Sixteen-year-old Rylan Tokioka of Waipahu is the winner of Aloha Tower Marketplace's second annual Ukulele Contest, held Sunday. Tokioka beat out 21 other contestants for the title and will become a representative of the 2008 Aloha Festivals. In addition, he won a Kamaka concert 'ukulele and a concert 'ukulele case from Hawaiian Ukulele Co.

Second place went to Gabriel Goebbert of Kihei, Maui, who won a KoAloha concert 'ukulele as well as the "Player's Choice Award," which was a Sonny D concert 'ukulele. Third place went to Brandon Lacanaria of Wai'anae, who won a Leolani Mahogany concert 'ukulele.