フィンランド最終予選で日本人が20人中1位通過

Keisuke the Ninja (right) and The Thunder Stroock (left) took were the top2 Air Guitarists at the Dark Horses Qualifying Round.

Altogether 20 Dark Horses battled over the last spots in the Air Guitar World Championships Final in Oulu, Northern Finland on Thursday 28 August. The highest scores were given to Japanese Keisuke ‘Keisuke The Ninja’ Nagatsuka who took over the first place with his Asian fury. The second best scores were given to Doug ‘The Thunder’ Stroock (US) and the third spot was taken over by Del-Kun Dave ”G. Tso Money” Chen (TW).

Dark Horses Qualifiying Round, complete results:

1. Keisuke "Keisuke the Ninja" Nagatsuka (JP) 18,0
2. Doug "The Thunder" Stroock (US) 17,8
3. Del-Kun Dave "G. Tso Money" Chen (TW) 17,4
4. Rob "Windhammer" Weychert (US) 17,3
4. Marquina "Marteeka" Iliev (US) 17,3
4. Guy "The Bandit" Thompson (UK) 17,3
7. Corentin "Airgus" Fermont (BE) 17,1
8. Daniel "Moredrive" Oldemeier (DE) 16,7 (16,8)
8. Shingo "Airguitaryman Shingoro" Harima (JP) 16,7 (16,6)
10. Marie "Chuck Airy" von Borstel (DE) 16,6
11. Tom "Sgt. Wrecker" Hill (AU) 16,2
12. Jan "Geeky Gisbert" Fischer (DE) 16,1
12. Valentina "Electric Butterfly" Urm (RU) 16,1
14. Jessica "Aerojess" Lange (DE) 15,9
15. Michael "Giant Junk" Vucovich (US) 15,8
16. Merlin "Airlectic Shock" Schumacher (DE) 15,5
17. Soile "Office Rat" Suvanto (FI) 15,2
18. Mitsuaki "Inogami Koushou" Inoue (JP) 15,1
19. Mikael "Spike" Dahlbom (SE) 14,6
20. Noriko "Angel Prop Norry" Irie (JP) 14,4


The honorary jury included Artistic Director of Oulu Music Video Festival, Otto Kylmälä, singer of the flamenco band Bajo Cero & producer of the Jojo - Oulu Dance Centre Anna Murtola and Neondad guitarist and esteemed Air Guitar model Jarkko Halunen, and two National Championships' organizers of the AGWC Network: Aline ”The Devil’s Niece” Westphal from Germany and Dan ”Björn Türoque” Crane from the United States.

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