[TV Asahi Music Co., Ltd.] Japanese representative “Jairo” wins the long-awaited first victory in the TAG-TEAM category! “Grand Beatbox Battle 2024 TOKYO”, a beatbox world tournament with about 400,000 people enthusiastic, will be held in Japan in 2025
TV Asahi Music Co., Ltd. Press release: November 6, 2024 Japanese representative “Jairo” wins the long-awaited first victory in the TAG-TEAM category! “Grand Beatbox Battle 2024 TOKYO”, a world beatbox competition that attracts about 400,000 people, will be held in Japan in 2025
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/114586/21/114586-21-c3052a4efffbd86a0db190ff6fe1a5f0-2048×1365.jpg The world’s highest beatbox competition “Grand Beatbox Battle 2024 TOKYO” (commonly known as: GBB24 TOKYO) was held. This tournament was held in Tokyo for the second consecutive year, and the venue was filled with heavy beats, with the participation of fierce competitors from all over the world, champions of the domestic qualifying round “BEATCITY JAPAN 2024”, and crews and tag teams who won online battles. The audience was captivated by the excitement. The three-day event, which sold out tickets, attracted approximately 400,000 enthusiastic viewers, including the number of spectators at the venue and the number of viewers watching the live broadcast. A heated tournament battle was held to determine the best in the world in five categories: SOLO, TAG-TEAM, LOOPSTATION, CREW, and PRODUCER. On the third day, the finals of each division were held, and the champion of each division was determined to be the winner of the competition of musicality, technique, and beats among the many strong competitors. In addition to battles, there were special showcases by top beatboxers and crews representing each country, as well as collaborations that fused beatboxing and dance, and special stages held only on that day were held one after another. Toward the end of the event, it was announced that GBB would be held in Japan next year in 2025, and the entire venue was filled with joy. The excitement at the venue after hearing that it would be held in Japan for the third consecutive year was evidence of the ever-increasing expectations of beatbox fans around the world. ■Jairo , the first Japanese to win the TAG-TEAM category
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/114586/21/114586-21-bb72a43ea4fd428c28d3cb40cf170c29-2048×1365.jpg ▲From left: YAMORI, John-T The tag team “Jairo” consisting of YAMORI and John-T, who participated in the TAG-TEAM category, won the final against the French powerhouse FRESH TONIC and became the champion. Ta. Jairo captivated the venue with his stable pitch, well-matched rhythm, and beautiful harmonies. While making full use of a number of advanced techniques, she brought the audience together with her danceable performance that leveraged her unwavering singing ability. In response to this victory, John-T said in an interview, “Right now I feel a great sense of happiness, accomplishment, relief, and freedom.The two of us have prepared a lot so far, and it’s rewarded in this way.” I’m really happy to realize that.” YAMORI also said, “We were really happy to see our customers enjoying the products that we thought were good.We would like to thank all the customers who came, supported us, and enjoyed themselves. I would like to thank you again.” The two, who made a spectacular comeback from last year’s runner-up finish, were praised for their good performance by the venue and other participants. After winning this championship, John-T talked about his future goals as Jairo, saying, “I think everyone is looking forward to the music made by the world’s best beatboxers.” The same will not change, but we want to use our unique human voices and create the music we want to make while spreading the wonders of beatboxing in our own way.” YAMORI commented, “Even though we have earned the title of being the best in the world, what we do will not change. We will continue to search for music that only the two of us can create, and we want to deliver and share it with many people.” In addition to beatbox battles, Jairo is focusing on his artist activities, such as actively releasing songs. Stay tuned for more music created by the world’s best tag team. ■[Grand Beatbox Battle 2024] Champion of each division
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/114586/21/114586-21-573f4990e41c49e35e78bb7b8e0bedd9-2048×1365.jpg ■SOLO category Julard (France)
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/114586/21/114586-21-a6f90cde68622c8e605cb3caadf7c762-2048×1365.jpg ■TAG-TEAM Division Jairo (Japan)
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/114586/21/114586-21-34ff9919e1f54ac9f6ae67b29ed7339b-2048×1365.jpg ■LOOPSTATION Division Yaswede (Belgium)
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/114586/21/114586-21-41366a9bdc1506186858d616ccffa768-2048×1365.jpg ■CREW Division Kowler Rangers (France)
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/114586/21/114586-21-72b3bca1c7c898938c1f30b6d181c08b-2048×1365.jpg ■PRODUCER Division KBA (KBA/Denmark) ■Japanese beatboxers graced the world’s highest stages At GBB24 TOKYO, in addition to strong overseas players, many Japanese players also performed well, making the venue very lively. In the SOLO category, BEATCITY JAPAN 2023 champion momimaru, 2024 champion Bly Crepsley, and KAJI, a member of the beatbox crew SARUKANI, will be participating. Unfortunately, he did not advance to the finals, but KAJI won 4th place in the SOLO category, captivating beatbox fans all over the world as a Japanese representative. In the TAG-TEAM category, in addition to champion Jairo, ZieGer, UMA, and MiCo participated as Japanese teams. MiCo competed closely against competitors from all over the world, winning 3rd place and attracting the attention of the audience. In the CREW category, Sound of Sony Ω, to which Bly Crepsley, who also
participated in the SOLO category, belongs, participated. They showed off their unique rhythm keeping and sound, and although they finished in 3rd place out of 4 groups, they had a big impact on the entire audience. The special showcase will also feature beatbox crew SARUKANI and the first-ever Asian champion BATACO. There was a big cheer from the audience. The excitement at the venue was immediately heightened by the overwhelming performance of SARUKANI, who won the world’s best in last year’s GBB23 CREW category, and the comeback stage of BATACO, who released their first new song in four years in October. The performance of the Japanese beatboxers at this tournament, not only for the fans who watched the tournament locally/on stream, but also for the fans watching the tournament on-site/on stream, truly showed the excitement of the beatboxing scene in Japan. We can’t take our eyes off the beatbox culture, which will continue to gain momentum.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/114586/21/114586-21-a6da3c686f9cae8c72424fe1252903ae-2048×1365.jpg ■SHOWCASE：BATACO
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/114586/21/114586-21-e5132a25c9da5119d997ba1deed447c7-2048×1365.jpg ■SOLO：Bly Crepsley
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/114586/21/114586-21-5bd8b1c62d4a33c6f215c1855fa184bb-2048×1365.jpg ■SOLO：KAJI
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/114586/21/114586-21-57d04497be04e0ed0ec07ba9ad2826e5-2048×1365.jpg ■TAG-TEAM: Jairo
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/114586/21/114586-21-174900ed8d4a8038c1706bfd505b338e-2048×1365.jpg ■TAG-TEAM: MiCo
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/114586/21/114586-21-8487f6281cb650bedaaa0c3a89395ddd-2048×1365.jpg ■TAG-TEAM：ZieGer
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/114586/21/114586-21-80f9d672b2fe6c1e7433c3950b62dcc6-2048×1365.jpg ■TAG-TEAM：UMA
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/114586/21/114586-21-389fe6e7fe587a384fbb0ef7124282f1-2048×1365.jpg ■CREW：Sound of Sony Ω ≪Grand Beatbox Battle 2024 TOKYO ≫Event Overview [Event name] Grand Beatbox Battle 2024 TOKYO [Venue] Toyosu PIT (Tokyo) [Date] November 1st (Friday), 2nd (Saturday), 3rd (Sunday), 2024 [List of participating players] ■SOLO section OSIS/ ABO ICE/ STEADY/ DEN/ PACMAX/ HELIUM/ momimaru/ STITCH/ WING/ JULARD/ ALEXINHO/ KAJI/ MAXO/ BLACKROLL/ REMIX/ BLY CREPSLEY ■TAG-TEAM Division UMA/ FRESH TONIC/ FAKE AND AUTOTUNE/ MICO/ FUTURE MONSTER/ ZIEGER/ JAIRO ■LOOPSTATION section JOSH O/ CARDONA/ SYJO/ YASWEDE/ RAJE/ 808BANON/ MATEJ/ DUNCAN ■CREW Department KOWLER/ RANGERS/ MEONE/ SOUND OF SONY Ω/ THE YOUNG DRUG ■PRODUCER ANTRIX/ KBA/ KAOS/ SYJO [Sponsor] Swissbeatbox/TV Asahi Music 【Official HP】 https://gbbofficial.com/ 【Official SNS】 Instagram
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https://www.facebook.com/grandbeatboxbattle 【Swissbeatbox】 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/swissbeatbox/ X https://x.com/swissbeatbox [ Grand Beatbox Battle 】 The world’s highest beatboxing competition started in Switzerland by Swissbeatbox. The best in the world will be determined in different categories such as SOLO, TAG, CREW,
LOOPSTATION, and PRODUCER. The 15th edition will be held in Tokyo, Japan in 2024, just like last year. The tournament will feature fierce battle showcases between beatboxers and special showcases that fuse different cultures. [ Swissbeatbox 】 Originated in Switzerland, one of the world’s largest online beatboxing platforms. In addition to promoting beatbox artists, they also play a role in spreading the appeal of beatboxing by forming beatboxing communities and hosting and managing events and competitions such as GBB. [ BEATCITY JAPAN 】 This is the only tournament in Japan where you can earn the right to participate in the GBB solo category. This year, we held area qualifying rounds and wild card matches, with eight beatboxers from all over Japan participating in the main competition. Among them, Bly Crepsley won the championship and earned the right to participate in the GBB24 TOKYO SOLO category. We are also conducting special collaborations such as “Beatbox x Dance” and “Beatbox x Rap”, and are also conducting projects to explore new chemical reactions brought about by beatboxing.