Japan Open Backgammon Festival 2025

1-game Round Robin

26 registrants

Place	Player	Country
1	Junichi Kieda	Japan

1st Tokyo Open

54 registrants

Place	Player	Country
1	Katsuyuki Takahashi	Japan
2	Kazuhiro Saito	Japan
3/4	Koki Mizutani	Japan
3/4	Sam Mizutani	Japan

2-point Match Round Robin

16 registrants

Place	Player	Country
1	Yuji Watanabe	Japan

4th Invitational Doubles

10 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1	Jay Joseph Bidal		Hong Kong
1	Ben Friesen	OH	United States
2	Yukihiro Ninomiya		Japan
2	Hideki Takeda		Japan

Beginner — Division 3

Place	Player	Country
1	Yasuo Watanabe; Day 2 (37): 1-Maki Oguri; Day 3 (30): 1-Khandsuren Khatanbaatar (Mongolia); Overall winner: Kotaro Morimoto	Mongolia

Championship — Division 1

75 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1	Steve Sax	California	United States
2	Masahiko Nasu		Japan
2	Junko Nakamura		Japan
3	Ryosuke Izumi		Japan
4	Yasuo "Jazz" Mishima		Japan
5	Yuta Takimaya		Japan
1LC	Masahiro Kisono		Japan

Intermediate — Division 2

78 registrants

Place	Player	Country
1	Yoshiki Hayakawa	Japan
2	Ryuta Nagata	Japan
3/4	Yasuki Hamada	Japan
3/4	Tasuku Kuga	Japan

Team Competition 2025

8 registrants

Place	Player	Country
1	Next Rollers

World Championship Challenge

15 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1	Steve Sax	California	United States
2	Ishida Kei		Japan