Asia Pacific Yo-Yo Championships Explained

Asia Pacific Yo-Yo Championships (AP) is Asia's most renowned and premier yo-yo competition organized by Spinworkx, a company based in Singapore since 2003. The competition has grown steadily since its inception in 2003. Spinners from around the region get to compete with current world champions, trade tips and tricks with the best in the scene, raising the standard of spinning.[1] [2]

Contests

AP has 5 Divisions since 2011.

The 5 Divisions are 1A, 2A, 3A, 4A and 5A

1A is the single unresponsive yoyo category, players are required to use only 1 unresponsive yoyo for their performance.

2A is the double responsive yoyo category, players are required to use 2 responsive yoyos for their performance. This is also known as the hardest yo-yoing style.

3A is the double unresponsive yoyo category, players are required to use 2 unresponsive yoyos for their performance.

4A is the Off-string yoyo category, players are required to use a specially designed offstring yoyo for their performance, there are no limits to how many offstring yoyos you can use in the 4A category

5A is the Off-hand yoyo category, players are required to attach a special counter weight to a single unresponsive yoyo on the string for their performance.

Editions

  1. 2003: 3 events
  2. 2004: 4 events
  3. 2005: 4 events
  4. 2006: 4 events
  5. 2008: 4 events
  6. 2010: 5 events
  7. 2011: 5 events
  8. 2012: 5 events
  9. 2013: 5 events
  10. 2014: 5 events
  11. 2015: 5 events
  12. 2016: 5 events
  13. 2017: 5 events
  14. 2018: 5 events
  15. 2019: 5 events

Medals (2003-2019)

Source: [3] [4] [5] [6]

Participating nations

The organizer let players from only Asia-Pacific region compete in all divisions.[7]

Competition Prizes

Prize is given competitors who won 1st to 3rd places. 500 SGD for 1st, 300 SGD for 2nd, 100 SGD for 3rd place.

List of past champions

1A

width=10% YearWinner2nd3rd
align=center 2003Hiroyuki Suzuki Man-Fai Chan Chun-Hin Cheung
align=center 2004Hiroyuki Suzuki Nicholas Hang Chun-Hin Cheung
align=center 2005Hiroyuki Suzuki Chun-Hin Cheung Johji Takamatsu
align=center 2006Hiroyuki Suzuki Johji Takamatsu Mohd Faiz
align=center 2008Hiroyuki Suzuki Shinya Kido Yi-cheng Luo
align=center 2010Hiroyuki Suzuki Marcus Koh Shinya Kido
align=center 2011Christopher Chia Marcus Koh Hiroyuki Suzuki
align=center 2012Hiroyuki Suzuki Christopher Chia Darrell Mitchell
align=center 2013Ahmad Kharisma Luhur Christopher Chia Hiroyuki Suzuki
align=center 2014Ahmad Kharisma Luhur Iori Yamaki Hiroyuki Suzuki
align=center 2015Iori Yamaki Ahmad Kharisma Luhur Hiroyuki Suzuki
align=center 2016Shion Araya Marcus Koh Ahmad Kharisma Luhur
align=center 2017Shion Araya Hirotaka Akiba Marcus Koh
align=center 2018Garbkamol Limangkul Hirotaka Akiba Ryota Ogi
align=center 2019Garbkamol Limangkul Hirotaka Akiba Kohei Nishimura

2A

width=10% YearWinner2nd3rd
align=center 2003Koji Yokoyama Hiroyuki Suzuki Man-Fai Chan
align=center 2004Hiraku Fujii Yutaro Kasuya Jin-Gyu Han
align=center 2005Hiraku Fujii Koji Yokoyama Man-Ki Liew
align=center 2006Koji Yokoyama Shota Aizawa Yutaro Kasuya
align=center 2008Shuhei Kanai Masanori Jodai Chun-Hay Chan
align=center 2010Shinji Saito Hiraku Fujii Masanori Jodai
align=center 2011Shinji Saito Takuma Yamamoto Man-Ki Liu
align=center 2012Shunsuke Kawakami Siu-Ho Yiu Wasakorn Lattilertwit
align=center 2013Ginji Miura Atsushi Yamada Chun-Hay Chan
align=center 2014Shinji Saito Hikaru Fujii Man-Ki Liu
align=center 2015Shinji Saito Shu Takada Man-Ki Liu
align=center 2016Man-Ki Liu Shinji Saito Arata Imai
align=center 2017Arata Imai Tomoyuki Kaneko Yi Chenghao
align=center 2018Yi Chenghao Arata Imai Akira Kato
align=center 2019Arata Imai Akira Kato Yuki Takami

3A

width=10% YearWinner2nd3rd
align=center 2010Kentaro Kimura Taiichiro Higashi Takeshi Matsuura
align=center 2011Minato Furuta Takeshi Matsuura Taiichiro Higashi
align=center 2012Chak-Wing Wong Takao Morioka Taiichiro Higashi
align=center 2013Chak-Wing Wong Taiichiro Higashi Thawhir Iqbal
align=center 2014Hajime Miura Thawhir Iqbal Taiichiro Higashi
align=center 2015Taiichiro Higashi Mizuki Takimoto Thawhir Iqbal
align=center 2016Taiichiro Higashi Yuuki Kurumisawa Thawhir Iqbal
align=center 2017Hajime Miura Thawhir Iqbal Taiichiro Higashi
align=center 2018Mizuki Takimoto Thawhir Iqbal Yuto Yamaguchi
align=center 2019Thawhir Iqbal Wang Yuxiang Yuto Yamaguchi

4A

width=10% YearWinner2nd3rd
align=center 2004Atsushi Yamada Lim Aik Hwee Eiji Okuyama
align=center 2005Kin-Lok Lee Lim Aik Hwee Eiji Okuyama
align=center 2006Lim Aik Hwee Kin-Lok Lee Sean Perez
align=center 2008Lim Aik Hwee Naoto Okada Jung-Ting Tsao
align=center 2010Rei Iwakura Sean Hung Po-Han Kuo
align=center 2011Tsubasa Onishi Rei Iwakura Sean Hung
align=center 2012Lim Aik Hwee Sean Hung Yan-Ting Lam
align=center 2013Tsubasa Onishi Pornpinit Sanprasert Ji-Hwan Jeon
align=center 2014Ji-Hwan Jeon Chun-Hin Chan Sean Hung
align=center 2015Naoto Onishi Sean Hung Zhao Chen
align=center 2016Lim Aik Hwee Tsubasa Onishi Tomohiko Zanka
align=center 2017Hajime Miura Takumi Hakamata Po-Han Kuo
align=center 2018Tsukasa Takada Chan Chun Hin Tomohiko Zanka
align=center 2019Tsukasa Takada Cheng Sheng-Wen Oh Jiho

5A

width=10% YearWinner2nd3rd
align=center 2004Makoto Numagami Lim Aik Hwee Andrew Lim
align=center 2005Muhammad Iskandar Shah Sojun Miyamura Hiroyasu Ishihara
align=center 2006Daijiro Akatsuka Iskandar Shah Muhammad Shakeel
align=center 2008Sojun Miyamura Naoto Okada Muhammad Shakeel
align=center 2010Takeshi Matsuura Muhammad Iskandar Shah Tsu-Chieh Lan
align=center 2011Takeshi Matsuura Bryan Jardin Kwok-San Chan
align=center 2012Bryan Jardin Muhammad Iskandar Shah Naoya Takeuchi
align=center 2013Bryan Jardin Kwan-Ho Ko Muhammad Iskandar Shah
align=center 2014Jaued Cervas 'Teeny' Kai Zhang Naoya Takeuchi
align=center 2015Naoya Takeuchi Ian Loh Yuttana Sukhumalchatsombat
align=center 2016Hideo Ishida Tran Quoc Huy Ian Loh
align=center 2017Yoshihiro Abe Miggy Hizon Tran Quoc Huy
align=center 2018Yoshihiro Abe Hideo Ishida Miggy Hizon
align=center 2019Yoshihiro Abe Miggy Hizon Naoya Takeuchi

X

Only in 2003. X was divided into 3 divisions (3A, 4A, 5A).

width=10% YearWinner2nd3rd
align=center 2003Eiji Okuyama Fajar Siddiq Hyun-Woong Moon

See also

Asia Pacific Championships

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.spinworkx.com/Spinworkx/home.html
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20240000000000*/http://www.spinworkx.com/Spinworkx/home.html
  3. Web site: #APYOYO2019 | Stringing Asia Together .
  4. Web site: History | #APYOYO2019 .
  5. Web site: All-time Ranking | #APYOYO2019 .
  6. Web site: Past Results | #APYOYO2019 .
  7. http://www.asiapacyoyo.com/Asia_Pacific_Yo-yo_Championships_2011/eventdetails.html ASIA PACIFIC YO-YO CHAMPIONSHIPS 2011 EVENT DETAILS

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