Alex Hattori
Alex Hattori is a 3A (two-handed) player from Torrance, California, who studied mechanical engineering at MIT. He placed second in 3A at the 2011 US Nationals and has won the US National 3A title every year from 2013 through 2019 and again from 2022 through 2024. At the World Yo-Yo Contest he placed seventh in 2014, second in 2015, third in 2016 and 2017, and second in 2018 and 2019, behind Hajime Miura in both of the last two. YoYoNews listed YoYoJam as his sponsor in 2013, and he has been a YoYoFactory team member since about 2017. YoYoFactory released the Boost as his signature model in 2018 and the Boost Afterburner in 2020. He also competed on BattleBots in 2018 with Team SawBlaze.