SHINING DRAGON Ⅱ

Everyone's rating [Hardness] Medium hardness
[Performance] Control and Spin to have excellent
SHINING DRAGON Ⅱ

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Averages reviews points

  • Rating: 8.45 / 10
  • 11 reviews
    • Speed:7.82
    • Spin:8.73
    • Control:8.82

    Reviews of SHINING DRAGON Ⅱ. Players who use Rubber evaluate various points such as hardness of the sponge, speed, control, spin, and feel at impact thoroughly.

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    Specifications

    Price
    5,000 Yen(Include tax 5,500 Yen)
    Producer
    Yasaka
    Product code
    B-54

    Players use SHINING DRAGON Ⅱ

    Customer Reviews SummaryAI Summary
    This adhesive rubber is highly valued for its ease of use on the backhand and excellent spin performance. Its soft sponge and superior control appeal to players from beginners to intermediates, though its tendency to lift the ball and difficulty on the forehand are notable drawbacks.
    ■ Frequently Mentioned Points
    • Ideal for backhand with excellent spin-focused play
    • Soft sponge enables easy handling for women and beginners
    • Stable drives with elasticity despite being adhesive rubber
    • Affordable price with excellent cost-performance
    • High-lifting characteristic reduces net errors
    ■ Representative Voices
    ▲ PositiveHigh arc stability with excellent matching between sponge softness and spin performance, making it sufficiently playable even for first-time adhesive rubber users. The affordable price makes it a cost-performance champion.
    ▽ CriticalThe ball lifts excessively, requiring controlled strokes in loop drives and top-spin rallies. The excessive softness causes significant loss on forehand drives, and it is completely unsuitable for counters or speed drives.

    Reviews by user

    • Roxas

      Roxas (Experience: 6〜10 years) Fairly hard Verified Purchase

      Reviews by user

      You can generate strong spin with this. Chiquitas are very easy to do, so it's ideal for the backhand. On the other hand, on the forehand it doesn't have much distance, so it feels hard to use there. I think it suits the backhand of an outer blade.

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      2026/07/19
      All
      10/10
      Speed
      8
      Spin
      10
      Control
      10
      Hardness Little hard

      Racket recommended use QUARTET AFC

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    • Roxas

      Roxas (Experience: 6〜10 years) A wonderful Chinese rubber Verified Purchase

      Reviews by user

      This Kiryu 2 is easier to handle on the backhand than on the forehand, so I recommend it there.
      It makes extended blocks, backhand drives, and chiquitas easy - especially the chiquita, it's so easy to do that you can neutralize the opponent's serve and turn it into a strong-spin receive!
      Especially recommended for the reverse side of a penhold racket!

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      2026/04/20
      All
      10/10
      Speed
      9
      Spin
      10
      Control
      10
      Hardness Little hard

      Racket recommended use MA LIN EXTRA OFFENSIVE

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    • visitor

      Ordinary people around here (Experience: 6〜10 years) Seems to suit a carbon blade

      Reviews by user

      Normally I use V20 double extra on my forehand and Rakza Z on my backhand.
      My first impression of Kiryu II was that the ball goes up a lot when I first hit it.
      With my forehand drive technique, it's too soft and I lose power, so the ball didn't clear the net - so this review is mostly about the backhand.
      I felt like it's best hit with a strong focus on spin.
      I had no problems with flat hits either.
      I'd say it has a decent amount of speed too.
      For pushes and stops, part of it is my own skill, but I got the impression the ball floats up quite a bit.
      Personally, blocking was difficult for me - if you just let the ball touch the rubber, it's soft and tacky enough that it doesn't reach the opponent's side of the table. That said, if you stick your paddle out in an emergency during a rally, it'll at least land on the opponent's side.

      Personally, I'd recommend using this with a carbon blade. Also, since it's soft and light for a tacky rubber, I think it should be fine for female players too.

      I heard the original (non-numbered) Kiryu is being discontinued, so if you're using (or have used) Kiryu, it might be worth trying this one.

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      2024/08/05
      All
      8/10
      Speed
      7
      Spin
      9
      Control
      9
      Hardness Little soft

      Racket recommended use Swat Power

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    • visitor

      Table Tennis Club (Experience: 4〜5 years) Cheap

      Reviews by user

      Light and cheap. It really feels like a student's best friend. It doesn't fly far, so I'd recommend an outer blade with it. When you put spin on it, you get some quirky, unpredictable balls, so I think it's good for people who use tension rubbers and feel like they only ever get clean, predictable shots.

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      2026/02/11
      All
      8/10
      Speed
      7
      Spin
      9
      Control
      9
      Hardness Soft

      Racket recommended use Fan Zhendong ALC

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    • visitor

      Mr. Miss. (Experience: 11〜20 years)

      Reviews by user

      It really feels like a modern-day backhand rubber - not too hard, has decent grip on the ball, and the ball sinks in nicely!
      The fact that it's occasionally insensitive to incoming spin is also a plus!

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      2025/11/27
      All
      10/10
      Speed
      8
      Spin
      10
      Control
      9
      Hardness Little hard

      Racket recommended use Zhang Jike ALC

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    • visitor

      Natsutsu's Uncle (Experience: 11〜20 years) The ball flies way up

      Reviews by user

      Impressions from borrowing a student's equipment
      Blade ⇒ Reinforce LT
      Forehand ⇒ Kiryu 2, thick
      Backhand ⇒ Ligan Spin, medium-thick

      My first and biggest impression is that the ball just goes way up
      And combined with how well it matches the blade, it flies deep and high, letting you produce balls that are hard for opponents to handle
      Spin, speed, and weight are all decent, and the ball trajectory gets a little rough
      It's not semi-tacky but full tacky, though there's no "auto" feel to it, so it might be better to hit it more like a tension rubber
      It has a bit of a quirk to it, so I'd say it's better suited not so much for beginners, but for players around the early-intermediate to intermediate level - somewhere between the top of district tournaments and losing in the first round of prefectural tournaments (this is just a level I'm making up myself)

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      2025/10/12
      All
      8/10
      Speed
      8
      Spin
      8
      Control
      8
      Hardness Little soft

      Racket recommended use REINFORCE LT

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    • visitor

      Shiba Inu No problem switching over from tension rubber

      Reviews by user

      Used on my backhand
      Switched over from Vega Europe
      It has a fair amount of tackiness, and among tacky-tension rubbers it's on the bouncier side
      Drives draw a nice arc and land in consistently
      If you hit weakly it doesn't fly much, but if you sink the ball in and hit hard you get quite a bit of speed
      It also works fine if you hit it like a regular tension rubber

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      2025/05/07
      All
      9/10
      Speed
      8
      Spin
      9
      Control
      9
      Hardness Little soft

      Racket recommended use REINFORCE LT

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