The history of Nittaku dates back to 1920 and the company is accordingly celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2020. The Tokyo-based company is renowned for producing some of the best table tennis balls in the World. In fact, Nittaku has provided the official ball for many World Championships, Olympic Games, and European Championships. Nittaku is also known for producing some of the best blades in the world, including the Acoustic and Violin lines, which have been made using the String Instrument Manufacturing technology. Other stand-out blades include the Septear, Kasumi, Latika, Meister, and Ludeack series. Nittaku, having access to ten different fiber materials, also offers an impressive range of composite blades. Nittaku’s rubber... range is equally impressive. The German-made Fastarc rubbers are Nittaku’s flagship series, with the Fastarc G-1 being used by Japanese stars Mima Ito and Masataka Morizono. Other Nittaku offerings include the Hurricane Pro 3 Turbo rubbers that combine sticky Chinese topsheets with hard dynamic Japanese sponges, as well as, the Moristo short pimpled rubbers which are used by Ito for her explosive backhand. Japanese star players Kasumi Ishikawa (13-time ITTF World Tour event winner, 2017 Mixed Doubles World Champion), Masataka Morizono (2015 and 2017 ITTF World Tour Grand Final Men’s Doubles winner and 2017 Men’s Doubles World Championship silver medalist), and Mima Ito (14-time ITTF World Tour event winner; 2017 and 2019 Women’s Doubles World Championship bronze and silver medalist), to name only a few, are all supported by Nittaku. Did you know that Nittaku is publishing the 800th issue of its monthly magazine “Nittaku News”, which is written in Japanese, in June 2020?     Show more Show less