Kanazawa Port Co., Ltd. signed table tennis player Hayate Suzuki for the 2026-2027 season. Born April 15, 2004 (age 22 as of June 2026) in Iwate, Suzuki is a right-handed shake-hand drive player from Aichi Institute of Technology. His career highlights include the 2022 Inter-High triple crown (singles, doubles, team), 2023 Intercollege team title, 2025 All Japan doubles top 8 (with Keishi Hagiwara), and 2026 WTT Feeder Senec doubles runner-up (with Hiromu Kobayashi). Suzuki's T.League career includes Kinoshita Meister Tokyo (2021-2022), Ryukyu Asteeda (2024-2026), and joining Kanazawa Port from 2026. He also played for Oxenhausen in the German Bundesliga 1st division (2023-2024). Suzuki expressed his determination to fight alongside fans for the championship. Kanazawa Port director Hikaru Saito commented that he was drawn to Suzuki's proactive attitude in seeking growth opportunities by playing abroad while being a university student.

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