YoYo Related News From Around The World
YoYoRecreation just announced a pile of new releases for their Rebellion line being released at Worlds, and now we have a glimpse at a new plastic model for their main line! The Gargantua is, hopefully, releasing at Worlds and it looks like in the hands of a skilled player it can handle pretty much anything.
Plus we get a look at Iori Yamaki’s 1A Semi-Final routine for Worlds and if he goes clean he’s definitely got a shot at a big win this year.
What an incredible contest! The 2015 Asia-Pacific Yo-yo Championships comes to an end with an unbelievably high level of competition!
1A was especially tough, with some of the world’s best fighting for the title, but it was Iori Yamaki, with an amazing display of speed and skill who took the title, ahead of previous champion Ahmad Kharisma, and multiple time World Champion Hiroyuki Suzuki!
In 2A, the world’s greatest champion, Shinji Saito, was once again the winner, beating country-mate Shu Takada, and Hong Kong’s Liu Man Ki.
Even without the same amount of top level players, 3A was a close call, with Taiichiro Higashi beating Mizuki Takimoto by only one point before deducts! Thawhir Iqbal, from Singapore, finished third.
4A usually has a higher number of deducts, and AP this year was no exception, with deducts determining a few placings. This year’s Japan Nationals runner-up, Naoto Onishi, finished first, followed by Singapore’s Sean Hung, and China’s Zhao Chen.
Finally, in 5A, Naoya Takeuchi completed Japan’s clean sweep by beating Singapore’s own Ian Loh, and Yuttana Sukhumalchatsombat, from Thailand!
Check full results and winner freestyles below, videos courtesy of yoyovideoarchive!
Check out some great footage of Team YoYoRecreation, filmed around the 2014 44Clash event.
Featuring Takahiro Iizuka, Iori Yamaki, Kenji Eto, Hirotaka Akiba, Takumi Yasumoto, Hiroyasu Ishihara, Yuusuke Ootsuka, Kento Muraoka, Mizuki Takimoto, Akitoshi Tokubuchi, Ryota Torigoe, Ahmad Kharisma, Tatsuya Fujisaka, Sojun Miyamura, Hiro Irifune, Ryosuke Iwasawa, Izuru Hasumi, and Kensuke Goto.
YoYoRecreation is showing their friends at sOMEThING some love in this new video, featuring Iori Yamaki and Christopher Chia. Three minutes of top-level play, beautifully filmed and edited.
Seriously, this is one of the best videos of the year. Amazing.
Yoyos used are the Draupnir by YoYoRecreation and the Anglam ver.CC by sOMEThING.
YoYoRecreation team members Izuri Hasumi and Iori Yamaki will be competing at the 2014 Asia Pacific YoYo Championships, to be held in Singapore this coming weekend on July 4th – 6th. YoYoRecreation has dropped teaser videos for both players and they’re definitely worth checking out!
YoYos used are the Dazzler and the Draupnir.
YoYoRecreation just released NINE videos to promote the upcoming release of the complete redesign of their plastic yoyo, the Diffusion. That’s got to be a record, right? Even better, the videos feature a who’s who of top-notch Japanese talent.
The new Diffusion is set for its first release this weekend at the 2014 Japan National YoYo Contest, retailing for about $35. Check out all of the videos below, featuring Shinya Azuma, Kento Muraoka, Takumi Yasumoto, Hiro Irifune, Ryota Ogi, Yusuke Otsuka, Mizuki Takimoto, Iori Yamaki, and Hiroyasu Ishihara.
YoYoRecreation dropped a new video, filmed during the 2014 European YoYo Championship in Budapest, Hungary. Check out some great play from Tatsuya Fujisaka, Ken Takabayashi, Yusuke Otsuka, and Iori Yamaki.
Raw speed and accuracy were Iori Yamaki’s weapons once again to take the West Japan title for the second year in a row! Even Hiroyuki Suzuki’s perfectly choreographed routine was not enough to beat Yamaki’s blazing-fast horizontal-behind-the-back-under-the-wrist madness. No doubt one of the strongest contest routines we’ve seen recently!
In 2A and 3A, Ryo Yamashita and Taiichiro Higashi counted on their larger contest experience to take their respective titles. The first runner-up in each division was close enough in Technical Execution to be a threat, with Sora Tahira even beating Higashi here, but the Technical and Performance evaluations easily guaranteed the title for both Ryo and Taiichiro.
Speaking of experience, 4A was a delight to the audience, with veterans Futoshi Maruyama and Kazuaki Sugimura displaying beautiful precision in their own unique styles, and Futoshi taking the title by a little over three points, the closest gap in the entire contest.
Three relatively new players competed in 5A finals, with Yasuhiro Uchida claiming his first title despite having four points deducted from his score.
Check the results and winner videos below, courtesy of yoyovideoarchive:
YoYoRecreation put together a solid video of their team at the 2013 World YoYo Contest…beautifully shot and edited, and top-notch play from one of the best contest teams in the world! Featuring Yusuke Otsuka, Izuru Hasumi, Ryota Ogi, Iori Yamaki, Yasuki Tachibana, Minato Furuta, Naoto Okada, Tatsuya Fujisaka, Akitoshi Tokubuchi, Samm Scott, Ahmad Kharisma, and Ryosuke Iwasawa, with a special appearance by the Rosen Plaza carpet.
Looks like the new generation is ready to take on the veterans! The 2013 West Japan Yo-yo Contest was held earlier today in Osaka and the winner in the 1A division was Iori Yamaki, who took first place with his very contest-oriented style.
But the veterans were not entirely outplayed, as Takayuki “Marron” Kuriyama took first place in 5A and we were also fortunate to witness the legendary 4A artist Kenji Eto place 2nd in his division!
Check the results below, courtesy of Yama@18!
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Videos courtesy C3YoYoDesign! Check out their YouTube channel for video of all the competitors!