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Japanese man remains air guitar champion

(AP)
Updated: 2007-09-09 16:14

OULU, Finland - A Japanese man out-"played" challengers to win the Air
Guitar World Championship for the second consecutive year at a contest in
northern Finland.

Japan's Ochi 'Dainoji' Yousuke, winner of the Air Guitar World
Championships 2007, performs on stage in Oulu, Finland, Friday, Sept. 7,
2007. [AP]

Ochi Yosuke received the highest score from a panel of judges in the
final late Friday at the Teatria rock club in Oulu, near the Arctic
Circle.

Apart from the glory, he received a custom-made Flying Finn electric
guitar worth $3,400.

The talent on display was variable at best. The surprise of the
qualifying round was Oulu native Hilkka "Gore Kitty" Suvanto, who has
twice before scored the lowest points ever in that round but now achieved
a perfect six from many of the judges.

However, it was Ochi who impressed the judges the most in the final
showdown, ahead of Guillaume "Moche Pitt" de Tonquedec, of France, and
Austria's Max "Herr Jaquelin" Heller.

"It's great. We've seen all the nations, united nations, 'rocking on the
free world' and that's good, that's great," de Tonquedec said.

One of the favorites for the title was American Andrew "William Ocean"
Litz, whose act ends in a spectacular backflip onto an empty beer can. He
finished 11th.

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