{"id":15308,"date":"2026-03-02T23:14:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T23:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=15308"},"modified":"2026-03-02T23:14:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T23:14:51","slug":"2026-musclecontest-japan-pro-bodybuilding-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=15308","title":{"rendered":"2026 Musclecontest Japan Pro Bodybuilding Results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-competition-season-is-among-us-and-it-began-with-the-musclecontest-japan-pro\">Competition season is among us and it began with the Musclecontest Japan Pro!<\/h2>\n<p>The <strong>2026 Musclecontest<\/strong> <strong>Japan Pro <\/strong>took place on Saturday in Tokyo with two divisions in bodybuilding taking the stage. The winners from each punched their tickets to the 2026 Olympia at the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>One division that took place at the competition was <a href=\"https:\/\/generationiron.com\/npc-worldwide-bodybuilding-fit-model-division\/\">Fit Model<\/a>. In 2024, <strong>NPC\/IFBB Pro League Vice President\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/generationiron.com\/samson-dauda-hadi-choopan-matchup-arnold-uk\/\">Tyler Manion<\/a><\/strong> announced that this would become a new division in bodybuilding. It began in the NPC and NPC Worldwide last year and is now in the IFBB Pro League for 2026. When sharing the news of the new division, Manion explained the purpose.<\/p>\n<p>Manion explained that this division was looking for less muscle and less development than Bikini. They want to see balance between the upper and lower body but less conditioning than the Bikini division. Manion used <a href=\"https:\/\/generationiron.com\/ashley-kaltwasser-signs-to-hi-tech-pharmaceuticals\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"43957\">Ashley Kaltwasser\u2019s<\/a> Olympia-winning physique in 2015 as an example of the peak of the division.<\/p>\n<p>The full results from the show have been announced. Below, check out the full breakdown, along with an official scorecard.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-2026-musclecontest-japan-pro-all-division-winners\">2026 Musclecontest Japan Pro: All Division Winners<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Men\u2019s Physique: <\/strong>Jinbo Li<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fit Model: <\/strong>Emily Chanel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-2026-musclecontest-japan-pro-results\">2026 Musclecontest Japan Pro Results<\/h3>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-men-s-physique\">Men\u2019s Physique<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>First Place \u2013\u00a0Jinbo Li<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Second Place \u2013\u00a0Benquil Marigny<\/li>\n<li>Third Place \u2013 Felix Oluwabusyi Famuwagun<\/li>\n<li>Fourth Place \u2013 Victor Germano<\/li>\n<li>Fifth Place \u2013 Shoya Morita<\/li>\n<li>Sixth Place \u2013 Ryota Hayashi<\/li>\n<li>Seventh Place \u2013 Naoki Tanaka<\/li>\n<li>Eighth Place \u2013 David Key<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"\/>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-fit-model\">Fit Model<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>First Place \u2013\u00a0Emily Chanel<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Second Place \u2013\u00a0Gabriela Queiroz<\/li>\n<li>Third Place \u2013 Hyejin Choi<\/li>\n<li>Fourth Place \u2013 Myra Golloso<\/li>\n<li>Fifth Place \u2013 Angela Mirando<\/li>\n<li>Sixth Place \u2013 A Reum Song<\/li>\n<li>Seventh Place \u2013 Poru Lin<\/li>\n<li>Eighth Place \u2013 Jane Jones<\/li>\n<li>Ninth Place \u2013 Sepideh Abshari<\/li>\n<li>Tenth Place \u2013 Eunhae Ko<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"\/>\n<p>For more news and updates, follow Generation Iron on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/generationiron\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/generationiron\">Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/generationiron\/?hl=en\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/generationiron.com\/2026-musclecontest-japan-pro-results\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Competition season is among us and it began with the Musclecontest Japan Pro! 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