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Reiki Sekiya wins East Japan A-Block!

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The East Japan Yo-yo Contest A-Block was held yesterday in Chiba, and Reiki Sekiya won the traditionally high-level contest this year!

Fellow YoYoFactory team member Shu Takada not only won 2A with a superb freestyle, but also got second place in 1A! How does someone even practice that hard?!

In 3A, Ken Takabayashi was the winner, while favorites Naoto Okada and Sora Ishikawa took 4A and 5A respectively!

Check the winner freestyles below, courtesy of YoYoFactory Japan and yoyovideoarchive

1A

  1. Reiki Sekiya
  2. Shu Takada
  3. Kentaro Kimura

2A

  1. Shu Takada
  2. Tomoyuki Kaneko
  3. Shinji Saito

3A

  1. Ken Takabayashi
  2. Kyouhei Hosono
  3. Hajime Miura

4A

  1. Naoto Okada
  2. Tsubasa Takada
  3. Junya Kamimura

5A

  1. Sora Ishikawa
  2. Sojun Miyamura
  3. Naoki Uemae

Ryosuke Iwasawa wins EJ-B!

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The East Japan Yo-yo Contest B-Block regional was held earlier today in Kawasaki.

Ryosuke Iwasawa won the strong 1A division, ahead of Reiki Sekiya and Atsunori Tanimoto. 4A and 5A also had very strong players taking the title, with Naoto Okada and Sora Ishikawa winning their respective divisions.

Check the full results below, courtesy of Yama18. Videos courtesy C3YoYoDesign.

1A

  1. Ryosuke Iwasawa
  2. Reiki Sekiya
  3. Atsunori Tanimoto
  4. Yoshinori Kawamura
  5. Daiju Okamura
  6. Yuki Tokunaga
  7. Daiki Tanaka
  8. Kento Kobayashi
  9. Takehiro Ui
  10. Ryosuke Kawamura
  11. Kento Muraoka

2A

  1. Shuhei Kanai
  2. Yuro Yamashita
  3. Jun Taniguchi
  4. Yu Kizami

3A

  1. Kyouhei Hosono
  2. Hajime Miura
  3. Tomoya Kurita
  4. Kento Kobayashi

4A

  1. Naoto Okada
  2. Tsubasa Onishi
  3. Tomohiko Zanka
  4. Shuji Kinoshita

5A

  1. Sora Ishikawa
  2. Naoto Okada
  3. Takafumi Endo

 

Videos from 2013 East Japan

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Videos are starting to show up following the 2013 East Japan Yo-Yo Contest.

You can find many of the prelim routines here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/yama18J

1st (Tatsuya Fujisaka) and 2nd (Shinji Saito) in 1A videos are here.
Note – Shinji Saito is not only amazing in 2A but has some equally amazing tricks in 1A. Very impressive freestyle!

For the full results from the contest by division see our previous post here.

Tatsuya Fujisaka Wins East Japan-A!

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The East Japan A-Block regional contest was held earlier today in Tokyo, and 2011 Japan National Champion Tatsuya Fujisaka came out on top in 1A! The biggest World Champion of all time, Shinji Saito, ended up in second place, followed closely by Yusuke Ootsuka.

Check the results below, courtesy of yoyonews.jp!

1A

  1. Tatsuya Fujisaka
  2. Shinji Saito
  3. Yusuke Ootsuka

2A

  1. Hiraku Fujii
  2. Ginji Miura
  3. Toshiaki Oonuma

3A

  1. Mizuki Takimoto
  2. Takumi Yasumoto
  3. Kentaro Kimura

4A

  1. Yohei Kagawa
  2. Takumi Yasumoto
  3. Keita Kido

5A

  1. Naoya Takeuchi
  2. Makoto Numagami
  3. Masahiro Tsuburaya

East Japan Block A Contestant List Announced

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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.

Hidemasa Senba Wins East Japan B!

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Hidemasa Senba, Duncan Crew Japan’s most creative mind won this year’s East Japan B-block Yo-yo Contest in a competition with incredibly close scores! Senba won with a final score of 71.6, followed by Keita Kido, with 71.5, and YoyoFactory’s Reiki Sekiya, with 71.3! Sekiya had the highest score, but 3 negative penalty points put him in 3rd place.

Unlike EJ-A and CJ, there were plenty of contestants in all divisions. A lot of new faces were seen but in addition to 1A, 4A also saw several contest veterans, including World Champions Naoto Okada and Tsubasa Oonishi, with Okada coming out on top.

These are the top finishers for each division:

1A

  1. Hidemasa Senba
  2. Keita Kido
  3. Reiki Sekiya
  4. Naoto Okada
  5. Tarou Komari
  6. Daiju Nakamura
  7. Yuuto Yamaguchi
  8. Masaya Takagi
  9. Ryusuke Kawamura

2A

  1. Tomiyuki Kaneko
  2. Shunsuke Kawakami
  3. Kazuki Yoshida
  4. Koichiro Ueta

3A

  1. Yuuki Kurimisawa
  2. Yuuto Yamaguchi
  3. Ryousuke Ito

4A

  1. Naoto Okada
  2. Yuuichi Tominaga
  3. Tsubasa Oonishi
  4. Kenji Eto

5A

  1. Takafumi Endo
  2. Arata Suzuki
  3. Tatsunori Yoshiba

2012 Japan Yo-yo League Kicks Off: Takeshi Matsuura Wins 1A at East Japan A

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The 2012 Japan Yo-yo League officially started last weekend with the East Japan A Block Contest in Tokyo!

EJ has traditionally been a very strong regional contest, with the main Japanese competitors taking part. This year the contest was divided into two blocks, A and B. Block B will be held in Ichikawa City, in February.

In the A Block, Yoyojam’s prodigy and 5A World Champion Takeshi Matsuura surprised onlookers by winning the 1A division, ahead of YoyoRecreation’s Takahiro Iizuka, in 3rd, and Kento Noda, in 2nd. Is Takeshi Matsuura, who has won Japan Nationals in both 3A and 5A before, now aiming for the 1A title as well? Also worth noting is that 1A was the only division Takeshi competed in at EJ-A.

The winners in the other divisions were veteran Shuhei Kanai in 2A, Ken Takabayashi in 3A, Youhei Kagawa in 4A and Sora Ishikawa in 5A. Ishikawa was also the winner of the 44CLASH KIKSTYO Battle Tournament last month, and should be a contender for the Japanese title. 5A runner-up was Duncan Crew’s Shingo “Terry” Terada, who is still competing after more than 10 years in the scene!

The league continues next year with more regional contests throughout the country and finally the national contest:

  • December 4th, 2011 – East Japan A Block Contest (EJ-A), Tokyo
  • January 28th, 2012 – Central Japan Contest (CJ), Iwakura City
  • February 4th, 2012 – East Japan B Block Contest (EJ-B), Ichiwaka City
  • February 25th, 2012 – North Japan Contest (NJ), Sapporo
  • March 11th, 2012 – South Japan Contest (SJ), Kasuya District
  • April 21st, 2012 – West Japan Contest (WJ), Osaka
  • June 30th, 2012 – Japan National Yo-yo Contest, Ichikawa City
For all those interested in checking the action, proceed to Mr. Yamaguchi’s new YouTube channel. Music is replaced in most freestyles due to copyright issues, but it’s nonetheless great to have such a great resource back online!

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