Livestream for Nihon Masters 2024 (on Sunday): https://ohen.tv/broadcast/304802 (you can download via https://ohentv-origin.multicdnet.com/mnt/ssd2... (parts with female physique: 5:11:25-5:39:30, 6:30:55-6:59:35, 7:31:45-7:47:45, 8:06:10-8:10:05; original audio, but some commentary during the free poses)
(schedule https://www.jbbf.jp/attachments/3dfdad7334301...; female physique - 3 categories - starts at 15:05 Japan Time and ends at 18:13 Japan Time; about 1.5 hours total)
In category 40+ years Niinuma Takayo and Satô Nanako will fight for title, in category 50+ years Sakamori Kaori and Yano Kazumi and in category 60+ years Shimizu Eriko and Kasuga Chiharu.
Youtube videos:
(1) 40+ years
(screenshot of medal ceremony from livestream)
(2) 50+ years
(screenshot of medal ceremony from livestream) Second comeback for runner-up Miyata Miyuki (No 14). She had been previously active between 2015 and 2017 (8 tournaments; 6th place at Nihon Physique 2016) and in 2021 (3rd place at Nihon Physique).
(3) 60+ years
(screenshot of medal ceremony from livestream)
(4) Overall
(screenshot of the three winners from livestream) Sakamori Kaori (No 18) won the overall title.
Some instagram posts from the athletes:
Two (three) results from the Kanto block. Both videos by youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/@muscledragon7587
(1) Kanto class and Kanto (2024-08-31)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn41gktfl_Y (Kanto class: 3:53:46-4:28:43; Kanto: 8:02:13-8:12:14, 8:26:19-8:37:42, 8:53:44-8:57:01; additional music and different music for free poses)
(a) Kanto class -158 cm
(screenshot from the medal ceremony)
(b) Kanto class 158+ cm
(screenshot from the medal ceremony)
(c) Kanto
(screenshot from the medal ceremony)
(2) Kanagawa (2024-07-21)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d71Ehc54stQ (8:01:57-8:13:42, 8:29:20-8:38:55, 8:51:25-8:56:29; different music, 1280x720)
(screenshot from the medal ceremony)
Is there anything about the younger Japanese female fitness/bikini/figuere/physique/bodybuilding scene? I don’t mind these mature women, but I find myself more invested in the younger generations.
Is there anything about the younger Japanese female fitness/bikini/figuere/physique/bodybuilding scene? I don’t mind these mature women, but I find myself more invested in the younger generations.
Only 10 to 15 % of the active Japanese female physique competitors are younger than 40 years and only Fujiwara Ayaka and Miyashita Akina play a prominent role. So fitness/bikini competitions might be more interesting.
I would recommend to watch videos from channels https://www.youtube.com/@project7619/videos, https://www.youtube.com/@fitness-taro/videos and https://www.youtube.com/@vitupofficial/videos.
The Muscle Gate tournaments shown at https://www.youtube.com/@GOLDSGYMJPOFFICIAL/videos have several fitness or bikini categories.
Muscle Gate Chiba (2024-09-21)
(screenshot of award ceremony)
Winner: Yamamoto Satomi (山本 里美; No. 73); 2nd Place: Nagayama Kazumi (永山 佳澄; No. 72)
Muscle Gate Ibaraki (2024-09-29)
(screenshot of award ceremony)
Winner: Kondô Harumi (近藤 晴美; No. 74); 2nd Place: Kuboya Rie (久保谷 梨絵; No. 77); 3rd Place: Takamura Naomi (高村 奈緒美; No. 75); 4th Place: Nagashima Michiko (永島 美知子; No. 73); 5th Place: Sugahara Junko (菅原 順子; No. 36)
Livestream for Nihon Physique 2024 (on Sunday): https://ohen.tv/broadcast/304814; also on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CCVn73kXh4 (youtube-channel of ohen.tv: https://www.youtube.com/@TV-hg4un)
(schedule https://www.jbbf.jp/attachments/d2caa0ae42f8d...; female physique starts at 14:59 Japan Time and ends at 18:33 Japan Time; about 106 minutes total)
37 of 41 athletes have fulfilled their qualification through tournaments this year. Katayama Megumi (12th place Nihon Physique 2022) and Atago Tamako (10th place Nihon Physique 2021) qualified through Nihon Physique of the last five years. Adachi Akiko (9th place Nihon Physique 2014) and Ôkura Shimae (winner Osaka prefecture 2009) must have needed a recommendation from their association. (82 athletes met the qualification criteria this year and 37 of them entered Nihon Physique.)
I updated the diagram of the average age of all competitors in 3 major tournaments (Nihon Physique, Japan Open, Nihon Class) since 2010:
The overall trend to older athletes continues.
Since entry list of the Kitaku Open tournament has been published, I can provide an overall statistic: 149 athletes participate(d) in 2024 JBBF female physique category. Last year 131. Which mean the "boom" that started in 2016 is not over yet.
Nihon Physique 2024 (Miss Nihon)
Archived stream of the tournament, you can download via https://ohentv-origin.multicdnet.com/mnt/ssd2... (parts with female physique: 4:40:35-4:58:25, 5:31:50-5:51:40, 6:28:35-6:46:30, 7:25:00-7:45:45, 8:18:25-8:29:05; seems to be muted). The original youtube stream is now private.
Youtube videos:
(screenshot of award ceremony from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SddpTR87mc4)
(screenshots of award ceremony from ohen.tv)
(Nihon Physique 2024 (Miss Nihon))
Some instagram posts from the athletes:
Muscle Gate Yamaguchi (2024-10-14)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ko-geSCtGg (sections 0:00:00-0:02:15, 0:36:00-0:38:15 and 1:06:45-1:07:35; muted during free pose)
(screenshot of award ceremony)
Winner (and only Contestant): Nishimura Konomi (西村 この実; No. 63)
Livestream for Nihon Class 2024 (tomorrow): https://ohen.tv/broadcast/304786changed to https://youtube.com/live/3P2LZWSsiFE?feature=share (due to high access rates)(schedule https://www.jbbf.jp/attachments/08d496c39ccc3...; female physique - 3 classes - starts at 14:50 Japan Time and ends at 19:02 Japan Time; about 2 hours total)(The Youtube Video is private and the stream on ohen.tv is gone.)
37 athletes; for many top athletes this will be the first competition of the year.
Youtube-Videos:
(1) class -158 cm
(screenshot of medal ceremony from livestream)
(2) class -163 cm
(screenshot of medal ceremony from livestream)
(3) class 163+ cm
(screenshot of medal ceremony from livestream)
The three champions (screenshot from livestream):
Some instagram posts from the athletes (seems no group photos this time):
some trivia:
After this tournament, I would roughly rank the top athletes as follows: