YoYo Related News From Around The World
Congratulations to Shion Araya on winning the 1A Division of the 2018 Japan National YoYo Contest! Check out full results and video of the top 5 winners below.
Video is up for the winners of the 2018 South Japan YoYo Contest, and the amount of talent on display is mind-blowing. Japan Nationals is gonna be amazing.
Izuri Hasumi took the 1A division with an intense but problematic routine. He was still able to power through a lot of small mistakes and mostly stick to his music cues, which shows how much work he’s put in. A clean version of this would could definitely be a Japan Nats contender for Top 3.
Ryo Yamashita took the 2A division with a solid routine that only had a few minor losses of control and could probably win any 2A Division in the US easily. The level of play for 2A is so high in Japan that it’s hard to say how this routine will play out at Japan Nats, but it’s definitely up to snuff.
Ryosuke Ito put together a nice 3A routine that led off with some interesting asymmetrical tricks, but definitely struggled to land it clean. The routine was difficult enough to pull off a win, but he’s got some work to do before Nationals.
Yuki Uchida brought a stunning offstring routine that has definitely pushed him out to the front of the pack for Japan Nationals contenders. With 4th Place finishes at the last two World YoYo Contests, Yuki Uchida is definitely a rising star and one of the most exciting new contenders in offstring.
2015 Japan National Champion Hideo Ishida took the 5A division with a strong routine and minimal flubs. Hideo is a gifted and practiced player, and a clean run with this routine could definitely make some waves at Japan Nationals this year, as well as Worlds.
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.
YoYoRecreation team members Izuri Hasumi and Iori Yamaki will be competing at the 2014 Asia Pacific YoYo Championships, to be held in Singapore this coming weekend on July 4th – 6th. YoYoRecreation has dropped teaser videos for both players and they’re definitely worth checking out!
YoYos used are the Dazzler and the Draupnir.
YoYoRecreation put together a solid video of their team at the 2013 World YoYo Contest…beautifully shot and edited, and top-notch play from one of the best contest teams in the world! Featuring Yusuke Otsuka, Izuru Hasumi, Ryota Ogi, Iori Yamaki, Yasuki Tachibana, Minato Furuta, Naoto Okada, Tatsuya Fujisaka, Akitoshi Tokubuchi, Samm Scott, Ahmad Kharisma, and Ryosuke Iwasawa, with a special appearance by the Rosen Plaza carpet.
The Nagoya-based CBC TV has a niece piece on Japan Nationals, held in the city last week.
There’s some of the usual “the yo-yo is not what it used to be”, but there are some quite interesting bits on Tatsuya Fujisaka and Izuru Hasumi’s lives outside of yo-yoing.
A rare glimpse into the production and development of YoYoRecreation products is also provided, with a brief visit to the machine shop, and a close look at YoYoRecreation’s titanium yo-yo prototype, complete with Tatsuya Fujisaka testing a freshly-turned piece wearing his everyday suit.
And as a bonus, courtesy of YouTube’s translated subtitles, here’s your bad yoyo translation of the week:
YoYoRecreation dropped this great video of their team showing off at the North Japan YoYo Contest…there is some top-notch play in here! Featuring Izuru Hasumi, Sojun Miyamura, Tatsuya Fujisaka, Kentaro Mannen, and Takahiro Iizuka.