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44FESTA vol.7.5 – 44FESTA visits Nagoya!

June 9, 2014 By Rafael Matsunaga

Nagoya, well known among Japanese yo-yo players as the home of the very strong Central Japan Regional Yo-yo Contest, hosted a special edition of 44FESTA on May 31st.

A yo-yo event in the region will certainly attract tons of great players, and 44FESTA was no exception. In addition to the mini contest, sponsor tables, and lucky draws, the freestyle contest had big name contestants and judges: among the competitors, Tatsuya Fujisaka, Shinya Kido, Jun Aramaki, Hironori Mii, and Kazuki Okada. Among the judges, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Kengo Kido, Rei Iwakura, Hiroyasu Ishihara, Ryosuke Kawamura, and Shu Takada’s father, Mr. Makoto Takada!

As you can guess, Nagoya is also where Rewind’s headquarters is located, and the entire crew took part in the contest.

And much to boss Suzuki’s delight, sOMEThING team member Yamato Murata won the freestyle contest!

Top five (with a tie at 4th) in the freestyle contest were:

  1. Yamato Murata
  2. Tatsuya Fujisaka
  3. Takumi Hakamata
  4. Tarou Komari
  5. Arata Imai
  6. Yamato Fujiwara

Freestyle videos can be seen here.

The next 44FESTA will be vol.8 on July 12th! Don’t miss it!

Filed Under: General News Tagged With: 44festa, nagoya, rewind

Akitoshi Tokubuchi is the 2013 Japan National YoYo Champion!

June 2, 2013 By Rafael Matsunaga

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!

Filed Under: Contests, Video Tagged With: akitoshi tokubuchi, featured, japan nationals, jn, minato furuta, nagoya, rei iwakura, takeshi matsuura, takuma yamamoto

Japan National YoYo Contest – Day 1 Results!

June 1, 2013 By Rafael Matsunaga

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

Filed Under: Contests Tagged With: 2013, hiroyuki suzuki, japan, japan nationals, jn, kentaro kimura, minato furuta, nagoya, Ryosuke Iwasawa, shinya kido, shu takada, takeshi matsuura, takuma yamamoto, Tatsuya Fujisaka

2013 Japan National YoYo Contest Starts Today!

May 31, 2013 By Rafael Matsunaga

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

Live broadcasting by Ustream

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

Filed Under: Contests Tagged With: 2013, japan, japan national yoyo contest, jn, nagoya

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