[view] 2001 Japan National Semi-Finalist Masahiko Morita
[view] 2001 Japan National Champion Goro Matsuo
[view] 2001 Japan National Finalist Min-Su Kim
[view] The 2001 Japan National Team
[view] 2001 Japan Champion Goro Matsuo
[view] Kim vs. Matsuo in the Finals
[view] Morita and Mori play off for 3rd and 4th place
[view] Masaya Mori
[view] Masahiko Morita
[view] Min-Su Kim
[view] Goro Matsuo
[view] Masahiko Morita during the SemiFinals
[view] Min-Su Kim during the SemiFinals
[view] Min-Su Kim and Masahiko Morita play off in the SemiFinals
[view] Masaya Mori and Goro Matsuo get ready to play their SemiFinal match
[view] Masaya Mori during the SemiFinals
[view] Goro Matsuo during the SemiFinals
[view] Masashiro Kuroda reacts to Mori's Plague Spitter
[view] Matsuo waits for his opponent's next move
[view] Yukihiro Usami during the Quarterfinals
[view] GP Sapporo Finalist Takamasa Fukata attempts to become the first Buddhist priest to go the the Magic World Championships.
[view] Masahiko Morita during the Quarterfinals
[view] Masashiro Kuroda during the Quarterfinals
[view] Masaya Mori begins his Quarterfinal match
[view] Yukihiro Usami during the Quarterfinals
[view] Min-Su Kim begins his Quarterfinal match
[view] Yudai Yamasaki during the Quarterfinals
[view] Goro Matsuo preparing for his Quarterfinal match
[view] Buddhist priest and Top 8 player Takamasa Fukata ready for action.
[view] Top 8 player Takamasa Fukata
[view] Top 8 player Yudai Yamasaki
[view] Top 8 player Masashiro Kuroda
[view] Top 8 player Yukihiro Usami
[view] Yuki Furuta (left) vs. Yukihiro Usami. The winner of this match would make Top 8. The loser would go home.
[view] Top 8 player Goro Matsuo
[view] Goh Anan
[view] Keiichiro Nonishi
[view] Top 8 player Masaya Mori
[view] Top 8 player Min-Su Kim
[view] Top 8 player Masahiko Morita
[view] Yamazaki ponders his next move.
[view] Kuroda waits for his opponent to make the next move.
[view] Masashiro Kuroda and Yudai Yamasaki prepare for their feature match.
[view] Hiroto Watanabe stops to check out the flavor text on Rishadan Port.
[view] "Rebel Without a Cause" Koichiro Maki does some recruiting.
[view] Higashino doesn't like what he sees on the other side of the table.
[view] Matsuo peels like a pro.
[view] Koichiro Maki and Toshiki Tsukamoto.
[view] Jinpei Hassaku.
[view] Tomohide Sasawaka.
[view] Min-Su Kim.
[view] Masahiko Morita.
[view] Masashiro Kuroda
[view] Hiroshi Harada
[view] Satoshi Nakamura adjusts his life total.
[view] Defending APAC Champion Masaya Mori.
[view] Saprolings--they can attack, block, and also serve as a desert topping!
[view] Masayuki Higashino
[view] Goro Matsuo (left) and Min-Su Kim went undefeated in the draft, and are in first and second place going into day 2.
[view] Satoshi Nakamura
[view] Reiji Ando catches up on his rest before his feature match begins
[view] Defending Champion Tsuyoshi Doyama reviews his opening hand.
[view] Toshiki "Champ" Tsukamoto ponders whether or not to mulligan.
[view] There was a last-minute rush at the dealer tables before the tournament began. Rumor has it Juntu Stakes and Static Orbs were flying off the shelves.
[view] Players filling out their decklists.
[view] Satoshi Nakamura shows off today's hat.
[view] Min-Su Kim.
[view] Jin Okamoto.
[view] Tomoharu Saito (left) and Koichiro Maki.
[view] Koichiro Maki.
[view] Tomoharu Saito.
[view] Satoshi Nakamura (left) and Katsuhiro Mori.
[view] High school superstar Katsuhiro Mori.
[view] Satoshi Nakamura tries to figure out his optimum sideboard choices.
[view] Masayuki Higashino
[view] Goro Matsuo
[view] A view of the feature draft table from the second draft.
[view] PT Tokyo Finalist Tsuyoshi Fujita at the feature draft table.
[view] 2000 Nationals Team member Tsuyoshi Ikeda.
[view] Two-time APAC Champion Masaya Mori.
[view] Two-time GP winner Ken'ichi Fujita.
[view] 2000 National Team member Michihisa Onoda.
[view] Japanese legend Toshiki "Champ" Tsukamoto.
[view] Masashiro Kuroda is unable to come up with an answer for his opponent's Treva.
[view] 1999 National Team member Masashiro Kuroda.
[view] 1999 National Champion and 2-time GP winner Masayuki Higashino.
[view] Buddhist priest and GP Sapporo Finalist Takamasa Fukata ponders his choices.
[view] Satoshi Nakamura has chosen a more subdued hat for this year's Nationals.
[view] Head Judge Takafumi Ichinohe (Level 3-Japan) confers with floor judge Yuki Murakami.
[view] Hobby Japan Tournament Director Takashi Aida (Level 3-Japan) calls the draft.
[view] Current National Champion Tsuyoshi Doyama's table was the feature draft table.
[view] Defending National Champion Tsuyoshi Doyama shows off Team Aqua Soul's spiffy new shirts.
[view] Who will take the trophies home?
[view] The stage is set for tomorrow's draft.
[view] Taro "John" Kageyama.
[view] There were nearly 600 people playing in different tournaments.
[view] The Hobby Japan staff hard at work. When the final tournament began, there were 12 tournaments running simultaneously.
[view] Players confer between tournaments trying to follow the constantly changing metagame.
