Pro

1. Shirai Toru
2. Sakihara Age
3. Iguchi Koichi
4. Goto Yuto
5. Katayama Misaki
6. Okinishi Takaaki
7. Lepidoptera suzuka

Amateur

1. Katayama Misaki
2. Okinishi Takaaki
3. Katayama Takeru
4. Katayama Noboru
5. Takeda Michinari
6. Lepidoptera Suzuka
7. Tatsuno Yuki

Beginner

1. Shoujo Ryo
2. Fukunaka Mao
3. Sadakuni tiger
4. Mizutani Miki
5. Yukina Matsumoto
6. Nakatomi taiso
7. Shouja Jun
8. Akiyama Yuzuka

Sorry for the rough Google translation of the names. RN’s knowledge of Katakana is quite rusty (original japanese results).

Skate Nerds! One day in Japan (2016) with Fuminaga Sekiguchi & Johnny Yoon.

G-Shock organized a contest in Japan challenging skaters to do tricks over a period of 100 days. Here is the entry featuring Miki Mizutani.

Shot taken in Ibaraki. Photo by Masato Ejiri.

Larger Picture (via the RN Flickr Photo Pool).

One line at True Players skatepark (Japan).

MP4 Video (via Instagram).

Nitro Circus inline superstar Chris Haffey was joined by two very special guests for the two Tokyo shows on our quick four-stop tour of Japan.

Brothers Takeshi Yasutoko and Eito Yasutoko are aggressive inline vert skate champions from Japan. Inline fans will need no introduction to these two. Between them, they have won as many as 20 gold medals at the X-Games.

Takeshi holds the Guinness World Record for being the youngest X Games athlete ever ; he was 11 years old when he made his first appearance at the games in 1998. It was incredible having them with us, and we can’t wait to perform with them again in Osaka. - Nitro Circus.

Article on Nitrocircus.com (link down).

December 5, 2016: The VOD is now available on Sellfy.

Valo Brand proudly introduces Soichiro Kanashima’s 2nd Pro Skate: the SK2. 6 years after his first pro skate. Made in Italy - All Italian Materials. 35 Years of experience in developing skates. Lana Cotta (Cooked Wool) and Synthetic Leather Upper, Plastic V13 Shell, 2016 Soul Plates made with PA (NYLON) & GLASS FIBER, Lower cuff aluminium buckles strong and light, New anti-shock footbeds, Cuff and shell are made in PU (POLYURETHANE), 2016 Liner, Synthetic material and neoprene for padding. Back View of the skates (Facebook).

Here is a gem from 2014, shared by MFTbrand: Misaki Katayama (Japan) when she was only 12 years old!

Skating a mega ramp in Shimane (Japan) - PLAY.

Bonus: Eito Yasutoko: 2010-2011 Profile (Audio Muted) - PLAY