Iori Yamaki wins the 2015 Asia Pacific YoYo Championships!

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!

1A

1. Iori Yamaki
2. Ahmad Kharisma
3. Hiroyuki Suzuki
4. Marcus Koh
5. Christopher Chia
6. Chayanan Jeensomboonpanich
7. Izuru Hasumi
8. Shinya Kido
9. Toru Miyazaki
10. Ayumu Harada
11. Yamato Murata
12. Daiki Tanaka
13. Brandon Vu
14. Change Hong-Man
15. Nuttanan Ruangpanich
16. Ian Loh
17. Sun Jiahao
18. Kazuya Murata
19. Nguyen Tan Phat
20. Ho Swee Jim
21. Zafran Aqil
22. Hua Phu Nguyen

2A

1. Shinji Saito
2. Shu Takada
3. Liu Man Ki
4. Hiraku Fujii
5. Ginji Miura
6. Akio Niitsuma
7. Ryuya Kaneko
8. Yuki Takami
9. Wasakorn Lattilertwit
10. Hiroyasu Ishihara

3A

1. Taiichiro Higashi
2. Mizuki Takimoto
3. Thawhir Iqbal
4. Teruo Kameya
5. Chong Yichen
6. Naoya Takeuchi
7. Yu Hui Won
8. Li Tian Cheng
9. Tatsunori Yoshiba

4A

1. Naoto Onishi
2. Sean Hung
3. Zhao Chen
4. Jeon Ji Hwan
5. Chan Chun Hin
6. Tomohiko Zanka
7. Lee Min Woo
8. Tsubasa Onishi
9. Ibarra Bradecina Loyola Jr.
10. Pornpinit Sanprasert
11. Shinya Muraki
12. Ayumu Harada
13. Steven Yok Wai Lee
14. Macky Profeta
15. Ewin Ee
16. Nguyen Hoang Tri Hai

5A

1. Naoya Takeuchi
2. Ian Loh
3. Yuttana Sukhumalchatsombat
4. Kai Zhang
5. Kim Min Soo
6. Tatsunori Yoshiba
7. Ju Zi Liang
8. Hiroyasu Ishihara
9. Iskandar Shah
10. Lee Wei Ting
11. Sittiporn Noppakoon
12. Wildan Furqon
13. Ahmad Dimi