2009 Best Seller in Japan

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List below are the best selling table tennis blades and rubbers in Japan for the year 2009. Source: Kokusai Takkyu and Iruiru.

Inverted rubber

  1. Butterfly Tenergy 64 – Joo Se Hyuk (FH), Mizutani Jun (FH & BH), OH Sang Eun (FH & BH), YOSHIDA Kaii (FH), Kishikawa Seiya (BH), Yoon Jae Young (FH & BH), Hirano Sayaka (BH), Krisztina Toth (FH & BH)
  2. Butterfly Tenergy 05 – Timo Boll (FH & BH), Michael Maze (FH & BH), CHeung Yuk (FH), Werner Schlager (FH &  BH), Chuan Chih-Yuan (FH), Kishikawa Seiya (FH), Matsudaira Kenta (FH & BH), Zhang Yining (FH), Guo Yue (BH), Tie Yana (FH & BH), Tamara Boros (FH & BH) and Nikoleta Stefanova (FH & BH)
  3. Butterfly Roundell
  4. Butterfly Tenergy 25
  5. Yasaka Xtend HS
  6. Yasaka Xtend
  7. Butterfly EL
  8. Nittaku Renanos Soft
  9. Butterfly Sriver FX
  10. Donic Vario Soft

Pips out rubber

  1. TSP Curl P1-R
  2. Butterfly Feint Long III
  3. TSP Spectol – Tan Ruiwu (BH), Li Jiawei (FH)
  4. Nittaku Moristo SP
  5. Mizuno Booster SA
  6. TSP Curl P-H
  7. Yasaka Phantom 008
  8. Joola Octopus – Chen Weixing
  9. Nittaku Moristo 44
  10. Butterfly Raystorm

Shakehand blade

  1. Butterfly Timo Boll ALC – Timo Boll, Matsudaira Kenta
  2. Donic Dima Sawtec AR
  3. Nittaku Sanalion S
  4. Butterfly Primorac – Daniela Dodean
  5. Butterfly Korbel Speed
  6. Butterfly Timo Boll ZLC
  7. Darker Hinoki Shake Speed 90
  8. Nittaku Acoustic – Kim Jung Hoon, Lin Ling, Li Qiangbin,
  9. Darker 7P-2A DF
  10. Yasaka Ma Lin Carbon

J Pen

  1. Xiom Athena Platinum
  2. Nittaku Sanalion R
  3. Kokutaku Bishu No.1 Specialist
  4. Darker Speed 90
  5. Butterfly Senkoh Super 95
  6. Butterfly Hinoki Pen Neutrino S
  7. Butterfly Cypress R
  8. Nittaku Rutis J
  9. Butterfly Cypress S
  10. Butterfly Lendido

C Pen

  1. Darker J Speed 90 CHN
  2. Butterfly Chinese ULC
  3. Yasaka Ma Lin Extra Offensive CHN – Ma Lin
  4. Butterfly Yoshida Kaii – Yoshida Kaii
  5. TSP Versal CHN
  6. Butterfly Chinese AL
  7. Donic Waldner Dicon CHN
  8. Nittaku Sanalion R-H
  9. Butterfly Chinese Slim
  10. Nittaku WolFeed R-H

Thank God I am not an EJ (equipment junkie) anymore, only bought one blade last year, two Butterfly Tenergy 05 for my forehand, one Tibhar Rapid Dtecs for backhand and Joola Express One for backhand also. That was the last Rapid Dtecs after sticking with it for almost 6 years.

Current setup:
Blade: Nittaku Acoustic ST (Regular size handle)
Forehand: Butterfly Tenergy05 (Max)
Backhand: Joola Express One (Max)

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