Mizuki Zhangben and her journey at the 2025 WTT Ljubljana event, with the women's doubles title being the only highlight.

On June 21 local time, in the women's doubles final of the 2025 WTT Star Challenge in Ljubljana, the Japanese duo Mizuki Zhangben (17 years old, from Kinoshita) and Sayaka Oda (21 years old, from MikiHouse) defeated the Korean pair Hyo-joo Choi (27 years old) and Yu-bin Shin (20 years old) with a score of 3-1, winning the championship in their first partnership.

The Japanese duo Mizuki Zhangben (17 years old, from Kinoshita, left) and Sayaka Oda (21 years old, from MikiHouse, right).

This was the first time Mizuki Zhangben and Sayaka Oda teamed up in an international tournament, making it all the way to the women's doubles final, where they faced experienced Korean players who had participated in the Olympics. In the first game, Mizuki Zhangben and Sayaka Oda took the lead with a score of 12-10, followed by another win in the next game at 11-4, seemingly on track to sweep the championship.

The Korean duo Hyo-joo Choi (27 years old, left) and Yu-bin Shin (20 years old, right).

In a competitive third game, the Korean pair Hyo-joo Choi and Yu-bin Shin managed to win back a game with a score of 11-9, but in the fourth game, the Japanese duo quickly took control by scoring the first three points and ultimately closed out the match with an 11-5 victory. Japanese media reported afterwards that this was the first pairing of the two right-handed players, and they unexpectedly achieved the remarkable feat of standing on the highest podium of the women's doubles at the 2025 WTT Star Challenge in Ljubljana.

Mizuki Zhangben and Sayaka Oda clinched the international women's doubles championship in their first partnership.

In this event, 17-year-old Japanese table tennis star Mizuki Zhangben participated in three events: women's singles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles, achieving one championship title. In the women's singles, Mizuki Zhangben lost 2-3 to the rising Chinese star Yi Chen, stopping at the quarterfinals. In mixed doubles, Mizuki Zhangben partnered with her brother.Tomokazu Zhangben.In the quarterfinals, they were defeated by the strong Korean team.Jung-woo Lim/Yu-bin Shin.They also missed out on the semifinals.