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Akitoshi Tokubuchi is the 2013 Japan National YoYo Champion!

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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:

1A

  1. Akitoshi Tokubuchi
  2. Tatsuya Fujisaka
  3. Hiroyuki Suzuki
  4. Shinya Kido
  5. Yusuke Ootsuka
  6. Iori Yamaki
  7. Shion Araya
  8. Hirotaka Akiba
  9. Kazuki Okada
  10. Shinya Azuma
  11. Masahiro Terada
  12. Izuru Hasumi
  13. Toya Kobayashi
  14. Atsunori Tanimoto
  15. Kento Noda
  16. Ryosuke Iwasawa

2A

  1. Takuma Yamamoto
  2. Shu Takada
  3. Ryo Yamashita
  4. Tomoyuki Kaneko
  5. Shuhei Kanai
  6. Ginji Miura
  7. Toshiaki Onuma
  8. Yoshihiro Matsubara

3A

  1. Minato Furuta
  2. Kentaro Kimura
  3. Ryosuke Ito
  4. Yasuki Tachibana
  5. Kyohei Hosono
  6. Mizuki Takimoto
  7. Takumi Yasumoto
  8. Hajime Miura
  9. Taiichiro Higashi

4A

  1. Rei Iwakura
  2. Naoto Okada
  3. Yohei Kagawa
  4. Shotaro Masuda
  5. Keita Kido
  6. Tsubasa Onishi
  7. Yudai Kimura
  8. Atsushi Takeuchi
  9. Shinya Muraki
  10. Haruaki Nishitani

5A

  1. Takeshi Matsuura
  2. Sora Ishikawa
  3. Yoshihiro Abe
  4. Sojun Miyamura
  5. Hideo Ishida
  6. Takayuki Kuriyama
  7. Naoya Takeuchi
  8. Hiroyasu Ishihara
  9. Junpei Shimizu

Thanks to C3yoyodesign and mrmatio for the freestyle videos!

Japan National YoYo Contest – Day 1 Results!

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Day 1 of Japan Nationais is over in Nagoya! A few of the crowd favorites did not make it, but there are plenty of big names competing for the national title!

In 1A, the favorite is no doubt the current world champion Hiroyuki Suzuki, but team C3’s newest addition, former world champion Shinya Kido, and former national champions Tatsuya Fujisaka and Ryosuke Iwasawa won’t make Mickey’s life easy.

2A also sees the current world champion, Shu Takada, facing a former world title holder, Takuma Yamamoto, and a former national champion, Ryo Yamashita.

More former world champions will battle it out in the incredibly strong 3A division, with Kentaro Kimura facing Minato Furuta.

Even more world champions face off in the 4A division. 2012 world champion Rei Iwakura will have a tough time ahead competing against Naoto Okada and Tsubasa Onishi.

Finally in the 5A division, you got it: another world champion! Takeshi Matsuura is the sole world title holder and by far the favorite in this division.

This the order of the final freestyles:

1A

  • Kento Noda
  • Toya Kobayashi
  • Atsunori Tanimoto
  • Shion Araya
  • Hiroyuki Suzuki
  • Izuru Hasumi
  • Shinya Azuma
  • Masahiro Terada
  • Kazuki Okada
  • Yusuke Otsuka
  • Hirotaka Akiba
  • Ryosuke Iwasawa
  • Iori Yamaki
  • Shinya Kido
  • Tatsuya Fujisaka
  • Akitoshi Tokubuchi

2A

  • Yoshihiro Matsubara
  • Toshiaki Onuma
  • Ginji Miura
  • Shu Takada
  • Shuhei Kanai
  • Tomoyuki Kaneko
  • Ryo Yamashita
  • Takuma Yamamoto

3A

  • Kentaro Kimura
  • Hajime Miura
  • Takumi Yasumoto
  • Kyohei Hosono
  • Taiichiro Higashi
  • Ryosuke Ito
  • Yasuki Tachibana
  • Mizuki Takimoto
  • Minato Furuta

4A

  • Tsubasa Onishi
  • Keita Kido
  • Haruaki Nishitani
  • Shinya Muraki
  • Yudai Kimura
  • Shotaro Masuda
  • Yohei Kagawa
  • Atsushi Takeuchi
  • Rei Iwakura
  • Naoto Okada

5A

  • Junpei Shimizu
  • Sojun Miyamura
  • Takeshi Matsuura
  • Yoshihiro Abe
  • Hiroyasu Ishihara
  • Naoya Takeuchi
  • Sora Ishikawa
  • Hideo Ishida
  • Takayuki Kuriyama

2013 Japan National YoYo Contest Starts Today!

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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

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We’ll be providing coverage of the contest as it happens. Check back later for preliminary results and the contestant order for the finals!

Hiroyuki Suzuki wins Japan Nationals!

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It was a day for World Champions in Chiba, as they were crowned champions in all five divisions of the 2012 Japan National Yo-yo Contest!

Long-time favorite Hiroyuki Suzuki won the spectacular 1A division, followed by Akitoshi Tokubuchi and Kazuki Okada. In 2A, 2008 World Champion Takuma Yamamoto took the title, followed by two of the strongest names in the division, Shu Takada and Ryo Yamashita.

3A saw 2010 World Champion Minato Furuta beat Mizuki Takimoto and Ken Takabayashi to take the title. In 4A, another battle of giants, with World Champions Naoto Okada and Rei Iwakura taking the top spots, followed by the always amazing Kazuaki Sugimura.

Finally in 5A, Takuma Inoue, 2009 World Champion, took first place, ahead of Takayuki Kuriyama and Hideo Ishida.

1A

  1. Hiroyuki Suzuki
  2. Akitoshi Tokubuchi
  3. Kazuki Okada
  4. Takeshi Matsuura
  5. Tatsuya Fujisaka
  6. Hidemasa Semba
  7. Shinya Kido
  8. Yusuke Otsuka
  9. Iori Yamaki
  10. Izuru Hasumi
  11. Ryosuke Iwasawa
  12. Shinya Azuma
  13. Amane Okubo
  14. Kentaro Mannen
  15. Ryota Ogi
  16. Shinnosuke Miyamoto
2A
  1. Takuma Yamamoto
  2. Shu Takada
  3. Ryo Yamashita
  4. Hiraku Fujii
  5. Tomoyuki Kaneno
  6. Michio Kono
  7. Shuhei Kanai
  8. Toshiaki Onuma
  9. Yuzo Okada
3A
  1. Minato Furuta
  2. Mizuki Takimoto
  3. Ken Takabayashi
  4. Yasuki Tachibana
  5. Takumi Yasumoto
  6. Jun Aramaki
  7. Yuki Kurumisawa
  8. Hajime Miura
  9. Ryosuke Ito

4A

  1. Naoto Okada
  2. Rei Iwakura
  3. Kazuaki Sugimura
  4. Atsushi Takeuchi
  5. Yohei Kagawa
  6. Takuma Inoue
  7. Shotaro Masuda
  8. Yuichi Tominaga
  9. Tomohiko Zanka

5A

  1. Takuma Inoue
  2. Takayuki Kuriyama
  3. Hideo Ishida
  4. Sojun Miyamura
  5. Sora Ishikawa
  6. Naoya Takeuchi
  7. Hiroyasu Ishihara
  8. Takafumi Endo
  9. Kazuma Miyakawa

 

2012 Japan Nationals Day 1 results

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Day one of  the 2012 Japan National Yo-yo Contest is over, and as expected, a fierce competition took place in all divisions! See who’s joining the seeded players tomorrow!

1A

  1. Ryota Ogi
  2. Shinya Kido
  3. Amane Ookubo
  4. Shinnosuke Miyamoto
  5. Ryosuke Iwasawa
  6. Shinya Azuma
  7. Tatsuya Fujisaka
  8. Izuru Hasumi
  9. Iori Yamaki
  10. Yuusuke Ootsuka

2A

  1. Shu Takada
  2. Toshiaki Oonuma
  3. Michio Kohno

3A

  1. Takumi Yasumoto
  2. Mizuki Takimoto
  3. Ryosuke Ito

4A

  1. Atsushi Takeuchi
  2. Takuma Inoue
  3. Yuuichi Tominaga

5A

  1. Hideo Ishida
  2. Kazuma Miyakawa
  3. Naoto Takeuchi

With just three spots in 2A to 5A, it’s no surprise that some of the favorites did not make it to the final round. Taichiro Higashi in 3A, and Ryota Torigoe in 5A got fourth in their divisions and won’t be battling for the title. In 1A, a notable absence among the finalists is Reiki Sekiya, who ended up in 15th and is also out of the final round.

Be sure to watch the live stream to catch all the action of the final day! It could well be the toughest edition of Japan Nationals yet!

We’ll be back tomorrow with final results!

Japan Nationals this weekend!

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The world’s strongest national contest will be held this weekend in Chiba!

Six regional contest winners are seeded into the finals in each division, while players who qualified at the top spots in regional contests or the 2010 and 2011 Japan Nationals will battle for a spot in the finals.

Check the list of seeds below:

1A

  • Takeshi Matsuura
  • Hiroyuki Suzuki
  • Hidemasa Senba
  • Kentaro Mannen
  • Akitoshi Tokubuchi
  • Kazuki Okada

2A

  • Shuuhei Kanai
  • Hiraku Fujii
  • Tomoyuki Kaneko
  • Yuzo Okada
  • Takuma Yamamoto
  • Ryo Yamashita

3A

  • Ken Takabayashi
  • Jun Aramaki
  • Yuki Kurumisawa
  • Yasuki Tachibana
  • Minato Furuta
  • Hajime Miura

4A

  • Youhei Kagawa
  • Rei Iwakura
  • Naoto Okada
  • Tomohiko Zanka
  • Shotaro Masuda
  • Kazuaki Sugimura

5A

  • Sora Ishikawa
  • Hiroyasu Ishihara
  • Takafumi Endo
  • Sojun Miyamura
  • Takuma Inoue
  • Takayuki Kuriyama

There are plenty of well-known names in the preliminary round as well: in 1A, Takahiro Iizuka, Shinya Kido, Chris Makita, Reiki Sekiya, Kohta Watanabe, Ryota Ogi, and Tatsuya Fujisaka. In 2A, Shu Takada, Takeshi Maruyama, and Yasushi Furukawa. In 3A, Masanobu Iwata, Taiichiro Higashi, and Ryota Ogi. In 4A, Tsubasa Onishi, Kenji Eto, Takahiko Hasegawa, and Futoshi Maruyama. In 5A, Shingo Terada, Ryota Torigoe, and Takeshi Matsuura.

National and World champions in all divisions, experienced competitors and new prodigies alike should make this one of the fiercest competitions in a long time!

We’ll keep an eye on Japan and bring you information as it becomes available!

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