Shota Yasooka

Shōta Yasooka 八十岡 翔太
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Demographics
Nickname	yaya3
Born	August 10, 1984
Residence	Shinjuku, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Professional Career
Pro Tour debut	Pro Tour Barcelona 2001
Top Finishes	9 (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.

League play

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

Accomplishments

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

→ 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

→ Source: Wizards.com

External links

• Lifetime Top Finishes
• Lifetime Grand Prix Top 8s
• Top 200 All-Time Money Leaders
• Shōta Yasooka's Twitch channel