# Is this a kendama? **URL:** \ **Category:** Kendama\ **Created:** [July 31, 2013, 10:27pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/is-this-a-kendama/57312 "2013-07-31T22:27:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![crococorey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/crococorey/32/1380_2.png) [@crococorey](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/crococorey)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 10:27pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/is-this-a-kendama/57312/1 "2013-07-31T22:27:58Z")
![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/3/0/5/3057e499080c211c91b5dabb47d18b08494f0d09.jpeg) I was at a used clothes store today, and i came across something that looked like a kendama for 4$. Is it a kendama? If it is, what brand is it, and how much is it worth? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![yomagic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yomagic/32/131_2.png) [@yomagic](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yomagic)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 10:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/is-this-a-kendama/57312/2 "2013-07-31T22:29:48Z")
Yes that is a Kendama! Does the wooden part (Ken) have any marking on it? That’s the only way we could tell you a brand name. ---
**Author:** ![crococorey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/crococorey/32/1380_2.png) [@crococorey](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/crococorey)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 10:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/is-this-a-kendama/57312/3 "2013-07-31T22:37:01Z")
> [@yomagic](#): > > Yes that is a Kendama! Does the wooden part (Ken) have any marking on it? That’s the only way we could tell you a brand name. Its all wooden even the ball. Hang on ill go take a pic of the sticker on it. ---
**Author:** ![crococorey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/crococorey/32/1380_2.png) [@crococorey](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/crococorey)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 10:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/is-this-a-kendama/57312/4 "2013-07-31T22:39:39Z")
![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/0/b/7/0b77f9bc7e4a63682ec414e0ea1baacc9d470ed0.jpeg) If you can’t tell the writing is in a different (asian) language. ---
**Author:** ![yomagic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yomagic/32/131_2.png) [@yomagic](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yomagic)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 10:40pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/is-this-a-kendama/57312/5 "2013-07-31T22:40:08Z")
I believe that’s an Ozora! ---
**Author:** ![crococorey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/crococorey/32/1380_2.png) [@crococorey](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/crococorey)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 10:40pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/is-this-a-kendama/57312/6 "2013-07-31T22:40:26Z")
There are no other markings or stickers. ---
**Author:** ![crococorey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/crococorey/32/1380_2.png) [@crococorey](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/crococorey)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 11:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/is-this-a-kendama/57312/7 "2013-07-31T23:13:54Z")
> [@yomagic](#): > > I believe that’s an Ozora! Omg on amazon its 30$! Good thing i picked it up. How much do you think I could sell it for? ---
**Author:** ![yomagic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yomagic/32/131_2.png) [@yomagic](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yomagic)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 11:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/is-this-a-kendama/57312/8 "2013-07-31T23:15:07Z")
maybe like 15 bucks but not much more than that ---
**Author:** ![crococorey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/crococorey/32/1380_2.png) [@crococorey](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/crococorey)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 11:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/is-this-a-kendama/57312/9 "2013-07-31T23:38:12Z")
> [@yomagic](#): > > maybe like 15 bucks but not much more than that That’s still three times as much as I got it for though. I’ll probably just keep it and play with it. ---
**Author:** ![wcrase](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/wcrase/32/80_2.png) [@wcrase](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/wcrase)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 6:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/is-this-a-kendama/57312/10 "2013-08-01T06:29:28Z")
I’m not educated enough on kendamas to be certain, but I don’t think that is an ozora seal. Give me a day or so, and I’ll see what I can dig up. ---
**Author:** ![CaliBuddha](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/calibuddha/32/156_2.png) [@CaliBuddha](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/CaliBuddha)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 1:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/is-this-a-kendama/57312/11 "2013-08-01T13:42:26Z")
I think the seal looks different… ---
**Author:** ![ChessingtonValley](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/chessingtonvalley/32/966_2.png) [@ChessingtonValley](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ChessingtonValley)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 7:03pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/is-this-a-kendama/57312/12 "2013-08-01T19:03:59Z")
Well…it is black and the only black seal I have seen is on a Shin Fuji. So perhaps it is a earlier Shin Fuji? What concerns me is that the JKA seals are usually circular not oval-like and the coloring should cover the base cup as well as the big cup and small cup like so: [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/e/5/b/e5b1f1202deac667f0a0ac9fb7286be2cd61db0d.jpeg) ](https://kendama.co.uk/galleries/ShinFujiAndTK16/mediafiles/l2.jpg) Not to be a downer, but it could be just a knock-off. However I could be wrong, we’ll see what Waylon comes up with in his research. Good luck on finding what it is. :wink: ---
**Author:** ![ReverseSquiggly](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/reversesquiggly/32/529_2.png) [@ReverseSquiggly](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ReverseSquiggly)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 7:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/is-this-a-kendama/57312/13 "2013-08-01T19:38:23Z")
It’s possible that this is an old JKA competition model. [http://www.gloken.net/gloken-en/story-of-competition-models/](http://www.gloken.net/gloken-en/story-of-competition-models/) ---
**Author:** ![zigzag97](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ec8ea/32.png) [@zigzag97](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zigzag97)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 8:27pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/is-this-a-kendama/57312/14 "2013-08-01T20:27:37Z")
> [@yomagic](#): > > I believe that’s an Ozora! the ozora has a gold seal. I believe that is a shin Fuji kendama ---
**Author:** ![crococorey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/crococorey/32/1380_2.png) [@crococorey](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/crococorey)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 10:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/is-this-a-kendama/57312/15 "2013-08-01T22:29:57Z")
> [@zigzag97](#): > > > [@yomagic](#): > > > > I believe that’s an Ozora! > > the ozora has a gold seal. I believe that is a shin Fuji kendama Is the “seal” the sticker? Because the sticker is gold. ---
**Author:** ![wcrase](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/wcrase/32/80_2.png) [@wcrase](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/wcrase)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 10:44pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/is-this-a-kendama/57312/16 "2013-08-01T22:44:09Z")
The circular bit in the middle is the JKA logo. That’s present on every JKA approved model. However, the entire sticker is very different from any JKA seal I’ve ever seen. I posted your photo on the BKA forum. No one has responded yet. It’s a slow forum and may take a bit to get an answer. None of my digging has turned up anything useful. I’d recommend shooting an email over to the guys at KUSA. They may have some information. Edit: it’s not a Shin Fuji. At least not one I could find. Gloken provided contact info in that article. Email them, too 🙂 [http://www.gloken.net/gloken-en/contact-to-gloken/](http://www.gloken.net/gloken-en/contact-to-gloken/) ---
**Author:** ![crococorey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/crococorey/32/1380_2.png) [@crococorey](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/crococorey)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 11:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/is-this-a-kendama/57312/17 "2013-08-01T23:09:51Z")
> [@Waylon](#): > > The circular bit in the middle is the JKA logo. That’s present on every JKA approved model. However, the entire sticker is very different from any JKA seal I’ve ever seen. I posted your photo on the BKA forum. No one has responded yet. It’s a slow forum and may take a bit to get an answer. None of my digging has turned up anything useful. > > I’d recommend shooting an email over to the guys at KUSA. They may have some information. > > Edit: it’s not a Shin Fuji. At least not one I could find. > > Gloken provided contact info in that article. Email them, too 🙂 > [http://www.gloken.net/gloken-en/contact-to-gloken/](http://www.gloken.net/gloken-en/contact-to-gloken/) Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![wcrase](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/wcrase/32/80_2.png) [@wcrase](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/wcrase)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 12:22am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/is-this-a-kendama/57312/18 "2013-08-02T00:22:33Z")
I got a response that it may be a Sakura with an early JKA seal. Can you take several good photos and email them to me? [wcrase01@hotmail.com](mailto:wcrase01@hotmail.com) ---
**Author:** ![crococorey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/crococorey/32/1380_2.png) [@crococorey](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/crococorey)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 12:41am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/is-this-a-kendama/57312/19 "2013-08-02T00:41:28Z")
> [@Waylon](#): > > I got a response that it may be a Sakura with an early JKA seal. Can you take several good photos and email them to me? [wcrase01@hormail.com](mailto:wcrase01@hormail.com) Sorry i don’t really have a good camera. ---
**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 12:48am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/is-this-a-kendama/57312/20 "2013-08-02T00:48:01Z")
> [@crococorey](#): > > [http://i1317.photobucket.com/albums/t634/crococorey/null\_zpscf3ba31b.jpg](http://i1317.photobucket.com/albums/t634/crococorey/null_zpscf3ba31b.jpg) > > I was at a used clothes store today, and i came across something that looked like a kendama for 4$. Is it a kendama? If it is, what brand is it, and how much is it worth? Thanks! No its a refrigerator. Of course its a kendama [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/is-this-a-kendama/57312.md?page=2)