Yuuya Watanabe (渡辺雄也) is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player and former World Champion.[I] With five Pro Tour top eights and 27 Grand Prix top eights (including seven wins), Watanabe is best known for his Rookie of the Year title in 2007,[7] and his Player of the Year titles in 2009 and 2012. He is one of only three players to become Player of the Year more than once.[8][9] He was elected to the Magic: The Gathering Hall of Fame in 2016, along with Owen Turtenwald,[10] but removed in May 2019 after a cheating scandal involving marked card sleeves.[11]
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