The 2018 world champion air guitarist is a woman from Japan
You know it’s approaching Labour Day when air guitarists from all over the world assemble in Oulu, Finland, for the world championships.
Fifteen finalists unpacked their imaginary instruments and did their impress the judges and the crowd with their, uh, fakeness.
At the end of it all, the winner was Nanami Naguara of Japan. Her act–she performed dressed as a cleaning lady under the name Seven Seas–was enough to take the 23rd annual prize.
Here are the final standings.
1. Nanami Nagura ”Seven Seas” JPN [35,8]
2. Matt Burns ”The Airistotle” USA [35,1]
3. Dana Schiemann ”Dana-Saurus Rex” CAN [34,2]
4. Andrew Finn ”Flyin Finn” USA [33,7]
5. Kate Rose “KitKat” USA [33,4]
5. Sven Smith ”Sven Spandex” UK [33,4]
7. Jason Farnan ”Lt Facemelter” USA [32,6]
7. Alex Roberts ”Jinja Assassin” AUS [32,6]
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9. Vincent Roussel ”Lord Scrat” FRA
10. Patrick Culek ”Ehrwolf” GER
11. Rachel Sinclair ”Agnes Young” USA
12. Toshio Kado ”Shariten Kd” JPN
13. Brittany Diaz ”Georgia Lunch” USA
13. Daniel Oldemeier ”Moredrive” GER
15. Lyrae (Lily) Freriechs ”Lily Rocknroll” AUS
