{"id":2823,"date":"2014-10-09T10:56:22","date_gmt":"2014-10-09T01:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yoyorewind.com\/en\/?p=2823"},"modified":"2014-10-09T10:56:22","modified_gmt":"2014-10-09T01:56:22","slug":"726-japan-yo-yo-tour-in-chiba-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yoyorewind.com\/en\/news\/2014\/10\/09\/2823\/","title":{"rendered":"7\/26 Japan Yo-Yo Tour in Chiba – Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

On July 26th we held a Japan Yo-Yo Tour stop at Keihoku Hall in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture.<\/p>\n

The venue was close to Kashiwa Station. On that day there was a big festival going on around the Kashiwa Station area and the roads were blocked, so it was difficult to get to the venue.<\/p>\n

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People came not just from Chiba, but also Saitama, Tokyo, Kanagawa and further to participate in the event.<\/p>\n

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The 10-Second Sleeper Contest!<\/p>\n

Despite (or maybe because of?) the contest’s simple premise, people got pretty fired up about it!<\/p>\n

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The final match of the Forward Pass Speed Challenge. In the picture, they’re just about to start.<\/p>\n

Same as the 10-Second Sleeper, it is a simple and easy to understand contest, so a lot of people joined in.<\/p>\n

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Team C3yoyodesign, Shinya Kido<\/p>\n

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Duncan Crew (and new US 4A National Champion!!!), Zac Rubino!<\/p>\n

The stage was very small so it should have been difficult to do off string, but Zac pulled it off with no problems.<\/p>\n

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Team YoYoFactory, Gentry Stein<\/p>\n

Gentry, taller than the rest of us, looked like he might hit the low ceiling, but he still put on a very intense performance for the audience.<\/p>\n

Other than Shinya, Zac and Gentry, players representing companies that sponsored our Japan Tour also took the stage!<\/p>\n

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Team YoYoJam, Toshiaki Onuma<\/p>\n

He used YoYoJam’s Unleashed<\/a> to do a great 2A freestyle.<\/p>\n

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Werrd Alliance Member, Ryosuke Ito<\/p>\n

He did his main style 3A, as well as 4A.<\/p>\n

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Team YoYoFactory, Kento Noda<\/p>\n

A local from Chiba Prefecture, Kento is one of YoYoFactory’s younger team members.<\/p>\n

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Personally, I have been to Kashiwa several times, but coming with the tour was my first visit in a while so I was glad to come again.<\/p>\n

Thank you to everyone who came to our tour stop in Kashiwa!<\/p>\n

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REWIND presents Japan Yo-Yo Tour 2014 Sponsors<\/h3>\n

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