2024 Japan Pro Bodybuilding Show Preview

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The 2024 Japan Pro will take place in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024. This event will serve as a 2025 Olympia Weekend qualifier for the 212, Classic Physique, and Bikini divisions.

The winners of each show will be eligible to compete at the Olympia Weekend within their division. 55 pros will take the stage across all three divisions.

2024 Japan Pro Roster

The lineups for all three contests are below, courtesy of the IFBB Pro League:

212 Bodybuilding

Hiroshi Abe (Japan)
Kerrith Bajjo (USA)
David Henry (USA)
Sho Hirokawa (Japan)
Hoyeon Jang (South Korea)
Sung Yeop Jang (South Korea)
Hongeun Kim (South Korea)
Kentaro Kuramochi (Japan)
Xi Qing Mao (China)
Katsutoshi Matsusaka (Japan)
Aphichai Wandee (Thailand)
En Zhou (China)
Asmawi Zolkifli (Malaysia)

Classic Physique

Ash Abdollahi (Australia)
Jimmy Chen (Taiwan)
Penny Cheung (Hong Kong)
Joshua Eng (Malaysia)
Kent Iwakami (Japan)
Rintaro Kiyokawa (Japan)
Ilya Kvashnin (Russia)
Chung Jen Liu (Taiwan)
Corey Morris (USA)
Ryohei Okada (Japan)
Jackson Peos (Australia)
Suppachai Phonklad (Thailand)
Decha Sangaree (Thailand)
Hong Son (Vietnam)
Natsuki Takaramura (Japan)
Furkan Tunc (Turkey)
Yiming Wei (China)
Gymray Yu (Taiwan)

Bikini

Uyanga Bataa (Mongolia)
Xinyi Chen (China)
Hyuna Choi (South Korea)
Jess Feeney (Ireland)
Tomo Hashimoto (Japan)
Vanessa Inazu (Japan)
Asaka Kimura (Japan)
Kaoru Kira (Japan)
Alexandra Kolla (USA)
Natalie Koursari (Greece)
Miharu Kurachi (Japan)
Amanda Jayden Lam (Hong Kong)
Amanda Lee (Singapore)
Ekaterina Mikriukova (Russia)
Yurika Noda (USA)
Ekaterina Opekunova (Russia)
Maiko Otsuka (Japan)
Jule Schwabe (Germany)
Elizaveta Shmukler (Japan)
Kana Suzuki (Japan)
Chanyu Xu (China)
Si Yu (China)
Gao Yue (China)
Mengru Zhang (China)

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212 Bodybuilding Athletes to Watch

These three competitors will likely be in the first callout for this event, putting them in contention for the win.

Kerrith Bajjo

Kerrith Bajjo ranked fourth at the 2024 212 Olympia in Las Vegas, NV, one spot short of automatically qualifying for the 2025 Olympia. This is his first show since the Olympia, and he is widely expected to win it if he appears in similar shape to his Olympia performance. Bajjo’s most recent win was at the 2024 Lenda Murray Atlanta Pro.

David Henry

David Henry pioneered this division as the inaugural Olympia champion in 2008 when the weight cap was 202 pounds. He has lifetime eligibility for the Olympia but would need permission from the IFBB Pro League to compete without winning a show.

Henry has opted to earn a spot on the 2025 Olympia stage. His most recent show was the 2024 Tampa Pro, where he finished in third place.

Katsutoshi Matsusaka

Katsutoshi Matsusaka was in the Men’s Open lineup at the 2023 Japan Pro but finished outside the top 15. In this event, he will represent the host country as a 212 competitor, his original division.