| [view] | Top eight players at Grand Prix Kyoto. |
| [view] | Tobey Tamber smiles as his little green friends attack. |
| [view] | The battle of the Tsuyoshis - Tsuyoshi Fujita plays Tsuyoshi Doyama in the quarterfinals. |
| [view] | The beginning of the end - Katsuhiro Mori starts the turn that will win him the game. |
| [view] | Crowds gathered to watch the semi-final match between Katsuhiro Mori and Tsuyoshi Fujita. |
| [view] | Tsuyoshi Fujita in the quarterfinals. |
| [view] | Katsuhiro Mori plays Tobey Tamber in the quarterfinals. |
| [view] | All the excitement of a Grand Prix can get very exhausting. |
| [view] | Crowds, along with local television cameras, gather to watch the semi-final match between Ryan Fuller and Yuki Murakami. |
| [view] | Yuki Murakami studies his hand in the semi-finals. |
| [view] | Jamie Lynns T-shirt reveals her patriotic fervor as Ryan Fuller plays the semi-finals. |
| [view] | Tomohiro Maruyama in his round 11 feature match. He was top 4 at GP Sapporo. |
| [view] | Tsuyoshi Fujita has won many miscellaneous tournaments around Japan and is a regular on the Pro Tour. He was the highest finishing Japanese player at World Championships 1999, coming in top 32. |
| [view] | Tomohiro Maruyama versus Tsuyoshi Fujita in a feature match. |
| [view] | Masashiro Kuroda awaits the start of his feature match against Toshiki. |
| [view] | Toshiki Tsukamoto is a great player, but sometimes plays a little slowly. |
| [view] | Toshiki Tsukamoto, winner of GP Manila, former Japan National Champion and well known Pro Tour player. |
| [view] | Satoshi Nakamura caught in a rare moment without a zany chapeau. |
| [view] | Canadian National Champion Ryan Fuller with Sideboard reporter Jamie Lynn. |
| [view] | Kotaro Ando comes from a family of strong Magic players. |
| [view] | Feature match between Ryan Fuller and Kotaro Ando. |
| [view] | Newcomer Naoki Sanno hopes to improve his 1600 ranking level at Grand Prix Kyoto. |
| [view] | Japanese National Champion Tsuyoshi Doyama carefully shuffles his deck. |
| [view] | Naoki Sanno faces off against Tsuyoshi Doyama in a round 12 feature match. |
| [view] | Jun Nobushita ponders his options in the final moments of game two. |
| [view] | Katsuhiro Mori studies his cards at the Feature Match table. |
| [view] | Yuki Murakami, despite how it may look, is not a natural blonde |
| [view] | Yuki Murakami and Katsuhiro Mori look to the judge for guidance during this round 13 Feature Match. |
| [view] | Kazuya Hirabayashi pile shuffles after a double mulligan in game one. |
| [view] | Canadian prima-donna Ryan Fuller brings over head judges and interpreters to discuss a ruling. |
| [view] | Fumihiko Sano, top four at GP Kyushu. also known as a good deck builder around Japan. In this round 10 feature match he tried his fairly unique mono-blue deck against Eisaku Itadanis Survival deck. Unfortunately, Survival is tough to beat once Squee comes out to play. |
| [view] | Fumihiko Sano left versus Eisaku Itadani in a feature match. |
| [view] | Eisaku Itadani played Tradewind-Survival to win his round 10 feature match. |
| [view] | Kazuya Hirobaya in a round 10 feature match. |
| [view] | Murakami Yuki in a round 10 feature match. |
| [view] | Murakami Yuki versus Kazuya Hirobayashi. |
| [view] | Hayashi Shinsuke right tries to beat Canadian National Champion, Ryan Fuller. Shinsuke was victorious against Alex Shvartsman yesterday, but lost to Fuller today. |
| [view] | Masayuki Higashino, 1999 Japan National Champion. |
| [view] | Goro Matsuo, former Japan National Team member. |
| [view] | Katsuhiro Mori versus Goro Matsuo in a feature match. |
| [view] | Kazuyuki Momose, Grand Prix Sapporo and Grand Prix Sendai top 8 finisher. He also finished in the top 8 of APAC Championships 1999. |
| [view] | Top players Kazayuki Momose versus Masayuki Higashino 1999 National Champion |
| [view] | Katsuhiro Mori gets ready for his feature match. |
| [view] | APAC Champion Masaya Mori is interviewed for Japanese television. |
| [view] | Tom Wylie of Wizards of the Coast Research and Development runs a quiz show for attendees of GP Kyoto. Tom Wylie was the lead designer of MLB Showdown trading card game and a former Pro Tour head judge. Ron Foster translates into Japanese. |
| [view] | Kiyotomo Kageyama is a good player, but has yet to acheive any high level results. |
| [view] | Masaya Mori mentally preparing for his match. |
| [view] | Kiyotomo Kageyama in a round 8 feature match against Masaya Mori. |
| [view] | World reknown Japanese player, Satoshi Nakamura. |
| [view] | Youichirou Yamakawa, is a teammate of hat man Satoshi Nakamura. He plays Satoshi in this round 8 feature match. |
| [view] | The essential Satoshi |
| [view] | An exterior view of the Grand Prix site. |
| [view] | A gateway to a Japanese shrine right outside the Grand Prix site. |
| [view] | A Japanese temple down the street from the Grand Prix site. |
| [view] | The entrance into the Grand Prix site. |
| [view] | Katsuhiro Mori is one of Japan up-and-coming young players. He was invited to the Magic Invitational in Sydney, but could not attend because of school committments. |
| [view] | Tsyuyoshi Douyama is the 2000 Japan National Champion. |
| [view] | Katsuhiro Mori versus Tsyuyoshi Douyama in a feature match. |
| [view] | Fumihiko Sano versus Masashiro Kuroda. |
| [view] | Ms. Jaime Lynn takes notes as Ryan Fuller is almost defeated in his round 6 feature match. |
| [view] | Kenishiro Ito in a round 6 feature match. |
| [view] | Jaime Lynn covers a match between Japans Kenishiro Ito and Canadas Ryan Fuller. |
| [view] | Kazuhiro Nakamura, a young Japanese player with lots of potential. |
| [view] | Goro Matsuo, former Japanese National Team member. |
| [view] | Goro Matsuo versus Kazuhiro Nakamura in a feature match. |
| [view] | Takayuki Nagaoka. |
| [view] | Okamoto Jin has the nickname of Djinn. |
| [view] | Tadayoshi Komiya is well respected for building great blue decks. Today he is playing Counter-Oath. |
| [view] | Okamoto Djinn Jin versus the blue master Tadayoshi Komiya. |
| [view] | The charming Matthew Vienneau handily covers a feature match. Matt has been in good spirits since winning Grand Prix Dallas. |
| [view] | Several members of the press were on hand, taking photos and videos of the competition. |
| [view] | This young man is Hayasi Shinsuke - he is the apprentice of Jun Nobushita, a top Japanese player. The youngster was very excited to defeat Alex Shvartsman, the god of GPs. |
| [view] | Osama Fujita, 1999 APAC Championship finalist. |
| [view] | Itaru Ishida, top 16 at Pro Tour New York 1998. |
| [view] | Itaru Ishida explains to Osama Fujita how he will use his superior skills to beat him in this feature match. |
| [view] | Hiroki Okamoto competed at the APAC Championships in 2000. |
| [view] | Tsuyoshi Fujita a Pro Tour regular. He has one of the highest Pro Point totals in Japan. |
| [view] | Hiroki Okamoto versus Tsuyoshi Fujita in a round four feature match. |
| [view] | Satoshi Nakamura and his cool Hersheys Kiss hat. |
| [view] | Tobey Tamber, resident and highest rated player of Taiwan. |
| [view] | Katsuhiro Mori, top 8 player from Japan Nationals and Japan Regions. Katsuhiro Mori was invited to the Magic Invitational in Sydney, but could not attend because of school. |
| [view] | The amazing Alex Shvartsman. |
| [view] | Tadayoshi Komiya with Morphling. |
| [view] | Tsuyoshi Ikeda, famous player from Kyushu. Ikeda is on the 2000 Japan National Team. |
| [view] | Goro Matsuo, former national team member and well respected constructed-format player. |
| [view] | Takamasa Fukada, Buddhist priest and finalist of GP Sapporo. |
| [view] | Jun Nobushita, Pro Tour regular and highly skilled player. |
| [view] | Hiroshi Harada, top 8 at Japan Nationals 2000. |
| [view] | Hiroto Watanabe finalist at APAC Championship 2000. |
| [view] | Toshiki Tsukomoto, winner of GP Manila 1998, two-time Japan National Champion, four-time National Team member and Magic Invitational 1998 player. |
| [view] | Players poured into the tournament area as soon as the outer doors were opened. |
| [view] | Kenichi Fujita and Masayuki Higashino greet each other before the tournament. |
| [view] | Top Japanese Magic players from left: Itaru Ishida, Kenichi Fujita and 1999 Japan National Champion, Masayuki Higashino. |
| [view] | The world famous Masaya Mori. Mori played a unique version of the Survival deck, known as NWO in Japan. Many Japanese players call a Survival deck, NWO a reference to WCW Wrestling. |
| [view] | Round one feature match: Hiroki Yamazaki left vs. John Taro Kageyama. |
| [view] | John Taro Kageyama is the leader of Team John and a well respected player from Yokohama site of the 1999 World Championships. |
| [view] | This was Hiroki Yamazakis first tournament. He was in a first round feature match with John Taro Kageyama. |
| [view] | Osamu Fujita, 1999 APAC Championship finalist and Tsuyushi Douyama, 2000 Japan National Champion relax during their byes. |
| [view] | Masahiko Morita and Masashiro Kuroda, famous players from Osaka. |
| [view] | Koby Okada, member of Team John, is ready to start his round 2 feature match. |
| [view] | Itaru Tanikawa played in a round 2 feature match. |
| [view] | Itaru Tanikawa versus Koby Okada in a round 2 feature match. |
| [view] | Mike Long got a deck from Ryan Fuller, then dropped out before round 4 to spend time with his girlfriend and sell some cards. |
| [view] | An amazing 725 players attended Grand Prix Kyoto. |
| [view] | Chikara Hayashi, one of the best deckbuilders in Japan. He has made many decks for Tokyo players including the two-time APAC Championship winning decks of Masaya Mori. |
| [view] | Staff from Hobby Japan coordinate the event. |
| [view] | Players are excited to participate in the worlds largest Extended tournament. |
| [view] | Two time APAC Champion, the amazing Masaya Mori. |
| [view] | Masaya Mori practices with his team before the Grand Prix. |
| [view] | Tadayoshi Komiya is known as the Blue Master in Japan. When the metagame has strong blue decks, Komiya is strong. He was incredible during the popular during the Counter-Post and Academy periods. |
| [view] | Tsyuyoshi Douyama, the 2000 Japanese National Champion. He is from Osaka. |
| [view] | Itaru Ishida left and his apprentice, nicknamed Desk Tomohiro Maruyama. Maruyama was top four at GP Sapporo. |
| [view] | John Kageyama, leader of Team John, one of the best teams in Japan. |
| [view] | Winner of the Friday Grand Prix Trial, Isamu Fujieda. Fujieda played mono-red to win the GP Trial, which was the largest in history at 212 players. |
| [view] | Kenichi Fujita, one of Japans top players. He is a two-time former Grand Prix champion. Both of his wins were at limited Grand Prix. Fujita is well-respected for his skills in Limited formats. |
| [view] | Yuta Shimobayashi, an interesting Japanese player. |
