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Acquaintance Sessions – Tal Mordoch

August 27, 2018 By Steve Brown

Filmed during the 2018 Asia Pacific YoYo Championship, this latest Acquaintance Session 2x Israeli National Champion, Tal Mordoch! (With special guest appearance by Dimi. DIMI!)

Filed Under: 1A, Players, Video Tagged With: 1A, 2018 asia pacific championship, acquaintance session, ap, singapore, tal mordoch, yoyo tricks, yoyo video

2018 World YoYo Contest – AP Division Results & Video

August 12, 2018 By Steve Brown

 

The results are in! Congratulations to all the winners of the 2018 World YoYo Contest Art & Performance Division!

 

Filed Under: Contests, Featured Tagged With: 2018 world yoyo contest, ap, china, shanghai, world yoyo champion, yoyo contest results

2017 Asia Pacific Championship – Winners

July 3, 2017 By Steve Brown

Check out video of the winners from the 2017 Asia Pacific YoYo Championship!

1A Division

1st Place – Shion Araya

2A Division

1st Place – Arata Imai

3A Divison

1st Place – Hajime Miura

4A Division

1st Place – Hajime Miura

5A Division

1st Place – Yoshihiro Abe

Filed Under: Contests, Featured, Video Tagged With: 2017, ap, asia pacific yoyo championship, yoyo contest, yoyo freestyle, yoyo tricks, yoyo video

44FESTA AP AAA Throwdown

July 25, 2016 By Rafael Matsunaga

The 44FESTA crew was in Singapore last month for the 2016 Asia Pacific Yo-yo Championships and they bring us a fresh report from the contest and the AAA Throwdown held at the contest after-party.

Check the link above and find out who won the combo contest and whether it’s possible or not to hit double trapezes on wooden imperial yo-yos!

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: 44festa, aaa throwdown, ap, singapore

AP 2016 Clip Video by Ewin Ee

July 9, 2016 By Rafael Matsunaga

Our good friend Ewin Ee from Malaysia put together a clip video from this year’s Asia Pacific Yo-yo Contest, with lots of great highlights from the contest and all the action off-stage as well!

Enjoy!

Filed Under: Contests, Video Tagged With: ap, ap16, ap2016, apyoyo16, ewin ee, singapore

AP16 Results: Shion Araya wins 1A, Liu Man Ki beats Shinji Saito in 2A!

July 6, 2016 By Rafael Matsunaga

The 2016 Asia Pacific Yo-yo Championships was held last week in Singapore, and with yet another huge player turnout, we got a couple of nice surprises among the results!

1A

While we had the usual group of players among the top finishers in 1A, this year we have a brand new face topping the chart! Shion Araya, who finished second at last year’s World Yo-yo Contest, was the winner, with a solid and fast-paced routine, beating AP veterans Marcus Koh, who finished second and took home the Singapore Champion title, and Ahmad Kharisma, arguably the most consistent of the AP contestants.

Last year’s winner, Iori Yamaki, was absent, while veteran contenders Hiroyuki Suzuki and Christopher Chia finished in 6th and 15th place, respectively.

Check out Shion’s winning freestyle and full results from finals below:

  1. Shion Araya
  2. Marcus Koh
  3. Ahmad Kharisma
  4. Dong Ruida
  5. Toya Kobayashi
  6. Hiroyuki Suzuki
  7. Nuttanan Runagpanich
  8. Amirrul Rahman
  9. Kazuya Murata
  10. Shinya Kido
  11. Garbkamol Limangkul
  12. Arif Ramadhan
  13. Sun Jiahao
  14. Chiang Shan Cheng
  15. Christopher Chia
  16. Hua Phu Nguyen
  17. Ian Loh
  18. Ikumi Kato
  19. Panyapat Ananutamapap
  20. Brandon Vu
  21. Thawhir Iqbal
  22. Hu Ruiheng
  23. Mohd Omarail Hafizzudin
  24. Kuo Tzu Wei

2A

The biggest surprise of the contest was in the 2A division, where veteran Liu Man Ki, from Hong Kong, beat 13-time World Champion Shinji Saito, thanks to a major deduction from the latter that was just enough to switch their final rankings. An impressive feat nonetheless!

  1. Liu Man Ki
  2. Shinji Saito
  3. Arata Imai
  4. Tomoyuki Kaneko
  5. Shuhei Kanai
  6. Yuki Takami
  7. Chan Chun Hay
  8. Wasakorn Lattilertwit
  9. Shunsuke Kawakami
  10. Yoon Jong Ki
  11. Jun Taniguchi
  12. Tran Minh Hieu
  13. Kyle Capiral

3A

3A had fewer big names compared to the other divisions, and Taiichiro Higashi had no trouble securing his second title in a row.

  1. Taiichiro Higashi
  2. Yuuki Kurumisawa
  3. Thawhir Iqbal
  4. Chen Junhao
  5. John Eric Galicha
  6. Teruo Kameya
  7. Kuo Yung Chih
  8. Yu Huiwon
  9. Li Tiancheng
  10. Winalda Aryudha
  11. Shuji Kinoshita
  12. David Lau

4A

Offstring at this year’s AP was nothing short of fantastic! Local legend Lim Aik Hwee took home his fourth AP title 10 years after his first, and after no less than 4 years of competition hiatus!

He was closely followed by Tsubasa Onishi and his usual and always entertaining acrobatics, and Tomohiko Zanka, who got his career’s best result yet!

  1. Lim Aik Hwee
  2. Tsubasa Onishi
  3. Tomohiko Zanka
  4. Kuo Po Han
  5. Jeon Ji Hwan
  6. Sean Hung
  7. Pornpinit Sanprasert
  8. Chan Chun Hin
  9. Dong Ruida
  10. Jeong Yong Chan
  11. Osshe Louis
  12. Nguyen Hoang Tri Hai
  13. Lee Min Woo
  14. Wesley Lim
  15. Mohd Khairsyah
  16. Brandon Vu

5A

Hideo Ishida had no trouble winning the counterweight division and his first AP title. His “modern old-school” 5A is always a pleasure to watch.

  1. Hideo Ishida
  2. Tran Quoc Huy
  3. Ian Loh
  4. Naoya Takeuchi
  5. Kuo Chun Yu
  6. Wayne Xiu
  7. Zhu Sheng Yong
  8. Yuttana Sukhumalchatsombat
  9. Azim Jameel
  10. Teruo Kameya
  11. Chong Yichen
  12. Marcus Koh

Many thanks to organizers of the Asia Pacific Yo-yo Contest for the official videos, and of course for bringing us yet another fantastic event! Check out their YouTube channel for more videos from the contest!

Filed Under: Contests Tagged With: ap, ap16, ap2016, hideo ishida, lim aik hwee, liu man ki, results, shion araya, taiichiro higashi

44FESTA Triple A Throwdown at AP and vol. 18 report!

July 1, 2016 By Rafael Matsunaga

Great news for all of you attending the Asia Pacific Yo-yo Championships this week in Singapore! The 44FESTA crew will be holding a Triple A Throwdown during the after-party on July 3rd!

The Triple A Throwdown is an almost mythical post-contest tradition, part of the division’s unique culture, with its roots going back over 10 years ago. As a master of both 3A and ducks, we feel that Masanobu Iwata is uniquely suited to host the event for the Asian community!

The crew at 44FESTA was also busy a couple of weeks ago, holding yet another edition of their own event.

44FESTA vol. 18 was held on June 19th, and this time the offstring relay mini-contest had a sweet twist: 403YOYOCLUB in Sendai competed against the 44FESTA teams over Facetime!

Say hello to 403YOYOCLUB!

Say hello to 403YOYOCLUB!

Pictured above is Team Seki, winners of the mini-contest, with the Sendai crew sending their regards.

Master Nakamura does offstring

The freestyle contest also had something new: judges provided commentary and advice for the contestants on how to improve their freestyles. We expect to see some substantial improvement among the 44FESTA freestylers in the coming contests!

And speaking of improvement, the big winner of this edition was surprisingly not one of the several sponsored players competing; instead, Tomoki Toyama took home the trophy finishing ahead of the pack!

Freestyle winner Tomoki Toyama

Freestyle winner Tomoki Toyama

Check out all freestyle videos here.

Remember to attend the Triple A Throwdown this weekend in Singapore, and the upcoming 44FESTA 3rd Anniversary to be held on August 6th!

Rubber Duck turns 3!

Rubber Duck turns 3!

See you next time!

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: 3A, 44festa, ap, duck

sOMEThING / IZM Present: Asia Pacific 2015

July 9, 2015 By Steve Brown

The 2015 Asia Pacific Championship attracted the usual massive amount of talent to this years event, including a ton of the Something/IZM team. Check out a highlight video of Hiroyuki Suzuki’s dream team in action!

Filed Under: Contests, Manufacturer, Players, Video Tagged With: 2015, ap, Asia Pacific, hiroyuki suzuki, izm, sOMEThING, yoyo addict, yoyo contest, yoyo tricks, yoyo video

Iori Yamaki wins the 2015 Asia Pacific YoYo Championships!

June 28, 2015 By Rafael Matsunaga

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

Filed Under: Contests, Video Tagged With: ap, Asia Pacific, iori yamaki, naoto onishi, naoya takeuchi, shinji saito, singapore, taichiro higashi

AP 2014 – Singapura Represent

November 25, 2014 By Steve Brown

The Asia-Pacific contest just released the first highlight clip from this year’s event, featuring some of the most talented players in Singapore. With players of the caliber of Marcus Koh and Christopher Chia hailing from Singapore, you know this is a country with some of the best talent in the world. Check it out!

Filed Under: Contests, Video Tagged With: 2014, ap, Asia Pacific, video

2014 World YoYo Contest – Artistic Performance Results

August 9, 2014 By Steve Brown

Spination World YoYo Champions

The results are in for the Artistic Performance Division at the 2014 World YoYo Contest!

Grand Prix Winner – Spination (Japan)

Artistic Award – Spination (Japan)

Creativity Award – Tuan Chin-Min (Taiwan)

Filed Under: Contests Tagged With: 2014, ap, artistic performance division, results, world yoyo contest

Ahmad Kharisma is still King of Asia! Full AP results!

July 6, 2014 By Rafael Matsunaga

This year’s Asia Pacific Yo-yo Championship marked the 10th anniversary of the contest. The idea of a multi-national event was new back then, and we’re thrilled to see it bigger and better every year!

We have some results and freestyle videos, courtesy of C3yoyodesign!

Many had been wondering if Ahmad Kharisma’s win over Hiroyuki Suzuki and Christopher last year was an exception to the norm, but the Indonesian star proved he is among the best on the planet, and a contender for this year’s World Yo-yo Contest! Second place went to Iori Yamaki, with Hiroyuki Suzuki finishing third.

In 2A, Shinji Saito showed us he’s still very much the god of 2A, winning the old-schooler battle and finishing ahead of Hiraku Fujii and Liu Man Ki.

If 2A was all about veteran players, 3A gave us a glimpse of a very bright future, with Hajime Miura displaying an unbelievable level of control on stage!

Jeon Ji-Hwan won the 4A division with his usual flashy style, beating Chan Chun Hin and Sean Hung to take the title.

Finally, in 5A, Jaued Cervas, from the Philippines, beat Teeny Kai Zhang and Naoya Takeuchi to bring home the trophy!

Check the results below!

1A

  1. Ahmad Kharisma
  2. Iori Yamaki
  3. Hiroyuki Suzuki
  4. Izuru Hasumi
  5. Christopher Chia
  6. Marcus Koh
  7. Yamato Murata
  8. Shion Araya
  9. Toya Kobayashi
  10. Kazuya Murata
  11. Benson Fok
  12. Cha Dam-Dae
  13. Darrell Mitchell
  14. Chow Chakron
  15. Takahiro Kato
  16. Dong Ruida
  17. Zhao Chen
  18. Ikumi Kato
  19. Chayanan Jeensomboonpanich
  20. Zafran Aqil
  21. Sun Yu Qi
  22. Huynh Huu Loc
  23. Mohammad Khairsyah

2A

  1. Shinji Saito
  2. Hiraku Fujii
  3. Liu Man Ki
  4. Tomoyuki Kaneko
  5. Shunsuke Kawakami
  6. Shuhei Kanai
  7. Ryuya Kaneko
  8. Wasakorn Lattilertwit
  9. Yu Kizami
  10. Hou Yu-Chiun

3A

  1. Hajime Miura
  2. Thawhir Iqbal
  3. Taiichiro Higashi
  4. Chong Yichen
  5. Su Chen Dong
  6. Chen Junhao
  7. Hassan Marialis
  8. Chen Kun
  9. Teruo Kameya
  10. Li Tiancheng
  11. Jason Kao

4A

  1. Jeon Ji-Hwan
  2. Chan Chun Hin
  3. Sean Hung
  4. Zhao Chen
  5. Pornpinit Sanprasert
  6. Kuo Po Han
  7. Tsubasa Onishi
  8. Trivet Sembei
  9. Shotaro Masuda
  10. Lee Min Woo
  11. Ewin Ee
  12. Chang Chih Chieh
  13. Teruo Kameya
  14. Tomohiko Zanka
  15. Lin Jia Her
  16. Wee Teng Ee
  17. Cai Zhi Ming
  18. Dewanta Fachrureza

5A

  1. Jaued Cervas
  2. Teeny Kai Zhang
  3. Naoya Takeuchi
  4. Tatsunori Yoshiba
  5. Tsui Chengyu
  6. Ian Loh
  7. Lee Wei Ting
  8. Zhu Sheng-Yong
  9. Iskandar Shah
  10. Muhammad Shakeel
  11. Hobbit Xiao-Wen Wang
  12. Kim Min Soo
  13. Sitiporn Noppakoon
  14. Wu Jun Jie
  15. Teruo Kameya

Filed Under: Contests Tagged With: 2014, Ahmad Kharisma, ap, hajime miura, jaued cervas, jeon ji-hwan, shinji waito, singapore

2014 Asia Pacific YoYo Championship Day 1 Results!

July 4, 2014 By Rafael Matsunaga

The official Asia Pacific Yo-yo Championship Facebook page has the qualifier results from the first day of AP 2014!

Most of the favorites made it, and finals should be a blast! In 1A, World Champions Hiroyuki Suzuki and Marcus Koh are joined by numerous talented young players. In 2A, plenty of Japanese veterans dominate the scene, led by the legend Shinji Saito himself. Finally 3A, 4A, and 5A present a more diverse selection, and should be also quite fun to watch!

Be sure to come back for the second day of AP on the live stream!

1A

  • Hiroyuki Suzuki
  • Iori Yamaki
  • Yamato Murata
  • Izuru Hasumi
  • Takahiro Kato
  • Kazuya Murata
  • Marcus Koh
  • Toya Kobayashi
  • Sun Yu Qi
  • Darrell Mitchell
  • Chow Chakron
  • Ikumi Kato
  • Shion Araya
  • Zhao Chen
  • Dong Ruida

2A

  • Shinji Saito
  • Shunsuke Kawakami
  • Shuhei Kanai
  • Hiraku Fuji
  • Tomoyuki Kaneko
  • Yu Kizami
  • Ryuya Kaneko

3A

  • Taiichiro Higashi
  • Chen Kun
  • Teruo Kameya
  • Chen Junhao
  • Jason Kao Chung Chern
  • Chong Yichen
  • Li Tiancheng

4A

  • Shotaro Masuda
  • Sean Hung
  • Tomohiko Zanka
  • Chang Chih Chieh
  • Teruo Kameya
  • Lee Min Woo
  • Dewanta Fachrureza
  • Wee Teng Ee
  • Lin Jia Her
  • Cai Zhi Ming

5A

  • Naoya Takeuchi
  • Muhammad Shakeel Mohd Rose
  • Wu Jun Jie
  • Lee Wei Ting
  • Teruo Kameya
  • Ian Loh
  • Jaued Cervas
  • Tatsunori Yoshiba
  • Zhu Sheng-Yong
  • Hobbit Xiao-Wen Wang

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: ap, ap2014, apyoyo, prelims, results, singapore

2014 Asia Pacific Yoyo Championships venue announced

March 12, 2014 By Rafael Matsunaga

ap logo

The 2014 Asia Pacific YoYo Championships will be held once again at the Bugis+ mall in Singapore.

The tenth edition of AP will be held on July 4th-6th, and with the added importance of the contest being one of the few paths to get a seed to the World Yo-yo Contest, we expect nothing short of the best from all players in Asia.

Check out the official AP Facebook page for more updates!

Filed Under: Contests Tagged With: ap, Asia, Asia Pacific, bugis, singapore

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