The JKA will be hosting the 39th Annual All Japan Kendama Competition this coming Sunday, May 28. The link is in Japanese, try Google Translate for more info (that in itself is always entertaining).
I see the ladies got 1st, 2nd, 3rd. Did any of them place last year in KWC 2016? Cause I'm curious to see how well they'll do in this year's KWC.
Yao Yukie was second at this JKA event and 5th at last year's KWC. I'm not sure about the other two but I don't think they were in the KWC. 2016 Run 2017 Level 9 trick list