Pokémon VGC 2025 Japan National

The biggest event in Japan for the Pokémon VGC 2025 season was held as 64 qualified players traveled to compete at the 2025 Japan National in Yokohama, Japan on June 21-22, 2025! Players battled in a double-elimination bracket to determine the winner. All matches before top 8 were best-of-1 with closed team lists, and all matches from top 8 onward included open team lists with Natures.

All players in attendance earned an invite to the 2025 World Championships. Players who finished in 5th to 32nd place also earned a commemorative cap + T-shirt, and players who finished in 1st to 4th place earned a Travel Award, trophy, Pokémon HOME commemorative medal, and commemorative cap + T-shirt.

The Pokémon Company was in Yokohama to broadcast this event with Kosuke Hiraiwa, Shohei Taguchi, Refu, Hakushu Takeuchi, and Motochika Nabeshima as casters.

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Teams

#	FLAG	PLAYER	TEAM
1		Yuma Kinugawa
2		Shohei Kimura
3		Haruki Sato
4		Ayumu Iwasaki
5		Chiharu Yasukawa
5		Tomoki Kinoshita
7		Hirokazu Sue
7		Hidetsuna Shimizu
9		Ryo Nonami
9		Naoto Kishida
9		Hiroki Kimura
9		Yuxiang Wang
13		Takumi Okuo
13		Haruto Maekawa
13		Ryoma Okamoto
13		Katsuhiko Minami
17		Yuto Masuda
17		Kiwamu Endo
17		Hiroshi Onishi
17		Koji Kanamori
17		Yuta Ishigaki
17		Kota Uchiyama
17		Yoshitaka Izawa
17		Takahiro Ishida
25		Wataru Kawashima
25		Kaoru Ueki
25		Shunsuke Minami
25		Yuki Ishikawa
25		Yuki Tanaka
25		Shohei Asakura
25		Hiroki Kusafuka
25		Yuta Uehara
33		Kazuya Shiraishi
33		Satoru Nishigai
33		Ginjiro Shiraki
33		Mao Harada
33		Kazuki Ogushi
33		Munenori Okumura
33		Seiya Koyasu
33		Atsushi Nanba
33		Kenya Kodera
33		Hirofumi Kimura
33		Kentaro Matsumoto
33		Shonosuke Ikari
33		Kenichi Yanagitani
33		Takuya Yonemura
33		Ko Tsukide
33		Takuto Notohara
49		Ryotaro Kimura
49		Ryosuke Kosuge
49		Takahiro Futamura
49		Takumi Kamisugi
49		Hirotoshi Mori
49		Kimitake Ikarashi
49		Kazuma Sobashima
49		Kuninori Tanaka
49		Shoma Honami
49		Kazuki Hatakeyama
49		Hiro Mitamura
49		Naoto Kiriyama
49		Keisuke Koga
49		Yuki Fujii
49		Yoshimasa Hayakawa
49		Kota Higashino