The qualifying round for the JCRC (Japan Coffee Roasting Championship) was held over three days from October 19th to 21st, 2024, with 84 participants.

The top six will advance to the finals, which will be held from November 23rd to 25th, to compete for the title of Japan champion.
The six winners of the preliminary round were announced, and from the roasters participating in CROWD ROASTER , Yuya Iwasaki (pictured Shin on the right) and Shinya Kobayashi (pictured Shin on the left) advanced to the finals.
congratulations!

The six who advanced to the finals are:

Yuya TAKAMURA COFFEE ROASTERS (Osaka Prefecture)
Takeharu Onuki, MOOD coffee&espresso (Ibaraki Prefecture)
Hirotatsu Katsumoto Coffeedot (Kumamoto Prefecture)
Shinya Kobayashi , Coffee bean specialty store Wakoya (Fukui Prefecture)
Sakura Hashimoto Philocoffea (Chiba Prefecture)
Akio Higuchi, coffee uno (Mie Prefecture)

We wish you all the best in the finals!
The winner will represent Japan at WCRC2025, which will be held in Houston, USA in April 2025.

We will continue to provide information on CROWD ROASTER .

The JCRC is a competition for coffee roasting techniques organized by the Specialty Coffee Association of Japan (SCAJ). Its purpose is to contribute to the improvement of roasting techniques, and it is also held as a selection tournament for the world championship, the WCRC.

The JCRC was started based on the CRC (Coffee Roasting Challenge), a program of the WCE (World Coffee Events) introduced at the SCAE Vienna Convention in 2012. The CRC was renamed the World Coffee Roasting Championship in 2013.

Past winners of the JCRC include CROWD ROASTER roasters Yoshiyuki Nakamura ( mamepolepole ) and Masakuni Sakata ( KOTO COFFEE ROASTERS ).