GORIKI
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[Hardness] Little hard [Performance] Control and Spin are excellent. |
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Averages reviews points
- Speed: 7.33
- Spin: 7.67
- Control: 8.33
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Exclusive offensive blade. For long pimples players. Large blade 160x154 mm and heavy weight make blocking very confident and reliable. Limited edition and custom order. Made in Japan.
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Specifications
- Producer
- Nittaku
- Product code
- NE-6115
- Weight
- 100g ±
- Material
- Wood, 7 ply wood
- Thickness
- 4.9mm
Players use GORIKI
- Excellent compatibility with heterodox rubbers; pimple blocking is extremely stable
- Large racket sweet spot due to weight makes shots easier to execute
- Racket flex enables easy rotation application; drives land decisively
- Resists opponent's powerful shots; blocking returns are straightforward
- 100g+ blade weight requires strength but adjustable with lighter rubber
User reviews
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Tomoyan (Experience: ４〜５ years) For those wanting to master single-ply rubber or long pips Verified Purchase
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2023/07/17
The blade alone weighed 103 grams. With OX short pips on the backhand and thick rubber on the forehand, it came to about 173 grams total. When I hit properly and made solid contact, the blade would flex and generate quite a lot of power. On the backhand, blocks held firm without getting pushed back, so I didn't feel any hardness from the blade — the weight bothered me a little, but overall it's a good blade. The blade surface is bigger, both in length and width, than a typical attacking blade, so even if the ball is a bit off-center you can still get it to fly. If you play an unorthodox style, definitely give this a try.
Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little soft
Recommended rubber (Forehand) BLUESTORM PRO AM
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Nono (Experience: ６〜１０ years) A sound as good as a string instrument
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2018/12/21
I borrowed one and tried it out.
The catalog makes it sound like it doesn't bounce much,
but that's totally not the case.
It bounces a lot, and it makes a metallic sound almost like
a violin string, which makes hitting the ball
fun.Drives and blocks are both easy to hit, and
it's a blade that lets you return the ball without getting overpowered by the opponent's attacks.That said, it's so heavy that using it for a long time feels like it could wreck your shoulder. It's a blade for people with a fair amount of strength. If you can master it, you can become quite the strong player.
Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness hard
Recommended rubber (Forehand) Evolution MX-P
Recommended rubber (Backhand) Evolution MX-P
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Atmark LGY (Experience: ２〜３ years) Highly recommended for irregular-rubber style
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2025/01/23
First off, the blade alone is heavy. That's within an acceptable range, though, since it's designed with one side using an unorthodox rubber in mind. I was using a bouncy long-pips rubber, and both blocking and pushing became extremely stable. Drives and serves with inverted rubber are also nice and stable. Whether it suits a chopper depends on the person, but this is a blade I'd want close-to-the-table unorthodox-style players to try at least once.
Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness little hard
Recommended rubber (Forehand) NEO HURRICANE 3
Recommended rubber (Backhand) Grass D.tecS
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kaoru (Experience: ６〜１０ years) Bounces well on hard hits
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2021/05/20
The long pips on my backhand become incredibly stable with this.
Since the surface is hard, the pips tip over more easily, which makes for more variation.
For the same reason, I can tip the pips myself more easily too, so the variation I add is bigger as well.
It's a blade that doesn't naturally fly much, so it doesn't get much distance, and it's pretty easy to hold back power shots too.
On hard hits, the flex of the blade produces really sharp, fast balls. It's a strange feeling - on soft taps or light hits it barely flies at all, but then this happens.
I can really recommend this to unorthodox-style players.Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness little hard
Recommended rubber (Forehand) GORIKI KAISOKU
Recommended rubber (Backhand) NUMBER 1
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toncyan Moderate bounce, wide sweet spot
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2020/02/15
I'm using the Gouriki J. Rubber: bombard thin on the F side, bombard extra-thin on the B side. Blade mass 100.7g, total mass 165.5g
Up until now I've used a mid-size penhold and always chosen the lightest blade possible, up to 140g total. With that kind of setup, the sweet spot tends to get small - roughly 100-110mm in diameter. With the Gouriki, the sweet spot is around 120mm in diameter. The further you land from the sweet spot, the weaker the rebound, which leads to more misses. With the Gouriki, that means the shots are that much more stable. Because the mass is greater, it's also less affected by the power of the opponent's shot. Putting a regular tacky rubber on it would bring the weight to around 190g, so I went with bombard to keep the total mass down as much as possible. The grip of the Japanese-style penhold is a real blessing. Stops and pushes on the F side are easy to do on both forehand and backhand. I think this helps raise my scoring ability. In the past I often damaged the blade from contact with the table and had to replace it, but with the Gouriki, I expect I probably won't need to replace it going forward. It's a bit pricey, but I think it's worth every yen. Thank you, Sakuma-san.Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness hard
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Student who loves table tennis (Experience: ６〜１０ years)
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2019/04/03
This blade seems to be made with attacking players in mind, but I'm a chopper, so let me share my thoughts from a chopper's perspective. First, chopping with this blade gives you a slightly slower chop than the chopping blade I usually use. On top of that, combining it with Fastarc and Donackle gives you even more spin on the ball, and decent speed when attacking. It takes a bit of getting used to, but since choppers need attacking ability these days too, I'd love for anyone who wants to blend some attacking power into the chopping style they've built up to give this blade a try.
Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness little hard
Recommended rubber (Forehand) Fastarc G-1
Recommended rubber (Backhand) DO Knuckle (Short pimples)
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AYA12345 (Experience: １１〜２０ years) A uniquely distinctive blade
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2018/08/16
The blade itself already has some weight to it, and since the blade size is large, putting heavier rubber on it makes the whole thing quite heavy. If I put tacky rubber on the forehand and even a lighter short pips rubber on the backhand (like Spectol, VO›101, or half-length pips), it comes out to around the low 190g range. With a heavier short pips rubber (like Moristo SP or VO›103), it comes out to around the high 190g range.
As for characteristics: "you don't get pushed back by the opponent's ball on blocks — as long as you get it on the blade, you can return it somehow," "smashing floating chops became easier, and I stopped losing to the opponent's spin," and "(even though the speed itself got slower,) the ball got heavier and my drives started landing in one shot" — things like that.
If you put spin on it, it flies, but with a flat hit it doesn't fly much. When you add spin the feel is soft, but with a flat hit the feel becomes quite hard. I don't think it's a particular problem if you play close to the table though.
For the backhand, I'd recommend a soft rubber. When I put on a hardness of rubber I'd used on other blades, the feel got too hard and I lost control.Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little soft
Recommended rubber (Forehand) GOLDEN TANGO
Recommended rubber (Backhand) Spectol Red
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