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Shōta Yasooka
八十岡 翔太
Shota Yasooka2
Demographics
Nickname yaya3
Born August 10, 1984
Residence Shinjuku, Japan
Nationality {JPN} Japanese
Professional Career
Pro Tour debut Pro Tour Barcelona 2001
Top Finishes 12 (2 wins)
GP top 8s 23 (1 win)
Awards
Hall of Fame
Player of the Year
PT Champion

Shōta Yasooka (八十岡 翔太) is a Japanese professional Magic player.

Professional play[ | ]

He is one of the few players to have achieved multiple Pro Tour wins; alongside teammates Tomoharu Saito and Tomohiro Kaji, he won Pro Tour Charleston in 2006; and in 2016, he won Pro Tour Kaladesh. His other significant accomplishments include the 2006 Player of the Year title, winning the 2017 World Magic Cup, and 22 Grand Prix top eights, with one win. In 2015, he was voted into the Hall of Fame. In December 2018, it was announced that Yasooka would be one of the 32 players joining the upcoming 2019 Magic Pro League. Because he finished in the Top 20, he could continue in the 2020 Season. In the fourth and last League season he was relegated to the Rivals League, which he consequently won.

League play[ | ]

Season Rank
2019 Magic Pro League 16
2020 Magic Pro League 5
2020-21 Magic Pro League 13
2021–22 Rivals League 1

Accomplishments[ | ]

Shota Yasooka
Season Event type Location Format Date Rank
2006 Grand Prix Hamamatsu Team Constructed 8–9 April 2006 2
2006 Grand Prix Kuala Lumpur Limited 3–4 June 2006 6
2006 Pro Tour Charleston Team Constructed 16–18 June 2006 1
2006 Grand Prix Toulouse Limited 24–25 June 2006 7
2006 Grand Prix Sydney Limited 7–8 October 2006 7
2006 Grand Prix New Jersey Limited 11–12 November 2006 8
2007 Grand Prix Strasbourg Block Constructed 19–20 May 2007 3
2007 Grand Prix Montreal Block Constructed 23–24 June 2007 8
2007 Grand Prix Kitakyushu Limited 10–11 November 2007 2
2008 Grand Prix Manila Block Constructed 30–31 August 2008 2
2009 Magic Online Championship Rome Special 19–22 November 2009 2
2010 Grand Prix Kuala Lumpur Standard 13–14 March 2010 5
2010 Grand Prix Sendai Standard 5–6 June 2010 3
2010 Nationals Kyoto Standard and Booster Draft 2–4 July 2010 5
2011 Grand Prix Kobe Extended 23–24 April 2011 1
2011 Grand Prix Singapore Standard 4–5 June 2011 5
2011 Nationals Osaka Standard and Booster Draft 15–17 July 2011 6
2011 Grand Prix Brisbane Standard 15–16 October 2011 8
2012–13 Grand Prix Boston-Worcester Limited 25–26 August 2012 8
2012–13 Players Championship Indianapolis Special 29–31 August 2012 2
2013–14 Grand Prix Kyoto Team Limited 23–24 November 2013 4
2013–14 Grand Prix Shizuoka Standard 21–22 December 2013 4
2013–14 Grand Prix Kuala Lumpur Limited 25–26 January 2014 6
2014–15 Pro Tour Brussels Standard and Booster Draft 9–12 April 2015 2
2014–15 Grand Prix Kyoto Legacy 18–19 April 2015 7
2015–16 Pro Tour Madrid Standard and Booster Draft 12–24 April 2016 4
2016–17 Grand Prix Rimini Standard 13–14 August 2016 8
2016–17 Worlds Seattle Special 1–4 September 2016 4
2016–17 Pro Tour Honolulu Standard and Booster Draft 14–16 October 2016 1
2017–18 Nationals Shizuoka Standard and Booster Draft 9–10 September 2017 2
2017–18 Grand Prix Shizuoka Team Limited 30 September–1 October 2017 3
2016–17 Pro Tour Team Series Boston Team Limited 8 October 2017 1
2017–18 World Magic Cup Nice National team 1–3 December 2017 1
2018–19 Grand Prix Chiba Limited 3–4 August 2019 6
2018–19 Mythic Championship Las Vegas (MTG Arena) Traditional Standard 21–23 June 2019 7
2020 Players Tour Nagoya Pioneer and Booster Draft 1-2 February 2020 5
2020-21 Split Championship MTG Arena Standard and Historic March 26-28, 2021 7
2021-22 Set Championship MTG Arena Standard and Historic May 20-22, 2022 8
2022–23 Arena Championship MTG Arena Alchemy and Booster Draft 24–25 September 2022 3
2022–23 Pro Tour Philadelphia Pioneer and Booster Draft 17–19 February 2023 5

Source: Wizards.com

Pro Tour Results[ | ]

List of the Pro Tour results and winnings of Shota Yasooka
Season Pro Tour Format Finish Winnings
2000–01 Barcelona Booster Draft 213
2003–04 Kobe Block Constructed 79
2005 Nagoya Rochester Draft 127
2005 Atlanta Team Limited 40
2005 Worlds (Yokohama) Special 15 $3,500
2006 Honolulu Standard 34 $1,250
2006 Prague Booster Draft 19 $3,000
2006 Charleston Team Constructed 1 $25,000
2006 Kobe Booster Draft 33 $1,300
2006 Worlds (Paris) Special 158
2007 Geneva Booster Draft 334
2007 Yokohama Block Constructed 189
2007 San Diego Two-Headed Giant Booster Draft 32 $480
2007 Valencia Extended 120
2007 Worlds (New York) Special 79
2008 Kuala Lumpur Booster Draft 179
2008 Hollywood Standard 90
2008 Berlin Extended 31 $1,400
2008 Worlds (Memphis) Special 226
2009 Kyoto Standard and Booster Draft 12 $5,500
2009 Honolulu Block Constructed and Booster Draft 131
2009 Austin Extended and Booster Draft 35 $1,200
2009 Worlds (Rome) Special 15 $4,000
2010 San Diego Standard and Booster Draft 97
2010 San Juan Block Constructed and Booster Draft 327
2010 Amsterdam Extended and Booster Draft 64 $510
2010 Worlds (Chiba) Special 110
2011 Paris Standard and Booster Draft 21 $2,600
2011 Nagoya Block Constructed and Booster Draft 18 $3,250
2011 Philadelphia Modern and Booster Draft 29 $1,500
2011 Worlds (San Francisco) Special 38 $1,050
2012 Dark Ascension in Honolulu Standard and Booster Draft 16 $3,500
2012 Avacyn Restored in Barcelona Block Constructed and Booster Draft 14 $3,500
2012–13 Return to Ravnica in Seattle Modern and Booster Draft 80
2012–13 Gatecrash in Montreal Standard and Booster Draft 68 $1,000
2012–13 Dragon's Maze in San Diego Block Constructed and Booster Draft 206
2013–14 Theros in Dublin Standard and Booster Draft 46 $1,500
2013–14 Born of the Gods in Valencia Modern and Booster Draft 136
2013–14 Journey into Nyx in Atlanta Block Constructed and Booster Draft 89
2013–14 Magic 2015 in Portland Standard and Booster Draft 47 $1,500
2014–15 Khans of Tarkir in Honolulu Standard and Booster Draft 277
2014–15 Fate Reforged in Washington, D.C. Modern and Booster Draft 197
2014–15 Dragons of Tarkir in Brussels Standard and Booster Draft 2 $20,000
2014–15 Magic Origins in Vancouver Standard and Booster Draft 110
2015–16 Battle for Zendikar in Milwaukee Standard and Booster Draft 16 $5,000
2015–16 Oath of the Gatewatch in Atlanta Modern and Booster Draft 34 $1,500
2015–16 Shadows over Innistrad in Madrid Standard and Booster Draft 4 $12,500
2015–16 Eldritch Moon in Sydney Standard and Booster Draft 171
2016–17 Kaladesh in Honolulu Standard and Booster Draft 1 $50,000
2016–17 Aether Revolt in Dublin Standard and Booster Draft 172
2016–17 Amonkhet in Nashville Standard and Booster Draft 19 $3,000
2016–17 Hour of Devastation in Kyoto Standard and Booster Draft 345
2017–18 Ixalan in Albuquerque Standard and Booster Draft 77
2017–18 Rivals of Ixalan in Bilbao Modern and Booster Draft 46 $1,500
2017–18 Dominaria in Richmond Standard and Booster Draft 448
2017–18 25th Anniversary in Minneapolis Team Constructed 101
2018–19 Guilds of Ravnica in Atlanta Standard and Booster Draft 26 $2,000
2018–19 Mythic Championship Cleveland 2019 Standard and Booster Draft 62 $1,000
2018–19 Mythic Championship III Traditional Standard 7 $12,500
2020 Players Tour Series 1; Nagoya Pioneer and Booster Draft 5 $10,000
2022–23 Phyrexia in Philadelphia Pioneer and Booster Draft 5 $10,000
2022–23 March of the Machine in Minneapolis Standard and Booster Draft 60 $1,500
2022–23 The Lord of the Rings in Barcelona Modern and Booster Draft 47 $1,500

Source: Wizards.com

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