is to allow a wide range of generations, from preschoolers to general participants, to experience the joy and appeal of table tennis through interaction with T-Leaguers. On the day of the event, programs for preschoolers and general participants will be held separately.
■ Event Overview
【① Program for Preschoolers】
Date: Saturday, May 23, 2026, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Venue: Mitoyo City Takase Minami Nursery School
(653-2 Shimoasa, Takase-cho, Mitoyo City, Kagawa Prefecture)
Target: Preschoolers (middle and senior year) residing in the city (30 pairs, accompanied by a guardian)
Content: Storytelling, racket making experience, etc.
Guests: Miwa Harimoto (T.LEAGUE Kinoshita Abyell Kanagawa)
Kimiyo Matsuzaki (World Table Tennis Hall of Famer, from Mitoyo City)
【② Program for General Participants】
Date: Saturday, May 23, 2026, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Venue: Mitoyo City General Gymnasium
(751-24 Kamitakase, Takase-cho, Mitoyo City, Kagawa Prefecture)
Target: General participants
(Pre-registration required. Register here)
Content: Skill demonstration by top players, exchange event
Guests: Miwa Harimoto (T.LEAGUE Kinoshita Abyell Kanagawa)
Kasumi Kimura (T.LEAGUE Top Otome Ping Pong's Nagoya)
Through experiential programs that allow participants to "see, touch, and interact" with top players' play, we will create opportunities for children and adults alike to feel the appeal of table tennis up close. Especially in the program for preschoolers, by experiencing the joy of sports early on, we aim to contribute to the formation of future exercise habits and healthy growth.
About Tamass Co., Ltd.
Headquarters building in Suginami-ku, Tokyo
Founded in 1950 by Hikokuke Tamasu, the All-Japan Table Tennis Champion, with the desire to "create better table tennis equipment, to create ideal equipment with my own hands," it is a comprehensive manufacturer of table tennis equipment.
In recent years, in addition to manufacturing and selling table tennis equipment, with the slogan "Open the World," the company has been focusing on activities to promote table tennis to "make the world happier through table tennis," and has served as the official supplier for Japan's national table tennis teams (men's and women's) since April 2025.
The brand name Butterfly embodies the idea that "if players are likened to flowers, we want to be the butterflies serving those flowers," and with its high quality embodying "Made in Japan," it has spread to 198 countries and regions, and is used by more than half of the players participating in the World Table Tennis Championships.
The purpose of this event is to allow a wide range of generations, from preschoolers to general participants, to experience the joy and appeal of table tennis through interaction with T-Leaguers. On the day of the event, programs for preschoolers and general participants will be held separately.
■ Event Overview
【① Program for Preschoolers】
Date: Saturday, May 23, 2026, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Venue: Mitoyo City Takase Minami Nursery School
(653-2 Shimoasa, Takase-cho, Mitoyo City, Kagawa Prefecture)
Target: Preschoolers (middle and senior year) residing in the city (30 pairs, accompanied by a guardian)
Content: Storytelling, racket making experience, etc.
Guests: Miwa Harimoto (T.LEAGUE Kinoshita Abyell Kanagawa)
Kimiyo Matsuzaki (World Table Tennis Hall of Famer, from Mitoyo City)
【② Program for General Participants】
Date: Saturday, May 23, 2026, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Venue: Mitoyo City General Gymnasium
(751-24 Kamitakase, Takase-cho, Mitoyo City, Kagawa Prefecture)
Target: General participants
(Pre-registration required. Register here)
Content: Skill demonstration by top players, exchange event
Guests: Miwa Harimoto (T.LEAGUE Kinoshita Abyell Kanagawa)
Kasumi Kimura (T.LEAGUE Top Otome Ping Pong's Nagoya)
Through experiential programs that allow participants to "see, touch, and interact" with top players' play, we will create opportunities for children and adults alike to feel the appeal of table tennis up close. Especially in the program for preschoolers, by experiencing the joy of sports early on, we aim to contribute to the formation of future exercise habits and healthy growth.
About Tamass Co., Ltd.
Headquarters building in Suginami-ku, Tokyo
Founded in 1950 by Hikokuke Tamasu, the All-Japan Table Tennis Champion, with the desire to "create better table tennis equipment, to create ideal equipment with my own hands," it is a comprehensive manufacturer of table tennis equipment.
In recent years, in addition to manufacturing and selling table tennis equipment, with the slogan "Open the World," the company has been focusing on activities to promote table tennis to "make the world happier through table tennis," and has served as the official supplier for Japan's national table tennis teams (men's and women's) since April 2025.
The brand name Butterfly embodies the idea that "if players are likened to flowers, we want to be the butterflies serving those flowers," and with its high quality embodying "Made in Japan," it has spread to 198 countries and regions, and is used by more than half of the players participating in the World Table Tennis Championships.