World Champions dominate South Japan 2012

This year’s South Japan regional contest saw very little surprises at the final placings, with strong players taking the top spot.

In 1A, YoyoRecreation’s Akitoshi Tokubuchi won for the second time in a row, followed by sOMEThING’s young newcomer Touya Kobayashi.

2A, 3A and 5A were won by the former World Champions Takuma Yamamoto, Minato Furuta and Takuma Inoue, respectively, all with perfect technical execution scores. Hideo Ishida, who had won the 5A division five times in a row, ended up in second place.

Finally in 4A, 2008 winner Shotaro Masuda is back to the top. Check the final placings:

1A

1. Akitoshi Tokubuchi
2. Touya Kobayashi
3. Kengo Kido

2A

1. Takuma Yamamoto
2. Kensaku Hirayama
3. Yuusuke Nakayama

3A

1. Minato Furuta
2. Masanobu Iwata
3. Kazuma Miyakawa

4A

1. Shotaro Masuda
2. Hideo Ishida
3. Takuma Inoue

5A

1. Takuma Inoue
2. Hideo Ishida
3. Kazuma Miyakawa