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Tamiya RC Live – Introducing the 61st Shizuoka Hobby Show, Toyota Challenge Cup and Tamiya RC History



Introduction of the 61st Shizuoka Hobby Show, Toyota Challenge Cup Day 1 and Tamiya RC history!
・Introducing the “BLOCKHEAD MEETING” held at Sumpu Castle Park on Thursday, May 4th. Pay attention to the overwhelming number of off-road machines running all at once! ・Introducing the “61st Shizuoka Hobby Show” held at Twin Messe, Shizuoka City for 5 days from May 10th (Wednesday) to May 14th (Sunday). We will also deliver the installation view of the “BBX” and “MB-01”, which were exhibited as new products at the venue and attracted attention. ・You can see the “Toyota Challenge Cup Day 1” held on Saturday, May 13th at Nanbu Gymnasium in Shizuoka City. Also pay attention to the “WRC” class on a special circuit with a powerful big jump! ・Tamiya RC history introduces RC released from 2001 to 2002. The “Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII WRC”, which adopted the TB-01 chassis, which was popular for rally driving at the time, and the “Nissan Fairlady Z”, which became synonymous with Nissan sports cars. Please see the “Ferrari F2001” that has become a hot topic.


Introduction of Toyota Challenge Cup Day2, information on Tamiya Grand Prix All Japan Championship 2023 and Tamiya RC history!
・ We deliver the state of the Tamiya booth at “CHIMERA GAMES” held in Odaiba, Tokyo on May 20th (Sat) and 21st (Sun). The RC experience corner was a big hit with the children! ・The “Tamiya Grand Prix All Japan Championship 2023” will finally start with the “Tamiya Grand Prix All Japan Championship Okayama Tournament” on June 17, 2023. We will introduce the introduction of each holding area and strategy points. ・Introducing the “Toyota Challenge Cup Day 2” held on May 14th (Sun) at Nanbu Gymnasium in Shizuoka City. Please also pay attention to the “JJ” class, which is limited to elementary and junior high school students and women, and the “Parent-child” class, where parents and children join forces to compete! ・Tamiya RC history introduces the RC released in 2002. -Based on the Ferrari 360 Modena Challenge, which debuted at the 1999 Geneva Show as the fifth generation of the Ferrari 308, and the Toyota MR-S Racing, which first adopted the short wheelbase TA-04SS, and the Mercedes-Benz CLK. Please take a look at the “HKS CLK” developed for the 2002 JGTC.

“If there is no Shizuoka model, overseas will be in trouble” – World capital of models “is not just words”- Chairman Shunsaku Tamiya talking about the hobby industry


The 61st Shizuoka Hobby Show opened on May 10th. On the morning of the 10th, the first day of the invitation day for domestic and foreign buyers, the “living legend” who has long been a leader in the hobby industry, Shunsaku Tamiya, chairman of the Shizuoka Model Teaching Materials Cooperative Association (Chairman and President of Tamiya) will be the annual reporter. A press conference was held, and we talked about this hobby show that will be held while the effects of the new corona are settling down.

Q. What did you think when you saw the venue for this year’s hobby show?

(* 2023 will be the third time for “Elementary, Junior High and High School Students Invitation Day”).
This is a very good idea of ​​the prefectural governor (Governor Heita Kawakatsu). I thought that children in Shizuoka would come to the hobby show, but that is not the case.

Q.Is it important for the industry to have children come to hobby shows?

“Yes. It would be strange if they didn’t come. It’s more fun to come to a hobby show than to be at school.”

Q. Corona is converging, how about foreigners?

“Foreigners couldn’t come here because of Corona. We couldn’t use this venue even during Corona, but we were holding events in some way. Orders have increased since before Corona. This year, we will be able to use the (Twin Messe Shizuoka) South Building, and even after we sell, there will be exhibitions where customers will come (*The last two days of the Shizuoka Hobby Show are open to the public free of charge. That’s one of the features of the Shizuoka Hobby Show.Another feature is that the Self-Defense Forces are participating.It’s a great time to be very grateful.Only the Shizuoka Hobby Show is doing this kind of thing.”

Q. How are foreigners responding?

“Plastic model business cannot be done without Japanese products.In the past, the United Kingdom and the United States were the leading countries for plastic models, but the Japanese plastic model industry has grown larger, and many new products are being released. Everyone is happy to come to Shizuoka.”

Q. How was the industry looking back during the corona crisis?

“Corona was a tailwind for this industry. Starting in March, we (built) a new factory in Cebu, Philippines.”

Q. Was Corona a tailwind for the industry?

“It’s a tailwind.”

Q.Will this tailwind continue?

“Now, the world is in trouble without Japanese plastic models. Southeast Asia is no longer a developing country. All the Southeast Asian people are going to concentrate on Japan.”

Q. What about domestic demand?

“Of course, it’s local, so it’s the cheapest, but now in Tamiya’s market, domestic and export are half and half.”

Q. What are your ideas and directions for the industry?

“The Japanese market alone is not enough. Foreign distributors come to us and give us various ideas, so we follow them. For 50 years, we have continued to participate in hobby shows in Nuremberg (Germany). I learned a lot from hobby shows in the US, hobby shows in Europe, and hobby shows in Kensington, England.”

Q. I think, what kind of requirements are there from foreign agents?

“We also sell female figures separately. If Tamiya doesn’t do figures, it doesn’t matter. If we do that, other figure makers will get in the way.”

Q. When considering overseas demand, what are the strengths? Airplanes, tanks, cars?

“That’s not all. The ‘fun craft series’ is a modest series, but I’m doing it with the help of a professor at Shizuoka University’s Faculty of Education. Craft classes, making things with your own hands, that’s the model.”

Q. Do you want to make content with your own hands that can be used overseas?

“In Germany, when you put out a hand-made model, the Germans will say, ‘This is a real scientific model.”

Q. What do you see as the organizer?

“If there is no model of Shizuoka, it will be difficult to go abroad. The ‘world capital of models’ is not just a word. They must come. They are enjoying themselves in Shizuoka.”

Q. Look at how you are, how do you see it?

“I’m very happy about that. We’re having fun, too.”

Source in Japanese language: SBS Shizuoka Broadcasting

Videos of the Tamiya booth at the Shizuoka Hobby Show 2023 and details of the new scale releases



Introducing the new product corner in the Tamiya booth at the 61st Shizuoka Hobby Show! (May 10, 2023, Twin Messe Shizuoka)


Tamiya 2023 Spring/Summer Release Scale Model New Product Introduction – Military Model Edition
00:32 1/35 German Jagdpanzer IV/70(A)
13:14 1/35 German Infantry Set (Late War)
23:16 1/35 JGSDF Type 16 Mobile Combat Vehicle C5 (Winch)


Tamiya 2023 Spring/Summer Release Scale Model New Product Introduction – Car & Motorcycle Model Edition
00:28 1/24 GMA T.50
13:42 1/20 Porsche 935 Martini
19:06 1/12 Honda CBR1000RR-R FIREBLADE SP 30th Anniversary
20:51 Tire coating agent

Newest Tamiya RC Live videos



Introduction of Spring Cup / Rally / Formula E and Tamiya RC history!
・We introduce the “Spring Cup / Rally” and “Spring Cup / Formula E” held at Tamiya Kakegawa Circuit on March 18 (Sat) and 19 (Sun). Please pay attention to the “M Rally” class, which was held for the first time this time, and the “Formula E” class, which excited the venue with high-level race development! ・Tamiya RC history introduces the RC released in 2001. “Subaru Impreza WRC 2001 complete body specification”, “Lancia 037 Rally” featuring a styrene resin body, and “Mercedes-Benz CLK DTM 2000 Team Original Tire” that fought the reborn DTM (German Touring Car Championship) revived under new regulations.


Introduction of Tamiya Grand Prix Inn Kansai, Tamiya RC Car Grand Prix Kansai Tournament and Tamiya RC History!
Introducing the “Tamiya RC Car Grand Prix Kansai Tournament”. Please pay attention to the hot race of the “Tamiya Touring” class, which was a close battle from beginning to end! ・Tamiya RC history introduces the RC released in 2001. The “TXT-1” that reproduces the monster truck that runs through the stadium, the “Ford Focus RS WRC 01” that appeared in 2001 and was very successful in the WRC, and the “TA04-R Chassis Kit”, the highest peak of the TA04 series.


Introduction of Tamiya Grand Prix Inn Aichi, Tamiya RC Car Grand Prix Aichi Tournament and Tamiya RC History!
“Tamiya Grand Prix in Aichi” held at Nagoya Port Garden Wharf Rinko Ryokuen on April 22nd (Sat) and 23rd (Sun) and “Tamiya RC Car Grand Prix Aichi Tournament”. Also pay attention to the race of the “4WD buggy” class, where many of the new TT-02BRs released last month participated! ・Tamiya RC history introduces the RC released in 2001. The “Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car”, which has been active in world races such as JGTC and the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and the “TB Evolution II Chassis Kit”, which is an evolution model of TB Evolution, and the combination of Kazuyoshi Hoshino and Satoshi Motoyama will compete in All Japan. The “Calsonic Skyline GT-R 2001” that competed in the GT Championship will appear.

Tamiya Products to be displayed at the 2023 Shizuoka Hobby Show

35383 JGSDF Type 16 Mobile Combat Vehicle C5 (with winch) *The photo is a prototype.


Static Model Products
◇ 1/24 GMA T.50
◇ 1/20 Porsche 935 Martini
◇ 1/35 German Panzer IV/70(A)
◇ 1/35 German Infantry Set (Late WWII)
◇ 1/35 JGSDF Type 16 Mobile Combat Vehicle C5 with Winch
◇ 1/72 Lockheed Martin® F-35®A Lightning Ⅱ®
◇ 1/12 Honda CBR1000RR-R FIREBLADE SP 30th Anniversary

Mini 4WD & For Kids
◇ Estoura (MA)
◇ Dash-1 Emperor (MS Chassis) Black Special
◇ K4Tasche (FM-A)
◇ Neo-VQS (VZ) Advanced Pack)
◇ Hyper-Dash 3 Motor J-Cup 2023
◇ Hyper-Dash Motor PRO J-CUP 2023
◇ HG Carbon Rear Brake Stay (1.5mm) J-Cup 2023
◇ HG Carbon Front Stay For Fully Cowled Mini 4WD (1.5mm) J-Cup 2023
◇ Super Hard Low-Profile Tire & Wheel Set (Spiral) J-Cup 2023
◇ 19mm Aluminum Ball-Race Roller Set J-Cup 2023

R/C Products
◇ 1/10 R/C BBX (BB-01)
◇ 1/10 R/C Toyota Land Cruiser 300 (CC-02)
◇ 1/10 R/C TOYOTA GAZOO Racing WRT/GR YARIS Rally1 HYBRID (TT-02)
◇ 1/14 R/C Scania 770 S 8×4/4
◇ 1/10 R/C Fiat Abarth 1000 TCR Berlina Corse (MB-01)
◇ 1/10 R/C Porsche 911 GT3 (992) (TT-02)
◇ 1/10 R/C 2002 Mercedes-Benz CLK AMG Racing Version (TT-02)
◇ 1/10 R/C Toyota Land Cruiser 40 (CC-02)
◇ 63mm Swing Shafts
◇ BB-01 Aluminum Front Uprights (2pcs.)
◇ BB-01 Aluminum Servo Stays
◇ BB-01 Slipper Clutch Set

Tools & Paints
◇ Monorail Train
◇ Rail Set (for Monorail Train)
◇ Tire Coating Fluid

* The list on this page is tentative and subject to change without notice. The information on this page is current as of April 20, 2023.

Information on the 61st Shizuoka Hobby Show


■Vendor Invitation Day *General public cannot enter
May 10, 2023 (Wednesday) 9:30-16:30
May 11, 2023 (Thursday) 9:30-16:30

■Elementary, Junior High and High School Student Invitation Day
2023 Friday, May 12, 9:00-17:00

■Public Day *Advance registration is required to enter
May 13, 2023 (Sat) 9:00-17:00
May 14, 2023 (Sun) 9:00-16:00
■Venue: Twin Messe Shizuoka
■Admission free
■Organizer: Shizuoka Model Teaching Materials Cooperative

⇒ 61st Shizuoka Hobby Show Official Homepage (in Japanese language)

The 61st Shizuoka Hobby Show, the largest model hobby event in Japan, is full of topics. At the Tamiya booth, new products that will be released by summer will be exhibited at once. This time, there are a lot of hot new products in each genre! . Not only can you take a closer look at the new products before they go on sale at the venue, but you can also directly ask the explanation staff about the points you care about. You can also enjoy shopping at the “sales corner” where various products and goods are available. On the public day, “Tamiya Headquarters Special Tour 2023” (please register in advance) and “RC Car Festival in Hobby City Shizuoka” will be held at a nearby venue at the same time. Bring your whole family to Shizuoka in the fresh greenery for a big hobby event!

⇒ Tamiya head office special tour (13th and 14th) (in Japanese language)