Nanoflare 1000 Game
Model NF-1000GAME
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Nanoflare 1000 Game: the Taiwan-made, medium-flex 1000 that Japan launched with the Z
Japan’s other Nanoflare 1000
The Nanoflare 1000 Game (item code NF-1000G) is the third of the four Nanoflare 1000 racquets and the only one besides the Z that Yonex Japan sells. Yonex Japan’s release of May 12, 2023 announced just two models, the Z and the Game, which it called a design on the same concept, for a worldwide launch in late June 2023, and its catalogs of 2024 to 2026 still list only that pair. The two sit far apart. The Z is made in Japan, rated Extra Stiff, offered in 3U and 4U and listed at ¥30,000 before tax; the Game is made in Taiwan, rated Medium, offered in 4U only and sold at an open price, with no list price.
Wide Profile Frame, carbon shaft
Yonex’s global news of May 11, 2023 announced a launch on June 16 in four models, Z, Tour, Game and Play, “each developed with the same performance concept but with variations in materials used.” It gives the Game and Play the Wide Profile Frame, the series’ wide, sharp-edged aero shape, and keeps the Aero Compact Frame for the Z and Tour. Yonex Japan lists what the Game shares with the Z: the Sonic Flare System, with high-modulus carbon at the top and bottom of the frame, the thick-sided frame shape, the Super Slim Shaft and the Energy Boost Cap Plus. The Game’s frame is carbon, Nanocell NEO and high-modulus carbon, its shaft carbon, with a built-in T-joint; Yonex Japan reserves the Aero Compact Frame, Speed-Assist Bumper and EX-Hyper MG for the Z. Yonex Taiwan and Yonex USA call the Game head-light.
No named user
No Yonex report names a player using the 1000 Game. The players Yonex’s launch news named for the Nanoflare 1000, Carolina Marín, Lakshya Sen and He Bingjiao, belong to the Z, whose page tells that story. Yonex USA describes the Game as “designed for intermediate players,” between the Tour, which it aims at intermediate to advanced players, and the Play, which it designs for recreational players.
One yellow, four tiers
Yonex lists one color, Lightning Yellow (color 824), shared by all four 1000 models, and no other color or edition of the Game. It comes in 4U (average 83 g) with grips 5–6, and its frame is 10 mm longer than standard. Against the Tour, the Game drops from Extra Stiff to Medium, gives up the 3U option and uses the Wide Profile Frame instead of the compact one. Against the Play, it adds Nanocell NEO and high-modulus graphite to a frame the Play builds in graphite alone; the Play is made in China and sold strung by Yonex USA. Yonex repeated the pairing in late 2023 with the Nanoflare 800 Game, which Yonex Japan again sold beside its Pro. The Tour, the Play and the 800 Game have their own pages.
On sale in Japan and abroad
The Game is in current production. Yonex’s global site listed it in stock in October 2026, Yonex Japan’s 2026 catalog carries it beside the Z, and Yonex Taiwan and Yonex USA’s 2024 catalog list it; Yonex USA’s store sells it unstrung, in 4U with a G5 grip. Because Yonex Japan sells it at an open price, Japanese shops set their own prices, where the Z has a list price. Yonex has announced no end date, and new stock at retail is the reference for an unused frame. No verified sales are recorded yet.
Fakes and the wrong 1000
No counterfeit specific to the 1000 Game is documented, and Yonex publishes no guide for the model. The likelier problem is a genuine racquet sold under the wrong name, since all four 1000 models share the name and the yellow. The Game is the easiest to place: Medium flex and a single 4U size rule out the Z and the Tour, while a China-made frame points to the Play. Some listings describe the Game as Japan-made like the Z or credit it with the Z’s Aero Compact Frame; Yonex Japan’s own table gives Taiwan as its origin and reserves that frame for the Z.
The 1000 that reached Japan
The Game is a standard current racquet with one color, no named player and no limited run, and Yonex has announced no end to it. Its place in the Nanoflare 1000 story is reach: it is the one lower tier of the family that Yonex Japan took on, so it is sold in Japan and abroad alike. A documented production end, a second color or a Yonex report naming a player on it would give it a collector story it does not yet have.
Yonex’s item code is NF-1000G. Check for Lightning Yellow, Medium flex, a frame 10 mm longer than standard and the single weight, 4U at an average of 83 g with grips 5–6. Yonex Japan and Yonex Taiwan both list it as made in Taiwan. Yonex lists the frame as graphite, Nanocell NEO and high-modulus graphite and the shaft as graphite. A yellow 1000 in 3U, or rated Extra Stiff, is a Z or Tour; one marked Japan is the Z (NF-1000Z); a China-made one is the Play (NF-1000P). Yonex’s own test is the hologram sticker, which resists peeling on a genuine racquet and lifts easily with a fingernail on a fake.
A current racquet, so most players will buy it new. Yonex recommends 20–28 lb, with Aerobite for control players and Exbolt 65 for hard hitters. On a used frame, confirm the NF-1000G code, the Taiwan origin and the 4U label, and look for cracks at the head and the T-joint. The Nanoflare 1000’s player and speed-record stories belong to the Z.