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The Asia Pacific Yo-Yo Championships (often called AP) is a super exciting yo-yo competition! It's the biggest and best yo-yo event in Asia. A company from Singapore called Spinworkx has been organizing it since 2003. Yo-yo players from all over the region come together. They get to compete against world champions and learn new tricks from the best. This helps everyone get better at yo-yoing!

Yo-Yo Competition Styles

The AP Championships have 5 main competition styles, called "Divisions," since 2011. Each division uses a different type of yo-yo or way of playing.

1A: Single Unresponsive Yo-Yo

This is for players who use just one special yo-yo. This yo-yo is "unresponsive," meaning it won't come back up to your hand unless you do a special trick called a "bind." This lets players do really long and complex string tricks.

2A: Double Responsive Yo-Yo

This style is known as one of the hardest! Players use two "responsive" yo-yos, one in each hand. A "responsive" yo-yo comes back up to your hand with just a tug. This division focuses on looping tricks where the yo-yos go up and down quickly.

3A: Double Unresponsive Yo-Yo

In this division, players use two "unresponsive" yo-yos, one in each hand. They perform amazing tricks where both yo-yos are doing complex string movements at the same time.

4A: Off-string Yo-Yo

This is a really cool style where the yo-yo is not tied to the string! Players use a special, larger yo-yo that they throw into the air and catch on the string. There's no limit to how many off-string yo-yos you can use in your performance.

5A: Freehand Yo-Yo (Counterweight)

For this style, players attach a special "counterweight" (like a small ball or shape) to the end of the string instead of tying it to their finger. This lets them do tricks where the yo-yo and the counterweight move independently, creating unique and creative routines.

Championship Years

The Asia Pacific Yo-Yo Championships have been held almost every year since 2003.

  • 2003: 3 events
  • 2004: 4 events
  • 2005: 4 events
  • 2006: 4 events
  • 2008: 4 events
  • 2010: 5 events
  • 2011: 5 events
  • 2012: 5 events
  • 2013: 5 events
  • 2014: 5 events
  • 2015: 5 events
  • 2016: 5 events
  • 2017: 5 events
  • 2018: 5 events
  • 2019: 5 events

Medals (2003-2019)

Source:

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Japan (JPN) 49 33 28 110
2  Singapore (SIN) 7 19 10 36
3  Philippines (PHI) 3 3 2 8
4  China (CHN) 3 2 3 8
5  Hong Kong (HKG) 2 7 11 20
6  Indonesia (INA) 2 2 1 5
7  Thailand (THA) 2 1 2 5
8  South Korea (KOR) 1 0 4 5
9  Chinese Taipei (TPE) 0 1 4 5
10  Vietnam (VIE) 0 1 1 2
11  Malaysia (MAS) 0 0 3 3
Totals (11 entries) 69 69 69 207

Countries That Compete

Only players from the Asia-Pacific region can compete in these championships. Many different countries send their best yo-yo players!

Competition Prizes

The top three winners in each division receive prizes! The first-place winner gets 500 SGD (Singapore Dollars), second place gets 300 SGD, and third place gets 100 SGD.

List of Past Champions

1A

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

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

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

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

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)

See Also

Asia Pacific Championships

  • Asia-Pacific Rally Championship
  • Pacific-Asia Curling Championships
  • Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation
  • Asia Pacific Bowls Championships
  • WDF Asia-Pacific Cup
  • Asia Pacific Bridge Championships - World Bridge Federation
  • Asia Pacific Bowling Championships - Asian Bowling Federation
  • FESPIC Games
  • IIHF Women's Pacific Rim Championship
  • IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championships
  • Asia Oceania Floorball Confederation
  • Pacific Rim Championships
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