Nittaku ‘Hina Hayata H2’ which was released in 7th July 2022 is the blade developed for Hina Hayata who is the one of reading players of Japanese Women’s National Team. Everything of ‘Hina Hayata H2’ including the performance, the feeling and the shape of handle was adjusted for Hina Hayata. And, the exclusive logo designed by Hina Hayata is printed on the foreside of head. ‘H2’ is from the initial of Hina Hayata – H H. It is an inner fiber blades whose artificial material is new PKC which is the advanced version of Kevlar Carbon which has been used for many Nittaku blades. ‘Hina Hayata H2’ was developed especially for the harmony with ‘Neo Hurricane 3’ which is the foreside rubber of Hina Hayata. ‘Hina Hayata H2’ maintains the characteristics of sticky rubbers while providing higher speed.

As its name expresses, ‘Hina Hayata H2’ is the blade developd for Hina Hayata.

The blade construction of ‘Hina Hayata H2’ is similar to that of typical inner ALC construction, but there are differences in material. Artificial material is new PKC which is the enhanced version of Kevlar Carbon which was used for many Nittaku blades. It is woven from high-modulus Kevlar fiber and Carbon fiber. The top layer is Limba. The middle layer looks like Ayous because its pattern by sawing machine is same as that of the center layer viewed from vertical direction, but its color viewed from diagonal angle is closer to that of Limba. The center layer is Ayous. PKC is inserted between the middle layer and the center layer. Overall thickness is around 5.8mm.

The size of head is around 158mm x 152mm which is a bit bigger than the 157mm x 150mm of ‘InnerForce Layer ALC’.

The width of FL (flared) handle is around 26mm (at head side) ~ 27mm (at bulge) ~ 26mm (at narrowest point) ~ 34mm (at the end). And, the thickness of FL handle is around 23mm (at thumb) ~ 24mm (at the end). The size of ST (straight) handle which is not shown in the picture is around 28mm (width) x around 22mm (thickness).

An exclusive logo mark for this blade is printed on the foreside of head. That logo including the pictures of table tennis racket and lightning bolt is designed by Hina Hayata.

Nothing is printed on the backside of head.

On the backside of handle, a small rounded lens including ‘H2’ logo that expresses ‘H H’ which is the initial of Hina Hayata.

Gold colored metal plate including Nittaku logo is applied at the end of handle.

‘Hina Hayata H2’ is faster than current ‘Hurricane Long 5’. It provides moderately high elasiticyt, the characteristic that hugs the ball very deeply, a clear feeling of impact, and excellent harmony with sticky rubbers.

Following are the performance indices of Nittaku Hina Hayata H2 (avg.weight = 89.7) :

– Ep = 1.78

– Ec = 1.51 (Ec/Ep = 0.85)

– Vp = 1.16

– Vl = 1.24 (Vl/Vp = 1.08)

Please note that above are average values and can be updated by further measurement.

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