Makihito Mihara

Makihito Mihara (三原槙仁) is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player best known for winning the 2006 World Championship, 2011 Team World Championship and being inducted into the 2014 Hall of Fame. Mihara's resume includes four more Pro Tour top eights, and eight Grand Prix top eights, including two wins.

Makihito Mihara
三原槙仁
ResidenceChiba, Japan[1]
NationalityJapan Japanese
Pro Tour debut2003 Pro Tour Venice
Winnings$196,700[2]
Pro Tour wins (Top 8)1 (5)[3]
Grand Prix wins (Top 8)2 (10)[4]
Lifetime Pro Points378[1]
Planeswalker Level48 (Archmage)

Career

Mihara's Pro Tour career began at Pro Tour Venice in 2003. Over the three years that followed, he played a number of Pro Tours, but without much success; his best finish being a 53rd place at Pro Tour Kobe. Mihara first came to prominence at the end of the 2005 season, with a Grand Prix top eight in Kitakyuushuu, a top eight that featured seven other players who had all made the top eight of a Pro Tour before. The following season, Mihara managed to establish himself on the Pro Tour, playing all five events and designing the CAL, one of the major decks in extended. Mihara's breakout performance came at that year's World Championship in Paris. After three days of competition, Mihara was in seventh place, and in the quarterfinals of a Pro Tour for the first time. In the quarterfinal, Mihara played Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa, and almost lost the match to misplays, but managed to draw the exact sequence of cards he needed to win. Mihara's semifinal opponent, Gabriel Nassif, was considered to be a heavy favourite in the match, but Mihara managed the upset in five games. In the final, he played Ryo Ogura. Mihara handily defeated his countryman without losing a single game.[5] The following season, work commitments meant Mihara could not play as many events, but he made the most of the ones he did attend. After a sixteenth-place finish in Geneva, Mihara returned to the top eight at Pro Tour Valencia. Mihara was unable to duplicate his success from the World Championship, and lost in the quarterfinals to Giulio Barra by three games to zero.[6] Mihara rounded out his season with an eighteenth-place finish at the World Championship, to finish the season on 32 pro points. After an unimpressive 152nd-place finish in Kuala Lumpur, Mihara made his third Pro Tour top eight at Pro Tour Hollywood 2008. Like in Valencia the previous year, Mihara's tournament ended in the quarterfinals, losing to Jan Ruess in five games.[7] Although unable to impress on tour, his best finish being a 113th place, Mihara did manage a strong finish off Tour, winning Grand Prix Okayama.[8] The 2009 season was somewhat of an off year for Mihara. While he did not put up any top eights on the Pro Tour or Grand Prix level, he did earn enough points to remain qualified. His only top eight since then was a 2nd-place finish at Grand Prix Sendai 2010, losing to Brian Kibler in the finals.[9] Later that season, Mihara finished third at Japanese nationals earning a spot on the Japanese national team, alongside Ryuuichirou Ishida and Tamoya Fujimoto.[10] At worlds, the Japanese team won the team competition, making Mihara only the fourth player to win both individual and team world titles.[11]

Achievements
 Season   Event type   Location   Format   Date   Rank 
2002–03 Nationals Tokyo Special 20–22 June 2003 8
2003–04 Nationals Osaka Special 11–13 June 2004 7
2005 Nationals Yokohama Special 2–4 September 2005 5
2005 Grand Prix Kitakyuushuu Extended 5–6 November 2005 3
2006 Worlds Paris Special 29 November – 3 December 2006 1
2007 Pro Tour Valencia Extended 12–14 October 2007 8
2008 Pro Tour Hollywood Standard 23–25 May 2008 7
2008 Nationals Yokohama Special 19–21 September 2008 5
2008 Grand Prix Okayama Sealed and Booster Draft 22–23 November 2008 1
2010 Grand Prix Sendai Standard 5–6 June 2010 2
2011 Grand Prix Kobe Extended 23–24 April 2011 2
2011 Nationals Osaka Special 16–18 July 2011 3
2011 Worlds San Francisco National team 17–20 November 2011 1
2012–13 Grand Prix Taipei Sealed and Booster Draft 24–25 November 2012 1
2012–13 Grand Prix Yokohama Sealed and Booster Draft 2–3 March 2013 4
2012–13 Pro Tour San Diego Block Constructed and Booster Draft 17–19 May 2013 3
2013–14 Pro Tour Dublin Standard and Booster Draft 11–13 October 2013 4
2013–14 Grand Prix Kyoto Team Limited 23–24 November 2013 2
2014–15 Grand Prix Manila Standard 3–4 January 2015 4
2015–16 Grand Prix Beijing Team Limited 24–25 October 2015 2
2015–16 Grand Prix Beijing Limited 16–17 April 2016 5

Last updated: 19 April 2016
Source: Wizards.com

References
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  2. "Top 200 All-Time Money Leaders". Wizards of the Coast. 2014-07-15. Archived from the original on 2014-09-13. Retrieved 2014-09-03.
  3. "Lifetime Pro Tour Top 8s". Wizards of the Coast. 2010-12-14. Archived from the original on March 14, 2006. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
  4. "Lifetime Grand Prix Top 8s". Wizards of the Coast. 2011-01-24. Archived from the original on January 17, 2006. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
  5. "Mihara, Dutch Crowned World Champions!". Wizards of the Coast. 2006-12-03. Archived from the original on October 9, 2008. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
  6. "Fortier Reigns in Spain". Wizards of the Coast. 2007-11-14. Archived from the original on October 2, 2008. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
  7. "Gindy Puts Name in Lights". Wizards of the Coast. 2008-05-25. Archived from the original on August 28, 2008. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
  8. "Makihito Mihara Wins Grand Prix–Okayama". Wizards of the Coast. 2008-11-23. Archived from the original on December 2, 2008. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
  9. "Make it Three!". Wizards of the Coast. 2010-06-06. Archived from the original on June 7, 2010. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
  10. "Ishida the Man of Steel at Japan Nationals 2011". Wizards of the Coast. 18 July 2011. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
  11. "Japan Stands Tall at Worlds Again". Wizards of the Coast. 19 November 2011. Archived from the original on November 20, 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
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