| Tottori Prefecture Yosakoi Dancing Team
Participants: 80 Participating times: 6 They won Gold Prize. Six years has past participating from the prefecture of myth, Tottori. They become familiar with the citizens of Kochi. They won the highest prize in the six years. They may win the grand prix in the future. |
| TRUCK Kochi Prefecture Truck Association
Participants: 100 Participating times: 13 They won Dancing Spots Union Prize. Their leading car leads dancers featuring MATSURI (festival). |
| Sunny Group Yosakoi Dancing Team
Participants: 100 Participating times: 20 The rhythm of samba continues. The name of this team has changed. |
| Sunday Market
Participants: 70 Participating times: 38 One of the most famous things in Kochi is Sunday Market held in Otesuji Street every Sunday. You can get various goods, foods, etc by reasonable prices. Tetsuto MATSUO, the mayor of Kochi city particpated into this team. |
| Central Group Yosakoi Dancing Team
Participants: 130 Participating times: 13 They won Silver prize. They won Grand prix at the festival eve show. The contrast of the move and still is remarkable. |
| TAWARAYA Growing Company
Participants: 130 Participating times: 10 They won Dancing Spots Union Prize. The name of this team has changed. The costume color also changed from red to white. |
| Yu-Yu-Rakusho
Participants: 130 Participating times: 2 They won Dancing Spots Union Prize. They featured African style this year. |
| Uchuryokosha Space Travelers & Co.
Participants: 120 Participating times: First time They are very fresh. I can feel a stream of Yosakoi festival by dance and music of this team. |
| Lovers of Hawaii and Hura Dance
Participants: 50 Participating times: 2 I was surprised a little to see this team last year. They can be one of tastes of the festival. |
| Kochi Daimaru Yosakoi Team
Participants: 100 Participating times: 46 They won Leading Car Prize. They heal people with their healing style music. |
| NTT DoCoMo Kochi Branch
Participants: 100 Participating times: 6 They won Gold Prize. This team is remarkable, too. They featured "amusing feeling transfer". |
| Obiyamachisuji
Participants: 150 Participating times: 49 They won Gold Prize. They renew the record of continuous participation from the first time of the festival. They featured "challenge" spirit before the 50th festival next year. They looked different from the style last year. They participated Harajuku Omotesando Genki Matsuri SUPER YOSAKOI 2002 in Tokyo. |
| Droors
Participants: 150 Participating times: 6 They won Dancing Spots Union Prize. They featured the Japan Style. They participated Harajuku Omotesando Genki Matsuri SUPER YOSAKOI 2002 in Tokyo. |
| Kyomachi & Shinkyobashi "Yebisu Shibatenren"
Participants: 130 Participating times: 47 They won Silver prize. This year's commercial promotion series is "Masu-masu Hanjo"(more and more prosperity) with "Masu"(Measures) in their hands. The music was so good. They participated Harajuku Omotesando Genki Matsuri SUPER YOSAKOI 2002 in Tokyo and won Genki prize(Grand prix). |
| Honiya
Participants: 150 Participating times: 12 They won Yosakoi Grand prix. They also won Takemasa Eiichi prize at the post festival show. They realized the concept of having fun with dancers and spectators altogether. Their costume is so pretty and so nice, the music was good. They are perfect. They participated Harajuku Omotesando Genki Matsuri SUPER YOSAKOI 2002 in Tokyo and showed paper storm that is popular in Kochi. |
| Kamimachi Yosakoi Naruko Ren
Participants: 100 Participating times: 49 They won Dancing Spots Union Prize. Kamimachi is famous of children dancers. Their smile and dance looked nice. |
| Fujitsu Group
Participants: 120 Participating times: 12 They won Judges' Special Prize. They featured "El estilo español"(Spanish style of Fujitsu). They used Naruko(Clappers) as Castanets. |
| Meet au by KDDI and Three S Company Group
Participants: 120 Participating times: First time They won Dancing Spots Union Prize. They looked prefect despite they participated into the festival for the first time. |
| Suga Yosakoi Ren - The earth -
Participants: 150 Participating times: 3 The teams produced by Ms .Suga have their own atmosphere. |
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