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Recorded Accompaniment Category – Adult Division
- 1st Place – YOKO / Tokyo, Japan
- 2nd Place – Bertrand Causse / France
- 3rd Place – Yuji Kogure / Saitama, Japan
- 4th Place – Swetha Suresh / India
- 5th Place – Tracy Echeverri / USA
- 6th Place – Kirara Kato / Tokyo, Japan
Hikifuki Category
- 1st Place – Nikhil K.Rane / India
- 2nd Place – Swetha Suresh / India
- 3rd Place – Sachiko Ando / Yamanashi, Japan
Recorded Accompaniment Category – Junior Division
- 1st Place – Shin Ito / Akita, Japan
- 2nd Place – Yuto Midorikawa / Kanagawa, Japan
- 3rd Place – Tsuzumi / Mie, Japan
Recorded Accompaniment Category – Senior Division
- 1st Place – Yoko Abe / Ibaraki, Japan
- 2nd Place – Terry Dyroff / USA
- 3rd Place – Katsumoto Otake / Ibaraki, Japan
Allied Arts Category
- 1st Place – Swetha Suresh / India
- 2nd Place – Toshiki Iwasaki and Ryosuke Nakano / Tokyo, Japan
- 3rd Place – Maya Sebestyen / Australia
Special Award
- Carole Anne Kaufman / USA (Allied Arts)