Hiroyuki Suzuki (yo-yo player)

Hiroyuki Suzuki (鈴木 裕之, Suzuki Hiroyuki, born June 23, 1989) is a Japanese yo-yo competitor and performer. He is a four-time world champion. He has two world records in "The Most Eli Hops in 30 seconds" and “The fastest time to knock off a coin from the ears of 15 participants with a loop-the-loop yoyo trick.”.[1]

Hiroyuki Suzuki
Born
Suzuki Hiroyuki

(1989-06-23)June 23, 1989
NationalityJapanese
Occupationyo-yo performer
Awards2004, 2005, 2006, 2012 World Yo-yo Champion
Websitehiroyuki-suzuki.com

Megumi, his younger sister, has a world record in Guinness World Records for Most skips in 30 seconds.

Biography

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When he was young, he also trained Skipping rope, but he quit because he could not beat his younger sister.

In 2001, Suzuki participated in his first World Yo-Yo Contest. He used Mickey Mouse March for his performance, so he is sometimes called 'Mickey'.

He graduated Nishio High School in March 2008.

He was matriculated in Faculty of Communication Studies, Department of Language Communication of Aichi Shukutoku University in April 2008. It was changed to "Faculty of Global Culture and Communication" in 2010.

On March 13, 2011, he was awarded 2011 University President Award for great performance in contests and success in yo-yo business.[2][3]

In March 2012, he graduated from Aichi Shukutoku University.

In August 2012, he won his 4th world title in the World Yo-Yo Contest in 1A.

Results

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1A
Event 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
World Yo-Yo Contest 9th 2nd 3rd 1st 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 4th 1st 10th 8th 15th 19th
Asia Pacific Yo-Yo Championships 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 3rd 1st 3rd 3rd 3rd 6th 9th 14th
Bali International YoYo Open 1st 1st 1st 1st
Japan National Yo-Yo Contest 3rd 3rd 1st 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 3rd
Kansai Yo Yo Carnival 1st 1st
Central Japan Yo-Yo Contest 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 3rd
West Japan Yo-Yo Contest 1st 1st   2nd
Nagoya Regional Yo-Yo Contest 2nd 1st
2A
Asia Pacific Yo-Yo Championships 2nd
Bali International YoYo Open 2nd
4A
Asia Pacific Yo-Yo Championships 4th 5th 5th
Sports String (World Division)
World Yo-Yo Contest 1st 1st
Sports Looping (World Division)
World Yo-Yo Contest 1st 1st 1st
Asia Pacific Yo-Yo Championships was established in 2003.
Bali International YoYo Open was established in 2010.
Nagoya Regional Yo-Yo Contest was merged to West Japan Yo-Yo Contest in 2003, and then it was divided to Central Japan Yo-Yo Contest in 2006.
The black coloured cells indicate that the event was not held that year, or does not exist anymore.

Awards

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  • Bali International YoYo Open 2012 B.O.B.(Best Of Best) Division Champion (August 25, 2012)[4]
  • Bali International YoYo Open 2011 B.O.B.(Best Of Best) Division Champion (July 9, 2011)[5]
  • 2011 University President Award (Aichi Shukutoku University, March 13, 2011)
  • Happy Yellow Puppy Commendation (Chūkyō Television Broadcasting, December 2009)[6]

Guinness World Records

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  1. The Most Eli Hops in 30 seconds (December 19, 2009)[7]
  2. The fastest time to knock off a coin from the ears of 15 participants with a loop-the-loop yoyo trick (April 28, 2011) [8]

References

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  1. ^ Guinness World Records
  2. ^ "活躍する在学生 vol.19 鈴木 裕之さん". Archived from the original on 2013-01-06. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
  3. ^ "平成23年度 学長表彰式". Archived from the original on 2012-10-10. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
  4. ^ BIYO2012 Finals Result
  5. ^ BIYO2011 Finals Result
  6. ^ orldYoYoChampion Hiroyuki on TV! ヨーヨー世界チャンピオン -pt.2
  7. ^ Most yo-yo eli hops in 30 seconds
  8. ^ Fastest time to knock a coin off the ears of 15 people using a yo-yo
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