Exclusive: initial Abu Dhabi WPJJ competitor list

The Abu Dhabi WPJJ, coming up this April 13 and 14, is a professional tournament open to anyone at any belt. However, it’s plenty more enticing when you’re one of those invited by the prince. That’s a luxury few enjoy; better still, one reserved for those who advanced all the way through the different tryout events held all over the world, now on their way to compete in Abu Dhabi with all the regalia and all-expenses-paid travel.

GRACIEMAG.com gained exclusive access to the initial list of those invited to Abu Dhabi. A few names are notably missing, like the winners of the trials in New York, for example. If your name per chance didn’t make the list for whatever reason, contact the promoters of the qualifying event that you won,

Fireworks assured, given some of the names on the list, with Rodolfo Vieira, Marcus Bochecha, Bê Faria, Bráulio Estima, Alexandre Souza, Antonio Braga Neto, Leandro Lo, Roberto Satoshi, Jonathan Torres, Rafael Lovato and plenty more all scheduled for the main event. Check out the full list:

BRAZIL TRYOUTS (NATAL, MANAUS, RIO DE JANEIRO AND GRAMADO)

1 Mr. Dennys Ricardo Diniz de Morais

2 Mr. Anselmo dos Santos Gomes

3 Mr. Max Santos Gimenis

4 Mr. Rafael Henrique Pereira

5 Mr. Fernando Andrade dos Reis

6 Mr. Thiago Barreto Marques

7 Mr. Leandro Lo Pereira do Nascimento

8 Mr. Bruno Almeida Alves

9 Mr. Antonio Carlos Coelho de Figueiredo Barbosa Júnior

10 Mr. Bernardo Augusto Rocha de Faria

11 Mr. Victor Cesar Braz da Silva

12 Mr. Rafael Ferreira Matos

13 Mr. Erberth Santos de Mesquita

14 Mr. Pedro Paulo Campi Agrizzi

15 Mr. Patrick Pontes de Moura dos Santos Gaudio

16 Mr. Luiz Fernando Costa Vieira

17 Mr. Antonio Carlos Farias

18 Mr. Diego Borges Silva

19 Mr. Caio Cesar Magalhaes Praxedes

20 Mr. Antonio Braga Teixeira Neto

21 Mr. MARCIO GAMA DOS SANTOS JUNIOR

22 Mr. RODSON MATEUS SARMENTO TELES

23 Mr. JULIO CEZAR DOS ANJOS JUNIOR

24 Mr. JOÃO RICARDO BORDIGNON MIYAO

25 Mr. MARCOS VINICIUS DA SILVA TINOCO

26 Mr. GABRIEL WILLCOX FURLEY

27 Mr. VINICIUS TAVARES MARINHO

28 Mr. ADRIANO FERREIRA DE ARAUJO

29 Mr. RODOLFO VIEIRA

30 Mr. RICARDO FERREIRA EVANGELISTA

31 Ms. IRIS BATISTA DE OMENA SILVA

32 Ms. JESSICA CRISTINA ARLINDO DOS SANTOS

33 Ms. GABRIELLE LEMOS GARCIA

34 Ms. Jaqueline de Moraes Amorim

35 Ms. Marina Soares Ribeiro Medeiros

36 Ms. Luiza Monteiro Moura da Costa

37 Ms. Luana Azero Albernaz Muniz

38 Ms. Beatriz Mesquita

39 Ms. Jessica da Silva Oliveira

40 Mr. Altamir Júnior

41 Mr. Isaque Braz

42 Mr. Julio Lima

43 Mr. Paulo Miyao

44 Mr. Pedro Moura

45 Mr. Isaque Paiva

46 Mr. Davi Ramos

47 Mr. Victor Bonfim

48 Mr. Alexandre de Souza

49 Mr. Marcus Almeida

50 Ms. Luanna Alzuguir

51 Ms. Fernanda Mazzelli

52 Ms. Mayra Mazza

US TRYOUTS (SAN DIEO, SAN ANTONIO)

1 Mr. Marcel Fortuna

2 Mr. Nisar Loynab, Ribeiro

3 Mr. Edwin Najmi

4 Mr. John Owning

5 Mr. Endhyr Meza

6 Ms. Emily Wetzel

7 Ms. Michella Almeida

8 Mr. Luiz Sergio Branco Correa,

9 Mr. Rafael Lovato J

10 Mr. Manuel Diaz,

11 Mr. Raynald Ray,

12 Mr. Tariq Radi,

13 Mr. Pete O’Neal

14 Ms. Sijara Eubanks,

15 Ms. Danielle Alvarez,

SOUTH AFRICA TRYOUTS

1 Mr. David Wesley Levey

2 Mr. Brendon Groenewald

3 Mr. Jordan Alfred Machtle

4 Mr. Adolfo Daniel De Figueiredo Correia

5 Mr. Wesley Charles George

6 Mr. Emyr Sanzel Lopes Queiroz

7 Ms. Kerry-Anne Mathieson

8 Ms. Penny Thomas

ARGENTINA TRYOUTS

1 Mr. Javier Irigoitía

2 Mr. Christopher Moncayo

3 Mr. Rubén Belviso

4 Ms. Lira Aguilar

POLAND TRYOUTS

1 Mr. Alexander Trans

2 Mr. Bruno Ivan Tomasetti

3 Mr. Daniel Wrześniewski

4 Mr. Eduardo Rios

5 Mr. Gerard Łabiński

6 Mr. Kamil Dąbrówka

7 Mr. Maciej Dłużewski

8 Mr. Maciej Kozak

9 Mr. Maciej Polok

10 Mr. Oliver Geddes

NEW ZEALAND TRYOUTS

1 Mr. Michael Torcasio

2 Mr. Falzone Brian George

3 Mr. Scott Alexander Geoffrey

4 Mr. Bouzaid Dustin Micheal

5 Mr. Anderson Samuel Francis

6 Ms. Cardoso Jacqueline

7 Ms. Okyay Leyla

MEXICO TRYOUTS

1 Mr. Fabio Vargas

2 Mr. Julio Cordova

3 Mr. Sergio Verduzco

4 Ms. Danae Morin

ROMANIA TRYOUTS

1 Mr. Camil Moldoveanu

2 Mr. Remus Corbei

3 Mr. Ion Pascu

4 Ms. Tereza Cordeiro

FINLAND TRYOUTS

1 Mr. Risto Ville Juhani Vesanto

2 Mr. Max Leonard Lindblad

3 Ms. Suvi Eviliina Karelehto

4 Mr. Janne Aleksi Autio

5 Mr. Otto Valtteri Kuikka

6 Mr. Hannu Pekka Karjalainen

7 Ms. Venla Orvokki Luukkonen

PORTUGAL TRYOUTS

1 Mr. Jedrzej Loska

2 Mr. Maxime Olivier

3 Mr. Luca Anacoreto

4 Mr. Marcelo Bernardo

5 Mr. Vladimiro Afonso

6 Mr. Luis Ramos

7 Mr. Victor Cardoso

8 Mr. Aly Lopes

9 Mr. Arturo Salas

10 Mr. Daniel Svensson

11 Ms. Kritin Doeblin

12 Ms. Shanti Abelha

13 Ms. Mille Pedersen

ENGLAND TRYOUTS

1 Ms Yasmin Wilson

2 Raphael Waszklewicz Schmidt

3 Ms Olga Yashevska

4 Nilton Cesar Garcia

5 Nicholas Robinson

6 Mathias Fernandes Ribeiro

7 Gustavo Jose Dos Santos Oliveira

8 Christopher Stephen Bowen

9 Arya Esfandmaz

10 Anna Maria Bartkowlak

11 Alex Cabanes Gisbet

12 Braulio Estima

CHINA TRYOUTS

1 Mr. YAMADA SHIGETAKA

2 Ms. XU XIN NING

3 Mr. KOJIMA KENSAKU

4 Mr. HUANG ZHENG HUA

5 Mr. LI YU LIANG

MALASIA TRYOUTS

1 Mr. Seungho Yang

2 Mr. Shane Kohei Suzuki

3 Mr. Jordan Jack Roberts

4 Ms. Magdalene Meann Wei Tan

RUSSIA TRYOUTS

1 Mr. Farafonov Ivan

2 Mr. Bilarov Abdurakhman

3 Mr. Potatuskhin Vladislav

4 Ms. Zenkevich Elena

CANADA TRYOUTS

1 Mr. Brandon E. McGourty

2 Mr. Joel Hadden

3 Mr. Nick Alan Schrock

4 Mr. Alessandro Camargo

5 Mr. Keenan Cornelius

6 Mr. Wellington Dias

7 Mr. Jonathan Torres

8 Mr. De’Alonzio Jackson

9 Mr. James Harbison

10 Mr. Peter Roberts

11 Ms. Satricia Knake

12 Ms. Mackenzie Dern

13 Ms. Alison Tremblay

14 Mr. Fabio Holanda

JAPAN TRYOUTS

1 Mr. WATANABE TAKAMASA

2 Mr. KOIKE KLEBER

3 Mr. WONG KEE ANDREW

4 Mr. IKEJIRI SOSUKE

5 Mr. SEKINE HIDEKI

6 Mr. YANAGISAWA TOMOYA

7 Mr. CRISTIANO CARIOCA

8 Mr. DA SIVA REDERSON

9 Mr. MARCOS TOSHIO

10 Mr. TANIGUTI RODRIGO JIRO

11 Mr. ROBERTO SATOSHI

12 Ms. SEKI YUKO

13 Ms. SHIODA SAYAKA

14 Ms. MIAO JIE

SOUTH KOREA TRYOUTS

1 Mr. Lee Hee Sung

2 Mr. An Cholwoong

3 Mr. Jung Howon

4 Mr. Hwang Myengse

5 Ms. Kim Eunji

AUSTRALIA TRYOUTS

1 Mr. Alexandre Prates

2 Mr. Roumanos Moussa

3 Mr. Tony Torrisi

4 Mr. Nikola Skoric

5 Mr. Remo Curcio

6 Mr. Shaher Khan

7 Mr. David Marinakis

8 Mr. Thiago Braga

9 Mr. Kit Dale

10 Mr. Neil Owen

11 Mr. Michael Wilson

12 Ms. Meagan Green

13 Ms. Munn Sunny

14 Ms. Maren Frerichs