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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]

Contests

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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

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  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)

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

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Japan (JPN)493328110
2 Singapore (SIN)7191036
3 Philippines (PHI)3328
4 China (CHN)3238
5 Hong Kong (HKG)271120
6 Indonesia (INA)2215
7 Thailand (THA)2125
8 South Korea (KOR)1045
9 Chinese Taipei (TPE)0145
10 Vietnam (VIE)0112
11 Malaysia (MAS)0033
Totals (11 entries)696969207

Participating nations

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

  1.  Australia
  2.  Brunei
  3.  China
  4.  Hong Kong
  5.  Philippines
  6.  Indonesia
  7.  Japan
  8.  Vietnam
  9.  Macau
  10.  Malaysia
  11.  Singapore
  12.  Taiwan
  13.  Thailand
  14.  South Korea

Competition Prizes

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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

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1A

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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2003 Hiroyuki Suzuki ( Japan) Man-Fai Chan ( Hong Kong) Chun-Hin Cheung ( Hong Kong)
2004 Hiroyuki Suzuki ( Japan) Nicholas Hang ( Indonesia) Chun-Hin Cheung ( Hong Kong)
2005 Hiroyuki Suzuki ( Japan) Chun-Hin Cheung ( Hong Kong) Johji Takamatsu ( Japan)
2006 Hiroyuki Suzuki ( Japan) Johji Takamatsu ( Japan) Mohd Faiz ( Malaysia)
2008 Hiroyuki Suzuki ( Japan) Shinya Kido ( Japan) Yi-cheng Luo ( China)
2010 Hiroyuki Suzuki ( Japan) Marcus Koh ( Singapore) Shinya Kido ( Japan)
2011 Christopher Chia ( Singapore) Marcus Koh ( Singapore) Hiroyuki Suzuki ( Japan)
2012 Hiroyuki Suzuki ( Japan) Christopher Chia ( Singapore) Darrell Mitchell ( Singapore)
2013 Ahmad Kharisma Luhur ( Indonesia) Christopher Chia ( Singapore) Hiroyuki Suzuki ( Japan)
2014 Ahmad Kharisma Luhur ( Indonesia) Iori Yamaki ( Japan) Hiroyuki Suzuki ( Japan)
2015 Iori Yamaki ( Japan) Ahmad Kharisma Luhur ( Indonesia) Hiroyuki Suzuki ( Japan)
2016 Shion Araya ( Japan) Marcus Koh ( Singapore) Ahmad Kharisma Luhur ( Indonesia)
2017 Shion Araya ( Japan) Hirotaka Akiba ( Japan) Marcus Koh ( Singapore)
2018 Garbkamol Limangkul ( Thailand) Hirotaka Akiba ( Japan) Ryota Ogi ( Japan)
2019 Garbkamol Limangkul ( Thailand) Hirotaka Akiba ( Japan) Kohei Nishimura ( Japan)

2A

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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2003 Koji Yokoyama ( Japan) Hiroyuki Suzuki ( Japan) Man-Fai Chan ( Hong Kong)
2004 Hiraku Fujii ( Japan) Yutaro Kasuya ( Japan) Jin-Gyu Han ( South Korea)
2005 Hiraku Fujii ( Japan) Koji Yokoyama ( Japan) Man-Ki Liew ( Hong Kong)
2006 Koji Yokoyama ( Japan) Shota Aizawa ( Japan) Yutaro Kasuya ( Japan)
2008 Shuhei Kanai ( Japan) Masanori Jodai ( Japan) Chun-Hay Chan ( Hong Kong)
2010 Shinji Saito ( Japan) Hiraku Fujii ( Japan) Masanori Jodai ( Japan)
2011 Shinji Saito ( Japan) Takuma Yamamoto ( Japan) Man-Ki Liu ( Hong Kong)
2012 Shunsuke Kawakami ( Japan) Siu-Ho Yiu ( Hong Kong) Wasakorn Lattilertwit ( Thailand)
2013 Ginji Miura ( Japan) Atsushi Yamada ( Japan) Chun-Hay Chan ( Hong Kong)
2014 Shinji Saito ( Japan) Hikaru Fujii ( Japan) Man-Ki Liu ( Hong Kong)
2015 Shinji Saito ( Japan) Shu Takada ( Japan) Man-Ki Liu ( Hong Kong)
2016 Man-Ki Liu ( Hong Kong) Shinji Saito ( Japan) Arata Imai ( Japan)
2017 Arata Imai ( Japan) Tomoyuki Kaneko ( Japan) Yi Chenghao ( China)
2018 Yi Chenghao ( China) Arata Imai ( Japan) Akira Kato ( Japan)
2019 Arata Imai ( Japan) Akira Kato ( Japan) Yuki Takami ( Japan)

3A

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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2010 Kentaro Kimura ( Japan) Taiichiro Higashi ( Japan) Takeshi Matsuura ( Japan)
2011 Minato Furuta ( Japan) Takeshi Matsuura ( Japan) Taiichiro Higashi ( Japan)
2012 Chak-Wing Wong ( China) Takao Morioka ( Japan) Taiichiro Higashi ( Japan)
2013 Chak-Wing Wong ( China) Taiichiro Higashi ( Japan) Thawhir Iqbal ( Singapore)
2014 Hajime Miura ( Japan) Thawhir Iqbal ( Singapore) Taiichiro Higashi ( Japan)
2015 Taiichiro Higashi ( Japan) Mizuki Takimoto ( Japan) Thawhir Iqbal ( Singapore)
2016 Taiichiro Higashi ( Japan) Yuuki Kurumisawa ( Japan) Thawhir Iqbal ( Singapore)
2017 Hajime Miura ( Japan) Thawhir Iqbal ( Singapore) Taiichiro Higashi ( Japan)
2018 Mizuki Takimoto ( Japan) Thawhir Iqbal ( Singapore) Yuto Yamaguchi ( Japan)
2019 Thawhir Iqbal ( Singapore) Wang Yuxiang ( China) Yuto Yamaguchi ( Japan)

4A

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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2004 Atsushi Yamada ( Japan) Lim Aik Hwee ( Singapore) Eiji Okuyama ( Japan)
2005 Kin-Lok Lee ( Hong Kong) Lim Aik Hwee ( Singapore) Eiji Okuyama ( Japan)
2006 Lim Aik Hwee ( Singapore) Kin-Lok Lee ( Hong Kong) Sean Perez ( Philippines)
2008 Lim Aik Hwee ( Singapore) Naoto Okada ( Japan) Jung-Ting Tsao ( Taiwan)
2010 Rei Iwakura ( Japan) Sean Hung ( Singapore) Po-Han Kuo ( Taiwan)
2011 Tsubasa Onishi ( Japan) Rei Iwakura ( Japan) Sean Hung ( Singapore)
2012 Lim Aik Hwee ( Singapore) Sean Hung ( Singapore) Yan-Ting Lam ( Hong Kong)
2013 Tsubasa Onishi ( Japan) Pornpinit Sanprasert ( Thailand) Ji-Hwan Jeon ( South Korea)
2014 Ji-Hwan Jeon ( South Korea) Chun-Hin Chan ( Hong Kong) Sean Hung ( Singapore)
2015 Naoto Onishi ( Japan) Sean Hung ( Singapore) Zhao Chen ( China)
2016 Lim Aik Hwee ( Singapore) Tsubasa Onishi ( Japan) Tomohiko Zanka ( Japan)
2017 Hajime Miura ( Japan) Takumi Hakamata ( Japan) Po-Han Kuo ( Taiwan)
2018 Tsukasa Takada ( Japan) Chan Chun Hin ( Hong Kong) Tomohiko Zanka ( Japan)
2019 Tsukasa Takada ( Japan) Cheng Sheng-Wen ( Taiwan) Oh Jiho ( South Korea)

5A

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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2004 Makoto Numagami ( Japan) Lim Aik Hwee ( Singapore) Andrew Lim ( Singapore)
2005 Muhammad Iskandar Shah ( Singapore) Sojun Miyamura ( Japan) Hiroyasu Ishihara ( Japan)
2006 Daijiro Akatsuka ( Japan) Iskandar Shah ( Singapore) Muhammad Shakeel ( Malaysia)
2008 Sojun Miyamura ( Japan) Naoto Okada ( Japan) Muhammad Shakeel ( Malaysia)
2010 Takeshi Matsuura ( Japan) Muhammad Iskandar Shah ( Singapore) Tsu-Chieh Lan ( Taiwan)
2011 Takeshi Matsuura ( Japan) Bryan Jardin ( Philippines) Kwok-San Chan ( Hong Kong)
2012 Bryan Jardin ( Philippines) Muhammad Iskandar Shah ( Singapore) Naoya Takeuchi ( Japan)
2013 Bryan Jardin ( Philippines) Kwan-Ho Ko ( Hong Kong) Muhammad Iskandar Shah ( Singapore)
2014 Jaued Cervas ( Philippines) 'Teeny' Kai Zhang ( China) Naoya Takeuchi ( Japan)
2015 Naoya Takeuchi ( Japan) Ian Loh ( Singapore) Yuttana Sukhumalchatsombat ( Thailand)
2016 Hideo Ishida ( Japan) Tran Quoc Huy ( Vietnam) Ian Loh ( Singapore)
2017 Yoshihiro Abe ( Japan) Miggy Hizon ( Philippines) Tran Quoc Huy ( Vietnam)
2018 Yoshihiro Abe ( Japan) Hideo Ishida ( Japan) Miggy Hizon ( Philippines)
2019 Yoshihiro Abe ( Japan) Miggy Hizon ( Philippines) Naoya Takeuchi ( Japan)

X

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

Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2003 Eiji Okuyama ( Japan) Fajar Siddiq ( Singapore) Hyun-Woong Moon ( South Korea)

See also

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Asia Pacific Championships

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References

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  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
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