FISM COMPETITORS ANNOUNCED

For those wondering just who would be competiting at FISM this year, the list of contestants has finally been released.

GENERAL MAGIC

1. Akua Shin - Japan

2. Andost - USA

3. Artyom Shchukin - Russian Federation

4. Avon Lee - Hong Kong

5. Brynolf & Ljung - Sweden

6. Cheffmagic - Denmark

7. Duo Kybalion - Spain

8. Elena Vok - Finland

9. Ernesto - Italy

10. Jae Hoon Lim - Korea

11. Jeff Lee - Taipei

12. Jiang Qiwei - China

13. Kenneth Chan - Hong Kong

14. Latko - Argentina

15. Leriko - Russian Federation

16. Liao Xiaorun - China

17. Ma Yanyan - China

18. Martino - Greece

19. Mayuko - Japan

20. Nacho Diago - Spain

21. Naka Kyosuke - Japan

22. PJ Wen - Taipei

23. Qi Yuanrui - China

24. Qu Lei - China

25. Red Hat - Korea

26. Sami Matoshi - Albania

27. Sergey Yanpolskiv - Russian Federation

28. Siebensinn - Austria

29. Soma - Hungary

30. The Tramp - Switzerland

31. Timo Marc - Germany

32. Xavier Tapias - Spain

MANIPULATION

1. Alan - Taipei

2. An Ha Lim - Korea

3. Dion - The Netherlands

4. Han Seol-Hui - Korea

5. Hugues Protat - France

6. Hyun Joon-Kim - Korea

7. Jordan Gomez - France

8. Liu Mingya - China

9. Liu Zihao - China

10. Maia Jiang - China

11. Masahiko Matsuda - Japan

12. Sebastian Nicholas - Germany

13. Serge Fergini - Russian Federation

14. Trond Hagen - Norway

15. Yo Kato - Japan

16. Zhang Chao - China

STAGE ILLUSIONS

1. Bo Wen - China

2. Jei Min - Korea

3. Julius Frack - Germany

4. Magic Sky Group - China

5. Wang Qimo - China

MENTAL MAGIC

1. Berk Eratay - Turkey

2. Jorge Luengo - Spain

3. Juan Ordeix - Argentina

4. Nicholai Freidrich - Germany

5. Rob & Emiel - The Netherlands

6. Tony Montana - Argentina

COMEDY MAGIC

1. Roman Burenkov - Russian Federation

2. The Lord of Darkness - Germany

MICRO MAGIC

1. Daly Tang - Hong Kong

2. Jaque - Spain

3. Johan Stahl - Sweden

4. Katsuya Matsuda - Japan

5. Latko - Argentina

6. Magic Julian - Spain

7. Mago Bruno - Peru

8. Marc Oberon - Great Britain

9. Nektarios - Greece

10. Rune - Norway

11. Satoru - Japan

12. Shota - Japan

13. Shunya Okuno - Japan

14. Simon Coronel - Australia

15. Vittorio Belloni - Italy

CARD MAGIC

1. Alexander Popov - Russian Federation

2. Christian Bierbrauer - Germany

3. Dai Hewga - Japan

4. Giacomo de Carlo - Italy

5. Kif - Hong Kong

6. Kiko Pastur - Spain

7. Kristian Nivala - Finland

8. Li Siyuan - China

9. Mago Ernesto - Venezuala

10. Martin Lubcke - Germany

11. Min Hyung Kim - Korea

12. Olmac - France

13. Ramon Rioboo - Spain

14. Ryu Hyun Min - Korea

15. Shawn Farquhar - Canada

16. Sho Arai - Japan

17. Sito Qirong - China

PARLOUR MAGIC

1. Charlie Caper - Sweden

2. Charming Choi - Korea

3. Jeremy Pei - Singapore

4. Mago Larry - Argentina

5. Rod Chow - Canada

6. Shohei Komoriya - Japan

7. Yves Doumergue - France

Just for the record, out of the 100 entrants, 34 of the entrants come from China, Japan and Korea.

• 12 in Stage and 1 in Close Up from the China Magic Arts Society.

• 5 in Stage and in 7 Close Up from Japan.

• 6 in Stage and 3 in Close Up from Korea.