"What was your toughest match-up/hardest opponent on Day 1?"
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| Masahiro Kuroda:"Reiji Andou. My last match, against Akira Asahara, was also really rough." | Osamu Fujita:"They were all hard, but I was ready to give up against Masahiko Morita." | Kunisato Ebie:"Fumiyasu Morikawa, one of my friends from Sapporo." |
"How was your trip to Sydney?"
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| Kentarou Yuasa:"I really enjoyed it. Australia is a great place." | Jin Okamoto:"I appreciate the fact that I can escape the summer heat by playing Magic, first in Sydney, now in Sapporo." | Yuuki Murakami:"It was my first time overseas. I had a really good time." |