Name: Kenta Matsudaira ALC
Brand: Butterfly
SKU: 269-racket
Price: 18.000 JPY
Availability: Discontinued
Rating: 8.99 (82 reviews)

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Everyone's rating

[Hardness] Medium hardness
[Performance] Speed and Control are excellent.

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Averages reviews points

Evaluation: 8.99 / 10

Number of review: 82

Speed: 8.91
Spin: 8.3
Control: 8.44

: • Jointly developed with Japan’s Kenta Matsudaira
• A hybrid 5-ply blade made of Butterfly’s popular Arylate/Carbon material
• Kenta prefers a narrow grip and this is evident in the slightly thinner FL handle
• Arylate-Carbon

Specifications

Producer: Butterfly

Product code: 36821

Size: 157 × 150mm

Weight: 86g

Material: Arylates five plywood (Wood, ALC, 7 ply wood)

Thickness: 5.8mm

Customer Reviews SummaryAI Summary

The thin and easy-to-grip handle is the standout feature, receiving high praise from people with small hands, women, and juniors. While the basic performance matches the Timobor ALC, the unique grip shape makes backhand and table-top techniques particularly convenient, earning consistently high overall ratings.

■ Frequently Mentioned Points

Thin, round grip that's easy to hold for small hands
Backhand and table-top techniques are especially smooth
Outer carbon provides good rebound and lightweight feel
Nearly equivalent basic performance to Timobor ALC
Excellent compatibility with firm rubbers like Tenergy 05

■ Representative Voices

▲ PositiveThe thin grip is comfortable to hold, and my backhand significantly improved. All techniques are easy to execute with smooth forehand-to-backhand transitions, and this racket seems to have no weaknesses. Table-top plays like chiquita feel particularly natural.

▽ CriticalThe outer carbon structure provides good rebound but sacrifices ball retention compared to inner or wooden rackets, making it difficult to hit heavy balls. Control performance also receives mixed feedback from users.

User reviews

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diode (Experience: ２〜３ years) For close-to-table players

This is for players with an all-round style close to the table.
The arylate carbon gives it bounce, and the thin grip makes close-to-the-table techniques easy.
I think it's good for people who block, chiquita, and flick near the table. Thanks to the grip, backhand drives come easily too. If you like the bounce of ALC blades, definitely give this one a try.

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2016/12/16

Overall	5/10
Speed	9
Spin	8
Control	8
Touch	9
Hardness	little hard

Recommended rubber (Forehand) TENERGY 05

Recommended rubber (Backhand) Tenergy 64

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Extremity of the sum (Experience: ２〜３ years) Can do it all

It's difficult for beginners, but if you have solid fundamentals and are used to carbon blades, it's fine. I'd recommend it to people like that — if that's you, go for this one without hesitation.
Also, the grip is nice.

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2016/11/22

Overall	10/10
Speed	10
Spin	9
Control	10
Touch	9
Hardness	Little soft

Recommended rubber (Forehand) TENERGY 05

Recommended rubber (Backhand) TENERGY 80

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Height of the sum (Experience: Less than a year) Grip is the best

It generates a lot of speed but doesn't take much spin, so it's difficult for beginners, but the grip was really nice and easy to hold.
This blade performs like it's the flagship representative of ALC.
If you love swinging your backhand as hard as you can, give it a try... if you've got the money.

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2016/11/14

Overall	6/10
Speed	10
Spin	3
Control	4
Touch	5
Hardness	Little soft

Recommended rubber (Forehand) V＞15 Extra

Recommended rubber (Backhand) Fastarc G-1

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Fancy (Experience: ６〜１０ years) Paired with 47.5 sponge hardness, a mysterious sense of unity

Like I said in the title, pairing it with a sponge hardness of 47.5 (37.5) creates a strange sense of unity.
Fastarc G-1, Rasant Turbo, GFT48, and so on... whichever one you pair it with, it delivers great performance.
Speed drives are really easy to hit. One shot and it's through.
But you need some skill to control it and put spin on the ball.
That said, blocking and countering are easy to do.

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2016/10/28

Overall	10/10
Speed	10
Spin	7
Control	7
Touch	5
Hardness	little hard

Recommended rubber (Forehand) Rasant Turbo

Recommended rubber (Backhand) Fastarc C-1

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SIMA 1st KOUKI (Experience: Less than a year) Arylate carbon focused on power

A senior in my club (who plays fast attack close to the table) uses this blade, so I got to try it out.
Basically, it flies well and, being an outer blade, the ball leaves it quickly. Because of that, smashes are incredibly easy to hit. If you swing all the way through, your topspin drives come out with real power. However, it's hard to lift low balls. Over the table it bounces a lot — though that might be because my own blade is an inner blade. Serves are hard to keep short. Aggressive short-game techniques like flicks are easy, but defensive techniques like stops are hard. It's also on the heavier side.
I'd recommend this blade for power-type topspin players who work mainly from mid-distance, or for players who want to snap the ball quickly close to the table.

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2016/10/25

Overall	7/10
Speed	8
Spin	6
Control	6
Touch	7
Hardness	hard

Recommended rubber (Forehand) Fastarc G-1

Recommended rubber (Backhand) JOOLA MAXXX 400

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Apprentice cutter artists

I feel like it bounces more than the Timo Boll.
Since it's an outer blade, it has power from mid-distance.
If you put something like Tenergy on it, I think the short game gets tough. I think this is hard to use unless you have the ability to brush the ball.

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2016/07/10