Check out this great contest video of the 2017 Japan National YoYo Contest. The JYYF does such an amazing job with all of their events, and a video like this really captures what an intense, high-level competition this is. If you’ve never been to a Japanese national championship, make it a priority!
2017 Japan National YoYo Contest – Results & Video
Japan Nationals is always one of the biggest contests of the year, with the winners becoming heavily favored to take their respective divisions at that years World YoYo Contest. So here you go…here are your new favorites for Worlds!
1A Divison – Presented by C3yoyodesign
1st Place – Shion Araya
2A Division – Presented by YoYoFactory
1st Place – Takuma Yamamoto
3A Division – Presented by CLYW
1st Place – Tomoya Kurita
4A Division – Presented by Japan Technology
1st Place – Takumi Yasumoto
5A Division – Presented by Duncan Toys
1st Place – Takuma Inoue
International Open Division
1st Place – Luckey Li
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2017 Japan National YoYo Contest
Japan Nationals is one of the biggest National events in the world, and it’s frequently a really good look at the players who will be at the top of their divisions in that year’s World YoYo Contest. If you’ve never been, I HIGHLY recommend it.
The 2017 Japan National Yo-Yo Contest will be held from June 17th to 18th at Sakura Hall in Shibuya, Tokyo.
This year marks the 19th annual Japan National Yo-Yo Contest. During that time it has evolved from a small contest in a local community center with around 50 in attendance, to its current size of 600-800 in professional convention halls and auditoriums throughout Japan in recent years. JN is arguably one of the most competitive yo-yo contests in the world, which makes it an incredibly exciting event to attend in-person. Among those fighting for this year’s five national titles are many former and current national and world champions. See your heroes up close and personal and cheer them on for the win!
This year, in addition to the 1-5A Championship Divisions, Women’s, Over 40, Team, and Compulsory Trick divisions, we are happy to announce a brand new International Open Freestyle (IOF) division! This division is open only to players who are not Japanese citizens, nor residents of Japan, so if you’re visiting for JN this is your chance to share the stage with top Japanese players and perform in front of one of the best yo-yo audiences in the world.
Whether you’re ready to get in on the action, or just want to cheer on and interact with your favorite players, we warmly invite you to attend the 2017 Japan National Yo-Yo Contest. See you in Tokyo!
2016 Japan Nationals Results – Yusuke Otsuka Wins!
The results are in for the 2016 Japan Nationals, arguably one of the biggest and toughest national yoyo contests in the world. 1A was an upset, with Takeshi Matsuura being favored to win and instead taking second place to a killer routine from Yusuke Otsuka. Takuma Yamamoto clinched another 2A title easily enough, while 3A player Tomoya Kurita took a commanding win over current World Champion Hajime Miura! In the 4A division, Rei Iwakura proves he is still absolutely untouchable, and Takeshi Matsuura easily took home top honors in the 5A Division. Check out all of the winning freestyles below, along with full scoring breakdowns.
1A Division
1st Place – Yusuke Otsuka
2nd Place – Takeshi Matsuura
3rd Place – Ryuichi Nakamura
2A Division
1st Place – Takuma Yamamoto
3A Division
1st Place – Tomoya Kurita
4A Division
1st Place – Rei Iwakura
5A Division
1st Place – Takeshi Matsuura
Fist Salud Presents: YoYoFactory @ Japan Nationals 2014
Fist Salud brings us a video from Japan Nationals, featuring YoYoFactory’s Japanese talent blasting through more than four minutes of mind-blowing tricks. The level of play at Japan Nationals is always incredible, and this video gives us a great snapshot of some of the most creative minds at the event.
Team YoYoJam Showcase – 2013 Japan Nationals
Team YoYoJam did what seems to be basically a live, 10-minute commercial for their products at the 2013 Japan National YoYo Contest. Which is kind of odd, but if you just turn down the volume and crank up some music you like, there are some great tricks in here!
Player and equipment breakdown:
2:20 – Sora Ishikawa – Surge -1A
4:10 – Sora Ishikawa – Next Level – 5A
5:02 – Toshiaki Onuma – Unleashed – 2A
5:48 – Haruaki Nishitani – Rextreme – 4A
6:35 – Takeshi Matsuura – Quest+Lateral Caps -1A
7:10 – Jun Amaraki – Night Moves 6 – 3A
7:55 – Yasushi Furukawa – Unleashed – 2A
8:56 – Rei Iwakura – Rextreme+Lateral Cap – 4A
9:53 – Takeshi Matsuura – AI – 5A
2013 Japan National YoYo Contest Starts Today!
The 2013 Japan National Yo-yo Contest is just about to start in Nagoya! The 1A to 5A semifinals, team division, and mod contest will be held on Saturday, and the grand champions will be crowned on Sunday. A substantial number of foreign guests are also in the city, including players from South Korea, Hong Kong, and Australia, as expected for the world’s greatest national contest.
The contest is being streamed live at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/jn2013
We’ll be providing coverage of the contest as it happens. Check back later for preliminary results and the contestant order for the finals!