Asia Pacific Yo-Yo Championships

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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]

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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]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)493328110
2Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore  (SIN)7191036
3Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines  (PHI)3328
4Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)3238
5Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong  (HKG)271120
6Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia  (INA)2215
7Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand  (THA)2125
8Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea  (KOR)1045
9Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei  (TPE)0145
10Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam  (VIE)0112
11Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia  (MAS)0033
Totals (11 entries)696969207

Participating nations

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

  1. Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
  2. Flag of Brunei.svg  Brunei
  3. Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
  4. Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
  5. Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
  6. Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
  7. Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
  8. Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
  9. Flag of Macau.svg  Macau
  10. Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia
  11. Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
  12. Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan
  13. Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
  14. Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea

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

YearWinner2nd3rd
2003Hiroyuki Suzuki (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Man-Fai Chan (Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong)Chun-Hin Cheung (Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong)
2004Hiroyuki Suzuki (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Nicholas Hang (Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia)Chun-Hin Cheung (Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong)
2005Hiroyuki Suzuki (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Chun-Hin Cheung (Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong)Johji Takamatsu (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)
2006Hiroyuki Suzuki (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Johji Takamatsu (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Mohd Faiz (Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia)
2008Hiroyuki Suzuki (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Shinya Kido (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Yi-cheng Luo (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China)
2010Hiroyuki Suzuki (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Marcus Koh (Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore)Shinya Kido (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)
2011Christopher Chia (Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore)Marcus Koh (Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore)Hiroyuki Suzuki (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)
2012Hiroyuki Suzuki (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Christopher Chia (Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore)Darrell Mitchell (Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore)
2013Ahmad Kharisma Luhur (Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia)Christopher Chia (Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore)Hiroyuki Suzuki (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)
2014Ahmad Kharisma Luhur (Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia)Iori Yamaki (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Hiroyuki Suzuki (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)
2015Iori Yamaki (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Ahmad Kharisma Luhur (Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia)Hiroyuki Suzuki (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)
2016Shion Araya (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Marcus Koh (Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore)Ahmad Kharisma Luhur (Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia)
2017Shion Araya (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Hirotaka Akiba (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Marcus Koh (Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore)
2018Garbkamol Limangkul (Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand)Hirotaka Akiba (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Ryota Ogi (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)
2019Garbkamol Limangkul (Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand)Hirotaka Akiba (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Kohei Nishimura (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)

2A

YearWinner2nd3rd
2003Koji Yokoyama (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Hiroyuki Suzuki (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Man-Fai Chan (Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong)
2004Hiraku Fujii (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Yutaro Kasuya (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Jin-Gyu Han (Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea)
2005Hiraku Fujii (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Koji Yokoyama (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Man-Ki Liew (Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong)
2006Koji Yokoyama (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Shota Aizawa (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Yutaro Kasuya (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)
2008Shuhei Kanai (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Masanori Jodai (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Chun-Hay Chan (Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong)
2010Shinji Saito (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Hiraku Fujii (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Masanori Jodai (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)
2011Shinji Saito (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Takuma Yamamoto (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Man-Ki Liu (Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong)
2012Shunsuke Kawakami (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Siu-Ho Yiu (Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong)Wasakorn Lattilertwit (Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand)
2013Ginji Miura (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Atsushi Yamada (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Chun-Hay Chan (Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong)
2014Shinji Saito (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Hikaru Fujii (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Man-Ki Liu (Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong)
2015Shinji Saito (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Shu Takada (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Man-Ki Liu (Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong)
2016Man-Ki Liu (Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong)Shinji Saito (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Arata Imai (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)
2017Arata Imai (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Tomoyuki Kaneko (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Yi Chenghao (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China)
2018Yi Chenghao (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China)Arata Imai (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Akira Kato (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)
2019Arata Imai (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Akira Kato (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Yuki Takami (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)

3A

YearWinner2nd3rd
2010Kentaro Kimura (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Taiichiro Higashi (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Takeshi Matsuura (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)
2011Minato Furuta (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Takeshi Matsuura (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Taiichiro Higashi (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)
2012Chak-Wing Wong (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China)Takao Morioka (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Taiichiro Higashi (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)
2013Chak-Wing Wong (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China)Taiichiro Higashi (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Thawhir Iqbal (Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore)
2014Hajime Miura (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Thawhir Iqbal (Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore)Taiichiro Higashi (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)
2015Taiichiro Higashi (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Mizuki Takimoto (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Thawhir Iqbal (Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore)
2016Taiichiro Higashi (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Yuuki Kurumisawa (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Thawhir Iqbal (Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore)
2017Hajime Miura (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Thawhir Iqbal (Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore)Taiichiro Higashi (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)
2018Mizuki Takimoto (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Thawhir Iqbal (Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore)Yuto Yamaguchi (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)
2019Thawhir Iqbal (Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore)Wang Yuxiang (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China)Yuto Yamaguchi (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)

4A

YearWinner2nd3rd
2004Atsushi Yamada (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Lim Aik Hwee (Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore)Eiji Okuyama (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)
2005Kin-Lok Lee (Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong)Lim Aik Hwee (Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore)Eiji Okuyama (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)
2006Lim Aik Hwee (Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore)Kin-Lok Lee (Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong)Sean Perez (Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines)
2008Lim Aik Hwee (Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore)Naoto Okada (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Jung-Ting Tsao (Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan)
2010Rei Iwakura (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Sean Hung (Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore)Po-Han Kuo (Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan)
2011Tsubasa Onishi (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Rei Iwakura (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Sean Hung (Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore)
2012Lim Aik Hwee (Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore)Sean Hung (Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore)Yan-Ting Lam (Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong)
2013Tsubasa Onishi (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Pornpinit Sanprasert (Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand)Ji-Hwan Jeon (Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea)
2014Ji-Hwan Jeon (Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea)Chun-Hin Chan (Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong)Sean Hung (Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore)
2015Naoto Onishi (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Sean Hung (Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore)Zhao Chen (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China)
2016Lim Aik Hwee (Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore)Tsubasa Onishi (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Tomohiko Zanka (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)
2017Hajime Miura (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Takumi Hakamata (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Po-Han Kuo (Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan)
2018Tsubasa Takada (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Chan Chun Hin (Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong)Tomohiko Zanka (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)
2019Tsubasa Takada (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Cheng Sheng-Wen (Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan)Oh Jiho (Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea)

5A

YearWinner2nd3rd
2004Makoto Numagami (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Lim Aik Hwee (Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore)Andrew Lim (Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore)
2005Muhammad Iskandar Shah (Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore)Sojun Miyamura (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Hiroyasu Ishihara (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)
2006Daijiro Akatsuka (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Iskandar Shah (Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore)Muhammad Shakeel (Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia)
2008Sojun Miyamura (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Naoto Okada (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Muhammad Shakeel (Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia)
2010Takeshi Matsuura (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Muhammad Iskandar Shah (Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore)Tsu-Chieh Lan (Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan)
2011Takeshi Matsuura (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Bryan Jardin (Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines)Kwok-San Chan (Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong)
2012Bryan Jardin (Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines)Muhammad Iskandar Shah (Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore)Naoya Takeuchi (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)
2013Bryan Jardin (Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines)Kwan-Ho Ko (Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong)Muhammad Iskandar Shah (Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore)
2014Jaued Cervas (Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines)'Teeny' Kai Zhang (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China)Naoya Takeuchi (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)
2015Naoya Takeuchi (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Ian Loh (Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore)Yuttana Sukhumalchatsombat (Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand)
2016Hideo Ishida (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Tran Quoc Huy (Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam)Ian Loh (Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore)
2017Yoshihiro Abe (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Miggy Hizon (Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines)Tran Quoc Huy (Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam)
2018Yoshihiro Abe (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Hideo Ishida (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Miggy Hizon (Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines)
2019Yoshihiro Abe (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Miggy Hizon (Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines)Naoya Takeuchi (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)

X

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

YearWinner2nd3rd
2003Eiji Okuyama (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)Fajar Siddiq (Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore)Hyun-Woong Moon (Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea)

See also

Asia Pacific Championships

References

  1. http://www.spinworkx.com/Spinworkx/home.html
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20240000000000*/http://www.spinworkx.com/Spinworkx/home.html
  3. "#APYOYO2019 | Stringing Asia Together".
  4. "History | #APYOYO2019".
  5. "All-time Ranking | #APYOYO2019".
  6. "Past Results | #APYOYO2019".
  7. ASIA PACIFIC YO-YO CHAMPIONSHIPS 2011 EVENT DETAILS Archived August 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine