There is no way to overstate that 44Clash is one of the coolest yoyo contests to ever exist. No matter how cool you might think it is, it’s actually cooler than that in person.
PROJECT2015 – 44FESTA and 44CLASH at the 2015 World Yo-yo Contest
Hassy from 44FESTA sends word about the PROJECT2015 wrap-up report.
PROJECT2015 was 44FESTA’s contribution to the 2015 World Yo-yo Contest, held last year in Tokyo.
In addition to helping promote the contest, the crew was also present on the contest floor running side events like the 44CLASH Battle Tournament, and the 44FESTA game booth.
44FESTA leader Masanobu Iwata
FESTALAND, the game booth, was super popular among attendees, and featured traditional Eastern and Western carnival games like ring-toss, goldfish (or in this case bouncy-ball) fishing, and shooting range.
Another hugely successful side event was of course the 44CLASH Battle Tournament, featuring some of the most creative and acrobatic yo-yo players from around the globe.
The event was led by Fist Salud’s leader and 44CLASH organizer Dee:
MC Dee
The Battle Tournament was of course hugely popular, and featured names like János Karancz, Tsubasa Onishi, Rei Iwakura, and the eventual winner, Paul Kerbel.
Be sure to check out PROJECT2015’s event report with lots more pictures. The crew worked hard for month to help make Tokyo 2015 the greatest yo-yo contest ever held and it shows!
2015 Worlds – 44Clash Battle Tournament
44Clash held a star-studded battle tournament as a side event at the 2015 World YoYo Contest in Tokyo. YoYoFactory’s Paul Kerbel emerged as the well-deserved champion but now those of us who didn’t make it to the event get to watch every round leading up to Paul’s victory!
Round 1A – Janos Karancz VS Tsubasa Onishi
Round 2A – Hidemasa Semba VS Paul Kerbel
Semi-Final A – Paul Kerbel VS Janos Karancz
Round 1B – Rei Iwakura VS Petr Kavka
Round 2B – Ben Conde VS Palli Gudmundsson
Semi-Final B – Rei Iwakura VS Palli Gudmundsson
FINAL ROUND – Paul Kerbel VS Palli Gudmundsson
44Clash Experience
Fist Salud brings us an inside look at 44Clash, one of the most talent-stacked and legendary yoyo contests of all time. Featuring Zach Gormley, Ahmad Kharisma, John Ando, Yuuki Spencer, Palli Gudmundsson, Christopher Chia, and more.
2014 44Clash – Day Two Video
Back in February we got a glimpse inside the legendary 44Clash event with a “Day One” clip video from the contest itself. Now we get a video featuring the performances from Day Two, with players like Zach Gormley, Takeshi Matsuura, Bryan Figueroa, and more!
2014 44Clash – Day 1
If you haven’t been to 44Clash, you are really missing out. But at least now you can get a look at this prestigious yoyo contest…and there’s more coming! Enjoy this beautifully shot and edited look at the first day of the 2014 44Clash event. Featuring more talent than we can possibly list!
Werrd Japan 2015
Team YoYoRecreation @ 44Clash 2014
Check out some great footage of Team YoYoRecreation, filmed around the 2014 44Clash event.
Featuring Takahiro Iizuka, Iori Yamaki, Kenji Eto, Hirotaka Akiba, Takumi Yasumoto, Hiroyasu Ishihara, Yuusuke Ootsuka, Kento Muraoka, Mizuki Takimoto, Akitoshi Tokubuchi, Ryota Torigoe, Ahmad Kharisma, Tatsuya Fujisaka, Sojun Miyamura, Hiro Irifune, Ryosuke Iwasawa, Izuru Hasumi, and Kensuke Goto.
44Clash Results – ZACH GORMLEY WINS!
The results are in, and Zach Gormley is the new 44Clash champion! This years event was absolutely amazing, and my first time attending this prestigious contest. The yoyo scene in Japan is overwhelmingly stacked with talent, and the addition of top-level players from around the world made this one of the best contests of the year.
Full results are listed below. Congratulations to all the winners!
1A Division
1st – Zach Gormley (CLYW) – 78.8
2nd – Janos Karancz (Duncan) – 73.8
3rd – Yuuki Spencer – 70.8
4th – Shu Takada (YoYoFactory) – 69.6
5th – Hiroyuki Suzuki (sOMEhING) – 68.8
6th – Hidemasa Senba (Duncan) – 67.9
7th – Akitoshi Tokubuchi (YoYoRecreation) – 67.5
8th – Ahmad Kharisma (YoYoRecreation) – 64.6
9th – Shion Araya (C3YoYoDesign) – 64.2
9th – Yamato Murata (sOMEhING) – 64.2
11th – Iori Yamaki – (YoYoRecreation) – 63.8
12th – Hirotaka Akiba – 59.6
12th – Christopher Chia (sOMEThING) – 59.6
14th – Daiki Tanaka (YoYoFactory) – 58.3
15th – Takeshi Matsuura (Turning Point) – 57.5
16th – Izuru Hasumi (YoYoRecreation) – 56.3
17th – Petr Kavka (CLYW) – 55.4
18th – Shinya Kido (C3YoYoDesign) – 54.2
19th – Tatsuya Fujisaka (YoYoRecreation) – 53.8
20th – Palli Gudmundsson (CLYW) – 53.3
21st – Ayumu Harada (CLYW) – 52.1
22nd – Eric Tran-ton (RecRev) – 49.6
23rd – Yusuke Otsuka (YoYoRecreation) – 48.3
24th – Kentaro Mannen (Japan Technology?) – 40.8
25th – Igor Galiev (YoYoFactory) – 38.3
26th – Akos Linzenbold – 35.8
27th – Yuusuke Moriki (DXL Crew) – 34.2
28th – Kento Muraoka (YoYoRecreation) – 31.7
29th – Chemn Jua Lin (YOYO.Y) – 29.2
2A Division
1st – Masakazu Yamasaki (Rewind) – 72.7
2nd – Shun Sakakibara (SpinGear) – 55.0
3rd – Kiwamu Ebata – 54.2
4th – Ryusei Saito – 52.9
5th – Takumi Nagase – 44.2
6th – Tomoyuki Kaneko (sOMEhING) – 43.8
7th – Toshiaki Onuma – 43.5
8th – Yuki Yamaguchi – 27.3
3A Division
1st – Hajime Miura (sOMEThING) – 81.0
2nd – Tomoya Kurita – 67.3
3rd – Yuto Yamaguchi – 53.5
4th – Ryosuke Ito (Werrd) – 51.3
5th – Mizuki Takimoto (YoYoRecreation) – 50.0
6th – Eric Tran-Ton (RecRev) – 48.3
4A Division
1st – Jeon Ji Hwan (Japan Technology) – 79.4
2nd – Rei Iwakura (YoYoJam) – 76.0
3rd – Bryan Figueroa (YoYoJam) – 75.4
4th – Tsubasa Onishi – 62.3
5th – Keita Kido (Japan Technology) – 55.2
6th – Takumi Yasimoto (YoYoRecreation) – 49.6
7th – Yuki Uchida – 44.6
8th – Eiji Okuyama (YoYoFactory) – 43.5
9th – Lee Min Woo (sOMEThING) – 39.4
10th – Shinya Muraki – 24.8
5A Division
1st – Naoya Takeuchi (yoyomonster) – 57.7
2nd – Sojun Miyamura – 55.8
3rd – Yoshihiro Abe (Duncan) – 51.9
4th – Petr Kavka (CLYW) – 45.8
5th – Ryota Torigoe (YoYoRecreation) – 42.5
6th – Daigo Komiya (Werrd) – 34.8
44Clash Prelim Results
The first day of 44Clash has finished, and the results are in! There was a ton of amazing talent in prelims today…the players who are moving to finals are listed, along with photos of full results.
1A Finalists
1st – Hirotaka Akiba – 73.9
2nd – Igor Galiev – 69.4
3rd – Yusuke Otsuka – 68.5
4th – Akitoshi Tokubuchi – 68.1
5th – Eric Tran-ton – 66.3
6th – Hidemasa Senba – 65.7
7th – Shion Araya – 61.5
8th – Tatsuya Fujisaka – 61.1
9th – Kento Muraoka – 60.8
2A Finalists
1st – Tomoyuki Kaneko – 70.2
2nd – Kiwamu Ebata – 64.3
3rd – Toshiaki Onuma – 61.1
4th – Takumi Nagase – 53.5
5th – Yuki Yamaguchi – 50.5
3A Finalists
1st – Mizuki Takimoto – 69.2
2nd – Tomoya Kurita – 69.2
3rd – Eric Tran-ton – 60.4
4th – Yuto Yamaguchi – 54.2
4A Finalists
1st – Bryan Figueroa – 85.3
2nd – Keita Kido – 80.2
3rd – Tsubasa Onishi – 67.5
4th – Takumi Yasumoto – 66.8
5th – Yuki Uchida – 65.4
6th – Shinya Muraki – 63.3
7th – Lee Min Woo – 57.0
5A Finalists
1st – Sojun Miyamura – 67.4
2nd – Yoshihiro Abe – 61.4
3rd – Daigo Komiya – 57.4
4th – Naoya Takeuchi – 57.3
5th – Ryota Torigoe – 55.7
Diabolo Winners
1st – Hayato Watanabe – 83.8
2nd – Shun Tanaka – 65.4
3rd – Syo Takano – 64.2
4th – Yukinaga Oya – 62.5
5th – Hiroki Abe – 61.3
6th – Yuichiro Kubo – 59.2
7th – Yosuke Akiba – 56.3
8th – Takumi Isobe – 53.3
9th – Masahiro Kudo – 52.5
10th – Hideya Watanabe – 47.9
11th – Koki Suwa – 47.5
12th – Erika Suda – 47.5
13th – Fumiya Nishio – 35.4
Registration Opens for 44Clash
Registration has opened for 44Clash!
The legendary contest took last year off for the organizers to regroup and focus on other endeavors, but this prestigious (and somewhat secretive) event is back! The number of competitors will be limited, so if you’re attending you should register as soon as possible. Rules have also been posted, so make sure you read carefully and know what’s going on.
44Clash will take place November 22nd & 23rd in Yokohama, Japan, just outside of Tokyo. 44Clash is known for attracting the highest levels of play in the world, and for keeping the event closed…freestyle videos are not posted and photography is generally not allowed.
44Clash – Pre-Event Videos
44Clash released two new videos from their 2014 pre-event, held August 23rd and 24th. One video focused on the freestyle and the other focused on the event itself, and both should REALLY make you want to turn up in Tokyo for the main event in November.
44Clash English Site LIVE
The English site is live for 44Clash, one of the most prestigious yoyo events in the world.
To be held this November 22-23 at Bay Side Yokohama, 44Clash brings an amazing mixture of world class talent to compete for top bragging rights and the 44Clash title. World and National Champions will battle it out in a packed nightclub venue and the only people who will see it are the ones in attendance…this exclusive contest releases no video footage, making it a must-attend event for serious yoyo players!
44Clash Pre-Event Results & Video
44Clash held their pre-event to quality local players to this prestigious contest, and we’ve got video of all competitors!
Check out the Top 3 in each division below, and follow the links to see the rest of the players on the 44Clash YouTube channel.
1A Freestyle
1st Place – Yamato Murata
2nd Place – Daiki Tanaka
3rd Place – Hidemasa Senba
2A Freestyle
1st Place – Ryusei Saito
2nd Place – Shuhei Kanai
3rd Place – Michio Kuono
X Freestyle
1st Place – Ryosuke Ito
2nd Place – Sora Ishikawa
3rd Place – Hajime Miura
Click here to watch all 1A Freestyles from the 44Clash Pre-Event
Click here to watch all 2A Freestyles from the 44Clash Pre-Event
Click here to watch all X Freestyles from the 44Clash Pre-Event