YoYo Related News From Around The World
The 2013 Malaysia National YoYo Contest was held this weekend in Kuala Lumpur and we have the results!
The 2013 Indiana State YoYo Contest was held in Indianapolis yesterday, and we have the results!
The 1A and 5A divisions at Indy States are held in an incredibly exciting single-elimination battle format. In 1A, veteran genius Ky Zizan beat Brian Long in the final match, while in 5A, the always smooth Jonathan Robinson beat Connor Ebbinghouse.
Videos coming soon to the YoYo News YouTube Channel!
Check the other results below:
The 2013 Japan National Yo-yo Contest is over!
YoyoRecreation’s Akitoshi Tokubuchi, who was the first runner-up last year, stepped up his game and is the 2013 Japan National Champion, beating Tatsuya Fujisaka by a hefty five point margin and Hiroyuki Suzuki by over ten points!
In 2A, 2008 world champion Takuma Yamamoto beat Shu Takada and Ryo Yamashita for first place with a smooth freestyle and ended up over twenty points ahead of the second place!
The former world champion battle in 3A ended up with Minato Furuta ahead of Kentaro Kimura for first place, showing he’s ready to take back the world title later this year.
Rei Iwakura took the title in 4A ahead of Naoto Okada in another contest between world champions.
Finally, in 5A, the newer generation dominated the top placings with Takeshi Matsuura convincingly beating Sora Ishikawa and the world’s cutest player, Yoshihiro Abe, for first place.
Check the full results below:
Thanks to C3yoyodesign and mrmatio for the freestyle videos!
