{"id":247,"date":"2018-10-12T14:38:24","date_gmt":"2018-10-12T14:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/fold\/?p=247"},"modified":"2018-10-12T14:38:24","modified_gmt":"2018-10-12T14:38:24","slug":"grand-prix-nagoya-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/fold\/2018\/10\/12\/grand-prix-nagoya-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Prix Nagoya 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend in Nagoya, we have five new judges to Welcome to the Fold!<\/p>\n<h2>Akihisa Hamada<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/9115694648\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=9115694648&size=200 alt=\"\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong> Akihisa Hamada<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:<\/strong> Level 1<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> Okinawa, Japan<\/li>\n<li><strong>Region:<\/strong> Japan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>hideto sasaki<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/28908209\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=28908209&size=200 alt=\"\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong> hideto sasaki<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:<\/strong> Level 1<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> aichiken-aisaishi, Japan<\/li>\n<li><strong>Region:<\/strong> Japan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Hiroshi Tsukada<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/29717103\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=29717103&size=200 alt=\"\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong> Hiroshi Tsukada<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pronouns<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/pronoun.is\/he\">He\/him\/his<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:<\/strong> Level 1<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> Tokyo, Japan<\/li>\n<li><strong>Region:<\/strong> Japan <\/li>\n<li><strong>Approximate date\/month\/year you started playing Magic:<\/strong> 1999(6th)<\/li>\n<li><strong>L1 Certification Date:<\/strong> August 21, 2017<\/li>\n<li><strong>Favorite thing (e.g., card, deck, group of people) about Magic:<\/strong> Dragons!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Random fact about yourself:<\/strong> I&#8217;ve been CT for 3 yrs (but poor vocabulary&#8230;)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Why did you become a judge?:<\/strong> To enjoy MAGIC more.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What excites you most about this event?:<\/strong> EVERY.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Who are your mentors?:<\/strong> Keigo Osumi<\/li>\n<li><strong>What is the best part about your local Magic community?:<\/strong> There&#8217;re many players, and they play many formats, and they are exciting for those.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What is your favorite Magic memory?:<\/strong> Played &#8220;MAGIC\u00d7Basketball game&#8221;with Yuuki Ichikawa at &#8220;Niconico  Chokaigi 2015&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Tomiyuki Yano<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/9207261410\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=9207261410&size=200 alt=\"\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong> Tomiyuki Yano<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pronouns<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/pronoun.is\/he\">He\/him\/his<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:<\/strong> Level 2<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> Hokkaido, Sapporo, Japan<\/li>\n<li><strong>Region:<\/strong> Japan <\/li>\n<li><strong>Approximate date\/month\/year you started playing Magic:<\/strong> From ISD<\/li>\n<li><strong>L1 Certification Date:<\/strong> December 1, 2015<\/li>\n<li><strong>Favorite thing (e.g., card, deck, group of people) about Magic:<\/strong> I love draft and sealed. <\/li>\n<li><strong>Why did you become a judge?:<\/strong> As a competitive player, I wanted to be better, especially about rules. So I set a goal of L1. <\/li>\n<li><strong>What excites you most about this event?:<\/strong> To meet people I\u2019ve never met!<\/li>\n<li><strong>What are you hoping to learn at this event?:<\/strong> What judges do, try, and struggle behind players can see. <\/li>\n<li><strong>Who are your mentors?:<\/strong> Mitsunori Makino<\/li>\n<li><strong>What is your favorite Magic memory?:<\/strong> I\u2019ve been featured and broadcasted at GP Chiba2015(limited). I changed my deck color from mono white to black green and surprised my opponent, broadcasting staff and the viewer:)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Yamada Yuuki<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/5051646556\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=5051646556&size=200 alt=\"\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong> Yamada Yuuki<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:<\/strong> Level 1<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> Nagoya, Japan<\/li>\n<li><strong>Region:<\/strong> Japan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend in Nagoya, we have five new judges to Welcome to the Fold! 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