A 10-year-old boy has become the successor to a line of performers who keep alive the traditional art of spinning tops called Chikuzen Hakata Koma, which has been designated by Fukuoka Prefecture as an intangible cultural asset.

These performers execute moves such as spinning their top on the tip of a folded fan, then opening the fan slowly as the top spins along its edge.

Kazuma Yoshitomi, a fourth-grader, assumed the name of Chikushi Juraku last fall as a successor of the art.