HEIVA I SAN FRANCISCO
2024 WINNERS
Jr. Vahine Overall Winner(s)
#345
Keilani Luke
Te Rahiti Nui
Janice Minabe, Michelle Limon
San Diego/USA
#434
Ava Hoffmann
Hiva Katoa
Noa and Jeannie Napoleon
San Diego/USA
Jr. Tane Overall Winner
#358
Matéo Amoretti
Heihere Moorea
Herenui & Heifara
Moorea, French Polynesia
Sr. Vahine Overall Winner
#447
Kotono Okazaki
Pererau 'Api
Karen Tsuchiya
Hokkaido /Japan
Sr. Tane Overall Winner
#429
Zachary Isaac
Hōtua ‘Ori
Charity Offril and Krystle Cocadiz
Martinez, CA, USA
General Tamahine (6 to 8 years old)
1st
#310
Zara Comilang
Te Rahiti Nui
Janice Minabe, Michelle Limon
San Diego/USA
2nd
#304
Eleanor Torrecarion
Te Rahiti Nui
Janice Minabe, Michelle Limon
San Diego/USA
3rd
#315
Leonor Camargo
Hiva Katoa
Noa and Jeannie Napoleon
San Diego/USA
Advanced Tamahine (6 to 8 years old)
1st
#312
Charlee Keith
Te Rahiti Nui
Janice Minabe, Michelle Limon
San Diego/USA
2nd
#305
Avigail Rose Aquino
Te Rahiti Nui
Janice Minabe, Michelle Limon
San Diego/USA
3rd
#317
Olivia Rae Basa
Hiva Katoa
Noa and Jeannie Napoleon
San Diego/USA
Advanced Tamaroa (6 to 8 years old)
1st
#319
Alistair Pohaku
Hiva Katoa
Noa and Jeannie Napoleon
San Diego/USA
General Taure’a Vahine (9 to 12 years old)
1st
#427
Mia-Joy Daoang
Teohinui
Terevareva Jacobson
Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii
2nd
#303
Mila Yin
Te Rahiti Nui
Janice Minabe, Michelle Limon
San Diego/USA
3rd
#362
Amaiyah Fadem
Teohinui
Terevareva Jacobson
Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii
Advanced Taure’a Vahine (9 to 12 years old)
1st
#345
Keilani Luke
Te Rahiti Nui
Janice Minabe, Michelle Limon
San Diego/USA
2nd
#329
Layla Ramirez
Te Rahiti Nui
Janice Minabe, Michelle Limon
San Diego/USA
3rd
#442
Laila Kahealani McNeal
Nonosina
Tiana & Riki Nonosina Liufau
Anaheim, CA
General Taure’a Tane (9 to 12 years old)
1st
#409
Trent Bautista
Hiva Katoa
Noa and Jeannie Napoleon
San Diego/USA
Advanced Taure’a Tane (9 to 12 years old)
1st
#358
Matéo Amoretti
Heihere Moorea
Herenui & Heifara
Moorea, French Polynesia
General Taure’a Vahine (13 to 15 years old)
1st
#418
Remma Gain
Te Rahiti Nui
Janice Minabe, Michelle Limon
San Diego/USA
2nd
#419
Amber Gain
Te Rahiti Nui
Janice Minabe, Michelle Limon
San Diego/USA
3rd
#390
Amaiya Guillermo
Hiva Katoa
Noa and Jeannie Napoleon
San Diego/USA
Advanced Taure’a Vahine (13 to 15 years old)
1st
#434
Ava Hoffmann
Hiva Katoa
Noa and Jeannie Napoleon
San Diego/USA
2nd
#414
Tavake Rereata
Mevina and Napua Liufau
Tokyo, Japan
3rd
#314
Mailea Duenas
Te Rahiti Nui
Janice Minabe, Michelle Limon
San Diego/USA
Advanced Taure’a Tane (13 to 15 years old)
1st
#357
Maika Kaho’onei
Hālau Kalikopuakalehua
Nālani Kaho’onei
Chandler, Arizona/USA
General Vahine (16 to 25 years old)
1st
#421
Isa Fidelino
Te Rahiti Nui
Janice Minabe, Michelle Limon
San Diego/USA
2nd
#308
Jesley Dionisio
Te Rahiti Nui
Janice Minabe, Michelle Limon
San Diego/USA
3rd
#337
Ari Knight
Hiva Katoa
Noa and Jeannie Napoleon
San Diego/USA
Advanced Vahine (16 to 25 years old)
1st
#450
Mikayla Hisamoto
Le Polynesia
Dana Montgomery
Lake Forest, CA
2nd
#426
Sawaka Shimizu
Te Vahine Tiare ‘Ura
Yumiko Hosokawa
Tokyo / Japan
3rd
#396
Kayomi Faumuina
Hiva Katoa
Noa and Jeannie Napoleon
San Diego/USA
General Tane (16 to 25 years old)
1st
#415
Blaise Taschereau
Paul Tavai-Latta Polynesian Dancers & Co.
Paul Tavai-Latta
Vancouver/Canada
General Vahine (26 to 35 years old)
1st
#333
Gianna Thompson
Hōtua ‘Ori
Charity Offril and Krystle Cocadiz
Martinez, CA, USA
2nd
#402
Shelby Flores
No Te Here O Te Hiroa
Martha Leina’ala Kuma and Kolei Etoni Kuma
Fresno, CA/USA
3rd
#307
Brandy Scanlan
Te Rahiti Nui
Janice Minabe, Michelle Limon
San Diego/USA
Advanced Vahine (26 to 35 years old)
1st
#447
Kotono Okazaki
Pererau 'Api
Karen Tsuchiya
Hokkaido /Japan
2nd
#445
Karen Ortega Salazar
Independent
Independent
Mexico
3rd
#380
Karla Servillon
Te Rahiti Nui
Janice Minabe, Michelle Limon
San Diego/USA
Advanced Tane (26 to 35 years old)
1st
#429
Zachary Isaac
Hōtua ‘Ori
Charity Offril and Krystle Cocadiz
Martinez, CA, USA
General Vahine (36 to 49 years old)
1st
#324
Lauren Dizon
Te Rahiti Nui
Janice Minabe, Michelle Limon
San Diego/USA
2nd
#428
Lucia Mejia
Hālau Kalikopuakalehua
Nālani Kaho’onei
Chandler, Arizona, USA
3rd
#432
Haruna Okamoto
Pūa’aumiti
Haruna Okamoto
Hiroshima/Japan
Advanced Vahine (36 to 49 years old)
1st
#347
Regina Olay
Te Rahiti Nui
Janice Minabe, Michelle Limon
San Diego/USA
2nd
#332
Gennison De Soto
Te Rahiti Nui
Janice Minabe, Michelle Limon
San Diego/USA
3rd
#411
Yoshie Sasagawa
Te Tiare Vareau Nui
Midori Noguchi
San Diego/USA
Advanced Tane (36 to 49 years old)
1st
#378
Gary Eng
Paul Tavai-Latta Polynesian Dancers & Co.
Paul Tavai-Latta
Vancouver/Canada
General Vahine (50+ years old)
1st
#353
Michele Lockhart
Independent
Independent
N/A
2nd
#392
Irina Okuwa
Team Blenda
Blenda Ikeya
Hamamatu / Japan
3rd
#398
Tomomi Maruyama
Vaiuru
Yuko Kekauoha
Niigata / Japan
Advanced Vahine (50+ years old)
1st
#425
Jeannette Ortuno
Te Rahiti Nui
Janice Minabe, Michelle Limon
San Diego/USA
2nd
#327
Rie Hijikata
Te Vahine Tiare ‘Ura
Yumiko Hosokawa
Tokyo / Japan
3rd
#301
Ruth Marie L. San Filippo
Te Rahiti Nui
Janice Minabe, Michelle Limon
San Diego/USA
ROHI PEHE SOLO (DRUMMING)
1st
#336
Abrianna Gomez
No Te Here O Te Hiro’a
Martha Leina’ala Kuma and Kolei Etoni Kuma
Fresno, CA/USA
SOLO MEHURA
1st
#440
Leticia Piña Gonzalez
Manava Polynesian Studio
Araceli & Aimee Cebreros
Tijuana, Mexico
2nd
#352
Ines Weng
'Ori Hō’oa
Ines Weng
Taipei/Taiwan
3rd
#447
Kotono Okazaki
Pererau 'Api
Karen Tsuchiya
Hokkaido /Japan
GROUP COMPETITION
APARIMA - Hura Ava Tau (Amateur)
1st
#506
‘Ori Hō’oa Hualian
Ines Weng
Hualian
Taiwan
APARIMA - Hura Tau (Professional)
1st
#509
Noelani
Viviana Luna Bastidas
Mexicali, Baja California
Mexico
MEHURA - Hura Ava Tau (Amateur)
1st
#508
Ballet Polinesio de Lourdes Rodríguez
Lourdes Rodríguez
Estado de México
2nd
#505
‘Ori Hō’oa Taipei
Ines Weng
Taipei/Taiwan
3rd
#507
‘Ori Hō’oa Luodong
Ines Weng
Luodong
MEHURA - Hura Tau (Professional)
1st
#510
Noelani
Viviana Luna Bastidas
Mexicali, Baja California
Mexico
Erika Ortiz Olvera
2nd
#501
Tiare Apetahi Raiatea
Querétaro
México
‘OTE’A - Hura Ava Tau (Amateur)
1st
#504
‘Ori Hō’oa Taipei
Ines Weng
Taipei
Taiwan
‘OTE’A - Hura Tau (Professional)
1st
#502
Hālau Kalikopuakalehua
Nālani Kaho’onei
Gilbert
USA
Rohi Pehe Ava Tau (Drumming, Amateur)
1st
#503
No Te Here O Te Hiro'a
Martha Leina’ala Kuma and Kolei Etoni Kuma
Fresno
United States
Fujiwara Miu