CHAMPIONHaremachi Breakin' 2023.
JR Okayama Station · Ekichika Plaza. 33 crews / 65 dancers from 12 prefectures, plus the debut Shuffle Team Battle.
- Date
- 2023.07.22Sat · 12:00 – 18:00
- Venue
- JR Okayama Stn. EkichikaStation passage
- Format
- 2 vs 2 + Shuffle33 crews · 16 main
- Prefectures
- 12· 65 dancers
01 — On the floor
2-on-2, right by the station.
On July 22, the Okayama Breakin Culture Association held Haremachi Breakin' — a 2-on-2 battle — at JR Okayama Station's Ekichika Plaza, the station passage that runs out to AEON Mall Okayama. Entries came from 12 prefectures (Okayama, Hiroshima, Shimane, Tottori, Kagawa, Tokushima, Ehime, Kochi, Hyogo, Osaka, Ishikawa, Gunma): 33 crews, 65 dancers in total. Two preliminary circles, A and B, picked 16 crews by pickup format, and from there the main bracket ran as single-elimination.
In the final, OkayamaB-boyz defeated Osaka's dressedcity for the title. ISSIN — a national JADA athlete and third-year at Okayama Kourakukan High — teamed with Kagawa's Ryo-ta, known for razor-sharp footwork and freezes. Top 4 was rounded out by Black Things (Ishikawa / Hyogo) and THE MATRIX (Kochi); the field stretched across Chugoku-Shikoku and beyond.
The Shuffle Team Battle, the association's first-ever edition, drew the 32 dancers who didn't clear preliminaries into four on-the-spot crews. Huddle chants and improvised routines gave it a different heat from the main bracket, and Team C took the inaugural title. Sponsor reel videos played on large monitors set up on site. Given the station-passage location, tourists and older passers-by filmed the action on their phones and clapped along. For the organizers, it was a day that renewed what it means to dance in an open public space.
02 — Podium
The top finishers.
CHAMPION
RUNNER-UP
TOP 4
TOP 403 — Bracket
How it played out.
04 — Run of show
The run of show.
05 — Who was there
Who was there.
- 01EMOTION squad
- 02BORDERLESS
- 03ゼットン調査団
- 04Not stainTOP 8
- 05RomanTOP 8
- 06ICHIYO&NISHI
- 07Black ThingsTOP 4
- 08THE MATRIXTOP 4
- 09k9crew
- 10KINGS YARDTOP 8
- 11クワン&陽平
- 12桃太郎印の紅葉饅頭
- 13蓮律方程式
- 14ボーザン
- 15GREELLOW
- 16dressedcityRUNNER-UP
- 17onshitsusodachi
- 18KG
- 19Sun rise
- 20松ケ鼻familys
- 21Magnet Warriors
- 22月曜の足音
- 23GiantMush
- 24La-plusTOP 8
- 25white out
- 2669(rock you)
- 27Dust of Life
- 28U-ZROK&忍者
- 29OkayamaB-boyzCHAMPION
- 30Chihiro & Yuka
- 31Drip Breaker’s
- 32Feel Liberty
- 33Kid Tamaskan
06 — Best moment
Champions at the station: OkayamaB-boyz.ISSIN × Ryo-ta
07 — More footage
More on the reel.
Event recap
dressedcity vs THE MATRIX
Black Things vs OkayamaB-boyz
Judge session
BBOY KOSSY / m0nm0i / Sunfooo Koanjon
08 — Gallery
Frames from the floor.
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1009 — Sponsors
Made possible by.
This event was made possible with the support of local Okayama businesses and organizations. We welcome new annual sponsors.
OK BREAK 2023
The lobby of Hotel Granvia Okayama turned into a battleground. 17 prefectures plus Artistreet from Korea — 3on3 and B-Girl 1on1 for a million-yen purse.
- Date
- 2023.09.16
- Venue
- Hotel Granvia Okayama
- Format
- 3 on 3 + B-Girl 1 on 1