EVENT REPORT · 2024.10

OK BREAK 2024.

AEON Mall Okayama · Mirai Square. 42 crews / 125 dancers from 19 prefectures plus the US and France. HEROES took the three-peat in 3vs3, and Kurashiki-born Mirei became the first hometown B-Girl champion.

Date: 2024.10.14Mon (Holiday) · 12:00 – 19:00
Venue: AEON Mall Okayama · Mirai Sq.Okayama
Format: 3 vs 3 + B-Girl 1 vs 142 crews · 125 dancers
Prize Pool: ¥760,000· total / 2 divisions

01 — Overview

Breaking, in the middle of the mall.

Dancers

125_{· 42 crews}

Prefectures

19_{· + USA · FR}

B-Girl 1vs1

20_{· 9 prefectures}

Prize · 3vs3

¥300k_{+ Shine Muscat grapes}

Monday, October 14, 2024 — Sports Day, a national holiday. A free-admission floor was set inside the atrium of AEON Mall Okayama, 1F Mirai Square. OK BREAK 2024, hosted by the Okayama Breaking Culture Association, drew 42 crews and 125 dancers from 19 prefectures (Okayama, Hiroshima, Shimane, Yamaguchi, Kagawa, Ehime, Tokushima, Kochi, Hyogo, Osaka, Nara, Shiga, Aichi, Gifu, Ishikawa, Tokyo, Aomori, Nagasaki, Okinawa) and overseas (USA, France). Breakin' 3vs3 and B-Girl 1on1 ran side by side, in plain view of passing shoppers.

In 3vs3, sixteen teams advanced from two preliminary blocks. Through closely-judged knockouts, two-time defending champions HEROES (KENT / m0nm0i / HAYATO1 — Osaka / Gifu) pushed through with originality and depth of vocabulary, dispatching Osaka's Depochwave in the final to seal a three-peat. B-Girl 1on1 fielded 20 entries from nine prefectures. Kurashiki-born Mirei, the 2024 All-Japan Junior B-Girl champion, climbed the bracket on power moves and clean footwork, beating Ishikawa's 7G in the final to take the title — the first hometown champion in OK BREAK history.

A live feed went up on every signage screen across the mall thanks to Haremachi Studio, and the open atrium meant the upper floors were watching too — children stayed glued to the monitors. Post-Paris breaking, brought into a public space at zero meters from the crowd. The day's archives live in three places: the Judgames event page, the shared album with 300 photos, and the YouTube playlist with 15 battle clips.

ショッピングモールの真ん中、観戦無料の特設フロア。買い物客と通行人の前で、3vs3 の HEROES は 3 連覇、B-Girl 1on1 ではジュニア女王 Mirei が郷土初の頂点に立った。パリ五輪後の街中ブレイキン、観客との距離 0 メートル。
Free admission, mall floor in the middle of a shopping center. With shoppers and passersby right at the rope, HEROES sealed a three-peat in 3vs3 and U18 national champion Mirei took her first hometown B-Girl title. Post-Paris breaking, zero meters from the crowd.

02 — Podium · Breakin' 3 vs 3

Top of the Breakin' 3 vs 3.

CHAMPION

HEROESKENT / m0nm0i / HAYATO1Osaka · Gifu · three-peatPrize ¥300,000 + Shine Muscat

RUNNER-UP

DepochwaveKai / Riku / SoraPrize ¥150,000

TOP 4

Not StainKazu / Riku / YuichirawPrize ¥30,000

TOP 4

StrugglezSHOWSKI / HIBIKI / PeetaPrize ¥30,000

Top 8 ResultsBest 8

SINGLE ELIMINATION

Top8RSRRyoho / Shin / Rin · Osaka · OkinawaRyoho / Shin / RinOsaka · Okinawa
Top8ノーピロートークボーイズkishitake / RYO-z / Mochindon-fan · Ehime · Aichi · Nikki K Studiokishitake / RYO-z / Mochindon-fanEhime · Aichi · Nikki K Studio
Top8Nebulas - Madya - Joy BoyNebulas / Madya / Joy Boy · Osaka · FranceNebulas / Madya / Joy BoyOsaka · France
Top8antithesisichigo / philip / Hash the potato · Amagasakiichigo / philip / Hash the potatoAmagasaki

03 — Bracket · Breakin' 3 vs 3

How the Breakin' 3 vs 3 played out.

RSR

Almost Hiroshima

Not Stain

6braver

Nebulas - Madya - Joy Boy

EHIME BBOYZ FAMILIAR

ノーピロートークボーイズ

GOOD TIME DRIPPERS

antithesis

Sweet Coast Sound Surfers

Depochwave

キックスカドタイコク

Strugglez

HAZIME

HEROES

REVIVE HIPHOP

Not Stain

RSR

Strugglez

ノーピロートークボーイズ

HEROES

Nebulas - Madya - Joy Boy

Depochwave

antithesis

HEROES

Strugglez

Depochwave

Not Stain

HEROES

Depochwave

Champion · Breakin' 3 vs 3

HEROES

KENT / m0nm0i / HAYATO1 · 2022 → 2023 → 2024

04 — Podium · B-Girl 1 vs 1

Top of the B-Girl 1 vs 1.

CHAMPION

MireiKurashiki · Okayama · first hometown champPrize ¥100,000 + Shine Muscat

RUNNER-UP

7GIshikawaPrize ¥50,000

TOP 4

LISAHyogoPrize ¥20,000

TOP 4

KoharuPythonSakaiPrize ¥20,000

Top 8 ResultsBest 8

SINGLE ELIMINATION

Top8nanakaOkayamaOkayama
Top8wakanaTochigiTochigi
Top8MIYAOkayamaOkayama
Top8MI-OUMieMie

05 — Bracket · B-Girl 1 vs 1

How the B-Girl 1 vs 1 played out.

Mirei

nanaka

LISA

wakana

KoharuPython

MIYA

MI-OU

Mirei

KoharuPython

LISA

Mirei

Champion · B-Girl 1 vs 1

Mirei

Kurashiki · 2024 All-Japan Junior champion · OK BREAK's first hometown champion

06 — The cast

Who made the call.

JudgesJudges · 5

05 / 05

J-01

HARUHIKO aka watchm3n

coffeeshop / highkingposse

J-02

RAIGO

ARIYA / MB CREW / MIGHTY ZULU KINGZ

J-03

KAZUKI ROCK

BODY CARNIVAL

J-04

MiMz

DS / BGSK / KEEP IT REAL

J-05

STEEZ

THE FLOORRIORZ / TAKE NOTICE

DJsDJ

03 / 03

DJ-01

SINSK8

TURKS / ULTRA BRA1N

DJ-02

NOV -Roger Groove-

K9CREW / kicks orchestra

DJ-03

Long Neck

MCHost

02 / 02

MC-01

Ku-chang

Okayama B-boyz / High Roof Crew

MC-02

MACCHAN

MORTAL COMBAT / BACK TO THE BASICS

07 — Highlights

Highlight reel.

FINAL — Depochwave vs HEROES (Breakin' 3 vs 3)

The 3vs3 final. Two-time defending champions HEROES pushed through with originality and depth of vocabulary to seal a three-peat.

AEON MALL OKAYAMA · 2024.10.14 · 3VS3 FINAL

08 — More footage

Frames from the floor.

OK BREAK 床ロゴと院庄林業の協賛バナーが並ぶ開幕前のステージ — Mirai Sq., before doors
Floor logo and sponsor banner

イオンモール岡山の吹き抜けステージと院庄林業バナー — Mall atrium, looking up
Sound check air

FUTURE STREET の看板の下で技を繰り出すダンサー — Below FUTURE STREET
Crowd inside the rope

3vs3 で動きを合わせる二人のダンサー — 3vs3, in sync
Crew battle sync

ブルーのジャケットで空中フリーズを決めるダンサー — Mid-air freeze
Legs reaching up

ショッピングモール上階から見下ろした OK BREAK のフロア — Atrium, mid-battle
Seen from upper floors

OK BREAK 床ロゴの上で技を繰り出すダンサーを観客が囲む — Power move over the logo
Crowd leaning forward

緑のフーディーで攻めの構えを取る B-Girl — B-Girl, hooded fighter
Close-range 1on1

白いハットの B-Girl が FUTURE 看板を背景に技を決める — B-Girl, white hat
FUTURE sign behind

OK BREAK ロゴが敷かれたフロア全景 — Over the OK BREAK floor
Stage wide, 19 prefectures

See all 300 photos in the shared album

10 — Sponsors

Made possible by.

This event was made possible with the support of local Okayama businesses and organizations. We welcome new annual sponsors.

PLATINUM

院庄林業株式会社

BRONZE

株式会社ブルーオーシャンスマートシステムズ

SUPPORTED BY

岡山県

SUPPORTED BY

岡山市

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OK BREAK 2024.

Breaking, in the middle of the mall.

Top of the Breakin' 3 vs 3.

Top 8 ResultsBest 8

How the Breakin' 3 vs 3 played out.

Top of the B-Girl 1 vs 1.

Top 8 ResultsBest 8

How the B-Girl 1 vs 1 played out.

Who made the call.

JudgesJudges · 5

DJsDJ

MCHost

Highlight reel.

More on the reel.

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Not Stain vs Depochwave

Depochwave vs antithesis

Mirei vs 7G

Mirei vs KoharuPython

LISA vs 7G

Frames from the floor.

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