The 2025 Japan Pro bodybuilding competition, which also served as a qualifier for the 2026 Olympia, took place over the weekend, featuring top athletes across five divisions. Shaun Clarida emerged victorious in the Men’s Open division, securing his place for the 2026 Olympia.
Clarida has previously expressed interest in competing in both the Open and Men’s 212 divisions at the Olympia. While rules have prevented him from doing so in the past. Clarida finished second in the 212 division at the 2025 Olympia, where Keaon Pearson took the title.
2025 Japan Pro Winners
- Men’s Open: Shaun Clarida
- Classic Physique: Andrei Kozhokar
- Men’s Physique: Juxian He
- Bikini: Sally-Anne Kato
- Wellness: Wenqian Yang
2025 Japan Pro Results
Men’s Open
- First Place – Shaun Clarida
- Second Place – Florian Antoine Gilles Poirson
- Third Place – Joan Pradells Martinez
- Fourth Place – Jan Turek
- Fifth Place – Marc Hector
- Sixth Place – Mazaher Tabaniabarghani
- Seventh Place – Stu Sutherlad
- Eighth Place – James Hollingshead
- Ninth Place – Artem Pakhniuk
- Tenth Place – Pouria Payoun
Classic Physique
- First Place – Andrei Kozhokar
- Second Place – Moosa Albalooshi
- Third Place – Naoto Takemoto
- Fourth Place – Paul Vu
- Fifth Place – Ali Shamsghamar
- Sixth Place – Artem Puchkov
- Seventh Place – Wen Hsin Huang
- Eighth Place – Hoang Phuc Nguyen
- Ninth Place – Kei Furukoshi
- Tenth Place – Taeyeop Kim
Men’s Physique
- First Place – Juxian He
- Second Place – Farouq Ishimoto
- Third Place – Yoon Sung Lee
- Fourth Place – Shun Kaneko
- Fifth Place – Xin Li
- Sixth Place – Hieu Vu Minh
- Seventh Place – Li Xianlong
- Eighth Place – Naoya Amano
- Ninth Place – Talha Kilic
- Tenth Place – Jeong Hyeon Jo
Bikini
- First Place – Sally-Anne Kato
- Second Place – Uyanga Bataa
- Third Place – Cynthia Chen
- Fourth Place – Nittaya Kongthun
- Fifth Place – A-Song Moon
- Sixth Place – Liyi Kuo
- Seventh Place – Hyeona Na
- Eighth Place – Min Hee Baek
- Ninth Place – Ming Yan Ho
- Tenth Place – Kathryn Cavanagh
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Wellness
- First Place – Wenqian Yang
- Second Place – Huihui Hu
- Third Place – Michele Fuzita
- Fourth Place – Chin Wen Hsiao
- Fifth Place – Rian Choi
- Sixth Place – Yingchen Liu
- Seventh Place – Hannah Son
- Eighth Place – Ellen Arimoto
- Ninth Place – Kaede Doi
- Tenth Place – Dorcas Kong
Shaun Clarida’s performance cemented him as a top contender for the upcoming 2026 Olympia, and his dominance in Men’s Open demonstrates why he remains a fan favorite.
2025 Japan Pro Scorecards
| MEN’S BODYBUILDING – OPEN | ||||||
| # | NAME | COUNTRY | JUDGING | FINALS | TOTAL | PLACE |
| 95 | Shaun Clarida | USA | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 110 | Florian Antoine Gilles Poirson | France | 6 | 6 | 12 | 2 |
| 112 | Joan Pradells Martinez | Spain | 9 | 9 | 18 | 3 |
| 119 | Jan Turek | Czech Republic | 12 | 12 | 24 | 4 |
| 96 | Marc Hector | UK | 16 | 16 | 32 | 5 |
| 118 | Mazaher Tabaniabarghani | Iran | 17 | 17 | 34 | 6 |
| 117 | Stuart Sutherland | USA | 21 | 24 | 45 | 7 |
| 97 | James Hollingshead | UK | 27 | 22 | 49 | 8 |
| 107 | Artem Pakhniuk | Russia | 24 | 25 | 49 | 9 |
| 108 | Pouria Payoun | Iran | 30 | 30 | 60 | 10 |
| 114 | Manoj Sarangapani | India | 34 | 33 | 67 | 11 |
| 120 | Liang Yan | China | 35 | 41 | 76 | 12 |
| 104 | Jang Min Lee | South Korea | 39 | 39 | 78 | 13 |
| 94 | Pilgeun Bong | South Korea | 42 | 44 | 86 | 14 |
| 100 | Kang Min Kim | South Korea | 48 | 40 | 88 | 15 |
| 102 | Taeyang Kim | South Korea | 44 | 46 | 90 | 16 |
| 98 | Won Sik Hwang | South Korea | 48 | 48 | 96 | 16 |
| 101 | Seungmin Kim | South Korea | 48 | 48 | 96 | 16 |
| 103 | Shingo Komatsu | Japan | 48 | 48 | 96 | 16 |
| 105 | Beom O | South Korea | 48 | 48 | 96 | 16 |
| 106 | Matthew Oreilly | Australia | 48 | 48 | 96 | 16 |
| 109 | Surachai Plangaiem | Thailand | 48 | 48 | 96 | 16 |
| 111 | Bartlomiej Popielarczyk | Poland | 48 | 48 | 96 | 16 |
| 115 | Jiyoji Sekine | Japan | 48 | 48 | 96 | 16 |
| 116 | Ruslan Sinitsa | Russia | 48 | 48 | 96 | 16 |
| 121 | Guo Sheng Yuan | China | 48 | 48 | 96 | 16 |
| 122 | Chen Zhou | China | 48 | 48 | 96 | 16 |
| 123 | En Zhou | China | 48 | 48 | 96 | 16 |
| MEN’S CLASSIC PHYSIQUE – OPEN | ||||||
| # | NAME | COUNTRY | JUDGING | FINALS | TOTAL | PLACE |
| 80 | Andrei Kozhokar | Russia | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
| 73 | Moosa Albalooshi | UAE | 6 | 6 | 2 | |
| 88 | Naoto Takemoto | Japan | 9 | 9 | 3 | |
| 89 | Paul Vu | Australia | 13 | 13 | 4 | |
| 87 | Ali Shamsghamar | Iran | 14 | 14 | 5 | |
| 86 | Artem Puchkov | Russia | 18 | 18 | 6 | |
| 77 | Wen Hsin Huang | Taiwan, China | 21 | 21 | 7 | |
| 85 | Hoang Phuc Nguyen | Vietnam | 24 | 24 | 8 | |
| 76 | Kei Furukoshi | Japan | 28 | 28 | 9 | |
| 79 | Taeyeop Kim | South Korea | 30 | 30 | 10 | |
| 81 | Ka Sing Lee | Hong Kong, China | 33 | 33 | 11 | |
| 90 | Yoshihiro Wakita | Japan | 36 | 36 | 12 | |
| 75 | Jin Choe | South Korea | 39 | 39 | 13 | |
| 93 | Xufeng Lu | China | 42 | 42 | 14 | |
| 91 | Laixi Xie | China | 46 | 46 | 15 | |
| 74 | Man To Matthew Cheng | Hong Kong, China | 48 | 48 | 16 | |
| 78 | Jeonghyun Kim | South Korea | 48 | 48 | 16 | |
| 82 | Chuan-Yu Liu | Taiwan, China | 48 | 48 | 16 | |
| 84 | Katsutoshi Matsusaka | Japan | 48 | 48 | 16 | |
| 92 | Changyoung You | South Korea | 48 | 48 | 16 | |
| MEN’S PHYSIQUE – OPEN | ||||||
| # | NAME | COUNTRY | JUDGING | FINALS | TOTAL | PLACE |
| 50 | Juxian He | China | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
| 51 | Farouq Ishimoto | Japan | 6 | 6 | 2 | |
| 58 | Yoon Sung Lee | South Korea | 9 | 9 | 3 | |
| 53 | Shun Kaneko | Japan | 12 | 12 | 4 | |
| 59 | Xin Li | China | 16 | 16 | 5 | |
| 69 | Hieu Vu Minh | Vietnam | 17 | 17 | 6 | |
| 124 | Li Xiaolong | China | 22 | 22 | 7 | |
| 125 | Naoya Amano | Japan | 23 | 23 | 8 | |
| 55 | Talha Kilic | Turkey | 28 | 28 | 9 | |
| 52 | Jeong Hyeon Jo | South Korea | 29 | 29 | 10 | |
| 54 | Ali Karami | Iran | 34 | 34 | 11 | |
| 65 | Guanghui Song | China | 35 | 35 | 12 | |
| 49 | Ryota Hayashi | Japan | 40 | 40 | 13 | |
| 57 | Rustam Krymukov | Russia | 43 | 43 | 14 | |
| 66 | Natsuki Takaramura | Japan | 45 | 45 | 15 | |
| 44 | Hossein Adbi | Iran | 48 | 48 | 16 | |
| 45 | Kai-Hsiang Chen | Taiwan, China | 48 | 48 | 16 | |
| 47 | Stephen Damasco | Philippines | 48 | 48 | 16 | |
| 56 | Rintaro Kiyokawa | Japan | 48 | 48 | 16 | |
| 60 | Brian Luangraj | USA | 48 | 48 | 16 | |
| 61 | Masaru Matsumoto | Japan | 48 | 48 | 16 | |
| 62 | Okamura Muneaki | Japan | 48 | 48 | 16 | |
| 63 | Mohammed Javad Sadeghi | Iran | 48 | 48 | 16 | |
| 67 | Naoki Tanaka | Japan | 48 | 48 | 16 | |
| 68 | Kazuya Tsuzuki | Japan | 48 | 48 | 16 | |
| 70 | Bo Xie | Australia | 48 | 48 | 16 | |
| 71 | Wutong Yang | China | 48 | 48 | 16 | |
| 72 | Ivan Zeviakin | Russia | 48 | 48 | 16 | |
| WOMEN’S BIKINI – OPEN | ||||||
| # | NAME | COUNTRY | JUDGING | FINALS | TOTAL | PLACE |
| 35 | Sally-Anne Kato | Japan | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
| 27 | Uyanga Bataa | Mongolia | 6 | 6 | 2 | |
| 30 | Cynthia Chen | China | 9 | 9 | 3 | |
| 36 | Nittaya Kongthun | Thailand | 12 | 12 | 4 | |
| 39 | A-Song Moon | South Korea | 16 | 16 | 5 | |
| 48 | Liyi Kuo | Taiwan, China | 18 | 18 | 6 | |
| 40 | Hyeona Na | South Korea | 21 | 21 | 7 | |
| 26 | Min Hee Baek | South Korea | 23 | 23 | 8 | |
| 33 | Ming Yan Ho | Hong Kong, China | 27 | 27 | 9 | |
| 29 | Kathryn Cavanagh | Australia | 30 | 30 | 10 | |
| 42 | Eujenia Shatova | Russia | 33 | 33 | 11 | |
| 41 | Anna Tricia Sawada | Japan | 36 | 36 | 12 | |
| 31 | Yinghsuan Chen | Taiwan, China | 40 | 40 | 13 | |
| 43 | Xie Xieli | Taiwan, China | 41 | 41 | 14 | |
| 37 | Ayaka Koyano | Japan | 45 | 45 | 15 | |
| 28 | Marie Blanchard | USA | 48 | 48 | 16 | |
| 32 | Morgan Eldrett | Australia | 48 | 48 | 16 | |
| 34 | Vesela Hristova | Bulgaria | 48 | 48 | 16 | |
| 38 | Chayapa Marachotisakul | Thailand | 48 | 48 | 16 | |
| 64 | Yuki Takasuka | Japan | 48 | 48 | 16 | |
| 83 | Mana Nataniya | Japan | 48 | 48 | 16 | |
| WOMEN’S WELLNESS – OPEN | ||||||
| # | NAME | COUNTRY | JUDGING | FINALS | TOTAL | PLACE |
| 25 | Wenqian Yang | China | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
| 8 | Huihui Hu | China | 6 | 6 | 2 | |
| 5 | Michele Fuzita | Japan | 9 | 9 | 3 | |
| 7 | Chin Wen Hsiao | Taiwan, China | 12 | 12 | 4 | |
| 2 | Rian Choi | South Korea | 15 | 15 | 5 | |
| 14 | Yingchen Liu | Taiwan, China | 18 | 18 | 6 | |
| 23 | Hannah Son | South Korea | 21 | 21 | 7 | |
| 1 | Ellen Arimoto | Japan | 24 | 24 | 8 | |
| 3 | Kaede Doi | Japan | 28 | 28 | 9 | |
| 13 | Dorcas Kong | Hong Kong, China | 31 | 31 | 10 | |
| 19 | Sarah Riche | Canada | 32 | 32 | 11 | |
| 17 | Amber Pacheco | USA | 36 | 36 | 12 | |
| 11 | Miyeong Jang | South Korea | 39 | 39 | 13 | |
| 4 | Ying Fu | China | 43 | 43 | 14 | |
| 20 | Alicia Self | Australia | 44 | 44 | 15 | |
| 6 | Andressa Hoshino | Brazil | 48 | 48 | 16 | |
| 9 | Han Hyorim | South Korea | 48 | 48 | 16 | |
| 10 | Minako Ishida | Japan | 48 | 48 | 16 | |
| 12 | Nadezhda Kashirina | Russia | 48 | 48 | 16 | |
| 15 | Patricia Matsunaga | Japan | 48 | 48 | 16 | |
| 16 | Jowon Min | South Korea | 48 | 48 | 16 | |
| 21 | Yajie Shen | China | 48 | 48 | 16 | |
| 22 | So Yeong Shin | South Korea | 48 | 48 | 16 | |
| 126 | Kelly Kudaka | Japan | 48 | 48 | 16 | |
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