Dates: May 6-7 2023
Location: 6-1 Bandaijima, Chuo Ward, Niigata City, Niigata, Japan
Organizer: TPC Japan
Attendance: 2748 Masters
Format: Standard BST-SV2
Decklists
Top 16 final standings
- Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi (16-2), Gardevoir ex (notes)
- Yuki Sasagawa (15-3), Gardevoir ex (notes)
- Ukyo Kurashita (14-3), Lost Zone Toolbox/Radiant Greninja (notes)
- Tomosu Yamagata (14-3), Arceus VSTAR/Giratina VSTAR
- Shota Hirota (13-3), Lugia VSTAR/Archeops (notes)
- Nobuhiko Shimizu (13-3), Gardevoir ex (notes)
- Shigeto Fukumoto (12-4), Hisuian Goodra VSTAR
- Ryosuke Furukawa (12-4), Mew VMAX/Meloetta (notes)
- Hayato Suzuki (13-2), Lost Zone Toolbox/Kyogre (notes)
- Akira Sato (13-2), Giratina VSTAR
- Kei Takeshita (13-2), Giratina VSTAR
- Yoshino Tamamori (12-3), Mew VMAX/Meloetta (notes)
- Hiromasa Shima (12-3), Gardevoir ex/Mewtwo V-Union (notes)
- Kohei Otsuki (12-3), Gardevoir ex
- Manatsu Nonaka (12-3), Giratina VSTAR
- Shohei Kamimura (12-3), Giratina VSTAR
Tournament format
- 9 25-minute best-of-1 swiss rounds in Day 1 with players having a 7-2 record or better moving on to Day 2
- 5 25-minute best-of-1 swiss rounds in Day 2 followed by a top 16 cut
- Top 4 players earn an invite to Day 1 of the Worlds Championship
Round 1a / watch