A passionate shoe shine competition will be held in 6 locations nationwide this year! The official tournament homepage for “SHOESHINE GRAND PRIX2025” has been released!
Japan Leather Products Maintenance Association Press release: March 5, 2025 A passionate shoe shine competition will be held in 6 locations across the country this year! The official tournament homepage for “SHOESHINE GRAND PRIX2025” has been released! The Japan Leather Products Maintenance Association (Headquarters: Taito-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director: Hiroyuki Ozawa) will hold an event called “SHOESHINE GRAND PRIX 2025” from May to October 2025 to compete in shoe polishing skills. The tournament was first held in 2018 with the slogan of “disseminating and developing shoe shine culture,” and this year marks its 6th year, with a total of 350 participants and over 5,000 visitors. Last year, the first Kyushu tournament was held at Iwataya main store, Daikanyama T-SITE GARDEN GALLERY in Tokyo, and Hankyu Umeda Hall in Osaka, Hankyu Umeda main store, and in front of more than 2,200 spectators, heated battles ensued, and Takashi Niida (of Brift H) became the first player to win the tournament twice in a row. This time, it will be held for the first time in Sapporo, and it has been decided that it will be held in six locations across the country: the Tohoku-Hokuriku tournament, the Kanto-Koshinetsu tournament, and the Chugoku-Shikoku tournament as official tournaments.We will deliver the passion for shoe shine to the whole country and carry out educational activities on shoe shine culture. In addition to shoe shine competitions, each venue will also have other content such as shoe shine workshops and sales of related items, so it will be an event that not only shoe lovers but also families can enjoy. Please come visit us and enjoy the fun world of shoe polishing.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/111791/4/111791-4-6135e4593d9e5f5bb5cf57b474d7dd2a-732×412.png [Official tournament page] https://shoeshinegp.com/ [Official Instagram] https://www.instagram.com/shoeshine_grand_prix/ [Official [Official YouTube] https://www.youtube.com/@shoeshine_grand_prix This year, sanctioned tournaments and official tournaments will be held at a total of 6 locations This year, in order to convey the appeal of shoe polishing to various regions, we will hold official competitions at three locations starting in May. Official tournaments are amateur tournaments that can be participated by people who live or work in the area where they are held and who do not shine shoes for a living. We have started a new event as an opportunity to fully show off our love for daily shoe polishing. It has been decided that the official tournament will be held in Sapporo, Hokkaido for the first time, making it even more exciting. ▫️ Official tournament date, time and location (*As of March 5, 2025) 【1st Round Fukuoka】 Event period: First round on Saturday, September 6, 2025, second round on Sunday, September 7, 2025 Location: Fukuoka Mitsukoshi main building 9th floor event hall 【1st Round Sapporo】 Event period: 1st round on Saturday, September 27th, 2024, 2nd round on Sunday on 28th Location: Somewhere in Sapporo (*to be announced later) 【Final Round Tokyo】 Event period: October 25, 2024 (Sat) semi-finals, October 26 (Sun) finals Location: Somewhere in Tokyo (*to be announced later) ▫️ Official tournament date, time and location (*As of March 5, 2025) [Tohoku-Hokuriku Tournament] Event period: Saturday, May 24, 2025 Location: Sendai Mitsukoshi [Kanto Koshinetsu Tournament] Event period: Saturday, May 31, 2025 Location: Takasaki Takashimaya 【Chugoku-Shikoku Tournament】 Event period: Saturday, June 14, 2025 Location: Tenmaya Okayama main store *Other areas will be announced on the official website as soon as they are decided. This year’s management members are as follows. From this time on, official ambassadors will join the tournament to make the tournament more exciting Judging items were divided into three categories: technical points (basic shoe polishing techniques), presentation points (expressiveness through shoe polishing), and judges’ special points. Technical points are judged by blind judging (judging only shoes) and judging by observing the competitors during the competition, and presentation points are judged by a combination of judging during the competition and polished shoes. The shoes worn by the players are brand new and provided by official sponsors. You can freely choose the tools that you can use for polishing from a total of about 100 types of tools from four companies. Players are also allowed to bring their own personal items such as cloths and brushes for polishing their shoes.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/111791/4/111791-4-2c203d6490bcd005337fae49dbb35452-1078×456.jpg *Details on judging items and tools will be published on the tournament website at a later date. [Judge] ▫️Technical point judge Go Iwami (1st Japan Shoe Shine Championship Champion, THE WAY THINGS GO Representative) Ryo Toya (Shoe Shine Championship 2019 Coloring Division Champion) Nobuaki Fujisawa (Fg-trente representative) Takashi Niida (Shoeshine Championship 2023/2024 Champion, Brift H)
▫️Presentation judge (in charge of 1st Round) Yuhi Ozaki (SUN/kakke designer) Rio Suzuki (Creative Director) *Final Round judges will be announced at a later date.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/111791/4/111791-4-487f7b0030285a3c676348e5ee3253dc-960×701.jpg ▫️Tournament Ambassador Naoki Hayashida (Brift H SAPPORO) Yuta Sugimura (Y’s Shoeshine) Mikito Kabasawa (Glayage KYOTO) Haruki Abe (NINETY TWO)
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/111791/4/111791-4-bcc324697aa52ae7a61c9c8eaccb70e2-915×386.jpg ▫️Explanation Yuya Hasegawa (tournament promoter) Takahiro Iino (Fashion Researcher) ▫️Official MC of the tournament Akemi Shintani (free announcer) ▫️Convention Producer Keio Tashiro The official online store handling tournament original goods has been reopened The official online store selling shoeshine-related goods, supporters’ boards to support the tournament, player directory, etc. has been reopened. We will be adding new items for sale all the time, so please check back often.
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/111791/4/111791-4-e0594c9b453a80982560432247b6c2ef-502×502.jpg About Japan Leather Products Maintenance Association [Summary] Name: Japan Leather Products Maintenance Association Head office location: 2-9-6 Kaminarimon, Taito-ku, Tokyo 111-0034 Representative director: Hiroyuki Ozawa Established: September 21, 2018 HP: https://jlpma.net/ ・Holding seminars to train shoe polishers and shoe repairers ・Operation of a certification system for shoe shiners, shoe repair workers, leather product manufacturers, and sales personnel ・Holding seminars and events to educate about maintenance of leather products ・Management of membership organization for providing information and networking regarding maintenance of leather products ・Other business necessary to achieve the purpose and purpose of our corporation Customer inquiries Japan Leather Products Maintenance Association Secretariat email: info@jlpma.net
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