Pinball National Champion Tournament
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Pinball National Champion Tournament was a 1976 Japanese pinball tournament hosted by Sega Enterprises. Held to celebrate the Japanese release of the film Tommy (which prominently features pinball) and the launch of Sega's Rodeo pinball table, over 13,000 participants from across the country competed at 25 tournament locations. The semi-finalists were selected on April 18, 1976, with preliminary rounds held on the following 25th. The regional finals took place on May 2, 1976 in the cities of Sapporo, Sendai, Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Hiroshima, and Fukuoka, with 16 winners chosen total.
Tournament
The finals were held at Sega's Toyo Hibuya Arcade Game Center in Chiyoda, Tokyo, and was hosted by Toho film star Haruya Kato. After more than two hours of heated competition, a third-year high school student from Osaka, Teruaki Nakayama, won the first championship title and the prize of a couple's trip to the west coast of the United States. The second-place prize was a new television set with built-in radio, with all prizes being handed to participants by Sega's vice-president. All 16 winners also received commemorative trophies.
Magazine articles
- Main article: Pinball National Champion Tournament/Magazine articles.
References
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