On Sept. 8, Yosuke Ochi walked out to the spotlight in front of approximately 3,000 screaming fans to perform at the 11th Annual Air Guitar World Championships in Oulu, Finland.
The 100-kg comedian pointed to his imaginary band mate with a confident nod as a bass kicked in, turned around as speakers began playing guitar chords from "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" by Aussie rock-band Jet, and demonstrated his mesmerizing air guitar skills with rock-god aspect.
With his amusing presentation and what organizers exalted as "extremely classy air guitarring," he became the first Japanese to be crowned world champion of the competition.
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