YoYo Related News From Around The World
YoYoFactory‘s 2013 catalog folds out into a giant poster of Paul Han. OMG HE’S SO DREAMY!
Check out YoYoFactory’s new models and packaging at the International Toy Fair in NYC, Booth #4845, Feb. 10 – 13. The show is only open to the trade, but we’ll have photos of their new releases as soon as the show opens!
It is without question that Bryan Figeuroa is one of the greatest 4A players to ever grace the stage. He has won the US National Yo-Yo Contest six times, the California State Championships three times, and has placed second at the World Yo-Yo Contest in 2012. With such an illustrious 4A career, it’s no surprise that Bryan’s 1A has gotten lost in the shuffle.
Bryan has crafted a truly unique 1A style, and he spent a few minutes with Sector Y at a recent Spindox meet so he could show off some of his 1A moves. Most of these are little moves, and not necessarily full length tricks or long combos. They’re simply cool moves that he wanted to commit to video before he forgot them.
This is the first entry in the Memory Dump series. The series aims to film little moves that would otherwise get swept away in the fast moving world of yoyoing.
Malcolm Chiu from Duncan Crew Singapore shows off a decade of amazing tricks. Inspired by Janos Karacz, Ryosuke Iwasawa, Takahiro Iizuka, Plamek, and several others, Malcolm demonstrates and amazing aptitude for technical string tricks and amazing lacerations, hooks, whips, suicides, etc. Malcom’s Suicide to Star was one of the most amazing tricks of 2012. This video goes above and beyond.
New names and old names faced each other in Northern Japan earlier today at the 2013 North Japan Yo-yo Contest in Sapporo.
In 1A, plenty of new names made the top of the list, with Hirotaka Akiba taking the top spot. In 2A, former World Champion Takuma Yamamoto was the clear winner. Taichiro Higashi had no problems taking first place in 3A, while the 4A and 5A titles went to Atsushi Takeuchi and Yoshihiro Abe, respectively.
Check the final standings below:
North Japan is usually the smaller of the Japanese regional contests, but that doesn’t mean it’s a weaker contest. With names like Takuma Yamamoto, Taichiro Higashi, and Sojun Miyamura, contestants will have a hard time in all divisions.
NJ will take place on January 26th, in Sapporo!
Source: JYYF
Last year Hiroyuki Suzuki started an exceptionally victorious year winning the Central Japan regional contest. Can 2013 be as good? We’re about to find out, as CJ approaches once again.
In addition to Mickey, a number of other World Champions are also set to compete, including Shinya Kido in 1A, Shu Takada and Yasushi Furukawa in 2A, Minato Furuta in 3A, and Rei Iwakura in 4A.
Central Japan will take place on February 2nd in Iwakura. Check the full list of competitors below!
Source: JYYF
Videos are starting to show up following the 2013 East Japan Yo-Yo Contest.
You can find many of the prelim routines here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/yama18J
1st (Tatsuya Fujisaka) and 2nd (Shinji Saito) in 1A videos are here.
Note – Shinji Saito is not only amazing in 2A but has some equally amazing tricks in 1A. Very impressive freestyle!
For the full results from the contest by division see our previous post here.
There’s no tighter yo-yo competition scene than in the Philippines. Every contest held in the country always brings the best Filipino contestants and dozens of other players. And the next such contest is the YoYoMafia Battle, to be held at Sm City Marikina, just outside Manila, on February 16th!
International attendance is also expected, with Werrd’s trick machine Hassan Marialis already confirmed!
Be sure to head to the official event page for additional information!
The East Japan A-Block regional contest was held earlier today in Tokyo, and 2011 Japan National Champion Tatsuya Fujisaka came out on top in 1A! The biggest World Champion of all time, Shinji Saito, ended up in second place, followed closely by Yusuke Ootsuka.
Check the results below, courtesy of yoyonews.jp!
The 2013 Japan Yo-yo League website has the list of contestants for the upcoming East Japan Block A regional contest.
The 1A division is traditionally strong at East Japan, and this year is no exception. Names like Tatsuya Fujisaka, Chris Makita, Yusuke Ootsuka, and even former World Champions Kentaro Kimura and Shinji Saito (!) should make things very interesting indeed! Another former World Champion competing at EJ-A is Makoto Numagami, although he will remain in his familiar 5A division.
Here’s the full lineup:
EJ-A will be held on January 5th in Tokyo.
Via yoyonews.jp.
The Japan Yo-yo Federation has announced the dates for the 2013 Japan Yo-yo League!
The league will follow last year’s format, with all regional contests taking place early in the year and culminating with the National Contest in June.
Last year Hiroyuki Suzuki started an unbelievable year winning Central Japan, then proceeding to dominate Japan Nationals, Asia Pacific, Worlds, and the Bali International Yo-yo Open. Can he repeat that winning streak? We’ll know very soon!
