Tomokazu Harimoto has moved up to second in the men's world ranking after winning WTT Champions Frankfurt, which puts two Japanese men at the top with Sora Matsushima still No 1.

Harimoto, 23, has 6,963 points in the ITTF ranking for week 46, published on Monday. He swaps places with Félix Lebrun, who stays on 6,859 and drops to third. Matsushima, 19, keeps first place on 7,598, but his lead at the top has shrunk from 1,371 points last week to 635 after he lost to Patrick Franziska in the Frankfurt quarter-finals.

Wang Chuqin stays fourth on 6,297 points and is again China's highest-ranked man, with no Chinese player in the top three.

Harimoto's second Champions title

Harimoto came from 2-1 down to beat Franziska 4-2 in the Frankfurt final on Sunday, his second WTT Champions title this year and his second title from the three tournaments he played in a row. He beat Lin Yun-Ju 4-3 in the semi-finals.

"It's the first time I've won two Champions titles in one year, so I'm really happy," Harimoto wrote on Instagram, as reported by Nikkan Sports. "Along with winning, the biggest joy and reward is feeling that I'm getting closer to the style I see as ideal. There's still a lot to do before it's complete, so I'll train more and get stronger."

Lin, 25, climbs from sixth to fifth on 5,870 points after his run to the semi-finals, overtaking Truls Moregard. Taiwan's Next Apple News reported that it is his first time back in the top five for five years.

Franziska and Wen climb

Franziska, 34, rises four places to 11th after reaching his second Champions final of the season in front of a home crowd. Wen Ruibo, the 19-year-old who beat Wang Chuqin in Frankfurt, moves up to 13th, one place behind his teammate Zhou Qihao, while Dang Qiu, who lost to Harimoto in the quarter-finals, falls from 11th to 16th.

The women's ranking

Wang Manyu stays No 1 on 9,265 points, ahead of Sun Yingsha on 8,575, and the top nine places are unchanged. Miwa Harimoto remains third, although her total dropped to 6,889 after she lost to Hina Hayata in the semi-finals.

Hayata stays sixth on an unchanged 4,770 points: her Frankfurt title replaces the points from her win there a year ago.

Satsuki Odo, 22, moves from 11th to 10th after reaching the final, and Sabine Winter climbs two places to 11th after her run to the semi-finals. Zhu Yuling drops from 10th to 12th.

Further down, Fu Yu climbs 15 places to 68th after winning WTT Feeder Vila Nova de Gaia at the age of 47, and Wales's Anna Hursey moves up two places to 38th. Tom Jarvis, England's highest-ranked man, is 51st.

A clash at home

Japan's success abroad has a cost at home. Nikkei reported on Monday that Matsushima and the Harimoto siblings are likely to miss the singles at the All Japan Championships in January, because a world tour event that counts towards selection for Los Angeles 2028 was added at the same time, a decision taken at short notice in September.

The next ranking will reflect WTT Contender Istanbul, which starts on Tuesday, and WTT Star Contender Muscat, which begins on 16 November. The Mixed Team World Cup in Chengdu follows from 29 November.