List of yo-yo world champions

List of World Yo-Yo Champions is the list of the competitors who won the World Yo-Yo Contest. This list includes non-championship divisions.

Governing bodies

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Year(s) Event name Governing body Note
1932 World Yo-Yo Championship Reportedly held in England, United Kingdom.
1992–1995 Yo-Yo Championships International Jugglers' Association Organized by Dale Oliver under the auspices of the IJA and held during the annual IJA convention.
1996–1997 World Yo-Yo Championships
1998 World Yo-Yo Championships HPK Marketing Organized by Alan Nagao, head of HPK Marketing and owner of hobby shop High Performance Kites. The events were held in conjunction with Bandai and during the height of the yo-yo boom.
1999 World Yo-Yo Competition
2000–2012 World Yo-Yo Contest Organized by Greg Cohen, owner of hobby shop Infinite Illusions and confectionary Lofty Pursuits.
2013– World Yo-Yo Contest International Yo-Yo Federation Headed by Steve Brown. Event venues rotate between Asia, Europe and the Americas.

Primary solo divisions

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Current

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Was known as A or "Single A" from 1998 to 2004.

Historical world championships
Year Category Winner 2nd 3rd Ref.
1932 Canada Harvey Lowe Canada Joe Young
International Jugglers' Association
1992 United States Dale Oliver United States Dale Myrberg United States Jennifer Baybrook
1993 Senior United States Rocco Ysaguirre United States Jon Gates United States Mark Hayward [1]
Amateur United States Tom Gates Japan Masahiro Mizuno United States Eric Cohen
1994 Pro-Am United States Bill de Boisblanc United States Jon Gates United States Tom McCoy [2]
Senior (16 and older) United States Mike Taylor Jr. United States Bonnie Matthews United States Josh Kavanagh
Junior (12 to 15) United States Brett Burkhart United States Thai Nguyen United States Liubo Yepez
Novice (11 and under) United States Chris Gryndle United States Joe Hout United States Marshall Wharam
1995 Pro-Am United States Bill de Boisblanc United States Dale Myrberg United States Mike Tayler [3]
Masters United States Mark Hayward United States Ron Spears Japan Masahiro Mizuno
Senior United States Stuart Crump United States Michael Harris United States Mike Taylor
Junior (12 to 15) United States Jacob Hall United States Jason Tracey United States Tuan Nguyen
Novice (11 and under) United States Brett Jurgens United States Steve Crump United States Joe Hout
1996 Pro-Am United States Dale Myrberg United States Bill de Boisblanc United States Mike Tayler [4]
Masters United States 'Dazzling' Dave Schulte United States Jason Tracy Japan Masahiro Mizuno
Senior United States Jon Steinman United States David Harris United States Greg Cohen
Junior (12 to 15) United States Brett Jurgens United States Joe Hout
Novice (11 and under) United States Mikey McCabe Australia Wayne Fiji Abi Maharaj
1997 Pro-Am United States Bill de Boisblanc United States Alex Garcia United States Jennifer Baybrook [5]
Masters United States Nalukai Hookano United States Yves Young United States Steve Brown
Modern world championships
Year Winner 2nd 3rd 4th Ref.
MPK Marketing
1998 Japan Ryoichi Suzuki United States Ross Pascual Japan Masashi Ishiwatari United States Steve Brown [6]
1999 United States Joel Zink Japan Hironori Mii Japan Keijiro Hasegawa Japan Keiichi Kura [7]
World Yo-Yo Contest
2000 Japan Yu Kawada Japan Hidemasa Semba United States Matthew Rose United States Chris Vedral [8]
2001 Japan Tomonari 'Black' Ishiguro Japan Kota Watanabe Germany Dennis Schleussner Japan Hidemasa Semba [9]
2002 United States Yuuki Spencer Japan Hiroyuki Suzuki Japan Tomonari 'Black' Ishiguro United States Eric Hesterman [10]
2003 United States Johnnie DelValle United States Brent Dellinger Japan Hiroyuki Suzuki United States Yuuki Spencer [11]
2004 Japan Hiroyuki Suzuki Japan Tomonari 'Black' Ishiguro United States Yuuki Spencer United States Justin Weber [12]
2005 Japan Hiroyuki Suzuki United States Yuuki Spencer Japan Takayasu Tanaka United States Mark Montgomery [13]
2006 Japan Hiroyuki Suzuki United States Paul Han United States Eric Koloski Japan Takayasu Tanaka [14]
2007 United States Yuuki Spencer Japan Hiroyuki Suzuki United States Paul Han United States Eric Koloski [15]
2008 United States John Ando Japan Hiroyuki Suzuki United States Sebastian Brock China Luo Yi Cheng [16]
2009 Japan Shinya Kido Japan Hiroyuki Suzuki United States Chris Fraser United States Jensen Kimmitt [17]
2010 Canada Jensen Kimmitt Japan Hiroyuki Suzuki Singapore Christopher Chia United States Yuuki Spencer [18]
2011 Singapore Jin-Hao 'Marcus' Koh United States Sebastian Brock United States Gentry Stein Japan Hiroyuki Suzuki [19]
2012 Japan Hiroyuki Suzuki Singapore Jin-Hao 'Marcus' Koh Singapore Christopher Chia United States Harold Owens III [20]
International Yo-Yo Federation
2013 Hungary János Karancz Singapore Christopher Chia Mexico Luis Enrique Villasenor United States Eric Tran-Ton [21]
2014 United States Gentry Stein Japan Takeshi Matsuura Japan Iori Yamaki Mexico Paul Kerbel [22]
2015 United States Zach Gormley Japan Shion Araya Japan Iori Yamaki Japan Takeshi Matsuura [23]
2016 Japan Shion Araya Japan Yamato Murata United States Zach Gormley United States Gentry Stein [24]
2017 Japan Shion Araya United States Andrew Bergen United States Gentry Stein Japan Yamato Murata [25]
2018 United States Evan Nagao Japan Takeshi Matsuura Japan Yuki Nishisako Japan Shion Araya [26]
2019 United States Gentry Stein United States Evan Nagao Japan Yuki Nishisako United States Nathan Dailey [27]
2023 South Korea Mir Kim Japan Ryuichi Nakamura United States Evan Nagao United States Connor Seals [28]
2024 South Korea Mir Kim Czech Republic Jakub Dolejš United States Hunter Feuerstein South Korea Jae Hwi Seung [29]

Was known as AA or "Double A" from 1998 to 2004.

Year Winner 2nd 3rd 4th Ref.
MPK Marketing
1998 United States Jennifer Baybrook Japan Takumi Nagase United States Alan Batangan United States Alex Garcia [6]
1999 Japan Takumi Nagase Japan Koji Yokoyama Japan Masaya Shimazaki United States Paul Han [30]
World Yo-Yo Contest
2000 Japan Tomoya Kitamura Japan Koji Yokoyama Japan Masahiro Tanikawa Japan Taichi Takagi [31]
2001 United States Matt Harlow Japan Koji Yokoyama United States John 'JM' McNulty Japan Kenichiro Tada [32]
2002 Japan Shinji Saito Japan Yukihiro Suzuki Japan Koji Yokoyama United States Matt Harlow [33]
2003 Japan Shinji Saito Japan Koji Yokoyama Japan Yukihiro Suzuki Japan Masahiro Tanikawa [11]
2004 Japan Shinji Saito Japan Koji Yokayama (tie) Japan Ryusei Saito United States John Ando [12]
Japan Hiraku Fujii (tie)
2005 Japan Shinji Saito Japan Koji Yokoyama United States Patrick Mitchell Japan Junya Yamamoto [13]
2006 Japan Shinji Saito Japan Koji Yokoyama United States John Ando Japan Kiwamu Ebata [14]
2007 Japan Shinji Saito Japan Koji Yokoyama Japan Ryusei Saito Japan Shuhei Kanai [15]
2008 Japan Takuma Yamamoto Japan Shinji Saito Japan Hiraku Fujii Japan Jun Taniguchi [16]
2009 Japan Shinji Saito Japan Yasushi Furukawa Japan Hiraku Fujii Japan Ryo Yamashita [17]
2010 Japan Yasushi Furukawa Japan Ryo Yamashita Japan Shu Takada Japan Masakazu Yamasaki [18]
2011 Japan Shinji Saito Japan Yasushi Furukawa Japan Ryo Yamashita Japan Takuma Yamamoto [19]
2012 Japan Shu Takada Japan Takuma Yamamoto Japan Hiraku Fujii Japan Joseph Harris [20]
International Yo-Yo Federation
2013 Japan Takuma Yamamoto Japan Shu Takada Japan Ryo Yamashita Hong Kong Chun Hay Chan [34]
2014 Japan Takuma Yamamoto Japan Yasushi Furukawa Japan Hiraku Fujii Japan Tomoyuki Kaneko [22]
2015 Japan Shinji Saito Japan Shu Takada Japan Takuma Yamamoto Japan Tomoyuki Kaneko [23]
2016 Japan Shu Takada Japan Hiraku Fujii Japan Takuma Yamamoto Japan Shuhei Kanai [24]
2017 Japan Shu Takada Japan Hiraku Fujii Japan Takuma Yamamoto China Chenghao Yi [25]
2018 Japan Shu Takada Japan Takuma Yamamoto Japan Hiraku Fujii Hong Kong Man Ki Liu [35]
2019 Japan Takuma Yamamoto Hong Kong Chun Hay Chan Japan Hajime Sakauchi Japan Arata Imai [27]
2023 JapanHajime Sakauchi Japan Arata Imai Japan Arika Kato Japan Hiraku Fujii

Also known as AAA or "Triple A".

Year Winner 2nd 3rd 4th Ref.
World Yo-Yo Contest
2003 Japan Daisuke Shimada Japan Jun Aramaki Japan Yu Kawada United States Paul Yath [11]
2004 Japan Daisuke Shimada Japan Yuki Tanami Japan Maya Nakamura United States Paul Yath [12]
2005 Japan Daisuke Shimada Japan Maya Nakamura Japan Masanobu Iwata Japan Kentaro Kimura [13]
2006 United States Paul Yath Japan Yuki Tanami Japan Kentaro Kimura Japan Daisuke Shimada [14]
2007 Japan Yuki Tanami Japan Kentaro Kimura Japan Daisuke Shimada United States Hank Freeman [15]
2008 Japan Hiroki Miyamoto Japan Kentaro Kimura United States Hank Freeman Japan Masanobu Iwata [16]
2009 Japan Kentaro Kimura Japan Hiroki Miyamoto Japan Taiichiro Higashi United States Paul Yath [17]
2010 Japan Minato Furuta Japan Taiichiro Higashi United States Hank Freeman Japan Takeshi Matsuura [18]
2011 United States Hank Freeman United States Alex Hattori Japan Taiichiro Higashi Japan Minato Furuta [19]
2012 United States Hank Freeman Hong Kong Wang-Kit Ng Japan Minato Furuta Japan Ken Takabayashi [20]
International Yo-Yo Federation
2013 United States Hank Freeman United States Patrick Borgerding Japan Yasuki Tachibana Japan Kentaro Kimura [34]
2014 Japan Hajime Miura United States Hank Freeman Japan Minato Furuta Japan Mizuki Takimoto [22]
2015 Japan Hajime Miura United States Alex Hattori United States Hank Freeman Japan Mizuki Takimoto [23]
2016 Japan Hajime Miura Japan Tomoya Kurita United States Alex Hattori United States Hank Freeman [24]
2017 Japan Hajime Miura Japan Minato Furuta United States Alex Hattori Japan Tomoya Kurita [25]
2018 Japan Hajime Miura United States Alex Hattori Japan Minato Furuta Singapore Thawhir Iqbal [36]
2019 Japan Hajime Miura United States Alex Hattori Japan Tomoya Kurita Japan Minato Furuta [27]
2023 Japan Hajime Miura Japan Minato Furuta Japan Sora Tahira Japan Tomoya Kurtia
2024 Japan Minato Furuta Japan Sora Tahira Japan Tomoya Kurtia Japan Hajime Miura [37]

Also known as "Offstring".

Year Winner 2nd 3rd 4th Ref.
World Yo-Yo Contest
2003 Japan Eiji Okuyama Japan Atsushi Yamada Japan Shingo Terada Japan Kenji Eto [11]
2004 Japan Tsubasa Onishi Japan Kunihisa Kawabe Japan Koichiro Mori Japan Eiji Okuyama [12]
2005 United States John Narum Japan Eiji Okuyama United States Jimmy Peng Japan Tsubasa Onishi [13]
2006 Japan Taiki Nishimura Japan Tsubasa Onishi Japan Eiji Okuyama Japan Rei Iwakura [14]
2007 Japan Eiji Okuyama Japan Rei Iwakura Japan Tsubasa Onishi Japan Atsushi Yamada [15]
2008 Japan Rei Iwakura United States John Narum Japan Yohei Kagawa Japan Atsushi Yamada [16]
2009 Japan Naoto Okada Japan Rei Iwakura Japan Tsubasa Onishi United States Bryan Figueroa [17]
2010 Japan Tsubasa Onishi Japan Rei Iwakura Japan Naoto Okada United States John Narum [18]
2011 Japan Naoto Okada United States Bryan Figueroa Japan Tsubasa Onishi United States Ben Conde [19]
2012 Japan Rei Iwakura United States Bryan Figueroa Japan Naoto Okada United States Ben Conde [20]
International Yo-Yo Federation
2013 United States Michael Nakamura Japan Naoto Okada Hong Kong Chun Hin Chan Brazil Gustavo Amaral [34]
2014 Japan Rei Iwakura United States Michael Nakamura Japan Naoto Okada United States Ian Johnson [22]
2015 Japan Naoto Onishi Japan Takumi Yasumoto Japan Rei Iwakura United States Michael Nakamura [23]
2016 Japan Rei Iwakura Japan Tsubasa Onishi United States Michael Nakamura Japan Yuki Uchida [24]
2017 Japan Rei Iwakura United States Michael Nakamura China Chen Zhao Japan Yuki Uchida [25]
2018 Japan Hajime Miura Japan Tsubasa Onishi Japan Rei Iwakura Japan Koyo Hashimoto [38]
2019 Japan Rei Iwakura Japan Tsubasa Onishi Japan Yuki Uchida Japan Koyo Hashimoto [27]
2023 South Korea Gun Ju Eom Japan Rei Iwakura Japan Koyo Hashimoto Japan Tsubasa Takada

Also known as "Counterweight" or "Freehand".

Year Winner 2nd 3rd 4th Ref.
World Yo-Yo Contest
2003 Brazil Rafael Matsunaga Japan Makoto Numagami Japan Shingo Terada United States Matt Schmidt [11]
2004 Japan Makoto Numagami Brazil Rafael Matsunaga Japan Shingo Terada Singapore Andrew Lin Yikai [12]
2005 Japan Maya Nakamura Japan Makoto Numagami Singapore Andrew Lin Yikai Brazil Rafael Matsunaga [13]
2006 United States Dana Bennett United States Jake Bullock United States Andrew 'AJ' Kirk United States Tyler Severance [14]
2007 United States Tyler Severance Japan Takeshi Matsuura (tie) United States Dana Bennett United States Miguel Correa [15]
Japan Sojun Miyamura (tie)
2008 Japan Takeshi Matsuura United States Sterling Quinn Japan Takuma Inoue United States Miguel Correa [16]
2009 Japan Takuma Inoue United States Miguel Correa United States Tyler Severance United States Sterling Quinn [17]
2010 Japan Takeshi Matsuura United States Sterling Quinn United States Miguel Correa United States Tyler Severance [18]
2011 Japan Takeshi Matsuura Japan Takuma Inoue United States Samm Scott United States Tyler Severance [19]
2012 Japan Takeshi Matsuura Japan Takuma Inoue Japan Hiroyasu Ishihara Japan Hideo Ishida [20]
International Yo-Yo Federation
2013 Japan Takeshi Matsuura United States Tyler Severance United States Samm Scott Japan Hideo Ishida [21]
2014 Japan Takeshi Matsuura United States Jake Elliott Japan Sora Ishikawa Hong Kong Ko Kwan Ho [22]
2015 United States Jake Elliot Japan Takeshi Matsuura Japan Sora Ishikawa Japan Michael Nakamura [23]
2016 Japan Takeshi Matsuura United States Jake Elliot Japan Sora Ishikawa Japan Naoya Takeuchi [24]
2017 Japan Takuma Inoue Japan Naoya Takeuchi Japan Hideo Ishida United States Bryan Jardin [25]
2018 Japan Sora Ishikawa Japan Hideo Ishida Japan Yoshihiro Abe Hong Kong Ko Kwan Ho [39]
2019 Japan Hideo Ishida Japan Yoshihiro Abe Japan Sora Ishikawa Japan Naoya Takeuchi [27]
2023 Japan Sora Ishikawa Japan Shigehiro Yamada Japan Hideo Ishida Philippines Miggy Hizon

Online World Yo-Yo Contest

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As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 World Yo-Yo Contest was canceled. Since the World Yo-Yo Contest could not be held as a result of the pandemic and the various travel restrictions it caused, the Online World Yo-Yo Contest was created. As the name suggests, the contests were held online. The winners of the Online World Yo-Yo Contest do not gain the title of World Yo-Yo Champion, however. The title they receive is that of Online World Yo-Yo Champion (in their respective divisions).

Year Winner 2nd 3rd 4th Ref.
World Yo-Yo Contest
2021 Mir Kim Akitoshi Tokubuchi Park Junsang Kohei Nishimura [40]
2022 Mir Kim Akitoshi Tokubuchi Park Junsang Ryuichi Nakamura [41]
Year Winner 2nd 3rd 4th Ref.
World Yo-Yo Contest
2021 Shu Takada Satoshi Yamanaka Wasakorn Lattilertwi Kenshiro Osada [42]
2022 Hiraku Fujii Hajime Sakauchi Arata Imai Akira Kato [41]
Year Winner 2nd 3rd 4th Ref.
World Yo-Yo Contest
2021 Minato Furuta Tomoya Kurita Mizuki Takimoto Qing Yang [43]
2022 Tomoya Kurita Minato Furuta Dongyoung Kim Thawhir Iqbal [41]
Year Winner 2nd 3rd 4th Ref.
World Yo-Yo Contest
2021 Kaoru Nakamura Tsubasa Onishi Yuki Uchida Tomohiko Zanka [44]
2022 Kaoru Nakamura Gunju Eom Tomohiko Zanka Taiyo Katsumata [41]
Year Winner 2nd 3rd 4th Ref.
World Yo-Yo Contest
2021 Sora Ishikawa Yoshihiro Abe Hideo Ishida Naoki Uemae [45]
2022 Sora Ishikawa Jihoo Lee Yuki Sakamoto Naoya Takeuchi [41]

Women's

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Year Winner 2nd 3rd 4th Ref.
World Yo-Yo Contest
2021 Miri Kim Veronika Kamenská Hobbit Xiao-Wen Wang Ziyu Meng [46]
2022 Miri Kim Xueqing Yang Ziyu Meng Kira Morrow [41]

Over 40

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Year Winner 2nd 3rd 4th Ref.
World Yo-Yo Contest
2021 Ricardo Marechal Benjamin McPhee Tomomi Matsuda Patrick Jüptner [47]
2022 Lorenzo Sabatini Ricardo Marechal Tomoya Isoshima Tomomi Matsuda [41]

Former

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The X division was separated into three new divisions (3A, 4A, 5A) in 2003.

Year Winner 2nd 3rd 4th Ref.
World Yo-Yo Contest
2000 Japan Hironori Mii Japan Takahiko Hasagawa United States 'Doctor Popular' Brian Roberts Japan Shingo Terada [48]
2001 Japan Shingo Terada Japan Takahiko Hasegawa Japan Jun Aramaki Japan Hironiri Mii [49]
2002 Japan Daisuke Shimada Japan Tsubasa Onishi Japan Takahiko Hasegawa Japan Hironiri Mii [50]
Year Winner 2nd 3rd 4th Ref.
World Yo-Yo Contest
2006 Japan Shinji Saito United States Shane Karan Japan Rei Iwakura  ? [51]
2007 Japan Shinji Saito Japan Ryusei Saito United States John Narum Germany Dave Geigle [15]
2008 Japan Shinji Saito United States John Narum Germany Dave Geigle Japan Takeshi Matsuura [16]
2009 Japan Shinji Saito Japan Naoto Okada Japan Rei Iwakura Japan Yasushi Furukawa [17]

Winner's table

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All champions and runners-up (1899–present)
Rank Name 1st 2nd 3rd Total Years: Division Champion Years: Division Runner-up
1 Shinji Saito 13 1 0 14 2A (2002, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 09, 11, 15); CB (06, 07, 08, 09) 2A (2008)
2 Takeshi Matsuura 7 4 0 11 5A (2008, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16) 5A (2007, 15); 1A (14, 18)
3 Hajime Miura 8 0 0 8 3A (2014, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23); 4A (18)
4 Rei Iwakura 6 4 4 14 4A (2008, 2009 AP, 12, 14, 16, 17, 19) 4A (2007, 09, 10, 23)
5 Hiroyuki Suzuki 4 5 1 10 1A (2004, 05, 06, 12) 1A (2002, 07, 08, 09, 10)
6 Takuma Yamamoto 4 2 6 12 2A (2008, 13, 14, 19) 2A (2012, 18)
7 Shu Takada 4 2 1 7 2A (2012, 16, 17, 18) 2A (2013, 15)
8 Daisuke Shimada 4 1 5 10 X (2002); 3A (03, 04, 05)
9 Hank Freeman 3 1 3 7 3A (2011, 12, 13) 3A (2014)
10 Tsubasa Onishi 2 5 3 10 4A (2004, 10) X (2002); 4A (2006, 16, 17, 19)
11 Naoto Okada 2 2 3 7 4A (2009, 11) CB (2009)
12 Takuma Inoue 2 2 1 5 5A (2009, 17) 5A (2011, 12)
13 Yuuki Spencer 2 1 1 4 1A (2002, 07) 1A (2005)
14 Eiji Okuyama 2 1 1 4 4A (2003, 07) 4A (2005)
15 Shion Araya 2 1 0 3 1A (2016, 17) 1A (2015)
16 Gentry Stein 2 0 2 4 1A (2014, 19) 1A (2017)
17 Yasushi Furukawa 1 3 0 4 2A (2010) 2A (2009, 11, 14)
18 John Narum 1 2 1 4 4A (2005) 4A (2008), CB (08)
19 Kentaro Kimura 1 2 1 4 3A (2009) 3A (2007, 08)
20 Minato Furuta 1 2 3 6 3A (2010) 3A (2017, 23)
Michael Nakamura 1 2 1 4 4A (2013) 4A (2014, 17)
Makoto Numagami 1 2 0 3 5A (2004) 5A (2003, 05)
Yuki Tanami 1 2 0 3 3A (2007) 3A (2004, 07)
Jake Elliot 1 2 0 3 5A (2015) 5A (2014, 16)
Tomonari Ishigaru 1 1 1 3 1A (2001) 1A (2004)
Evan Nagao 1 1 1 3 1A (2018) 1A (2019)
Maya Nakamura 1 1 1 3 5A (2005) 3A (2005)
Tyler Severance 1 1 1 3 5A (2007) 5A (2013)
Hideo Ishida 1 1 2 4 5A (2019) 5A (2018)
Hironiri Mii 1 1 0 2 X (2000) 1A (1999)
Rafael Matsunaga 1 1 0 2 5A (2003) 5A (2004)
Hiroki Miyamoto 1 1 0 2 3A (2008) 3A (2009)
Jin-Hao Koh 1 1 0 2 1A (2011) 1A (2012)
Shingo Terada 1 0 3 4 X (2001)
Yu Kawada 1 0 1 2 1A (2000)
Dana Bennet 1 0 1 2 5A (2006)
Zach Gormley 1 0 1 2 1A (2015)
Jennifer Baybrook 1 0 0 1 2A (1998)
Joel Zink 1 0 0 1 1A (1999)
Matt Harlow 1 0 0 1 2A (2001)
Johnnie DelValle 1 0 0 1 1A (2003)
Paul Yath 1 0 0 1 3A (2006)
Taiki Nishimura 1 0 0 1 4A (2006)
Shinya Kido 1 0 0 1 1A (2009)
Jensen Kimmitt 1 0 0 1 1A (2010)
János Karancz 1 0 0 1 1A (2013)
Naoto Onishi 1 0 0 1 4A (2015)
Koji Yokoyama 0 8 1 9 2A (1999, 2000, 01, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07)
Alex Hattori 0 4 2 6 3A (2011, 15, 18, 19)
Hiraku Fuji 0 3 5 8 2A (2004, 16, 17)
Takahiko Hasegawa 0 2 1 3 X (2000, 01)
Sterling Quinn 0 2 0 2 5A (2008, 10)
Bryan Figueroa 0 2 0 2 4A (2011, 12)
Ryusei Saito 0 1 3 4 CB (2007)
Taiichiro Higashi 0 1 3 4 3A (2010)
Ryo Yamashita 0 1 2 3 2A (2010)
Christopher Chia 0 1 2 3 1A (2013)
Yukihiro Suzuki 0 1 1 2 2A (2002)
Jun Aramki 0 1 1 2 3A (2003)
Paul Han 0 1 1 2 1A (2006)
Tomoya Kurita 0 1 1 2 3A (2016)
Yoshihiro Abe 0 1 1 2 5A (2019)
Ross Pascual 0 1 0 1 1A (1998)
Hidemasa Semba 0 1 0 1 1A (2000)
Brent Dellinger 0 1 0 1 1A (2003)
Atsushi Yamada 0 1 0 1 4A (2003)
Kunihisa Kawabe 0 1 0 1 4A (2004)
Shane Karan 0 1 0 1 CB (2006)
Jake Bullock 0 1 0 1 5A (2006)
Sojun Miyamura 0 1 0 1 5A (2007)
Sebastian Brock 0 1 0 1 1A (2011)
Wang-Kit Ng 0 1 0 1 3A (2012)
Takumi Yasumoto 0 1 0 1 4A (2015)
Yamato Murata 0 1 0 1 1A (2016)
Andrew Bergen 0 1 0 1 1A (2017)
Naoya Takeuchi 0 1 0 1 5A (2017)
Chun Hay Chan 0 1 0 1 2A (2019)

Non-solo divisions

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Current

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Also known as "Artistic Performance".

Grand Prix
Year Winner 2nd 3rd Ref.
World Yo-Yo Contest
2002 Japan Takahiko Hasegawa Japan Hironori Mii Japan Shingo Terada [52]
2003 United States Mark Montgomary Japan Tomiyuki Watanabe United States Dave Bazan [11]
2004 Japan Tomiyuki Watanabe Japan Yu Kawada United States Jennifer Baybrook [12]
2005 Japan Takahiko Hasegawa Japan Hironori Mii Japan Tomiyuki Watanabe [13]
2006 Japan Yu Kawada Japan Tomiyuki Watanabe Japan Tomonori Ishiguro [14]
2007 Japan Tomonari 'Black' Ishiguro Japan Rei Iwakura United States Steve Brown [15]
2008 United States John Higby Japan Rei Iwakura Japan Tomiyuki Watanabe [16]
2009 Japan Rei Iwakura Japan Tomiyuki Watanabe Japan Hironori Mii [17]
2010 Shaqler
  • Japan Atsushi 'A2C' Yamada
  • United States John 'Ryuji' Ando
  • Japan Shigesato 'Kuri' Kurita
  • Japan Takeshi 'Woodz' Maruyama
Japan Rei Iwakura Japan Takahiko Hasegawa [18]
2011 Japan Takahiko Hasegawa United States Justin Weber Japan Hironori Mii [19]
2012 inmot!on
  • Switzerland Ivo Studer
  • Switzerland Jan Schmutz
Japan Takahiko Hasegawa Japan Tomiyuki Watanabe [20]
International Yo-Yo Federation
2013 Spination
  • Japan Tomiyuki Watanabe
  • Japan Yu Kawada
Taiwan Chih-Min Tuan W.H.O. Theatre
  • Taiwan Ren-Zhi Yang
  • Taiwan Tzu-Wei Chang
[21]
2014 Spination
  • Japan Tomiyuki Watanabe
  • Japan Yu Kawada
[22]
2015 Shaqler
  • Japan Atsushi 'A2C' Yamada
  • United States John 'Ryuji' Ando
  • Japan Shu Takada
  • Japan Takeshi 'Woodz' Maruyama
2016 Not awarded
2017 inmot!on
  • Switzerland Ivo Studer
  • Switzerland Jan Schmutz
[24]
2018 Old Skool Famous
  • Japan Hiraku Fujii
  • Japan Shuhei Kanai
  • Japan Tsubasa Ōnishi
[53]
2019 Japan Shu Takada [27]
2023 Spain Daniel Tamariz
Other awards
Year Entertainment Award Artistic Award Creativity Award Ref.
Team Members Team Members Team Members
International Yo-Yo Federation
2014 Not awarded Spination
  • Japan Tomiyuki Watanabe
  • Japan Yū Kawada
Taiwan Chih-Min Tuan [22]
2015 Shaqler
  • Japan Atsushi 'A2C' Yamada
  • United States John 'Ryuji' Ando
  • Japan Shigesato 'Kuri' Kurita
  • Japan Takeshi 'Woodz' Maruyama
Beat Poin't
  • Japan Masakazu Yamazaki
  • Japan Tooru Abe
W.H.O Theatre [54]
  • Taiwan Chih-Han Chao
  • Taiwan Ren-Jhih Yang
  • Taiwan Tzu-Wei Chang
  • Taiwan Zhao-Xian Pan
2016 Old Skool Famous
  • Japan Hiraku Fujii
  • Japan Shuhei Kanai
  • Japan Tsubasa Ōnishi
Japan Tomiyuki Watanabe Not awarded [24]
2017 inmot!on
  • Switzerland Ivo Studer
  • Switzerland Jan Schmutz
Not awarded Not awarded [25]
2018 Old Skool Famous
  • Japan Hiraku Fujii
  • Japan Shuhei Kanai
  • Japan Tsubasa Ōnishi
TR-Yo Team
  • Malaysia Hong Xin Cham
  • Malaysia Jia Cheng 'Stanley' Low
  • Malaysia Jia Xin Lee
  • Malaysia Jiann Yow Toh
  • Malaysia Jun Sheng Ho
  • Malaysia Sin Yu Wee
  • Malaysia Yong Leong 'Jerard' Loo
  • Malaysia Zi Hao Chew
Not awarded [53]
2019 Not awarded Japan Shu Takada Not awarded [27]
2023 Spain Daniel Tamariz Japan Ryo Oishi Spain Daniel Tamariz

Former

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Team

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Was replaced by the AP division in 2002.

Year Winner 2nd 3rd Ref.
Team Members Team Members Team Members
HPK Marketing
1999 Team Heimlech [55]
  • United States Alan Batangan
  • United States Cody Kyabu
  • United States Ryan Lai
  • United States Sky Kyabu
Gotemba Pinocchio
  • Japan
  • Japan
  • Japan
  • Japan
Team
4 Angels
  • United States
  • United States
  • United States
  • United States
[56]
1999
(Mega Team)
Hooters
  • United States Alan Batagan
  • United States Allan Leal
  • United States Casey Kodama
  • United States Cody Kiyabu
  • United States Devin Yamada
  • United States Eric Masumori
  • United States Gabriel Cabagbag
  • United States Ian Hoshino
  • United States Nana Sakamoto
  • United States Paul Han
  • United States Ryan Kono
  • United States Ryan Lai
  • United States Yves Young
Junk THP Japan
  • Japan Junpei Suzuki
  • Japan Kazuki Abe
  • Japan Keiichi Kura
  • Japan Keijiro Hasegawa
  • Japan Keita Saito
  • Japan Koji Yokoyama
  • Japan Masaya Shimazaki
  • Japan Takumi Nagase
  • Japan Yuji Hattori
  • Japan Yuji Imatuji
  • Japan Yuki Kudo
  • United States Brad Durnas
  • United States Chris Ciosek
  • United States Dwane Forter
  • United States Eric Mitz
  • United States Eric Twark
  • United States Jeff Medeiros
  • United States Jerry Yuan
  • United States Joey Lacerday
  • United States Jon McNulty
  • United States Matt Kubera
  • United States Matt Rose
  • United States Mike Carreiro
[57]
World Yo-Yo Contest
2000 Team
Off String [58]
  • Japan Hironori Mii
  • Japan Kota Watanabe
  • Japan Shingo Terada
  • Japan Takahiko Hasegawa
  • Japan Yu Kawada
Chocko Ball Family
  • ?
  • ?
  • ?
  • ?
  • ?
Others D [59]
  • Japan Hidemasa Semba
  • Japan Jun Aramaki
  • Japan Masato Inohara
  • Japan Ryusei Saito
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2001 Out of America
  • United States Patrick Mitchell
  • United States
  • United States
  • United States
  • United States
  • United States
Team TOP [61]
  • Japan Jun Aramaki
  • Japan Tomiyuki Watanabe
  • Japan
  • Japan
  • Japan
  • Japan
Team
Off String [62]
  • Japan Hironori Mii
  • Japan Kenji Eto
  • Japan Kota Watanabe
  • Japan Shingo Terada
  • Japan Takahiko Hasegawa
  • Japan Yu Kawada
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Additional solo divisions

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Current

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Women only

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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2014 [22] United States Tessa Piccillo Poland Julia Aleksandra Gutowska South Africa Corli du Toit
2015 [23] Taiwan Xiao-Wen 'Hobbit' Wang Mexico Beatriz Gallegos 'Betty' Garcia Japan Reia Torita
2016 [24] Mexico Beatriz Gallegos 'Betty' Garcia United States Tessa Piccillo United States Stephanie Height
2017 [25] United States Tessa Piccillo Mexico Beatriz Gallegos 'Betty' Garcia Taiwan Xiao-Wen 'Hobbit' Wang
2018 [64] Taiwan Xiao-Wen 'Hobbit' Wang China Ni Kang Japan Reia Torita
2019[27] Mexico Beatriz Gallegos 'Betty' Garcia South Korea Miri Kim United States Tessa Piccillo
2023 South Korea Miri Kim Mexico Beatriz Gallegos 'Betty' Garcia China Wan Jiang Liu

40 and over

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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2015 [23] Japan Kiyoshi Kawamura Hong Kong Ken Wong Mexico Isaac Kanarek
2016 [24] Japan Takahiko Hasegawa United States Steve Brown United States Richard Cobb
2017 [25] United States Steve Brown United States Jose Madrigal United States Dale Oliver
2018 [64] Japan Kōji Torita Hong Kong Man-Kin Wong Japan Takahiko Hasegawa
2019[27] Japan Takahiko Hasegawa United States Isaac Kanarek United States Myk el-Ahrairah

Former

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Ladder

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Was known as "Compulsory" in 1997 and as "Advanced/Recreational" in 1998 and 1999.

Year Winner 2nd 3rd Ref.
International Jugglers' Association
1997 United States Jason Tracy Japan Kenichi Nakamura United States Nalukai Hookano [5]
MPK Marketing
1998 United States Ed Giulietti United States Valerie Krantz United States Joel Zink [6]
1999 United States Ryan Zink Japan Junichi Morita United States Nemec Marcus [65]

Non-yoyo divisions

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SpinTop

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The SpinTop World Championships are held during the WYCC under the auspices of the International Top Spinners Association (ITSA).

Freestyle

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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2000 United States John Gates United States Steve Brown United States Dale Oliver
2001 United States Felix Avellana United States Dale Oliver United States Mark Vargas
2002 United States Dave Bazan United States Felix Avellana United States Mark Hayward
2003 United States Miguel Correa United States Andre Boulay United States Takeshi Kamisato
2004 [12] United States Matt Ritter United States Miguel Correa United States Jon Gates
2005 [13] United States Dave Bazan United States Jon Gates United States Takeshi Kamisato
2006 United States Matt Ritter United States Takeshi Kamisato United States Alan Gray
2007 [15] United States Matt Ritter United States Takeshi Kamisato Uruguay Jorge Alcoz
2008 [66] United States Jon Gates United States Mike Hout United States Tom Connoly
2009 [67] Uruguay Jorge Alcoz United States Felix Avellana United States Mike Hout
2010 [68] United States Darren Kim United States Chris Neff United States Mike Hout
2011 United States Chris Neff United States Darren Kim United States Omar Garza
2012 [69] Nicaragua Carlos Solís United States Brian Caster United States Mark Hayward
2013 [70] Mexico Gustavo Castro United States Tyler Young Mexico Salvador Martinez
2014 [22] United States Tyler Young Czech Republic Daniel Konecny Czech Republic Jakub Konecny
2015 [23] Uruguay Jorge Alcoz Japan Kazuhito Miki Japan Keita Watanabe
2016 [24] United States Chris Neff United States Eli Hickerson Japan Takahiko Hasegawa
2017 [25] Czech Republic Jakub Konecny Czech Republic Daniel Konecny United States Jose Madrigal
2018 [71] Japan Kanta Tani Japan Jun Shimamura Japan Takahiko Hasegawa
2019 [72] United States Eli Hickerson (tie) Japan Takahiko Hasegawa
United States Jose Madrigal (tie)
2020 [73] Spain Guillem Vizcaino Japan Kanta Tani Mexico Gerardo Montero
2021 [74] Japan Kanta Tani United States Eli Hickerson United States Marcus Heineck

Fixed tip

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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2011 United States Mike Hout United States Chris Neff United States Darren Kim

Ladder

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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2013 [70] United States Eli Hickerson Mexico Miguel Angel Chavez United States Kirk Charles

Diabolo

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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2007 [75] ? ? ?
2008 [76] Ryuya Kaneko ( Japan) Rei Iwakura ( Japan) Hadrien Bennaceur ( France)
2009 [17] Rei Iwakura ( Japan) Kunihisa Kawabe ( Japan) Shane Smith ( Japan)
2010 [18] Kousuke Yoshida ( Japan) Yu Tsumura ( Japan) Naoshi Terasawa ( Japan)
2011 ? ? ?
2012 [20] Ryuya Kaneko( Japan) Ouka( Japan) Yu Tsumura( United States)

Non-world championships

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Fixed Axle

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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
HPK Marketing
1999 'Dazzling' Dave Schulte ( United States) Steve Brown ( United States)
World Yo-Yo Contest
2009 Drew Tetz ( United States) Jeff Coons ( United States) Ed Haponik ( United States)
2010 Randy Jansen ( United States) Drew Tetz ( United States) Stefan Benjamin ( United Kingdom)
2011 Colin Leland ( United States) Nate Sutter ( United States) Jacob Jensen ( United States)
2012 Ed Haponik ( United States) Ben Conde ( United States) Drew Tetz ( United States)
2013 Ben Conde ( United States) Nate Sutter ( United States) Ed Haponik ( United States)
2016 Ed Haponik ( United States) Mark McBride ( United States)
2019 Kyle Nations ( United States) John Russeth ( United States)

100m race

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One-Hand Loops

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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
International Jugglers' Association
1996 United States Dale Oliver United States Dale Myrberg United States Bill de Boisblanc
1997 Japan Kenichi Nakamura

Two-Hand Loops

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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
International Jugglers' Association
1996 United States Steve Brown United States Mark Anderson United States Jon Gates
1997 United States Alex Garcia

Design contests

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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
World Yo-Yo Contest
2001 [77] Maurice Chavez ( United States) Alan Gray ( United States) Takahiro Hasagawa ( Japan)
2002 [78][79] Maurice Chavez ( United States) Matt Schmidt ( United States) Kaz Datashi ( Japan)
2003 [80] Maurice Chavez ( United States) John Rollins ( United States) Roberto Jose Dos Santos ( Mexico)
Alan Gray ( United States)
2004 [81] Shinobu Konmoto ( Japan) Frank Difeo ( United States) John Rollins ( United States)
2005 [82] Shinobu Konmoto ( Japan) Marcio Adriano Alves ( Brazil) Dave Poyzer ( United States)
2006 [83] Scott Stover ( United States) Shinobu Konmoto ( Japan) Dave Poyzer ( United States)
2007 [84] Shinobu Konmoto ( Japan) Steve Chase ( United States) Kokyu Ueda ( Japan)
2008 [85] Shinobu Konmoto ( Japan) Yuumi Shiga ( Japan) Kunihisa Kawabe ( Japan)
2009 [86] Yuumi Shiga ( Japan) Ettore Ferro ( Italy) Shinobu Konmoto ( Japan)
2010 [87] Ettore Ferro ( Italy) Tetsuya Hoshino ( Japan) Landon Balk ( United States)
2011 [88][89] Landon Balk ( United States) Richy Nye ( United States) Perry Prine ( United States)
2012 [90] Landon Balk ( United States)

Iron Mod

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Year Winner 2nd
World Yo-Yo Contest
2005 Takeshi Kamisato ( United States) Rob Tsou ( United States)
Seth Peterson ( United States) Kyle Weems ( United States)
2006 Eric Wolff ( United States) Takeshi Kamisato ( United States)
Alan Gray ( United States) Seth Peterson ( United States)
2007 Eric Wolff ( United States) Shinobu Konmato ( Japan)
Rob Tsou ( United States) Takahiko Hasegawa ( Japan)
2008 [91] Shinobu Konmato ( Japan) Eric Wolff ( United States)
Yuumi Shiga ( Japan) Alan Gray ( United States)
2009 Yuumi Shiga ( Japan) Eric Wolff ( United States)
Takahiko Hasegawa ( Japan) Alan Gray ( United States)
2010 [92] Yuumi Shiga ( Japan) Keith Skip Mitton ( Australia)
Takahiko Hasegawa ( Japan) Perry Prine ( United States)
2011 [93] Perry Prine ( United States) Yuumi Shiga ( Japan)
Landon Balk ( United States) Takahiko Hasegawa ( Japan)

Diabolo

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Ladder (11 and under)

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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2007 [75] Will Neiemier ( United States) ? ?
2008 [76] No Entry No Entry No Entry
2009 [17] Evan McAleenan ( United States) ? ?
2010 [18] Evan McAleenan ( United States) ? ?
2011 ? ? ?

Ladder (12 to 16)

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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2006 [94] Will Niemeier ( United States) Melood Benson ( United States) Dylan Benharris ( United States)
2007 [75] Will Neiemier ( United States) ? ?
2008 [76] Will Niemeier ( United States) Andrew Ruiz ( United States) Patrick Borgerding ( United States)
2009 [17] Will Niemeier ( United States) Andrew Ruiz ( United States) Shane Smith ( United States)
2010 [18] Will Niemeier ( United States) ? ?
2011 ? ? ?

Ladder (17 and over)

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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2006 [94] Rei Iwakura ( Japan) Bennaceur Hadrien ( France) Abe Ziaimehr ( United States)
2007 [75] Steven Chase ( United States) ? ?
2008 [76] Ryuya Kaneko ( Japan) Kunihisa Kawabe ( Japan) Hadrien Bennaceur ( France)
2009 [17] David Melons ( Japan) Kunihisa Kawabe ( Japan) Hiraku Fujii ( Japan)
2010 [18] Kunihisa Kawabe ( Japan) ? ?
2011 ? ? ?

Sport

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String and Looping

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7 to 8
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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2000 [95] Benjamin Conde ( United States) Nicholas Walker ( United States) Ann Connolly ( United States)
2001 [96] Benjamin Conde ( United States)
9 to 10
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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2000 [95] Jimmy Young ( United States) Griffin Cash ( United States) Kendra Krantz ( United States)
2001 [96] Jonathan Belcher ( United States) Nicholas Walker ( United States)
11 to 12
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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2000 [95] Nicky Kodama ( United States) Andrew Silverstein ( United States) Max Bradshaw ( United States)
2001 [96] Mikey McCabe ( United States) Koichiro Mori ( Japan) Kevin Elvin ( United States)
13 to 14
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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2000 [95] Matthew Haroney ( United States) Yuusuke Maruyama ( Japan) Tsubasa Onishi ( Japan)
2001 [96] Kenta Matsuoka ( Japan) Brad Dumas ( United States) Alex Shahparnia ( United States)
15 to 16
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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2000 [95] Riley Lester ( United States) Dave McLallen ( United States) Jonathan Bryan ( United States)
2001 [96] Rob Kitts ( United States) Jessica Noll ( United States)
17 to 25
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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2000 [95] Yuji Imatsaji ( Japan) Richard Hertzberg ( United States) Daniel Wendland ( United States)
2001 [96] Maya Nakamura ( Japan) Naoto ( Japan) Saya Sasaki ( Japan)
26 to 45
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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2000 [95] Greg Beatty ( United States) Keijiro Ono ( Japan) Christal Cullymore ( United States)
2001 [96] Thomas Connolly ( United States) Glasseye ( United States) Justin Adam ( United States)
46 to 65
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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2000 [95] Larry Kilby ( United States) Stuart Crump ( United States) Mari McCabe ( United States)
2001 [96] John Bozung ( United States) Larry Kilby ( United States)
66 to 106
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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2001 [96] Gary Hill ( United States)
Beginner
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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2000 [95] Sean Curran ( United States) Mike Busch ( United States) Tim Skalland ( United States)
2001 [96] Nikoli Zygo ( United States) Dennis Shatter ( United States) Mark Leithead ( United States)
Advanced
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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2000 [95] Felix Avellana ( United States) Gary Longoria ( United States) David Guttenplan ( United States)
2001 [96] Alex Poole ( United States) Valerie Oliver ( United States) Hank Freeman ( United States)
Expert
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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2000 [95] Jon Gates ( United States) Steve Brown ( United States) Dale Oliver ( United States)
2001 [96] Felix Avellana ( United States) Dale Oliver ( United States) Mark Vargas ( United States)

String

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7 to 8
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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2002 [97] William Nix ( United States)
2003 [98] Merged to "10 and under" division
9 to 10
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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2002 [97] Ben Conde ( United States) Nicholas Walker ( United States) Graham Nix ( United States)
2003 [98] Merged to "10 and under" division
10 & Under
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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2003 [98] Ben Conde ( United States) John Narum ( United States)
2004 John Bozung ? ?
2005 [99] Isaiah Behhell ( United States) Josh Ellis ( United States) Tylor Mollan ( United States)
2006 [100] Sean Micca ( United States) Kevin Clutter ( United States) Matthew Stewart ( United States)
2007 [101] Kelly Micca ( United States) Bradlee Nadeau ( United States) Tylor Mollan ( United States)
2008 [102] Bryant Baus ( United States)
2009 ? ? Danielle Williams
2010 [103] Dylan Swart ( United States) Connor O'Malley ( United States) ( United States)
2011 ? ? ?
2012 [20] Hajime Sakauchi ( Japan) Kaleb Zuckerman( United States)
11 to 12
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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2002 [97] John Esfeld ( United States) Kevin Elvin ( United States)
2003 [98] Nicholsas Walker ( United States) Ann Connolly ( United States)
2004 ? ? ?
2005 [99] Ryan Scott ( United States) Michael Ferdico ( United States) Andrew Ruiz ( United States)
2006 [100] Dan Dietz ( United States) Paul Williams ( United States) Jonathan Schwartz ( United States)
2007 [101] Nick Kozak ( United States) Ethan Bein ( United States) Theo Viola ( United States)
2008 [102] Ben de Wet (South Africa) Omar Iarranaga, ( United States) Theo Viola ( United States)
2009 ? ? ?
2010 [103] Morgan Alexander ( United States) Kenneth La ( United States) Chandler Hudson ( United States)
2011 ? ? ?
2012 [20] Brett Jeffery( United States) Ben Viore( United States)
13 to 14
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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2002 [97] Tom Hebblethwaite ( United States) Koichirou Mori ( United States) Landon Balk ( United States)
2003 [98] Merged to "13 to 16" division
15 to 16
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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2002 [97] Paul Han ( United States) Adam Denuchy ( United States) Damian Talavera ( United States)
2003 [98] Merged to "13 to 16" division
13 to 16
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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2002 [97] Paul Han ( United States) Adam Denuchy ( United States) Damian Talavera ( United States)
2003 [98] Mike McCabe ( United States) Dennis Slater ( United States) Nick Gumlaw ( United States)
2004 ? ? ?
2005 [99] Brandon Murphy ( United States) Nicholas Walker ( United States) Mike Cogan ( United States)
2006 [100] Chris Hawley ( United States) Alex Brant ( United States) Will Neimeier ( United States)
2007 [101] Alex Brant ( United States) Mcleod Benson ( United States) Emmet Yeager ( United States)
2008 [102] Mikhail Baklanov ( United States) Andrew Ruiz ( United States) Michael Sparhawk ( United States)
2009 ? ? ?
2010 [103] Isaac Parris ( United States) Ben Alexander ( United States) Marshall Nye ( United States)
2011 Kelly Carney ( United States) Clare Evans ( United States) ?
2012 [20] Doug Kapinos( United States) Nic Patane( United States) Stephanie Haight( United States)
17 to 29
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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
Started as "17 to 25" division
2002 [97] Masahiro Tanikawa ( United States) Jan Schmutz ( Switzerland) Naoto Ichimura ( Japan)
Changed to "17 to 29" division
2003 [98] Nato Ichimura ( Japan) Dave Geigle ( Germany) Mina Tanikawa ( United States)
2004 ? ? ?
2005 [99] Kengo Okubo ( United States) Saya Sasaki ( United States) John Robot ( United States)
2006 [100] Pat Cuartero ( United States) Masanobu Hishida ( Japan) Andrew Robinson ( United States)
2007 [101] Hishida Masanobu ( Japan) Saul Arjona ( United States) Pat Cuartero ( United States)
2008 [102] Masanobu Hishida ( Japan) Nathan Crissey ( United States) Omar Guitierez ( United States)
2009 ? ? ?
2010 [103] Landon Balk ( United States) Naoshi Terasawa ( United States) Boyd Seth ( United States)
2011 ? ? ?
2012 [20] Sho Aketo( Japan) Boyd Seth( United States)
30 to 44
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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
Started as "26 to 45" division
2002 [97] John Lindberg ( United States) Tom Connolly ( United States) Dave Bazan ( United States)
Changed to "30 to 44" division
2003 [98] Tom Connolly ( United States) Kevin Brumfield ( United States) John Lindberg ( United States)
2004 ? ? ?
2005 [99] Russell Bean ( United States) Isaac Kanarek ( United States) Andy Brant ( United States)
2006 [100] Andy Smith ( United States) Isaac Kanarek ( United States) Kevin Jones ( United States)
2007 [101] Ed Haponik ( United States) Chadd Gromaski ( United States) John Shea ( United States)
2008 [102] Man-Kin Wong ( United States) Chadd Gromaski ( United States) Isaac Kauarek ( United States)
2009 ? ? ?
2010 [103] Masanobu Hishida ( Japan) Ed Haponik ( United States) Toby Ratcliffe ( United States)
2011 ? ? ?
2012 [20] Issac Kanarek( United States) Ed Haponik( United States) Bart Cusik( United States)
46 to 65
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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2002 [97] John Bozung ( United States) Larry Kilby ( United States) Bill Elvin ( United States)
2003 [98] Merged to "45 & Over" division
45 & Over
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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2003 [98] John Bozung ( United States) Larry Kilby ( United States) Jack Finn ( United States)
2004 ? ? ?
2005 [99] Larry Kirby ( United States) J. Johnoson ( United States) Tom Connolly ( United States)
2006 [100] Tom Connolly ( United States) Larry Kilby ( United States) Jack Finn ( United States)
2007 [101] Andy Smith ( United States) Jim Johnson ( United States) Larry Kilby ( United States)
2008 [102] Jack Finn ( United States) Thomas Connelly ( United States) Barend de Wet (South Africa)
2009 ? ? ?
2010 [103] Jack Finn ( United States) Tom Connolly ( United States) Larry Kilby ( United States)
2011 ? ? ?
2012 [20] Tom Connolly( United States) John Bozung( United States) Satoru Sakauchi( Japan)
Expert
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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2003 [98] Kensuke Goto ( Japan) Andrew Conde ( United States) Cody Taylor ( United States)
2004 ? ? ?
2005 [99] Hiroyuki Suzuki ( Japan) Rob Kitts ( United States) Ben Tredway ( United States)
2006 [100] Hiroyuki Suzuki ( United States) Luke Roberts ( United States) Jake Maloney ( United States)
2007 [101] Alan Grimberg ( United States) Spencer Parsons ( United States) Will Neimeier ( United States)
2008 [102] Javier Augusto Martinez ( Mexico) Alan Grimberg ( United States) Yu-Pei Liew ( Hong Kong)
2009 ? ? ?
2010 [103] Man-Fai Chan ( Hong Kong) Connor Scholten ( United States) Ian Johnson ( United States)
2011 ? ? ?
2012 [20] Man Fai Chan ( Hong Kong) Man Kin Wong ( Hong Kong) Masanobu Hishida ( Japan)

Looping

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7 to 8 
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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2002 [104] No Entry
2003 [105] Merged to "10 and under" division
9 to 10
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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2002 [104] Ben Conde ( United States)
2003 [105] Merged to "10 and under" division
10 & Under
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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2003 [105] Ben Conde ( United States) John Narum ( United States)
2004 [106] ? ? ?
2005 [107] Tylor Mollan ( United States) Isaiah Bethell ( United States)
2006 [108] Sean Micca ( United States) Brian Williams ( United States) Kelly Micca ( United States)
2007 [109] Tylor Mollan ( United States) Noah Gendron ( United States) Kelly Micca ( United States)
2008 [110] Bryant Baus ( United States)
2009 ? ? ?
2010 [111] No Entry
2011 ? ? ?
2012 [20] Hajime Sakauchi( Japan)
11 to 12
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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2002 [104] John Esfeld ( United States) Omar Acosta ( United States)
2003 [105] No Entry
2004 [106] ? ? ?
2005 [107] Michael Feridco ( United States) Josef Ameur ( United States) Kieran O'Sulliva ( United States)
2006 [108] Paul Williams ( United States) Dan Dietz ( United States) Joshua Ellis ( United States)
2007 [109] Nathaniel Gendron ( United States) Nick Kozak ( United States) Theo Viola ( United States)
2008 [110] Theo Viola ( United States) Tyler Mollan ( United States)
2009 ? ? ?
2010 [111] No Entry
2011 ? ? ?
2012 [20] No Entry
13 to 14
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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2002 [104] Hiroyuki Suzuki ( Japan) Koichirou Mori ( Japan) Andrew Conde ( United States)
2003 [105] Merged to "13 to 16" division
15 to 16
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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2002 [104] Tsubasa Onishi ( Japan) Rob Kitts ( United States) Dominique Vionnet ( United States)
2003 [105] Merged to "13 to 16" division
13 to 16
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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2003 [105] Koichiro Mori ( Japan) Mike McCabe ( United States) John Esfeld ( United States)
2004 ? ? ?
2005 [107] Alex Brant ( United States) Brett Stromp ( United States)
2006 [108] Alex Kim ( United States) Alex Brandt ( United States) Spencer Parsons ( United States)
2007 [109] Mcleod Benson ( United States) Alex Brant ( United States) Chris Hawley ( United States)
2008 [110] Spencer Parsons ( United States) Andrew Ruiz ( United States)
2009 ? ? ?
2010 [111] Isaac Parris ( United States) Marshall Nye ( United States)
2011 ? ? ?
2012 [20] Nicholas Patane( United States) Doug Kapinos( United States)
17 to 29
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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
Started as "17 to 25" division
2002 [104] Shota Aizawa ( Japan) Rob Kitts ( United States) Mina Tanikawa ( United States)
Changed to "17 to 29" division
2003 [105] Sota Tamechika ( Japan) Mina Tanikawa ( United States) Daisuke Urano ( Japan)
2004 ? ? ?
2005 [107] Kengo Okubo ( Japan) Wing-Man Tse ( Hong Kong) Masanobu Hishida ( Japan)
2006 [108] Hikaru Igarashi ( Japan) Atsushi Yamada ( Japan) Pat Cuartero ( United States)
2007 [109] Patrick Mitchell ( United States) Joshua Van Dalen ( Netherlands) Masanobu Hishida ( Japan)
2008 [110] Benson McLeod ( United States) Masanobu Hishida ( Japan) Nathan Crissey ( United States)
2009 ? ? ?
2010 [111] Yu Tsumura ( Japan) Kousuke Yoshida ( Japan) Naoshi Terasawa ( Japan)
2011 ? ? ?
2012 [20] Sho Aketo( Japan)
30 to 44
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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
Started as "26 to 45" division
2002 [104] Dave Bazan ( United States) Tom Connoly ( United States)
Changed to "30 to 44" division
2003 [105] Tom Connolly ( United States) Kevin Brumfield ( United States)
2004 ? ? ?
2005 [107] Isaac Kanarek ( Mexico) Ken Russell ( United States) Cole Rominger ( United States)
2006 [108] Isaac Kanarek ( Mexico) Andy Brandt ( United States) Alicia Ameur ( United States)
2007 [109] Man-Kin Wong ( Hong Kong) Isaac Kanarek ( Mexico) John Shea ( United States)
2008 [110] Man-Kin Wong ( Hong Kong) Isaac Kamarek ( Mexico) Chadd Gromaski ( United States)
2009 ? ? ?
2010 [111] Kenichi Iida ( Japan) Ken Wong ( United States) Masanobu Hishida ( Japan)
2011 ? ? ?
2012 [20] Isaac Kanarek( United States)
46 to 65
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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2002 [104] Larry Kilby ( United States) John Bozung ( United States)
2003 [105] Merged to "10 and under" division
45 & Over
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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2003 [105] Larry Kilby ( United States) John Bozung ( United States) Stuart Crump ( United States)
2004 ? ? ?
2005 [107] Tom Connolly ( United States) Larry Kilby ( United States) Jack Finn ( United States)
2006 [108] Larry Kilby ( United States) Tom Connolly ( United States) Jack Finn ( United States)
2007 [109] Tom Connolly ( United States) Larry Kilby ( United States) Jack Finn ( United States)
2008 [110] Thomas Connolly ( United States) Larry Kilby ( United States) Barend de Wet ( South Africa)
2009 ? ? ?
2010 [111] Tom Connolly ( United States) Larry Kilby ( United States)
2011 ? ? ?
2012 [20] Satoru Sakauchi( Japan) Larry Kilby( United States) Tom Connolly( United States)
Expert
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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2003 [105] Hiroyuki Suzuki ( Japan) Tsubasa Onishi ( Japan) Andrew Conde ( United States)
2004 ? ? ?
2005 [107] Hiroyuki Suzuki ( Japan) Tsubasa Onishi ( Japan) Daisuke Simada ( Japan)
2006 [108] Hiroyuki Suzuki ( Japan) Tsubasa Onishi ( Japan) Luke Roberts ( United States)
2007 [109] Chun-Hay Chan ( Hong Kong) Atsushi Yamada ( Japan) Tsubasa Onishi ( Japan)
2008 [110] Jake Maloney ( United States) Paul Williams ( United States)
2009 ? ? ?
2010 [111] Yu Tsumura ( Japan) Kousuke Yoshida ( Japan) Kenichi Iida ( Japan)
2011 ? ? ?
2012 [20] Yu Tsumura( United States) Liu Manki( Hong Kong) Mau Fai Chan( Hong Kong)

References

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  1. ^ 1993 lJA Senior Individual and Team Championships Yo-yo Results
  2. ^ 1994 lJA Senior Individual and Team Championships Yo-yo Results
  3. ^ 1995 lJA Senior Individual and Team Championships Yo-yo Results
  4. ^ 1996 lJA Senior Individual and Team Championships Yo-yo Results
  5. ^ a b 1997 lJA Senior Individual and Team Championships Yo-yo Results
  6. ^ a b c 1998 World Yo-Yo Championships 1A Result
  7. ^ 1999 World Yo-Yo Competition 1A Result
  8. ^ 2000 World Yo-Yo Contest 1A Result
  9. ^ 2001 World Yo-Yo Contest 1A Result
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