The champion player shows off champion poses that set off a trending hashtag on Twitter in Japan.
Love Live! fans were spoilt with a number of similarities between Mizutani and the singing, dancing performers from the idol unit anime series.
The table tennis champion unwittingly takes up a pose from cool kid Sakamoto as he unwraps an onigiri rice ball in the Haven’t You Heard?
And here, Mizutani is matched up with pink-haired Kanae Shinjo from the sports comedy manga series Teekyu.
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