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Today, at last, we announce the bracket for “BLUEROSE presents Yokohama Open 2026”!
▼ The entry list is here ▼
Bracket (match progress and results)
We received entries from so many players. Everyone on the organizing committee is sincerely grateful.
On February 23 (Mon., national holiday), we are certain that every player gathering in Yokohama will show us their very best on this stage.
What Riku-Ryu taught us
Last night, or early this morning really, at the Milano Cortina Olympics, Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara, “Riku-Ryu,” won gold: the first ever for a Japanese pair!!!
A huge comeback from fifth after the short program. Behind it, surely, lay a fierce battle with emotion.
Right after the mistake in the short program, Kihara, it is said, could not stop crying.
Frustration, anger, disappointment.
With every kind of dark emotion rushing in, he had to put himself back together before the free skate the next day.
That they made it all the way to gold was not because they “erased” their emotions.
We think it was because they acknowledged them, accepted them, and settled them in their own way.
Controlling emotion is not the same as “erasing” it
Joy, frustration, sadness, irritation, anger at yourself for missing.
In sport, these feelings strike from one moment to the next.
And no matter how skilled the player, the moment they are swallowed by emotion, their performance falls apart.
What matters is how you face your own emotions.
Some players keep a poker face throughout and never let a single feeling show.
Others, like Gattuso, once feared in the football world, fire themselves up by letting their fighting spirit out in full.
Neither one is right or wrong.
What matters is whether you can settle your mind in the way that works best for you. Isn’t that all there is to it?
Billiards is a battle with emotion, too
9-ball is not a game you can win on technique alone.
You can make a perfect break, and your opponent still gets lucky and seizes the chance.
Your own miss can hand over the momentum.
And when the game turns unfair, irritation may well up.
At times like that, how do you settle yourself?
Take a deep breath? Re-grip your cue? Or let the feeling out on purpose, and refocus on the next ball?
The answer lies only within you.
To every player in Yokohama Open 2026, we want to ask: how will you face your own emotions?
Not wanting to lose, wanting to win: bring that heat to Yokohama
Technique and tactics matter, of course.
But more than that, what we want to see is your “heat.”
Not wanting to lose. Wanting to win. All you are putting into this match. Whatever burns up inside you: bring every bit of it here to Yokohama, to the Yokohama Open!
Settle your emotions, hone your technique, and from the bottom of your heart, shout “I want to win.”
We are truly looking forward to your fierce battles.
Because it’s real, it’s thrilling. Because it’s real, we can cheer
Whether or not you know the game, what moves the heart is a real contest.
“I absolutely don’t want to lose”: the moment that feeling shows in a player’s face, in their movements, in everything.
It is because it’s real that it thrills, and because it’s real that we can cheer.
Isn’t that why even casual fans can get swept up in the Olympics?
Just as Riku-Ryu’s tears made hearts tremble, even for people who don’t know every rule of figure skating.
To bring the joy of billiards as a competitive sport to as many people as we can, we look forward to your real, all-out contests.
We believe the battles that unfold in Yokohama will move someone’s heart, and show them how wonderful a sport billiards is.
Now, from Yokohama to the next stage: the stage for the challenge is set
With the bracket announced, Yokohama Open 2026 moves on to a new stage.
February 23, 2026 (Mon., national holiday).
In Yokohama, how will you battle your emotions, and what heat will you show us?
Let’s build the very best, all-out contest together.
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