Бруна Такахаши

2013-2016

In October 2013, she won the U13 Latin American Championship title in singles.

On November 1, 2015, she became a cadet World Champion, when she won the World Challenge title in the cadet category, in Sharm El-Shwikh, Egypt.

Bruna Takahashi won bronze in singles and gold in team at the 2016 Latin American Table Tennis Championships.

2016 Summer Olympics

At 15 years old, Takahashi was the youngest athlete on Team Brazil at the 2016 Summer Olympics. As part of the Brazilian team, her only match was with the then current Olympic champion, Chinese Li Xiaoxia.

2017-2020

She participated in the adult World Championships for the first time in 2017, in singles and doubles.

At the 2017 Pan American Table Tennis Championships, she obtained four medals: bronze in singles and doubles, and gold in mixed doubles and team.

In March 2018 she won her biggest individual title when she became champion of the Latin American Table Tennis Championships.

At the 2018 Youth Olympic Games, in Buenos Aires, she reached the quarterfinals of the individual tournament, losing only to China's Sun Yingsha, who finished with the gold medal. Thus, Takahashi finished in the top 8.

At the end of 2018, she reached the semifinals of the 2018 Pan American Table Tennis Championships, where she was eliminated by Adriana Diaz, obtaining bronze in singles.She also won gold in the team event.

At the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Takahashi was seeded N° 5 in women's singles. She won four medals at the 2019 Pan American Games: bronze in singles and doubles, and silver in mixed doubles and for the Team.

2020 Summer Olympics

She participated at the 2020 Summer Olympics, both in the individual and team events.

2021-present

In May 2022, Takahashi entered the top 20 of the ITTF world rankings in women's singles, making her the first Brazilian to achieve this feat.

In June 2022, she reached the quarter-finals of the WTT Star Contender in Goa, being the only non-Asian to reach the quarter-finals of the tournament.

Bruna Takahashi was twice runner-up at the Pan American Table Tennis Championships in singles, in 2021 and 2023.

She won the bronze medal three times at the WTT Contender in Lima 2022, Tunis 2023 and Rio de Janeiro 2023, reaching the semi-finals of the tournaments. In Tunisia, she was the only non-Asian to reach the semi-final.

At the 2023 Pan American Games, Takahashi reached the final, and against her biggest rival in the Americas, Puerto Rican Adriana Diaz, she opened 3 sets to 2, but ended up taking silver with a score of 3 to 4. She also obtained the silver in doubles, mixed doubles and a bronze in Team.

She reached the round of 16 of the WTT Champions of Xinxiang 2023 and Incheon 2024.

In January 2024, Takahashi obtained one of her greatest individual titles when she won the Pan American Table Tennis Cup. With this, she also guaranteed a place in the Table Tennis World Cup, held in Macau, China, in April.

At the 2024 World Team Table Tennis Championships, the Brazilian team reached the round of 16 of the tournament for the first time. Although Brazil was eliminated by South Korea in the round of 16, in this match Takahashi defeated Shin Yu-bin, the world number 8, by 3 sets to 2, obtaining one of the biggest victories of her career.

At the 2024 Table Tennis World Cup, held in Macau, China, Takahashi was drawn to play against Joo Cheonhui (world no. 17) and Sarah Hanffou (world no. 86) in group 15. Takahashi beat Sarah Hanffou by 3 sets to 1 and competed to qualify for the round of 16 with Joo Cheonhui, where she needed to win to advance to the stage. The Korean managed to impose her game and came out ahead by 2 sets to 0, qualifying for the round of 16. Takahashi still tied the game at 2-2, however, being eliminated in the group stage, in her first participation in the World Cup.