This document outlines the primary changes from WWC2024 to WWC2026.

Categories and Awards

• The title for the 1st Place winner in the Hikifuki Category will be “Grand Champion” (previously, no title was awarded for overall winner in WWC).
• The title for the 1st Place winner in the Adult Division of the Recorded Accompaniment Category will be “Champion” (previously, 1st Place winner in WWC).
• In the Hikifuki Category, accompaniment using instruments that cannot play scales (such as percussion) will not be permitted. In such cases, the entry will be classified under the Allied Arts Category instead of Hikifuki.

Entry Guidelines

• Resubmission (replacement) of entries for the Recorded Audition will not be permitted, even within the submission period.

The information provided is current as of September 1, 2024. While we strive to minimize significant changes, please be aware that adjustments may be necessary. Please refer to future announcements for updates.
Except for the points listed below, most aspects will remain similar to the previous event.

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For WWC2024 participants ONLY:

We have sent an e-mail to WWC2024 participants with the scoresheets – WWC2024. The title is “[RESULT]………”.

If you haven’t received that, please let us know via e-mail on the “About Us” page.

Thank you

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Dear all,

Thank you all to join us at WWC2024.
We really regret to not have more time to talk with each of you, however we wish that you could talk with each other and made many many whistler friends.

Right now we are still doing the remain work, but we will be translating the score sheet and send it to everyone eventually. Please be patient and wait, we wish to send it as sooner as we finished.

Cheers
—–
The World Whistlers Convention (WWC)
Senior Advisor
Ryosuke Takeuchi (Whistler)

Hikifuki Category

• 1st Place – Yuki Takeda 武田 裕煕, Japan
• 2nd Place – Yusuke Matsumura 松村 祐甫, Japan
• 3rd Place – Akane Takahashi 高橋 茜, Japan

Recorded Accompaniment Category – Adult Division

• 1st Place – Yusuke Matsumura 松村 祐甫, Japan
• 2nd Place – Yuki Takeda 武田 裕煕, Japan
• 3rd Place – Masashi Ebihara 海老原 雅司, Japan

Recorded Accompaniment Category – Child Division

• 1st Place – AOI, Japan
• 2nd Place – Svara Menon, India
• 3rd Place – Yunchuan Chen, China

Recorded Accompaniment Category – Teenage Division

• 1st Place – Shungo Chiba 千葉 俊冴, Japan
• 2nd Place – Masakaze Takamatsu 髙松 正風, Japan
• 3rd Place – Teppei Kawamoto 川本 哲平, Japan

Recorded Accompaniment Category – Senior Division

• 1st Place – LIU YANG ZHAO, China
• 2nd Place – Norikatsu Bannai 坂内 憲勝, Japan
• 3rd Place – Katsuhiro Sakai 酒井 勝弘, Japan

Allied Arts Category – Ensemble Division

• 1st Place – Waseda University whistle club Cotolip 早稲田大学口笛サークルことリップ, Japan
• 2nd Place – Kawasemi Tweet カワセミツイート, Japan
• 3rd Place – Tamabue たまぶえ, Japan

Allied Arts Category – Solo Division

• 1st Place – Kana Aoi 葵井 歌菜, Japan
• 2nd Place – Yusuke Matsumura 松村 祐甫, Japan

Special Award

• Ravi Srinivasan, Malaysia (Hikifuki)