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Iori Yamaki Wins West Japan YoYo Contest!

April 13, 2013 By Rafael Matsunaga

2013 Japan YoYo League

Looks like the new generation is ready to take on the veterans! The 2013 West Japan Yo-yo Contest was held earlier today in Osaka and the winner in the 1A division was Iori Yamaki, who took first place with his very contest-oriented style.

But the veterans were not entirely outplayed, as Takayuki “Marron” Kuriyama took first place in 5A and we were also fortunate to witness the legendary 4A artist Kenji Eto place 2nd in his division!

Check the results below, courtesy of Yama@18!

**UPDATED**

Videos courtesy C3YoYoDesign! Check out their YouTube channel for video of all the competitors!

1A

  1. Iori Yamaki
  2. Masahiro Terada
  3. Kazuki Okada
  4. Shinya Azuma
  5. Takahiro Iizuka
  6. Amane Okubo
  7. Taro Komari
  8. Hiroaki Okada
  9. Masaki Okita
  10. Takayasu Murakami

2A

  1. Ryo Yamashita
  2. Arata Imai
  3. Yusuke Nakayama
  4. Takahiro Ishihara

3A

  1. Yasuki Tachibana
  2. Sora Tahira
  3. Toru Komatsu

4A

  1. Yudai Kimura
  2. Kenji Eto
  3. Shota Kubota

5A

  1. Takayuki Kuriyama
  2. Ryota Torigoe
  3. Yasuhiro Uchida
  4. Hayato Fujiwara

Filed Under: Contests Tagged With: 2013, c3yoyodesign, iori yamaki, results, ryo yamashita, takayuki kuriyama, west japan, wj, yama@18, Yasuki Tachibana, Yudai Kimura

2012 Japan Yo-yo League Kicks Off: Takeshi Matsuura Wins 1A at East Japan A

December 8, 2011 By Rafael Matsunaga

The 2012 Japan Yo-yo League officially started last weekend with the East Japan A Block Contest in Tokyo!

EJ has traditionally been a very strong regional contest, with the main Japanese competitors taking part. This year the contest was divided into two blocks, A and B. Block B will be held in Ichikawa City, in February.

In the A Block, Yoyojam’s prodigy and 5A World Champion Takeshi Matsuura surprised onlookers by winning the 1A division, ahead of YoyoRecreation’s Takahiro Iizuka, in 3rd, and Kento Noda, in 2nd. Is Takeshi Matsuura, who has won Japan Nationals in both 3A and 5A before, now aiming for the 1A title as well? Also worth noting is that 1A was the only division Takeshi competed in at EJ-A.

The winners in the other divisions were veteran Shuhei Kanai in 2A, Ken Takabayashi in 3A, Youhei Kagawa in 4A and Sora Ishikawa in 5A. Ishikawa was also the winner of the 44CLASH KIKSTYO Battle Tournament last month, and should be a contender for the Japanese title. 5A runner-up was Duncan Crew’s Shingo “Terry” Terada, who is still competing after more than 10 years in the scene!

The league continues next year with more regional contests throughout the country and finally the national contest:

  • December 4th, 2011 – East Japan A Block Contest (EJ-A), Tokyo
  • January 28th, 2012 – Central Japan Contest (CJ), Iwakura City
  • February 4th, 2012 – East Japan B Block Contest (EJ-B), Ichiwaka City
  • February 25th, 2012 – North Japan Contest (NJ), Sapporo
  • March 11th, 2012 – South Japan Contest (SJ), Kasuya District
  • April 21st, 2012 – West Japan Contest (WJ), Osaka
  • June 30th, 2012 – Japan National Yo-yo Contest, Ichikawa City
For all those interested in checking the action, proceed to Mr. Yamaguchi’s new YouTube channel. Music is replaced in most freestyles due to copyright issues, but it’s nonetheless great to have such a great resource back online!

Filed Under: Contests, Video Tagged With: east japan, ej, ej-a, japan yo-yo league, jyyf, ken takabayashi, shingo terada, shuhei kanai, sora ishikawa, takeshi matsuura, video, yama@18, youhei kagawa, YoYoJam

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