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Hi, my name is Tokura, Red Bull Street Style 2012 World Champion.
Red Bull Street Style 2012 was held in Italy.
At that time, I was really doing well.
both mentally and physically in terms of making tricks.
I had the best battles of my life.
When I became the champion of Red Bull Street Style 2012,
it was the best thing that ever happened to me in my life.
After I became champion I was asked to perform in many shows,
and when I said I'm the world champion,
everybody came up to me to talk about freestyle football and we became friends.
However, since I had been active in various fields.
Honestly, I wanted to practice more this year.
Since I became the champion, I knew that I wouldn't be able to practice enough this year,
so I planned each practice and set up some objectives.
Now I am close to achieving my objectives, so in the end,
I have to perform whatever I want to do without any mistakes.
That's all.
I've watched other ballers performing at shows
and I think their level has improved greatly,
but sometimes I could see that their main styles were the same.
Of course, some are hiding their best tricks for now
and some have put their focus on Red Bull Street Style only.
Ballers can change a lot within a month so it all depends on the baller.
However, I feel that events have been becoming more favorable to ballers.
It is not a matter of whether it's cool or not.
If you do something really big, they will recognize you.
I feel that this kind of trend has been happening these days.
You cannot say what is cool or not because everyone has a different perspective.
But I think ballers tend to perform more compact and unique moves these days.
I prefer to do more dynamic and fancy tricks, and that is what I've been practicing until now.
You realize something new when you actually win.
It is tough to defend the title in Red Bull Street Style.
I've been trying my best to achieve that goal.
Not many ballers will be competing at this year's Red Bull Street Style
but the good ballers must have improved greatly to come to this event.
It will be such a high-level competition for sure.
I think what it necessary to win again is
to have fun from the bottom of my heart, just like I did in Italy.
In Italy, it was getting more fun as I won each battle.
The final was the best, so it is important to enjoy each battle.
I will focus on each battle to win!