The Figaro Gallery of Top Players

Figaro travels around the world
and gets pictured with the
Top Spintop Players

and other People
who are

TOPS


Pictures in chronological order. Click on the images for uncroped and larger or different pictures
Name: Jorge Alcoz
Nickname: ta0
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Fav trick: Staircase to Heaven
Main tools: Modded HP, Figaro
Top fact: Zen Master of this site, World (09, 15) and US (08, 15) Champion

Name:
Hamilton Yokota
Nickname: Titi Freak
Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Fav trick:
Main tools: Bearing King
Top fact: World-renowned graffiti and mural artist
Website:

Name: Mike Hout
Nickname: Spin Preacher
Location: Miamisburg, Ohio
Fav trick: Head spin while juggling bowling balls
Main tools: Spintastics Trompo
Top fact: World (11 ft) Champion
Website: Whirled Festival of Tops

Name: Dave Bazan
Nickname: Buzzon
Location: Dallas, Texas
Fav trick: Multiple one-handed trapezes
Main tools: HP, Elite, Blizzard
Top fact: World (02, 05) & US (01, 06) champion
Website:

Name: Miguel Correa
Nickname: Miggy
Location: Dallas, Texas
Fav trick:
Main tools:
Top fact: World (03) & US (03) Champion

Name: Dale Oliver
Nickname: Grand Master
Location: Dallas, Texas
Fav trick:
Main tools: Quick Silver
Top fact: 92 World Yo-Yo Champion, former owner Spintastics, spintop judge
Website:

Name: Valery Oliver
Nickname: Val
Location: Dallas, Texas
Fav trick:
Main tools: Trompo
Top fact: Top ranked female player
Website: www.scienceofspin.com

Name: Alan Gray
Nickname:
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Fav trick: Master of the one-handed lasso
Main tools: Self-made 6-inch wood tops
Top fact: Creator of Figaro and other fine-crafted tops. Judge
Website www.woodtops.com

Name: Takeshi
Nickname: Mitchell Thomas Red-Cloud Kamisato
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Fav trick: Takeshi's Top Tangler (t3)
Main tools: Bearing King
Top fact: Yoyo moder, videographer and skateboarder

Name: Boyd Thomas
Nickname: Boyd Seth
Location: Oregon
Fav trick: Cliffhanger
Main tools: Mjolnir
Top fact:

Name: Robert Gray
Nickname:
Location: Nebraska
Fav trick:
Main tools: Alan's custom tops
Top fact:

Name: Cliff Coleman
Nickname: CliffSlider
Location: California
Fav trick: Long combos
Main tools: YYJ Gates
Top fact: Skateboarding pioneer

Name: Matt Ritter
Nickname:
Location: Tallahassee, Florida
Fav trick: Ghost catch
Main tools: Bearing King
Top fact: World champion (04, 06, 07) and US (04) Champion

Name: Dick Stohr
Nickname:
Location: Springfield, Virginia
Fav trick:
Main tools: Sidewinder, Blizzard
Top fact: Top judge at worlds and nats

Name: David Buhrmester
Nickname:
Location:
Fav trick: Magnetic wire
Main tools: HP, King-Me moded Trompo
Top fact: Sculptor and maker of super-glue tops
Website: youtube.com/user/daveid777

Name: Chris Oneil
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Name: Alex Ayers
Nickname: Apex
Location:
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Name: Tom Connolly
Nickname:
Location: Washington DC area
Fav trick:
Main tools: Cozmo
Top fact: Dad of a great yoyoing girl

Name: Jeff Smith
Nickname:
Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan
Fav trick:
Main tools: YYJ Topdog
Top fact: Has dominated the ladder in his age group

Name: Jon Gates
Nickname:
Location: Denver, Colorado
Fav trick:
Main tools: Anything with rotational symmetry, specially a YYJ Gates
Top fact: World (00,08) and US (02,05,07) Champion
Website www.jongates.com

Name: Joe Fielding-Purdy
Nickname: mtntop
Location: Denver, Colorado
Fav trick:
Main tools:
Top fact: Two-time Colorado champion, Ultimate Battletop of the Universe winner

Name: Darren Kim
Nickname:
Location: Denver, Colorado
Fav trick:
Main tools:
Top fact: World (10) and US (09, 10) Champion

Name: Catherine Sampietro
Nickname:
Location: San Francisco, California
Fav trick:
Main tools:
Top fact: Spintop Mama at The Academy
Website youtube.com/user/cowgirlSam

Name: Mark Hayward
Nickname:
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Fav trick:
Main tools: Topdog, Chubby
Top fact: Creator of the Ultimate Battletop Championship of the Universe
Website www.markhaywardismyhero.com and www.markhayward.net

Name: Eric Wolff
Nickname:
Location: Chicago
Fav trick:
Main tools: His superbly crafted tops (and a lathe)
Top fact: Leader of renowned Chicago Fire Kite Team
Website

Name: André Boulay
Nickname:
Location:
Fav trick:
Main tools:
Top fact: National Yo-Yo Master

Name: John Buechele
Nickname:
Location: Ohio
Fav trick:
Main tools: Spintastics Trompo
Top fact: Tours the country with his guitar and tops

Name: Jean-Marie (Jim) Boehm
Nickname: Lord Jim
Location: Paris, France
Fav trick: chin stall
Main tools:
Top fact:

Name: Ronan Lelievre
Nickname: Lapin
Location: Paris, France
Fav trick: hand curl
Main tools:
Top fact:

Name: Cyril Mermilliod
Nickname: Le Collectionneur
Location: near Paris, France
Fav trick:
Main tools:
Top fact: has one of the biggest antique top collections in the world

Name: Clement Bertaux
Nickname: Paris, France
Location:
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Top fact: France national yo-yo champion

Name: Philippe D.
Nickname:
Location: Sigy le Châtel, Bourgogne, France
Fav trick:
Main tools: wood lathe
Top fact: unusual working and artistic wooden tops

Name: Jorge Sanjuan
Nickname: Pulpo
Location: Madrid, Spain
Fav trick: elevator
Main tools:
Top fact: main top hombre at yoyo4all.com

Name: Didier Malherbe
Nickname:
Location: Paris, France
Fav trick: real drumb-beat
Main tools: drum, flute, sound making stuff
Top fact: makes music with tops and also collects them
Website www.didiermalherbe.com

Name: Chris Sandt
Nickname: Secret Agent
Location: Raeford, NC
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Website

Name: Felix Avellana
Nickname: Fee-Fee
Location:
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Top fact: World (01, 09 bt) Champion
Website

Name: Chris Neff
Nickname: yophosis
Location: Jefferson City, Missouri
Fav trick: Zorro, Whippersnapper
Main tools: Strummol8, homemade Project 213
Top fact:

World (11 bt) Champion, How to be a Player DVD

Website

Name: Tyler Severance
Nickname:
Location:
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Top fact: World (08) and Nat yo-yo champion, counter-weight division
Website

Name: Takahiko Hasegawa
Nickname: Taka
Location: Japan
Fav trick:
Main tools:
Top fact: World (02, 05, 11) yo-yo champion, artistic performance division
Website www.spingear.jp

Name: Bob Rule
Nickname: Mr. Yo-yo
Location:
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Top fact: Duncan demonstrator; at one time he was also known as Mr. Spintop
Website www.mryoyo.com

Name: Rick Osbourne
Nickname:
Location: Tampa, Florida
Fav trick:
Main tools:
Top fact: Royal national yo-yo & spintop champion, Duncan demonstrator
Website

Name: Steve Brown
Nickname: Elvis
Location: Cleveland Heights, OH
Fav trick: Bermuda Triangle
Main tools: 10" SB2
Top fact: National Yo-Yo master. How to Be a Player DVD
Website

Name: Omar Garza
Nickname: Mexico
Location: Orlando, FL
Fav trick: Regens, wire walking
Main tools: Custom Hybrid QS, 5 estrellas
Top fact: Invented "corkscrew sandwich"
Website

Name: Rob Tsou
Nickname: robtsou, Dr. Nick
Location: Atlanta, GA
Fav trick:
Main tools: Lathe
Top fact:
Website

Name: Dave Schulte
Nickname: Dazzling Dave
Location:
Fav trick:
Main tools: battling tops
Top fact: Ultimate Battletop of the Universe & 1st lightbulb battletop winner
Website www.dazzlingdave.com

Name: Kevin McKlusky
Nickname: yocephus
Location: Raleigh, NC
Fav trick:
Main tools: camera, diet rc
Top fact:
Website

Name: Kevin Newell
Nickname:
Location:
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Main tools:
Top fact: freestyled at worlds 2010
Website

Name: Sam Niemeier
Nickname:
Location:
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Main tools:
Top fact: Pizza spinner
Website

Name: Stu Branoff
Nickname: Stupendous
Location:
Fav trick:
Main tools: diabolo
Top fact:
Website

Name: Petr Kavka
Nickname:
Location: Czech Republic
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Top fact:
Website

Name: Seth
Nickname: waxyaxle
Location:
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Website

Name: John Higby
Nickname: half of the Yo-Yo People
Location: Amherst, Massachussetts
Fav trick: Yoyoing while unicycling
Main tools:
Top fact: Tours the world with Rebecca performing with skill toys
Website www.yoyopeople.com

Name: Beau Compton
Nickname: runBMC
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Fav trick: Roadrunner
Main tools: Strummol8
Top fact: youngest player to throw Figaro
Website

Name: Chris
Nickname:
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Name: Hank Freeman
Nickname:
Location: Cleveland, OH
Fav trick:
Main tools:
Top fact: Yo-yo 3A US national champion
Website

Name: Bryan Hemingway
Nickname: hemingsoft
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Fav trick: Whip
Main tools: UC HDPE top
Top fact:
Website

Name: Tai-Min Liu
Nickname: TML
Location: Cincinnati, OH / Taiwan
Fav trick:
Main tools: UC HDPE top
Top fact:
Website

Name: Aaron Wade
Nickname:
Location: Cincinnati, OH / Florida
Fav trick: regenerating suns
Main tools: UC HDPE top
Top fact:
Website

Name: John Markus
Nickname:
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Fav trick:
Main tools: Lathe, 10" tops
Top fact: builder of the Cincy giant tops
Website

Name: Patrick Malsom
Nickname:
Location: Cincinnati, OH  (Michigan-bred )
Fav trick:
Main tools: UC HDPE top
Top fact:
Website

Name: Javier Fortes
Nickname:
Location: Mollina (Andalucía), Spain
Fav trick: barrel rolls
Main tools:
Top fact:
Website

Name: Sebastián del Pino
Nickname:
Location: Antequera (Andalucía), Spain
Fav trick:
Main tools:
Top fact: Top collector and popularizer
Website

Name: Jack Ringca
Nickname:
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Fav trick:
Main tools: Bearing King
Top fact: Duncan pro-demonstrator, 95 yo-yo nats champ (5A), musician
Website

Name: Hans Van Dan Elzen
Nickname: YoHans
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Fav trick:
Main tools: Throwback
Top fact: Founder of Yoyofactory. Top collector
Website Yoyofactory.

Name: Brian Caster
Nickname:
Location: Salinas, CA
Fav trick:
Main tools:
Top fact: 2 times US National Champion
Website

Name: Paul Kyprie
Nickname: Zeemo
Location: Whitmore Lake, Michigan
Fav trick: getting rebooked for a show!
Main tools:
Top fact: professional performer
Website www.zeemoshows.com

Name: Rick Prevett
Nickname:
Location: Lincoln, Nebraska
Fav trick:
Main tools:
Top fact: force behind Flatland
Website

Name: Chad Lunders
Nickname:
Location: Lincoln, Nebraska
Fav trick: Saturn Rings
Main tools: string epoxi shell with hard foam core top
Top fact: makes own tops, films in 3D
Website

Name: Jek Kelly
Nickname:
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Fav trick:
Main tools:
Top fact: Founder of Flatland Festival, (Australian) boomerang ace
Website

Name: Mike Hickerson
Nickname: shootist
Location: Cropwell, Alabama
Fav trick:
Main tools: Strummol8 Giulia
Top fact:
Website

Name: Austen Hickerson
Nickname: Cropwell, Alabama
Location:
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Name: Jared
Nickname: Bucsfan
Location: Orlando, Florida
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Name: Tim Simca
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Name:
Nickname: Free
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Name: Branden
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Name: Orlando
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Name: Zac
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Name: Noah
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Name: Drew
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Name: Justin Goss
Nickname: SirBoot32
Location:

San Antonio, Texas

Fav trick: One hand lasso to Texas Cowpoke
Main tools: Trompo Grande (Salvador tip), Cuper 360 (Ti tip) and Diet BK
Top fact: Lucky guy
Website

Name: Gustavo Castro
Nickname: Gus the King
Location:

Mexico City, Mexico

Fav trick: Very high suicides
Main tools: Cometa tops
Top fact: Father of the modern Mexican style of play, creator of Wheel of Fortune (bastones), Orbits/Half-Orbits, etc., etc.
Website

Name: Salvador Martinez
Nickname: Huitzinakantli
Location:

Mexico City, Mexico

Fav trick: Ikzitl
Main tools: Jumbo
Top fact: Master of on-string regens and foot kicks
Website

Name: Cautín
Nickname: Tururú
Location:

Mexico City, Mexico

Fav trick: Speedy Gonzales
Main tools: Cometa tops
Top fact: Likes convertibles
Website

Name: Salvador de la Rosa
Nickname:
Location:

Mexico City, Mexico

Fav trick:
Main tools: Cometa tops
Top fact:
Website

Name: Carlos Solis
Nickname: Nica / Nasdravie
Location:

Mexico City, Mexico

Fav trick:
Main tools: Cometa tops
Top fact: World 2012 Champion, originally from Nicaragua
Website

Name: Omar Lemo
Nickname:
Location:

Mexico City, Mexico

Fav trick:
Main tools: Cometa tops
Top fact:
Website

Name: Omar de la Rosa
Nickname:
Location:

Mexico City, Mexico

Fav trick:
Main tools: Skyy tops
Top fact: Owner of Skyy tops, brother of Salvador
Website

Name: Miguel Angel Chavez
Nickname:
Location:

Mexico City, Mexico

Fav trick:
Main tools: Cometa tops
Top fact:
Website

Name: Raúl Sanchez
Nickname:
Location:

Mexico City, Mexico

Fav trick:
Main tools: Cometa tops
Top fact: Cometa demonstrator
Website

Name: Humberto Hernandez
Nickname:
Location:

Mexico City, Mexico

Fav trick:
Main tools: Cometa tops
Top fact: Cometa demonstrator
Website

Name: Eli Hickerson
Nickname:
Location:

Cropwell, Alabama

Fav trick:
Main tools: Giulia
Top fact: 2019 World Spintop Champ
Website

Name: Tony North
Nickname: tonysauce
Location:

Provo, Utah

Fav trick: killer throw
Main tools: battletop
Top fact: Ultimate Battletop of the Universe winner 2010
Website

Name: Kenneth
Nickname: MechTop
Location:

Austin, Texas

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Top fact:
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Name: John Bozung
Nickname:
Location:

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Top fact: Ultimate Battletop of the Universe winner 2008
Website

Name: Mike Owens
Nickname:
Location:

San Antonio, Texas

Fav trick:
Main tools:
Top fact: Large collection of peg tops
Website

Name: Larry DiBiase
Nickname:
Location:

New York, NY

Fav trick:
Main tools: Cincy tops
Top fact:
Website

Name: Don Olney
Nickname: The Toycrafter
Location:

Rochester, NY

Fav trick:
Main tools: Spintop cart
Top fact: The Toycrafter made millions of tops, massive top collection
Website Moving Wood Studio

Name: Jason Rodriguez
Nickname:
Location:

Geneva, NY

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Name: Brad Wyman
Nickname:
Location:

Necedah, WI

Fav trick:
Main tools:
Top fact: Pass the Props co-owner
Website www.passtheprops.com

Name: Jim Neff
Nickname:
Location:

Buffalo, NY

Fav trick:
Main tools: Cyclone, kongzhu
Top fact: Carries the largest number of spinning toys
Website

Name: Jeff Peden
Nickname:
Location:

Rochester, NY

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Website

Name: Tyler Young
Nickname:
Location:

Brno, Czech Republic (originally from US)

Fav trick:
Main tools: S8 tops
Top fact: 2014 World Champ
Website

Name: Alejandro Torres
Nickname: Alex
Location:

Mexico City, Mexico

Fav trick:
Main tools: Cometa tops
Top fact:
Website

Name: Marietta Slezak
Nickname:
Location:

Hungary

Fav trick:
Main tools: Cometa tops
Top fact: One of very few female Cometa pros
Website

Name: Jakub Konecny
Nickname:
Location:

Czech Republic

Fav trick:
Main tools: S8 tops
Top fact: 2017 World Champion, several European championships
Website

Name: Daniel Konecny
Nickname:
Location:

Czech Republic

Fav trick: To Hell and Back
Main tools: S8 tops
Top fact: Czech and European Champ
Website

Name: Jan Kloubec
Nickname:
Location:

Czech Republic

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Name: Alfredo Mascali
Nickname:
Location:

Madrid, Spain

Fav trick:
Main tools:
Top fact: Founder Spanish Yoyo association
Website

Name: Otvirak
Nickname: Bottle Opener
Location:

Brno, Czech Republic

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Name: Tomáš
Nickname: Tomorex
Location:

Czech Republic

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Name: Jan Dvorák
Nickname:
Location:

Czech Republic

Fav trick:
Main tools:
Top fact: Father of Czech spintop play
Website

Name: Maurizio Petruccioli
Nickname:
Location:

Cormons, Italy

Fav trick:
Main tools:
Top fact: Creator of Strummol8 tops
Website

Name: Nick Civitello
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Location:

Kansas City

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Name: Yuki
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Main tools:
Top fact: Two-time world yo-yo champion
Website

Name: Fernando Turegano
Nickname:
Location:

Cancun, Mexico

Fav trick:
Main tools:
Top fact: Past demonstrator of many Mexican spintop companies
Website

Name: Shigeo Matsushita
Nickname: Beigoma Master
Location:

Japan

Fav trick:
Main tools: Exquisitely modded beigomas
Top fact:
Website

Name: Yoshihito Fujita
Nickname: Koma no Ochan (spinning top uncle)
Location:

Nagoya, Japan

Fav trick: Koma on sword
Main tools:
Top fact: Owner of the Nagoya spinning top museum
Website Koma Museum

Name: Keita Watanabe
Nickname:
Location:

Nagoya, Japan

Fav trick:
Main tools:
Top fact: Japanese National Champ 2013
Website

Name: Shogo Ichikawa
Nickname: Rupan
Location:

Nagoya, Japan

Fav trick:
Main tools:
Top fact: Koma performer
Website

Name: Kazuhito Miki
Nickname:
Location:

Itami (Osaka), Japan

Fav trick:
Main tools: Chonkake koma
Top fact: Expert chonkake performer
Website

Name: Tsutomu Takeda
Nickname: Koma no Takechan
Location:

Tokyo, Japan

Fav trick: Double katana (sword) and komas
Main tools:
Top fact: Main performer on Nagoya Museum's instructional DVD
Website komanotakechan.wiki.fc2.com

Name: Ryoichi Katsukawa
Nickname:
Location:

Kobe, Japan

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Name: Yukino Watanabe
Nickname:
Location:

Nagoya, Japan

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Name: Ondra Sedivy
Nickname:
Location:

Czech Republic

Fav trick:
Main tools:
Top fact: Head honcho of Czech yo-yo association
Website

Name: Quentin Godet
Nickname:
Location:

Paris, France

Fav trick:
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Top fact: European yo-yo (4A) champion
Website

Name: Toshiaki Nakamura
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Location:

Chiba, Japan

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Name: John Wolfe
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Location:

Pittsburg, Pennsylvania

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Name: Vasek Kroutil
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Location:

Czech Republic

Fav trick:
Main tools:
Top fact: Czech yo-yo star
Website

Name: Fajar Siddiq
Nickname:
Location:

Singapore

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Name: Rusty Steubing
Nickname:
Location:

San Antonio, Texas

Fav trick:
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Top fact: 1963 Duncan US National Champion
Website

Name: Davin
Nickname:
Location:

Anaheim, California

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Name: Derek
Nickname:
Location:

Anaheim, California

Fav trick:
Main tools: S8 bearing tops
Top fact:
Website

Name: Ian Smith
Nickname:
Location:

Kelseyville, California

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Name: Daniel Lassanske
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Location:

Atascadero, California

Fav trick:
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Top fact: One of the largest spintop collections around
Website

Name: Lynn
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Name: Owen
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Top fact: Juggler
Website

Name: Mike Durdark
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Ohio

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Name: Kirk
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Location:

Smyrna, Georgia

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Name: Rachel
Nickname:
Location:

Smyrna, Georgia

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Name: Marco Palma
Nickname: Cuper
Location:

Guadalajara, Mexico

Fav trick:
Main tools:
Top fact: Manufacturer of Trompos Cuper
Website

Name: Nakayama Ko
Nickname: Ko
Location:

Nagoya, Japan

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Name: John Marcus
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Location:

Grayslake, Illinois

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Name: Alan C
Nickname:
Location:

Austin, Texas

Fav trick:
Main tools: Taiwanese tops
Top fact:
Website

Name: Lourens Bas
Nickname:
Location:

Hoorn, Netherlands

Fav trick:
Main tools: Antique spinning tops
Top fact: Huge collection of antique spinning tops
Website www.artofspinningtops.com

Name: Jose Madrigal
Nickname:
Location:

Ridgecrest, California

Fav trick:
Main tools: Relampago 3D printed tops
Top fact: 2019 World Spintop Champ _ Three times US National Champ.
Website

Name: Tom Kunkel
Nickname:
Location:

Ridgecrest, California

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Top fact:
Website

Name: Chris García
Nickname: The Spin Force
Location:

San Francisco, California

Fav trick:
Main tools: Monobolo
Top fact: Expert diabolist, performer
Website

Name: Jeremy McCreary
Nickname:
Location:

Denver, Colorado

Fav trick:
Main tools: LEGO spinning tops
Top fact: Builds anything with LEGO
Website www.youtube.com/c/JeremyMcCrearyTechnicalLEGO

Name: Roberto Castiblanco
Nickname:
Location:

Medellín, Colombia

Fav trick: Calculadora (Suicide)
Main tools: Tops from his lathe, 17lb top
Top fact: Father of modern top scene in Colombia
Website

Name: Antonio Díaz
Nickname: Don Antonio
Location:

Medellín, Colombia

Fav trick: Trompo a la uña
Main tools: Trompos from his lathe
Top fact: Famous maker of Antioquia trompos
Website

Name: Farid Bermudez
Nickname:
Location:

Madrid, Colombia

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Name: Alvaro Rivera
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Location:

Chia, Colombia

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Name: Bruna Stella
Nickname:
Location: Facatativá, Colombia
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Name: Juan Manuel Ruétalo
Nickname:
Location: Montevideo, Uruguay
Fav trick:
Main tools:
Top fact: Threw a spintop in Antarctica!
Website

Name: Tomás Álvarez
Nickname: Tomaldo
Location:

Montevideo, Uruguay

Fav trick:
Main tools: His own turned tops
Top fact:
Website

Name: Luis Palavecino
Nickname:
Location:

Montevideo, Uruguay

Fav trick:
Main tools: His own turned tops
Top fact:
Website

Name: Christophe Mermilliod
Nickname: Mermouy
Location:

Lille, France

Fav trick: Staircase to Heaven
Main tools: Relampago
Top fact: Co-organizer of the top festival in Loon Plage, France
Website www.spintricks.org

Name: Ludovic Petit
Nickname: Ludo
Location:

Marines, France

Fav trick: Boomerang to Elbow
Main tools: Superlatoo
Top fact: Organizer of the Festival Toupies du Monde, Marines, France
Website http://lesventsdutao.com

Name: Emmanuel Napoli
Nickname: Emma
Location:

Valenciennes, France

Fav trick: Boomerang to lasso
Main tools: Quicksilver
Top fact: Skill toys instructor
Website

Name: Renaud Gras
Nickname:
Location:

Tourcoing (Lille), France

Fav trick: His own orbits
Main tools: Diabolo
Top fact: Has a traveling diabolo museum
Website www.museediabolo.fr

Name: Thomas Locoche
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Valenciennes, France

Fav trick: Corkscrew
Main tools: Any unbroken top
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Name: Thierry Georges
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France

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Name: Benjamin Bacharach
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Brussells, Belgium

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Name: Thierry
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Berck-plage, France

Fav trick:
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Top fact: Best top games tables instructor
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Name: Attila Olàh
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Budapest, Hungary

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Name: Nobuyoshi Hasegawa
Nickname: Nobu
Location:

Tokyo, Japan

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Name: Jun Shimamura
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Location:

Osaka, Japan

Fav trick:
Main tools: Spingear koma
Top fact: 2023 (Tokyo) world spintop champion
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Name: Kanta Tani
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Location:

Nagoya, Japan

Fav trick: kenkoma
Main tools:
Top fact: 2018 (Shangai), 2021 and 2022 (online) world spintop champion
Website

Name: Joe Mauk
Nickname: Spintop Preacher
Location:

Philippines

Fav trick:
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Top fact: Preaches the Gospel using tops
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Name: Donald Berner
Nickname: Mailman
Location:

Rochester, NY

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Name: David Everly
Nickname: Butterfingers
Location:

Penfield, NY

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Name: Renee Harlow
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Louisville, KY

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Name: Steven Cahlander
Nickname: Softspin
Location:

Mineapolis, MN

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Name: Alex Maldonado
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Sogamoso, Colombia

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Name: Oscar Cortes Cardona
Nickname: El Maestro del Juego
Location:

Bogotá, Colombia

Fav trick: El Espagueti
Main tools: Trompo de madera y cordel espina de pescado
Top fact: Colombia Tierra de Tromperos
Website www.facebook.com-oscar.c.cardona

Name: Hugo Giovanny Hernández
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Bogotá, Colombia

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Name: Herney García
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Location:

San Vicente Ferrer, Antioquia, Colombia

Fav trick: Body corkscrew
Main tools:
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Name: Nestor Macías
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Sogamoso, Boyacá, Colombia

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Name: Vladimir Molina
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Location:

Bogotá, Colombia

Fav trick: Top on the pole
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Name: Brian Felipe Gaspar
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Bogotá, Colombia

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Top fact: 2020 World Tradional Freestyle champ
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Name: Alejandro Rivera
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Colombia

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Name: Jhon Lopez
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Location:

Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia

Fav trick:
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Name: Jader Mona
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Caldas, Antioquia, Colombia

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Name: Esteban Jaramillo
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Caldas, Antioquia, Colombia

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Name: Andrés Arbelaez
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San Vicente Ferrer, Antioquia, Colombia

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Name: Faber Padilla
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Colombia

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Name: Edilberto Franco
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Colombia

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Name: Wilson Gomez
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Location:

Nobsa, Boyacá, Colombia

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Top fact: Owner of Juguetes de Mi Tierra Sumercé
Website www.facebook.com/losjuguetesdemitierrasumerce

Name: Edilberto Echeverría Silva
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Boyacá, Colombia

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Name: Jose Angel Simón
Nickname: Pepe
Location:

Madrid, Spain

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Main tools: Relámpago
Top fact: Expert unicyclist
Website www.441malabares.com www.monociclos.com

Name: Javier Caballero
Nickname:
Location:

Domeño, Valencia, Spain

Fav trick:
Main tools: Trompo's Space
Top fact: Owner of Trompos Space
Website http://www.tromposspace.eu

Name: Miguel Ángel
Nickname: Miguelanchelo
Location:

Valencia, Spain

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Name: Javi Caballero
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Location:

Valencia, Spain

Fav trick:
Main tools: Trompos Space
Top fact: Demonstrator Trompos Space
Website

Name: Bethany Kivela
Nickname: Beth
Location:

Ohio

Fav trick:
Main tools: koma
Top fact:
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Name: Mark Kollecker
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Location:

Ohio

Fav trick:
Main tools: koma
Top fact:
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Name: Beau Besançon
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Location:

Ohio, USA

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Top fact: 2019 World Sport division champ
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Name: Mark Leithead
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Ontario, Canada

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Name: Scott Surface
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Jefferson City, Missouri

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Name: James Palma
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Location:

Guadalajara, Mexico

Fav trick:
Main tools: Trompos Cuper
Top fact:
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Name: Kelvin Yerena
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Location:

Guadalajara, Mexico

Fav trick:
Main tools: Trompos Cuper
Top fact:
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Name: Sandeep Kate
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Location:

Satara, India

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Top fact: Founder of the Satara Marathon and Games of the Soil Festival
Website

Name: Francisco Valls Ordinas
Nickname: Xisco
Location:

Mallorca, Spain

Fav trick: Aborigen
Main tools:
Top fact: performer
Website

Name: Guillem Vizcaíno
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Location:

Mallorca, Spain

Fav trick:
Main tools: big baldufas
Top fact: 2020 World freestyle champion
Website

Name: Celso Pereira
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Spain

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Top fact: Circus performer
Website

Name: Jolien Tomme
Nickname: Hydrona
Location:

Belgium

Fav trick:
Main tools: Grandpa's top
Top fact:
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Name: Agus Mat Djani
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Location:

Indonesia

Fav trick:
Main tools: Gasing
Top fact: Director Indonesia Gasing Association
Website

Name: Rocco Cosca
Nickname:Il Trottolaio
Location:

Italy

Fav trick: Boomerang to the hat
Main tools: Wooden pegtops
Top fact:
Website http://www.iltrottolaio.it/

Name: Armin Kolb
Nickname:
Location:

Germany

Fav trick:
Main tools: Lathe
Top fact: Turner of esquisite finger tops
Website http://www.spinningtop.de

Name: Kostas Mougolias
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Location:

Greece

Fav trick:
Main tools: Lathe
Top fact: Maker of colorful tops
Website www.svoures.gr

Name: Dorien Dewaele
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Location:

Lille, France

Fav trick:
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Top fact: Top maker
Website

Name: Joseph Thieffry Bersée
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France

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Name: Reid Belstok
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USA

Fav trick:
Main tools: Any top on top of a unicycle
Top fact: Part of the Smirk duo
Website www.reidbelstock.com
Top fact: Top maker
Website

Name: Marcus Heineck
Nickname: Texture
Location:

Wisconsin, USA

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Top fact: 2021 US National Champion
Website

Name: Victor Thomas
Nickname: Happy the Clown
Location:

Tipp City, Ohio

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Top fact: Coach and juggler
Website

Name: Iago
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Location:

Mallorca, Spain

Fav trick:
Main tools: Wooden Baldufas
Top fact: Slack walking
Website

Name: Alberto Segale
Nickname: Uomoludico e Mastro Trottolaio
Location:

Cremona, Italy

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Top fact: Presidente Energia Ludica
Website https://www.energialudica.it/

Name: Gianni Casalino
Nickname: Il Signore delle Trottole
Location:

Bologna, Italy

Fav trick:
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Top fact: Large collector of tops
Website

Name: Renato Agosto
Nickname: I Trottolai di Roccavignali
Location:

Roccavignali, Italy

Fav trick: Top on spoon in mouth
Main tools:
Top fact: President of the Fiat 500 Italian club
Website

Name: Massimo Naldini
Nickname: The Poet of the Top
Location:

Rome, Italy

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Top fact: Author and collector
Website

Name: José
Nickname: Trompillo
Location:

Valladolid, Spain

Fav trick:
Main tools: TZ tops
Top fact: Half of TZ tops
Website

Name: Matías Donoso
Nickname:
Location:

São Paulo, Brazil

Fav trick: Anaconda
Main tools: Baldufa Mallorca
Top fact: Part of the trio Nutar
Website

Name: Pablo Potocnjak
Nickname: El Senyor de les baldufes or El Butifarra
Location:

Barcelona, Spain

Fav trick:
Main tools: Giant top
Top fact: Spintop artist from Chile
Website

Name: Jorge
Nickname:
Location:

Alicante, Spain

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Top fact: World class windsurfer
Website

Name: Marcelino Sampayo Ruiz
Nickname: El Profe
Location:

Lugo, Spain

Fav trick:
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Top fact: Half of the peonzas.es collecting team
Website www.peonzas.es

Name: Mercedes Pena Gomez
Nickname: La Profe
Location:

Lugo, Spain

Fav trick:
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Top fact: Half of the peonzas.es collection team
Website

Name: Jean Christophe Thieffry
Nickname:
Location:

Loon Plage, France

Fav trick:
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Top fact: Organizer of the biannual Loon Plage festival
Website wellouej.com

Name: Gianluca Sudano
Nickname:
Location:

Italy

Fav trick:
Main tools: Rocco's Trottola
Top fact: Makes ceramic tops
Website

Name: Luis Miguel Ramas Ramirez
Nickname:
Location:

Coruña, Spain

Fav trick: Top on the needle
Main tools:
Top fact: Uses tops for physical education, author of top books
Website

Name: Yahir Ortega
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Location:

Mexico City, Mexico

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Top fact: 2023 & 2024 World Online champion
Website

Name: Braham Cortes
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Location:

Mexico City, Mexico

Fav trick:
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Top fact: 2023 Youth World Online champion
Website

Name: Aldo
Nickname:
Location:

Mexico City, Mexico

Fav trick:
Main tools: Chido nylon
Top fact: 2023 Youth Mexican National champion
Website

Name: Teo
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Location:

Mexico City, Mexico

Fav trick:
Main tools: Chido Trompo
Top fact:
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Name: Santiago
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Location:

Mexico City, Mexido

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Name: Saul
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Location:

Mexico, City

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Name: Eric
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Location:

Mexico City, Mexico

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Name: Amilcar Rosado
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Location:

Mexico

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Name: Martín Godínez
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Location:

Colima, Mexico

Fav trick:
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Top fact: Director Circo ContempoRaro
Website

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Mexico

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Name: Naoto Yasumura
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Japan

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Name: Zero Teruya
Nickname: Zero
Location:

Japan

Fav trick:
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Top fact: Sprint runner, koma player
Website

Name: Mr. Hito
Nickname:
Location:

Yurugawa, Japan

Fav trick:
Main tools: Lathe
Top fact: Kyokugoma and Edo Koma crafstman
Website edo_kyokugoma@instagram

Name: Ayako Watanabe
Nickname:
Location:

Japan

Fav trick:
Main tools: Lathe
Top fact: Mr. Hiroi's apprentice
Website

Name: Lin Senhai
Nickname: Ahai-Shi
Location:

Taiwan

Fav trick: Throwing 8 tops simultaneously while riding a unicycle
Main tools: Giant tuolos of Daxi
Top fact: Most viral videos on youtube
Website

Name: Tomohiro Tokunaga
Nickname: Tock
Location:

Osaka, Japan

Fav trick:
Main tools: Chonkakegoma
Top fact: 2023 World Traditional Spintop Champion
Website

Name: Komatan
Nickname: Komatan
Location:

Japan

Fav trick:
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Top fact: Professional performer
Website Komatan@instagram

Name: Koutaro Akasaka
Nickname: Kotaro
Location:

Japan

Fav trick: Koma on ring
Main tools:
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Name: Kazuhiro Akasaka
Nickname: Ramen
Location:

Japan

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Name: Skye Cerdà Bota
Nickname:
Location:

Sevilla, Spain

Fav trick:
Main tools: Baldufa from Mallorca
Top fact:
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Name: Mimasu Monemon
Nickname:
Location:

Japan

Fav trick: Koma on sword
Main tools: Kyokugoma
Top fact: Professional kyokugoa performer
Website

Name: Komataro
Nickname: Komataro
Location:

Japan

Fav trick:
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Top fact: Professional kyokugoma performer
Website Komataro1@instagram

Name: Akihiro Hidaka
Nickname: Sushi
Location:

Japan

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Name: Shiro Yamazaki
Nickname: Dr. Spinning Top
Location:

Tokyo, Japan

Fav trick:
Main tools: Metal finger top for Taisen competition
Top fact: Science popularizer, president of the Koma Taisen association
Website

Name: Hiroko Fujita
Nickname:
Location:

Nagoya, Japan

Fav trick:
Main tools: Komas
Top fact: The other half of the Nagoya Koma Museum
Website Nagoya Koma Museum

Name: Daniel Quesada
Nickname: Oso
Location:

Playa del Carmen, Mexico

Fav trick: Wheel of fortune
Main tools:
Top fact: Circus performer, hand-stands and comedy
Website osocirqueando@instagram

Name: Devadip
Nickname: Krumpirklawn
Location:

Sagreb, Croatia

Fav trick: Dominadas
Main tools: Neff tops
Top fact:
Website kumpirklawn@instagram

Name: Andrea Malvezzi
Nickname: Malve
Location:

Arquata Scrivia, Italy

Fav trick: Orbits
Main tools: Rocco's tops
Top fact:
Website

Name: Mareike Schwarz
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Location:

Germany

Fav trick:
Main tools: Komas
Top fact:
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Name: Shâm Petit
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Location:

France

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Name: Paola Napoli
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Location:

Lille, France

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Name: Ortwin Schenker
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Location:

Göttingen, Germany

Fav trick:
Main tools: Levitron
Top fact:
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Name: Jordi
Nickname: Jordivermut
Location:

Mataró, Spain

Fav trick:
Main tools: Baldufa from Mallorca
Top fact: Circus artist
Website

Name: Alan Luciano Marquez La Rosa
Nickname: Aperinio
Location:

Milano, Italy

Fav trick:
Main tools: brush
Top fact: Painter and grafitti artist, originaly from Peru
Website ap3rino@instagram

Name: Daniel Simão
Nickname:
Location:

Guarda, Portugal

Fav trick: Boomerang under leg
Main tools: Pião
Top fact: Multidisciplinary artist
Website tokajogar

Name: Carolina
Nickname:
Location:

Barcelona, Spain

Fav trick:
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Top fact: Other half of El senyor de les baldufes
Website

Name: Török Bíborka
Nickname: Baba
Location:

Budapest, Hungary

Fav trick:
Main tools: S8 Alice and Rocco's tops
Top fact:
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Name: Carlos Lozano
Nickname:
Location:

Houston, Texas, USA

Fav trick: Crazy 8s
Main tools: Koma
Top fact: Unicycle, juggling and freeline skates
Website

Name: Chris Jost
Nickname:
Location:

Boulder, Colorado, USA

Fav trick: Whip catch
Main tools: Sweetle and Giulia
Top fact:
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Name: Ty Wilber
Nickname: FatherManatee
Location:

San Antonio, Texas, USA

Fav trick: Crazy 8
Main tools:
Top fact: yoyoer
Website tylermwilber@instagram

Name: Jon
Nickname: Razerface
Location:

Ohio, USA

Fav trick:
Main tools: Strummol8 tops
Top fact:
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Name: Judith Schulz
Nickname: The Top Lady
Location:

Burlington, Wisconsin, USA

Fav trick:
Main tools: Antique tops
Top fact: Top expert for My Summer Story, owner Spinning Top Museum
Website https://topmuseum.org

Name: Sina
Nickname: Sina
Location:

Pollensa, Mallorca, Spain

Fav trick: One-handed lasso
Main tools: Baldufa Mallorquina
Top fact: Musician
Website Embaldufats@instagram

Name: Christoph Baumer
Nickname:
Location:

Berlin, Germany

Fav trick: Wheel of Fortune
Main tools: Chido Nylon
Top fact:
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Name: Marco Belloni
Nickname:
Location:

Pavia, Italy

Fav trick: Boomerang
Main tools: Trottola Quebracho from Rocco
Top fact: Straight razor blade collector
Website marco.belloni0155@instagram

Name: Eleazar Sierra
Nickname: Trom
Location:

Mexico City

Fav trick: Giraboli
Main tools: Chido Nylon
Top fact: Designer of Trompos Trom and Chido Trompos
Website www.facebook.com/trompos.trom/

Name: Jordi Zh
Nickname:
Location:

Mallorca, Spain

Fav trick: Whip
Main tools: Delrin from Rocco
Top fact: Expert slack line highline
Website jordi_zh@instagram

Name: Emerson Noise
Nickname: Chacho
Location:

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Fav trick: Balance on elbow
Main tools: Nylon from Guillem
Top fact: Member of the trio Projeto Nutar
Website projetonutar@instagram

Name: Valentin Flamini
Nickname:
Location:

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Fav trick: High Giraboli to pocket
Main tools: Nylon from Guillem
Top fact: Fileteador porteño, 1/3 Projeto Nutar
Website valentinflamini@instagram

Name: Kevin Axl Yobanolo Martinez
Nickname:
Location:

Mallorca, Spain (from Chile)

Fav trick: La Cobra Taka Taka
Main tools: Baldufa Mallorquina
Top fact:
Website kelsinaxl@instagram

Name: Dani
Nickname: El Trotas
Location:

Jordi de Mataro, Barcelona, Spain

Fav trick: Wire walker
Main tools:
Top fact: Clown and story teller
Website circdejocs@instagram tintero.pledeversos.isomriures@instagram

Name: Sidonie Couedel
Nickname: Sido
Location:

La Grave, Alpes, France

Fav trick:
Main tools: Baldufa Mallorquina
Top fact: Musician and circus performer
Website sidocoue@instagram