MTG Wiki
Register
Advertisement

Akira Asahara
浅原晃
Demographics
Nickname AA (A-two, エーツー)
Born October 14, 1978
Residence Sagamihara, Japan
Nationality {JPN} Japanese
Professional Career
Pro Tour debut Pro Tour Tokyo 2001
Top Finishes 4 (1 win)
GP top 8s 10 (2 wins)
Awards
PT Champion

Akira Asahara (浅原晃) is a Japanese professional Magic player.

Professional play[ | ]

He has two Pro Tour top eights, at Worlds 2005 and Worlds 2008, and two Grand Prix wins in ten top eight appearances. He is also known as a rogue deckbuilder. More than a decade later, he reached the Top 8 of Players Tour Series 1 Nagoya, and soon after won the fourth flight of Players Tour Series 2.

Asahara is considered to be one of the "BIG MAGIC ELDERS" of veteran Japanese players (sponsored by Big Magic) that also include Hall of Famer Tsuyoshi Fujita.[1]

Accomplishments[ | ]

Season Event type Location Format Date Rank
2002–03 Grand Prix Kyoto Limited 29–30 March 2003 1
2003–04 Grand Prix Okayama Extended 24–25 January 2004 3
2005 Grand Prix Yokohama Limited 20–21 November 2004 3
2005 Grand Prix Matsuyama Limited 14–15 May 2005 1
2005 Grand Prix Niigata Block Constructed 23–24 July 2005 3
2005 Grand Prix Kitakyushu Extended 5–6 November 2005 8
2005 Worlds Yokohama Special 30 November-4 December 2005 4
2006 Grand Prix Hamamatsu Team Constructed 8–9 April 2006 2
2007 Grand Prix Kitakyushu Limited 10–11 November 2007 3
2008 Grand Prix Shizuoka Limited 8–9 March 2008 8
2008 Worlds Memphis Special 11–14 December 2008 8
2010 Magic Online Championship Chiba Special 9–12 December 2010 2
2011 Grand Prix Hiroshima Standard 29–30 October 2011 3
2020 Players Tour Nagoya Pioneer and Booster Draft 1-2 February 2020 6
2020 Players Tour Online Traditional Standard 20-21 June 2020 1

Source: Wizards.com

Pro Tour Results[ | ]

List of the Pro Tour results and winnings of Akira Asahara
Season Pro Tour Format Finish Winnings
2000–01 Tokyo Block Constructed 84
2001–02 Osaka Block Constructed 44 $775
2002–03 Houston Extended 12 $4,500
2002–03 Venice Block Constructed 162
2002–03 Yokohama Booster Draft 130
2002–03 Worlds (Berlin) Special 93
2003–04 Boston Team Limited 35
2003–04 New Orleans Extended 10 $5,500
2003–04 Amsterdam Rochester Draft 150
2003–04 Kobe Block Constructed 165
2003–04 San Diego Booster Draft 62 $520
2003–04 Worlds (San Francisco) Special 41 $850
2005 Colombus Extended 69
2005 Nagoya Rochester Draft 230
2005 Atlanta Team Limited 40
2005 Philadelphia Block Constructed 92 $550
2005 London Booster Draft 290
2005 Los Angeles Extended 147
2005 Worlds (Yokohama) Special 4 $13,000
2006 Honolulu Standard 31 $1,400
2006 Prague Booster Draft 226
2006 Charleston Team Constructed 99
2006 Kobe Booster Draft 35 $1,200
2006 Worlds (Paris) Special 56 $590
2007 Yokohama Block Constructed 39 $1,000
2007 San Diego Two-Headed Giant Booster Draft 145
2007 Worlds (New York) Special 192
2008 Kuala Lumpur Booster Draft 40 $950
2008 Hollywood Standard 139
2008 Worlds (Memphis) Special 8 $9,500
2009 Kyoto Standard and Booster Draft 206
2009 Honolulu Block Constructed and Booster Draft 210
2009 Austin Extended and Booster Draft 75
2009 Worlds (Rome) Special 83
2010 Worlds (Chiba) Special 69 $460
2011 Nagoya Block Constructed and Booster Draft 237
2011 Worlds (San Francisco) Special 24 $2,000
2012 Dark Ascension in Honolulu Standard and Booster Draft 233
2020 Players Tour Series 1; Nagoya Pioneer and Booster Draft 6 $8,000

Source: Wizards.com

References[ | ]

External links[ | ]

Advertisement