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And the 2014 World Air Guitar Champion Is….

…a 19 year-old Japanese woman named Nanami Nagura, otherwise known by her professional name, Seven Seas.  She was declared the winner Sunday at the annual competition in Oulu, Finland.

Here’s the final scores:

1. Nanami ”Seven Seas” Nagura (JP) 35,3 (17,4)

2. Matt ”Airistotle” Burns (US) 35,3 (17,1)

3. Eric ”Mean” Melin (US) 35,0

4. Keisuke ”The Ninja” Nagatsuka (JP) 34,6

5. Lee ”Brymtime” Brymer (CA) 34,4

6. Rob ”Windhammer” Weychert (US) 33,7

7. Daniel ”Moredrive” Oldemeier (DE) 33,5

8. Michael ”The Destroyer” Heffels (NL) 33,4

9. Sabrina ”Lady Liberty” Schramm (DE) 33,1

9. Corentin ”Airgus” Fermont (BE) 33,1

11. Doug ”The Thunder” Stroock (US) 16,2

12. Del-Kun Dave ”G. Tso Money” Chen (TW)16,1

13. Atanas ”Air Grinder” Tsvetkov (BG) 16,0

14. Guy ”The Bandit” Thompson (UK) 15,9

15. Charlotte ”Boy Named Sue” Clarke (UK) 15,8

16. Marquina ”Marteeka” Iliev (US) 15,5

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