Brands/Nittaku
Japan · founded 1947
Nittaku table tennis equipment
Maker of the official World Championship ball and the Fastarc / Acoustic families prized for dwell, consistency and a clearer wood feel than most tensors.
Nippon Takkyu Co., Ltd. · Osaka, Japan · 50 rubbers · 20 blades
Nittaku at a glance
- Legal name
- Nippon Takkyu Co., Ltd.
- Headquarters
- Osaka, Japan
- Founded
- 1947
- Country
- Japan
- Also known as
- Nippon Takkyu · 日本卓球
- Official site
- www.nittaku.com
- Encyclopedia
- Wikipedia
About Nittaku table tennis equipment
Nittaku (Nippon Takkyu Co., Ltd. / 日本卓球) was founded in Osaka in 1947 and is as famous for the official World Championship 3-star ball as for rackets. The rubber story in Europe is Fastarc — G-1 as the high-spin inverted, with C-1 and other variants changing throw and hardness — plus classic Japanese sheets that play closer to Butterfly Sriver than to Tenergy.
Acoustic is the reference 5-ply all-wood: thin, vibrating, high dwell. Acoustic Carbon and Inner variants add fibre without jumping to a Viscaria-level punch. Nittaku blades are the usual recommendation when a player says they want “Japanese wood feel” rather than German stiffness or Chinese hinoki speed.
Street prices sit below Butterfly’s tour lines and roughly with Yasaka Rakza. Fastarc G-1 is the sheet European coaches name when a player wants Japanese dwell instead of Butterfly catapult. Factory ratings use Nittaku’s own numbers; this site maps them onto 0–100 beside Butterfly 13.x and Tibhar SPI figures so the comparison is honest.
The official World Championship ball is a separate Nittaku product line and is not rated here. This page lists ITTF-approved Fastarc sheets and Acoustic-family blades stocked in EU shops. If you need a Japanese inverted that is not Tenergy and not Rakza, Fastarc G-1 is the third name on the wall.
History of Nittaku
Nippon Takkyu (日本卓球) was founded in Osaka in 1947. Nittaku became the long-running official ball of many ITTF World Championships. Fastarc and Acoustic are the racket names European retailers stock from that Osaka catalogue.
How Nittaku compares
Nittaku Fastarc G-1 vs Butterfly Tenergy 05 vs Yasaka Rakza 7 is the Japanese inverted triangle in Europe. Acoustic (5-ply) vs Acoustic Carbon is the dwell-vs-punch blade choice, compared with Innerforce when a player wants fibre without Viscaria speed. Nittaku prices sit below Butterfly tour lines.
Signature lines
Series pages
Who Nittaku is for
Players who want dwell and control over catapult, Acoustic fans, and loopers looking for a Japanese inverted that is not Tenergy.
Nittaku FAQ
- Does Nittaku make the World Championship ball?
- Yes. Nittaku 3-Star balls are the long-running official ball of many ITTF World Championships. This catalogue focuses on rubbers and blades, not balls.
- Where is Nittaku from?
- Japan (Osaka). Founded in 1947 as Nippon Takkyu. Fastarc rubbers and Acoustic blades are the lines European shops stock most.
- Nittaku Fastarc G-1 vs Butterfly Tenergy 05?
- Both are offensive Japanese inverted sheets. Fastarc G-1 is usually cheaper in Europe with more dwell and a clearer wood feel; Tenergy 05 is the higher-throw Spring Sponge reference. Compare them on the combined 0–100 index.
- Is Nittaku Fastarc a tensor?
- Fastarc is Nittaku’s modern high-tension inverted family (G-1, C-1 and variants). It is the Japanese dwell-oriented alternative to Butterfly Tenergy, usually cheaper in Europe.
- What is Nittaku Acoustic?
- Acoustic is Nittaku’s reference 5-ply all-wood blade: thin, vibrating, high dwell. Acoustic Carbon adds fibre. It is the usual “Japanese wood feel” recommendation in EU shops.
Nittaku rubbers and blades in this catalogue
Factory speed, spin, control and hardness below are Nittaku catalogue figures remapped onto TableTennisReview’s shared 0–100 index so a Nittaku sheet can sit next to Butterfly, DHS or Tibhar without mixing scales. Only ITTF-approved versions stocked in European shops are listed.
Nittaku rubbers · 50
Nittaku blades · 20
Nittaku is a trademark of Nippon Takkyu Co., Ltd.. Logos identify products in this independent catalogue.