Via Reuters;

Ryuki Omura, a 16-year-old Japanese high school student, has become the first nationwide pen-spinning champion with such slick maneuvers, a group devoted to the pastime said on Monday.

Here he is, the champion, doing what he does best (other than ignoring his English teacher, I’m sure!) Apparently Mr. Omura here has dominated Japan’s first pen spinning tournament to become the “sport”’s ringleader. Congratulations to him. I’m sure he has a future ahead of him, spinning not only pens, but also new progressive ideas like pencils or, for the thrill of danger, trying to spin a pen in my English lesson. (Grr!)

Edit: His videos are available, and they are amazing.

But the real question is, where does one go after dominating the world of pen spinning? What other sports can Ryuki move into? Well, worry not Omuramaniacs, I’ve done my research. I think an obvious first move would be into a championship for another game that goes on in school alot. Janken. (Rock Paper Scissors). I had a good laugh looking at the advanced techniques of the World RPS Society website;

Chain Gambits
“Chain Gambits” are one way of expanding Gambit strategies. A Chain Gambit is a series of five throws, or two Gambits joined by a common throw. For instance, “PSPSS” is a Chain Gambit built from Scissor Sandwich and Paper Dolls. By shifting one Gambit by one throw, a Chain Gambit can prevent your opponent from obtaining multiple successive victories even if she predicts which Gambit you’re using next.

Wow, and here was me just thinking it was to decide who had to go first in an English speaking exercises. How wrong I am!

If that’s not exciting enough for Ryuki, he could look to his own nation for some inspiration. As well as the countless gaming contests that run throughout the country, he might want to train up a little monster for the beetle sumo tournaments;

Over 1000 elementary school-age beetle trainers took part in the event. In addition to sumo matches, it also had a stick-climbing race.

He’d be against elementary school kids (huge advantage there, he can use his life experience to train his beetle) and if it all goes wrong in the fight he can try stick climbing. I assume it’s the beetles that do the climbing though.

Somehow, though, I feel like all these options just might not be interesting enough. That’s why I’ve come up with the ultimate sport. Presenting;

Super 100m Beetle Back Janken Sumo Pen Spinning

That’s right! Who can travel 100m on their beetle the fastest, whilst dressed like a sumo and playing Rock Paper Scissors whilst spinning a pen?! Will it be the mighty Ryuki, who’s pen spinning is the finest in all the land? Maybe a current sumo champion, although the beetle will have it’s work cut out. Maybe one of the schoolchild beetle trainers can train some sort of super beetle, although that’s just one step away from an army of angry beetles invading the world…

One last thing from the pen-spinning thing;

“If we can find a sponsor, we want to take this contest international.”

I’ll donate 500 yen just to see if England could actually win something.

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