Country: Japan
Born: July 5, 1998
Honoka Hashimoto is using Nitakku Goriki Danshi for her blade. She is using DHS Hurricane 3 National for her forehand rubber and Nitakku DO Knuckle for her backhand rubber.
Blade: Goriki Danshi
Forehand Rubber: DHS Hurricane 3 National
Backhand Rubber: Nitakku DO Knuckle
The thickness of her Hurricane 3 National is 2.1 mm while Nitakku DO Knuckle is 1.2 mm.
Blade
Rubbers
Forehand Rubber
Backhand Rubber
Image Gallery
Honoka Hashimoto latest equipment setup . The image above shows Honoka Hashimoto using Nitakku Goriki Danshi against Orawan Paranang at the Asian Cup 2026. She usually wraps the wood handle with a black rubber tape supposedly to increase gripping friction.
Sources and Links
In the link below from the ITTF Official Instagram page, Honoka Hashimoto discusses her equipment setup.
Hashimoto reviews her equipment as follows:
Nitakku Goriki Danshi – very hard, good defense and attack
Hurricane National – very spinny
Nitakku DO Knuckle – no spin and good spin
