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