The Gunpla Builders World Cup (GBWC, Gunpla World Cup), a contest to determine the world's best Gunpla builder from the Gundam anime series, held its 13th Tournament finals on February 7th at Gundam Base Tokyo (Koto Ward, Tokyo). It was announced that "KIRA KIRA" (haru), representing Taiwan, was crowned the world champion in the U-20 course for ages 15-20. His build expressed the worldview of "Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX."
"DayBreak" (ZHOU BOWEN), representing mainland China, came in second place, and third place went to "重生" (yintsang0322), representing the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
GBWC is an international competition that began in 2011, where participants compete in Gunpla construction, painting techniques, and ideas. The 13th GBWC was held in 16 countries and regions, including Japan, Australia, Canada, Europe & the Middle East, Hong Kong SAR, Indonesia, mainland China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, the UK, the US, and Vietnam. There are three courses: the OVER-21 course for those 21 years of age and older, the U-20 course for those 15-20 years old, and the U-14 course for those 6-14 years old.
