WORLD HARMONICA CHAMPIONSHIPS 1995 WINNERS

Last Update: 15 Oct. 1995

WORLD HARMONICA CHAMPIONSHIPS 1995 JAPAN had its finale. I will list-up the winners (1st-6th(max)) of the championships, from the announcement on the closing ceremony. It is not from written source, so there may be some misspelling. Please forgive me for it, and if you are so kind, please tell me my mistakes if any.

WORLD HARMONICA CHAMPIONSHIPS 1995 Winners

(Oct.11-13 1995,Yokohama JAPAN)
*notice: family name is shown first, regardless of his/her country.

CHROMATIC SOLO [Category 1a-2b]

CLASSIC Junior [1a]
1. YASUHARA, Daigaku (JAPAN)
2. ISHII, Masayuki (JAPAN)
CLASSIC Senior [1b]
1. KOBAYASHI, Shima (JAPAN)
2. TAKEUCHI, Naoko (JAPAN)
3. SOWA, Eddy (FRANCE)
4. YAMANA, Yuzo (JAPAN)
5. MURAO, Mitsue (JAPAN)
6. LOK, Ying Kei, Rocky (HONG KONG)
JAZZ POPULAR Junior [2a] - (No Entry)
JAZZ POPULAR Senior [2b]
1. MATSUMOTO, Toshiaki (JAPAN)
2. HANRIOT, Joel (FRANCE)
3. KITANI, Etsuko (JAPAN)
4. KOJIMA, Tomoyuki (JAPAN)
5. MENEY, Guy (FRANCE)
6. SANADA, Shoji (JAPAN)

DIATONIC SOLO (10-hole single reed) [Category 3-5]

BLUES/ROCK [3]
1. KUBO, Naoki (JAPAN)
2. WIHOSCH, Uwe (GERMANY)
3. HANRIOT, Joel (FRANCE)
4. GAMBLE, Kid (U.S.A.)
5. OGAWA, Tomofumi (JAPAN)
  TSUCHIKATA Satomi(JAPAN)
  (--- 2 persons on 5th prize)
FOLK/COUNTRY [4]
1. HANRIOT, Joel (FRANCE)
2. MASSE, Alain (FRANCE)
3. GAMBLE, Kid (U.S.A.)
4. SUWA, Yasuyuki (JAPAN)
5. WIHOSCH, Uwe (GERMANY)
6. BORKOWSKI, Mieczyslaw (POLAND)
FREE [5]
1. HANRIOT, Joel (FRANCE)
2. FUKASAWA, Takeshi (JAPAN)
3. MASSE, Alain (FRANCE)
4. GAMBLE, Kid (U.S.A.)
5. GREGOIRE, Marceau (FRANCE)
6. CHIBA, Tomohisa (JAPAN)

DIATONIC TREMOLO/OCTAVE SOLO [Category 6a-6b]

Junior [6a]
1. KATAKURA, Hiroyoshi (JAPAN)
2. NAKAMURA, Nao (JAPAN)
3. KIRYU, Miki (JAPAN)
4. ISHII, Masayuki (JAPAN)
5. KIRYU, Ken (JAPAN)
Senior [6b]
1. TAKAHASHI, Satoko (JAPAN)
2. HE, Jia-Yi (CHINA)
3. HSIAO, Li-Chun (TAIWAN)
4. MIZUNO, Takamoto (JAPAN)
5. YAMAGUCHI, Hisako (JAPAN)
6. LIANG, Yen-Chun (TAIWAN)

DUO, TRIO AND GROUP [Category 7-10]

DUO [7]
1. HO, Pak Cheong and POON, Chung Keung (HONG KONG)
2. LOK, Ying Kei, Rocky and CHAN, Shu Keung (HONG KONG)
3. HAMADA, Reiko and HAMADA, Kyoko (JAPAN)
4. DUO ATSUGI FANTASY (JAPAN)
5. HAPA DOUS (TAIWAN)
6. LAU, Chun Bong and KUAN, Man Hou (HONG KONG)
TRIO Junior [8a]
1. ATSUGI JUNIOR TRIO (JAPAN)
2. THIRTY TRIO (JAPAN)
TRIO Senior [8b]
1. TRIO "MAGIC HARMONIC'S" (FRANCE)
2. OJOIMEI TRIO (JAPAN)
3. TRIO - HO, LOK and KUAN (HONG KONG)
4. TRIO MAKARMO (JAPAN)
5. Hifi Dixon's Trio (FRANCE)
6. THE TRIPLE ROCKS (JAPAN)
GROUP (4 TO 6) Junior [9a] - (No Entry)
GROUP (4 TO 6) Senior [9b]
1. KYOTO HARMONICA QUARTET (JAPAN)
2. QUINTET - HO, CHAN, LAU, LOK and KUAN (HONG KONG)
3. ATSUGI LITTLE CHERRIES (JAPAN)
4. ATSUGI AZAREA QUARTET (JAPAN)
5. RAIMBOW QUARTET (JAPAN)
6. SILKY TONES (JAPAN)
GROUP (7 OR OVER) [10]
1. ATSUGI BEAUTIES 10 (JAPAN)
2. AOBADAI JOYFUL FRIENDS (JAPAN)
3. HAPA ORCHESTRA (TAIWAN)
4. SAMUKAWA HARP ECHOES (JAPAN)
5. KANSAI HARMONICA POPS (JAPAN)

CATEGORY FOR THE FUTURE [Category X]

CATEGORY FOR THE FUTURE [X]
1. MACHIDA, Akio (JAPAN)
2. BANDERA, Marco (SWISS)
3. OUNIS, Daniel (FRANCE)
4. GREGOIRE, Marceau (FRANCE)
5. KUAN, Man Hou (HONG KONG)
6. MICHAEL, Tino (GERMANY)

Thanks for the winners and all other competitors for good plays and marvellous efforts!

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Masaaki Shigehara / PFD00763@niftyserve.or.jp