Who is the best of the best this year?

BOWLERO MONTEBELLO

Sunday, July 20, 2025
10am

ENTRY FORM COMING SOON!

Nikkei League Champions from 2024-25 Season
are eligible to enter!

Prize money awarded to First place Champions.
(Second place awarded prize money if 10+ teams are entered)

$120 Entry Fee/Team
Handicap: 90% of 220
Trio teams
3 games total on the same pair of lanes
(SCNBA Membership waived for this event only)

Entry fees can be paid via check payable to: SCNBA or
Zelle to: [email protected].

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12 possible Nikkei SCNBA Champion teams are eligible to enter in this end of season championship event — winner take all! It will be a trios event, so leagues that are 4-person teams will pick the three bowlers that will enter. Don’t fret, if that team wins, ALL FOUR BOWLERS will get PAID equally! If a trios team needs a bowler to fill in for the tournament, that replacement has to come from the 2nd place team in their league. If they can’t fill the team with that format, then unfortunately they will be ineligible to participate.  At least one bowler must be from the league champion team in order to be eligible as well. We hope to see all leagues participate as it will be a fun competition to see who is really the best of the best in the Nikkei World!

The Champion team will determine where the location will be for following year (when possible). The first place team will not only earn prize money for all members of their factual league champion team, each bowler will receive a ball certificate from one of the manufacturers below. We want the true league champions to be participating in this event. 

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SCNBA NIKKEI LEAGUES

CENTER	LEAGUE	DATE	TIME	CHAMPION
Action Lanes	SGV Nikkei Mixed Family League	Fri	9pm	2012, 2023
	SGV Nikkei Seniors	Tue	11:30am
Bowlero Montebello	Monterey Park Nisei			2014, 2015
	PPBC Nikkei Trios	Mon	8pm	2013, 2016, 2024
Bowlero West Covina	Covina Nisei			2011
Gardena Bowl	Sunday Sansei**			2010
	Harbor City Nisei	Thu	9pm	2022
	Japan Trade	Tue	7pm
	Wed Nikkei Mixed Trios	Wed	6pm
	Nikkei Mixed	Wed	7pm
	Premiere@Grd	Wed	9pm
	Friday Islanders	Fri	9pm
Harley’s Simi Bowl	SFV Nisei	Fri	9pm	2009*, 2019***
La Habra 300	Storm Sansei Trios	Thu	9pm
Linbrook Bowl	Storm Tozai Nikkei	Fri	9pm	2017, 2018
	Anaheim Nisei Mixed	Wed	9pm
Winnetka Bowl	SFV Nikkei	Fri	9pm

*League used to be held at Mission Hills Bowl (closed May 2015)
**No longer eligible as a recognized “Nikkei” league
***Harley’s Valley Bowl

PAST CHAMPIONS

Year	Location	Champion
2024	Bowlero Montebello	Bowlero Montebello – Andy Chan, Mike Lee, Rene Gutierrez, Robert Zuniga Jr
2023	Cal Bowl	Action Lanes – Miles Tatsumi, Linda Ukita, Shelli Miyashita, Stan Takemoto
2022	Harley’s Valley Bowl	Gardena Bowl – Cyndi Castile, Tommy Yonemine, Dan Matis, Jim Shimizu
2019	Linbrook Bowl	Harley’s Valley Bowl – Stan Holloway, Margie Holloway, Marvin Haywood, Jose Gutierrez
2018	Linbrook Bowl	Linbrook Bowl – Hoagy Wong, Judy Endow, Brian Hara, Kim Lee
2017	AMF Beverly	Linbrook Bowl – Dale Kakimoto, Leslie Katsura, Robert Pitti, Glenn Wada
2016	AMF Beverly	AMF Beverly Bowl – Jordan Gonzales, Justin Dabuet, Stacee Kosaka, Daniel Ohara
2015	AMF Beverly	AMF Beverly Bowl – Glen Nakahara, York Lock, Art Nakahara, Scott Leach
2014	AMF Beverly	AMF Beverly Bowl – Glen Nakahara, York Lock, Art Nakahara, Scott Leach
2013	Action	AMF Beverly Lanes – Eric Sera, Miles Yokota, Brett Yokota, Jason Carillo
2012	BRC Covina	Action Lanes – Sue Okamoto, Ryan Manganas, Kurt Valmonte, Kevin Yamauchi
2011	Gardena	Covina Bowl – Mike Shimabukuro, Ryoko Shimabukuro, Eric Shimabukuro, Hernan Yamakawa
2010	Mission Hills	Gardena Bowl – Kehau Fujikami, Kerwin Fujikami, Jeremy Balmoja, Rudy Castrellon
2009	Pickwick	Mission Hills Bowl – Eric Hsu, Amanda Grooms, Rich Honda, Nancy Kato