2013JL: 2013 Japan Yo-Yo League
Contest Scedule
- Contest Name: 2013 East Japan Yo-Yo Contest B Block (2013EJ-B)
- Date: March 24, 2013
- Place: Epoch Nakahara in Kawasaki, Kanagawa
- Contest Name: 2013 West Japan Yo-Yo Contest (2013WJ)
- Date: April 13, 2013
- Place: Osaka Kita-Kumin Center in Kita-ku, Osaka
2013JN - 2013.6.1-2
- Contest Name: 2013 Japan National Yo-Yo Contest (2013JN)
- Date: Jun 1-2, 2013
- Place: Winc Aichi Main Hall in Nagoya, Aichi
Contest Divisions
- 1A Freestyle
- 2A Freestyle
- 3A Freestyle
- 4A Freestyle
- 5A Freestyle
- Team Freestyle
- Ladder
Contest Structure
- JYYF runs six Reginals and one National in 2013.
- Contestant can compete in ONLY one Regional, but wherever they want.
- Only the top 10 of Regionals, the finalists of 2012JN and top 5 of 2011JN can compete in 2013JN.
- Six regional champions of each division will be seeded to 2013JN Final.
Seeded Players
Regionals: |
5A |
4A |
3A |
2A |
1A |
| EJ-A |
Naoya Takeuchi |
Yohei Kagawa |
Mizuki Takimoto |
Hiraku Fujii |
Tatsuya Fujisaka |
| NJ |
Yoshihiro Abe |
Atsushi Takeuchi |
Taiichiro Higashi |
Takuma Yamamoto |
Hirotaka Akiba |
| CJ |
Hiroyasu Ishihara |
Rei Iwakura |
Minato Furuta |
Yasushi Furukawa |
Shinya Kido |
| SJ |
Hideo Ishida |
Shotaro Masuda |
Ryosuke Ito |
Tomoyuki Kaneko |
Akitoshi Tokubuchi |
| EJ-B |
Sora Ishikawa |
Naoto Okada |
Kyohei Hosono |
Shuhei Kanai |
Ryosuke Iwasawa |
| WJ |
Takayuki Kuriyama |
Yudai Kimura |
Yasuki Tachibana |
Ryo Yamashita |
Iori Yamaki |
Freestyle Rule (Summary)
- Final: 3 minute freestyle
- Semi-Final: 1 minute freestyle
- Music stops between 3:00 to 3:01
- No yo-yoing on stage before the music starts. No throw-downs, no adjustments. No starts with sleeping or mounting position allowed.
- Catch yo-yo(s) immediately after the music ends. If the player cannot catch, deductions happen until the player leaves the stage.
- No getting off the stage during the performance, even for getting yo-yos the player lost from the stage. If the player steps off from the stage, the performance ends there.
- No sitting on the edge of the stage. No standing on the edge. Can be DQed.
- No props allowed. Only yo-yos, strings, counter-weights, gloves, and tray (contest provides).
- No bags, yo-yo cases, clothes, jackets, tables on the stage. For supervising belongings reason, bag, wallet, cell phone allowed on the end of the stage.
Freestyle Scoring
JUDGE GROUP A
Technical Execution: 50%
Two clickers: Normalized
Only technical aspect (difficulty, variation, risk)
No additional points for rareness, originality, style, continuity, largeness and etc.
Be very strict with repeating same tricks and/or elements
Minus 1 for trick miss, trapeze miss, control miss
Restart (yo-yo stop), and yo-yo change will be subject for deduction later.
JUDGE GROUP B
Technical Evaluation: 20%
4 items: 0-5 points each: No normalized
1. Cleanliness (line of string, trajectory of yo-yo)
2. Variation (of trick style)
3. Rareness (uniqueness, originality, creativity, style of tricks)
4. Execution (no miss, perfection, completion)
Performance Evaluation: 30%
6 items: 0-5 points each: No normalized
1. Routine (Construction, Scene, phase change)
2. Music Use (Music Hit, Cueing ,Choreography, Rhythm)
3. Professionalism (Stage Manner, Body Control / Mannerism)
4. Amplitude/Focus (of Moves, Expression / Stage Use)
5. Style (Uniqueness, Originality, Creativity of expression)
6. Showmanship (Enjoyment/Entertainment/Story/Theme/outfit)
Additional Deduction (Major Deduction):
After Total of three category above
Minus 1: Any yo-yo stop (restart), including intentional stop
Minus 3: Any yo-yo discard, including planned change
Minus 5: String cut or detach, including intentional
DQ: A Yo-Yo jumps into the audience over judges head
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At the end of routine, if yo-yo does not come back to hand, it will be Minus 3 deduction.
T.Ex (50pts) + T.Ev (20pts) + P.Ev (30pts) – AD
One-minute Freestyle Rule:
- Technical Execution: 60%
- Technical Evaluation: 20% (Cleanness and Excution)
- Performance Evaluation: 20% (Music Use and Professionalism)
- Additional Deduction: Same as 3 Min
Contestant/Visitor Fee
Reginals
- Visitor: No fee
- Contestant: JPY 3000 for each division
Japan National
- Visitor: JPY 3000 (JPY2000 for pre-purchase)
- Contestant: JPY 5000 for each division
Event Size
- Each Regional has 150-400 visitors (including players and staff)
- Expected Number of Visitors for Japan National: 600-800 (including players and staff)
- Expected Number of Contestants for Japan National: 100-200
About Organization: JYYF
- Name: Japan Yo-Yo Federation (JYYF)
- Legal Entity: General Incorporated Association (Since 2010)
- Representative Board Director: Hironori Mii
- Holding National Contest: Since 1999
Judges:
- Hironori Mii (Head Judge)
- Kazuki Okada (Head Judge)
- BLACK
- Naoto Okada
- Shuhei Kanai
- Atsushi Yamada
- Jun Aramaki
- Takuma Yamamoto
- Yasushi Furukawa
- Rei Iwakura
- Kunihisa Kawabe
- Taiichiro Higashi
(Last Update: 2013.4.3)
