Minato Furuta
Minato Furuta (古田 港) is a Japanese 3A competitor who has entered Japan’s national contests from Gifu Prefecture and is a member of the yoyorecreation team. He won the 3A division at the 2010 World Yo-Yo Contest, then took Japan National 3A titles in 2011, 2012 and 2013. yoyorecreation released the StarGeyser, a tweaked StarGazer, in 2012 as his signature model. He placed third at the World Yo-Yo Contest in 2014 and 2018, won 3A at the Online World Yo-Yo Contest in 2021 and was second in 2022. The JYYF notes that the online contests did not award the regular World Champion title. He placed second at the 2023 World Yo-Yo Contest, won 3A again at the 2024 contest in Cleveland, and finished third in 2025 and 2026. At the Japan National Yo-Yo Contest he won 3A in 2021 and placed second in 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2025.