The 2013 Japan Yo-yo League website has the list of contestants for the upcoming East Japan Block A regional contest.
The 1A division is traditionally strong at East Japan, and this year is no exception. Names like Tatsuya Fujisaka, Chris Makita, Yusuke Ootsuka, and even former World Champions Kentaro Kimura and Shinji Saito (!) should make things very interesting indeed! Another former World Champion competing at EJ-A is Makoto Numagami, although he will remain in his familiar 5A division.
Here’s the full lineup:
1A
- Takahiro Yamada
- Gensuke Ishikawa
- Tooru Miyazaki
- Chris Makita
- Yuuta Shimazaki
- Ayumu Harada
- Kotaro Okuda
- Yusuke Ootsuka
- Kento Noda
- Touya Sakurai
- Yamato Murata
- Tatsuya Fujisaka
- Youhei Kanabe
- Masaki Iida
- Hitoshi Ono
- Yuuichiro Mitsui
- Kenta Tokita
- Shinji Saito
- Hinata Yamada
- Kotaro Ooi
- Mizuki Takimoto
- Yasuhiro Sakamoto
- Yuuya Yatani
- Kentaro Kimura
2A
- Satoshi Yamanaka
- Toshiaki Oonuma
- Ginji Miura
- Hiraku Fujii
- Ryota Hara
- Kairi Honma
- Ryo Enomoto
- Yamato Fujiwara
3A
- Mizuki Takimoto
- Kentaro Kimura
- Takumi Yasumoto
4A
- Takumi Yasumoto
- Tadashi Kon
- Junya Kamimura
- Tomofumi Morita
- Youhei Kagawa
- Keita Kido
- Yuichi Tominaga
- Yuichiro Mitsui
- Naoya Takeuchi
- Takashi Naito
5A
- Naoya Takeuchi
- Masahiro Shiburaya
- Takahiro Yamada
- Makoto Numagami
EJ-A will be held on January 5th in Tokyo.
Via yoyonews.jp.