Volume 37, number 4/5/6
April/May/June 2023
45TH ANNUAL UW TAIKAI 2023 – April 15th, 2023, Seattle, WA
0-4 Kyu 1-3 Kyu 1st Place - S. Hsieh, Kirkland 1st Place - M. Remmu, Seattle 2nd Place - P. Heller, UW 2nd Place - A. Fan, UW 3rd Place - W. Le, UW 3rd Place - A. Fukuda, UW 3rd Place - T. Kunz-Taguchi, UW 3rd Place - S. Cox, OSU 1-2 Dan 3 Dan 1st Place - K. Fukuda, UW 1st Place - S. Nichols, Renfrew 2nd Place - K. Yoshimura, Renbu 2nd Place - A. Yuen, UW 3rd Place - H. Hu, UW 3rd Place - D. Yao, Steveston 3rd Place - H. Tominaga, Renbu 3rd Place - S. Wetlesen, Obukan 4 Dan Women's Division 1st Place - R. Asato, Vancouver 1st Place - B. Park, UW 2nd Place - S. Maruyama, Renbu 2nd Place - H. Tominaga, Renbu 3rd Place - K. Unzei, Tozenji 3rd Place - A. Fukushima, Vancouver 3rd Place - K. Kobayashi, Youshinkan 3rd Place - H. Yamada, Vancouver Teams 1st Place - Tozenji - T. Okitsu, S. Kim, K. Unzei, K. Kobayashi, T. Hamanaka 2nd Place - Renbu - H. Tominaga, K. Yoshimura, S. Maruyama, T. Chui, J. Kurahashi Head Shinpan - David Yotsuuye Taikai Chair - Hanna Inoue Sportsmanship Pledge - Andy Yuen Kazuo and Tomo Shoji Inspirational Award - Andy Yuen
31ST ANNUAL BELLEVUE JUNIOR TAIKAI 2023 – May 20th, 2023, Bellevue, WA
10 and Under 11-12 1st Place - N. Kim, Northwest 1st Place - C. Kim, Northwest 2nd Place - S. Nakayama, Camas 2nd Place - C. Burke, Kent 3rd Place - T. Tanimura, Edmonds 3rd Place - K. Sato, Kirkland 3rd Place - H. Johnson, Seattle 3rd Place - R. Kawamoto, Bellevue 13-15 15 and Above Girls 1st Place - M. Tanimura, Edmonds 1st Place - J. Paik, Tacoma 2nd Place - S. Johnson, Seattle 2nd Place - N. Underhill, Northwest 3rd Place - I. Ohashi, Obukan 3rd Place - Y. Choi, Bellevue 3rd Place - E. Lau, Bellevue 3rd Place - I. Chen, Bellevue 16 and Above Boys 1st Place - D. Terao, Cascade 2nd Place - A. Yuen, Seattle 3rd Place - D. Shilov, Bellevue 3rd Place - S. Kim, Seattle Junior Teams 1st Place - Northwest (N. Kim, M. Miyamoto, C. Kim, B. Yokoo, N. Underhill) 2nd Place - Bellevue Red (R. Kawamoto, E. Lau, L. Naylor, Z. Lie, S. Faso) Senior Teams 1st Place - Seattle (A. Yuen, I. Chen (Bellevue), S. Kim) 2nd Place - Bellevue Red (T. Lau, D. Shilov, N. Chu) Head Shinpan - David Yotsuuye Taikai Chair - Jinho Jeon Sportsmanship Pledge - Seohee Jeon Thomas Bolling Awesome Spirit Award - Juah Paik, Tacoma Centurion Award - Seohee Jeon
ROSE CITY TAIKAI 2023 – June 24th, 2023, Beaverton, OR
Juniors 15 and Under Mu-Kyu 1st Place - H. Johnson, Seattle 1st Place - P. Heller, UW 2nd Place - S. Faso, Bellevue 2nd Place - F. Alexandrov, Obukan 3rd Place - A. Malone, Obukan 3rd Place - T. Morris, Obukan 3rd Place - N. Kim, Northwest 3rd Place - C. Immendorf, UW 3-5 Kyu 1-2 Kyu 1st Place - M. Remmu, Seattle 1st Place - D. Chung, Cascade 2nd Place - A. Fan, UW 2nd Place - K. Soetamin, UW 3rd Place - S. Cox, OSU 3rd Place - A. Fukuda, UW 3rd Place - J. Dueck, Federal Way 3rd Place - K. Huynh, UW Women's Kyu Women's Dan 1st Place - J. Paik, Tacoma 1st Place - B. Park, UW 2nd Place - Y. Wu, UW 2nd Place - V. Le, Kenchikai 3rd Place - E. Wong, UW 3rd Place - A. Tan, Cascade 3rd Place - H. Inoue, UW 3rd Place - N. Grimes-Perez, Kirkland 1-2 Dan 3 Dan 1st Place - K. Fukuda, UW 1st Place - S. Wetlesen, Obukan 2nd Place - B. Liao, UW 2nd Place - R. Ramirez Monroy, Sno-King 3rd Place - M. Rea, Spokane 3rd Place - A. Yuen, UW 3rd Place - R. Hayashi, UW 3rd Place - J. Lamb, Spokane 4 Dan and Above 1st Place - K. Hiwatari, Northwest 2nd Place - Y. Shim, Kirkland 3rd Place - J. Marsten, Highline 3rd Place - T. Marsten, Kent Senior Teams 1st Place - PNKF Womens (J. Paik, B. Park, N. Grimes-Perez, J. Higa, S. Vanasouk) 2nd Place - Highline (K. Soetamin (UW), T. Espinal, M. Dejong, T. Patana (Kirkland), J. Marsten) 3rd Place - UW (A. Fan, K. Huynh, R. Hayashi, A. Fukuda, H. Bito) 3rd Place - Northwest (T. Ho, Y. Zhao (Seattle), S. Ting, A. Giang, K. Hiwatari) Shinpan Cho - Shinichi Koike Taikai Chair - Motoya Nakamura Sportsmanship Pledge - Aiden Malone