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With gratitude to all of you.
The people who held up the stage
This year’s “SANSIAS presents Yokohama 14-1 Summit 2026” grew out of one wish: to build a stage in Yokohama where players who give themselves to 14.1, straight pool, day after day could play with everything they have.
That was where it began.
Thirty-two players came to Yokohama from all over the country.
Osaka. Kyoto. Toyama. Iwate.
Players who usually face 14.1 each in their own place gathered around the same tables and competed over two days.
That stage was not made possible by the committee alone.
It was possible because of everyone who believed in what the tournament stood for, and lent us their strength.
Where the tournament began
This tournament, in truth, has a predecessor.
The “14-1 Summit” that Shinji Mizutani nurtured for many years.
The one who carried that name on in Yokohama was Masato Fujita.
Fujita-san did not play in this year’s tournament.
Instead, to set the tournament up and keep it moving, he worked with more passion than anyone.
He wanted to give what his mentor, Mizutani-san, had built a new form, here in Yokohama.
That wish became the Yokohama 14-1 Summit.
👉 More about Fujita-san
👉 The story of Mizutani-san and the 14-1 Summit
SANSIAS, who stood behind the tournament’s name
SANSIAS, an office of judicial scriveners, administrative scriveners and land and house investigators, supported this tournament as its title sponsor.
We wanted to build a stage in Yokohama where amateur players who sincerely face 14.1 every day could play with everything they have.
“We want to support people who take their sport seriously, day in and day out.”
That SANSIAS shared that wish was the starting point of this tournament.
They had stood with us at Yokohama Open 2026, too.
For a tournament that hopes to keep going, to be supported like this, again and again, is something we are truly grateful for.
Thanks to it, many players came to Yokohama even from far away, and could give themselves to the game for two full days.
It became a time of serious matches, deepening friendships, and players spurring one another on.
We would be glad if it led, even a little, to each player’s growth.
Behind all of it, there was always the support of SANSIAS.
Once again, our heartfelt thanks.
To the players chasing one more point
Yokohama Beer also supported this tournament.
In 14.1, a single run can mean a great deal.
One more point.
And one more.
To build up those points one at a time, players keep thinking at the table.
To honor that pursuit, Yokohama Beer provided the Yokohama Beer High Run Award.
Shinya Goto recorded a high run of 43 and received the award.
Beyond a record kept as a number lies the time a player spent building it, ball by ball.
Our heartfelt thanks, too, to Yokohama Beer for cheering that pursuit on.
Because this place was here
And POOL LABO, the venue.
Eight tables were prepared, and the cloth on six of them was replaced just before the tournament.
So that the players could take on their matches in the best possible condition.
Preparation like that takes time and care that no one sees from the outside.
And during the tournament, they even served food and drinks to players who had finished their matches.
Players who had been wound tight during play could let their shoulders drop a little once the fight was over.
Including moments like that, POOL LABO as a place held the tournament up.
It was not only a matter of providing a venue.
We are grateful, once again, for the support of the very place where the players spent those two days.
As a player, and as a supporter
Ize. cue shop also sponsored this tournament.
And at the same time, they also took part as competitors.
Supporting the tournament, and standing at the table themselves.
That closeness, too, may have been something very much of this tournament.
To bring billiards closer to people, and make it more fun.
People who hold that wish took part in the tournament, each from their own place.
And the thirty-two at the tables
Of course, the tournament was not made only by the companies and staff who supported it.
It began because thirty-two players stood at the tables.
Race to 50.
Forty minutes on the clock.
Both players lose once 75 minutes have passed.
Under conditions a little different from the usual, they played their way through seven matches.
Some won.
Some ended with results that stung.
Even so, each of them faced their own 14.1 and fought to the very end.
We believe each of those balls was the tournament itself.
Because people were watching
And everyone who came to the venue.
Everyone who watched the stream.
Those who already knew 14.1.
Those who watched 14.1 for the first time.
From the other side of the screen, you saw every ball through.
“Why play safe here?”
“Why build the run from this ball?”
If you watched while wondering things like that, then perhaps some of what this tournament was meant to be has come across.
Not only “playing” billiards, but “watching” it.
We would be glad if you felt, even a little, how compelling that can be.
The people who supported us out of sight
Everyone who helped with the stream.
Everyone who helped keep the tournament running.
Everyone who prepared to welcome the players.
And everyone who spread the word about the tournament through articles and social media.
What you see from the outside are the matches played out on the tables.
But before those matches can begin, there is the work of many people.
Each piece of it builds on the last, until at last the two days called “a tournament” come into being.
Thank you
SANSIAS.
Yokohama Beer.
POOL LABO.
Ize. cue shop.
And the players, the staff, and everyone who helped with the stream.
Everyone who came to the venue.
Everyone who watched it through on the stream.
Everyone who was part of this tournament in any way.
Thank you, truly.
Because of the support of so many people, thirty-two players could gather in Yokohama and see two days of serious competition through to the end.
What comes next
The Yokohama Open Organizing Committee is planning one more tournament before the year is out.
Just as players came from all over the country this time.
We want to keep creating chances, with Yokohama as the stage, for more and more people to come into contact with billiards.
For those who enjoy it as a competition.
For those who enjoy watching.
And for those who do not yet know billiards at all.
The appeal of billiards.
And the appeal of the city of Yokohama.
We hope to carry them to many more people.
These two days have come to an end.
But from here, the next tournament begins again.
Who will gather next time?
What matches will be born?
Who will come to love billiards because of this tournament?
We do not know yet.
If there is one thing we can say, it is that we want to keep going, never forgetting our gratitude to everyone who supported this tournament.
That, above all.
Once again.
To everyone who was part of these two days.
Thank you, truly.
And—
until we meet again, in Yokohama.