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Higono, Naoki
Current rating: 1627

Grand Prix Nagoya 2020 (pioneer) starting rating: 1700
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1pioneer 373 Fang, Zhengyang (1540) Won 2-0 +151715
2pioneer 321 Hase, Daigo (1518) Lost 0-2 -211694
3pioneer 582 Hamano, Kouhei (1535) Lost 0-2 -211673
4pioneer 603 Koide, Yukua (1520) Lost 1-2 -211652
5pioneer 731 Hishida, Tomoya (1229) Lost 1-2 -251627
top average opponent: 1468record: 1-4 new rating: 1627

Grand Prix Chiba 2019 (M20 limited) starting rating: 1743
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 543 Kanno, Atsushi (1612) Won 2-0 +151758
2sealed 86 Saito, Shunsuke (1487) Won 2-1 +141772
3sealed 497 Otsuka, Tomohito (1553) Lost 0-2 -221750
4sealed 432 Yeh, Rueyjer (1744) Lost 0-2 -181732
5sealed 552 Ichimura, Naoya (1482) Won 2-0 +131745
6sealed 435 Yamashina, Yusuke (1516) Lost 1-2 -221723
7sealed 584 Kinoshita, Mika (1462) Lost 0-2 -231700
top average opponent: 1551record: 3-4 new rating: 1700

Grand Prix Kyoto 2017 (HOU limited) starting rating: 1688
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 344 Tanaka, Rizumu (1669) Won 2-0 +181706
4sealed 167 Kawamae, Toshiyuki (1374) Won 2-1 +121718
5sealed 129 Hiroi, Genki (1570) Lost 0-2 -211697
6sealed 126 Takahashi, Yuta (1994) Lost 1-2 -131684
7sealed 421 Tsukuda, Takuya (1610) Won 2-1 +171701
8sealed 266 Hayata, Shogo (1517) Won 2-0 +151716
9sealed 125 Yoshikawa, Takuma (1586) Won 2-0 +151731
10draft 302 Suematsu, Takaaki (2006) Lost 1-2 -131718
11draft 186 Tsuchihashi, Takuya (1782) Lost 1-2 -171701
12draft 332 Lee, Kuangyao (1588) Won 2-0 +161717
13draft 41 Tomomura, Hitoshi (1898) Won 2-1 +221739
14draft 246 Kawaguchi, Kyouhei (1858) Lost 1-2 -161723
15draft 173 Ozawa, Takeshi (1833) Won 2-0 +201743
top average opponent: 1714record: 8-5 new rating: 1743

Grand Prix Kobe 2017 (modern) starting rating: 1673
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3modern 100 Takemura, Yuuki (1629) Won 2-0 +171690
4modern 248 Arai, Makoto (1492) Won 2-0 +141704
5modern 40 Miyata, Yuuya (1589) Won 2-0 +161720
6modern 33 Kasuga, Ryou (1589) Lost 0-2 -201700
7modern 104 Suzuki, Kazushige (1880) Won 2-0 +211721
8modern 42 Ishiguro, Satoshi (1769) Won 2-0 +191740
9modern 58 Chu, Justin (1545) Won 2-1 +151755
10modern 38 Maruya, Takashi (1677) Lost 1-2 -201735
11modern 92 Sugaya, Hironobu (1883) Lost 0-2 -151720
12modern 117 Song, Malcolm (1524) Lost 1-2 -221698
13modern 164 Watanabe, Yuuya (2149) Lost 1-2 -101688
top average opponent: 1702record: 6-5 new rating: 1688

Grand Prix Shizuoka 2017 (AER standard) starting rating: 1664
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 14 Ikawa, Yoshihiko (1737) Lost 1-2 -161648
4standard 711 Kurata, Shintaro (1540) Lost 1-2 -201628
5standard 743 Furuya, Satoshi (1218) Won 2-0 +111639
6standard 723 Nasu, Kouhei (1486) Won 2-1 +151654
7standard 395 Yoshimori, Sho (1808) Lost 0-2 -151639
8standard 571 Uraya, Masamitsu (1490) Won 2-0 +151654
9standard 479 Kagami, Chisei (1598) Won 2-1 +171671
10standard 280 Nose, Kouta (1642) Won 2-1 +181689
11standard 220 Adachi, Naohiko (1569) Lost 1-2 -211668
12standard 316 Miyata, Kentaro (1559) Won 2-1 +161684
13standard 177 Matsuda, Taku (1532) Won 2-0 +161700
14standard 136 Tanaka, Kimitaka (1852) Lost 1-2 -161684
15standard 186 Kumagai, Riku (2055) Lost 0-2 -111673
top average opponent: 1622record: 7-6 new rating: 1673

Grand Prix Chiba 2016 (legacy) starting rating: 1576
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3legacy 269 Sakamoto, Akatoki (1573) Won 2-0 +181594
4legacy 230 Itazu, Boram (1433) Won 2-1 +151609
5legacy 114 Shirakawa, Hiroaki (1513) Lost 0-2 -191590
6legacy 143 Ohori, Akihito (1474) Won 2-1 +161606
7legacy 157 Imai, Kenta (1738) Won 2-1 +201626
8legacy 24 Sasahara, Shun (1569) Won 2-0 +171643
9legacy 20 Gaieski, Ethan (1663) Won 2-1 +181661
10legacy 35 Liu, Jin (1732) Lost 1-2 -161645
11legacy 51 Kamata, Kazuhiro (1728) Won 2-0 +191664
12legacy 30 Oda, Hideto (1733) Lost 1-2 -171647
13legacy 100 Iijima, Akihisa (1600) Lost 0-2 -181629
14legacy 139 Takada, Hiroki (1599) Won 2-0 +171646
15legacy 66 Matsuda, Masashi (1671) Won 2-1 +181664
top average opponent: 1617record: 9-4 new rating: 1664

Grand Prix Tokyo 2016 (SOI standard) starting rating: 1606
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 4 Sakamoto, Daisuke (1509) Won 2-0 +161622
4standard 313 Hishida, Akinori (1501) Lost 0-2 -201602
5standard 639 Matsuura, Takumi (1577) Lost 0-2 -191583
6standard 938 Yamamura, Yuma (1516) Lost 1-2 -191564
7standard 793 Kakuta, Yoshitaka (1382) Won 2-1 +151579
8standard 787 Kitou, Kentarou (1596) Lost 0-2 -181561
9standard 733 Diallo, Jakob (1408) Won 2-1 +151576
top average opponent: 1498record: 3-4 new rating: 1576

Grand Prix Nagoya 2016 (OGW limited) starting rating: 1632
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 498 Yashiki, Kouichi (1411) Lost 1-2 -221610
4sealed 755 Fujimura, Kyuta (1443) Won 2-1 +151625
5sealed 494 Nakamura, Junya (1750) Won 2-0 +201645
6sealed 300 Ieda, Toma (1545) Lost 0-2 -201625
7sealed 363 Nitta, Yuki (1745) Lost 0-2 -161609
8sealed 664 Shibata, Takahiro (1454) Won 2-1 +161625
9sealed 522 Muramatsu, Daisuke (1584) Lost 1-2 -191606
top average opponent: 1562record: 3-4 new rating: 1606

Grand Prix Kobe 2015 (BFZ standard) starting rating: 1708
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 399 Morimoto, Asataka (1529) Won 2-1 +141722
4standard 240 Ikushima, Yasuyuki (1659) Lost 0-2 -191703
5standard 414 Yamaguti, Masaya (1536) Lost 1-2 -211682
6standard 562 Naide, Kazutaka (1491) Won 2-0 +151697
7standard 286 Kobayashi, Ukyo (1465) Lost 0-2 -221675
8standard 473 Toyota, Kazuhisa (1465) Lost 1-2 -221653
9standard 421 Yamamoto, Masafumi (1482) Lost 0-2 -211632
top average opponent: 1518record: 2-5 new rating: 1632

Pro Tour Magic Origins (ORI standard) starting rating: 1737
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1draft 99 Larsson, Joel (2117) Lost 0-2 -111726
2draft 37 Yukuhiro, Ken (1786) Lost 0-2 -171709
3draft 163 Park, Jun Young (1940) Lost 1-2 -141695
4standard 184 Jansen, Jon (1574) Won 2-0 +161711
5standard 182 Lax, Ari (1857) Lost 1-2 -151696
6standard 166 Jones, David (1401) Won 2-0 +121708
7standard 147 Barrientos Ochoa, Sergio (1625) Won 2-1 +171725
8standard 106 Leahy, Nicholas (1771) Lost 1-2 -171708
top average opponent: 1759record: 3-5 new rating: 1708

Grand Prix Chiba 2015 (MM2 limited) starting rating: 1561
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 2163 Maeyama, Yuuhei (1467) Won 2-0 +161577
4sealed 2041 Arakawa, Tatsuya (1776) Won 2-0 +211598
5sealed 2041 Tabata, Yuusuke (1689) Won 2-0 +201618
6sealed 2010 Yamaguchi, Tomoyuki (1613) Won 2-1 +181636
7sealed 2002 Bernhardsen, Christoffer (1629) Won 2-0 +181654
8sealed 2002 Matsumoto, Fumiya (1863) Lost 1-2 -141640
9sealed 2017 Arai, Yuusuke3019 (1577) Won 2-0 +161656
10draft 127 Nose, Koji (1916) Lost 1-2 -131643
11draft 5 Yanada, Kenji (1687) Won 2-0 +191662
12draft 39 Ishii, Taiyo (1583) Won 2-0 +161678
13draft 128 Soh, Joe (1955) Won 2-0 +231701
14draft 114 Yoshida, Kazushi (1723) Won 2-1 +191720
15draft 5 Takeuchi, Yuu (1692) Won 2-1 +171737
top average opponent: 1705record: 11-2 new rating: 1737

Grand Prix Shizuoka 2015 (KTK limited) starting rating: 1521
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 710 Ashizawa, Yoshisato (1559) Draw 1-1 01521
4sealed 724 Dong, Hyouk Kim (1530) Won 2-0 +181539
5sealed 664 Matubayashi, Kazunori (1551) Lost 1-2 -171522
6sealed 752 Miura, Hiroki (1378) Won 2-0 +151537
7sealed 694 Hori, Daisuke (1785) Lost 0-2 -131524
8sealed 761 Tokuyama, Kouta (1626) Won 2-1 +191543
9sealed 706 Ueda, Takushi (1495) Won 2-1 +181561
top average opponent: 1561record: 4-2-1 new rating: 1561

Grand Prix Kobe 2014 (modern) starting rating: 1523
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2modern 830 Urano, Tomohisa (1459) Lost 1-2 -191504
3modern 1152 Minami, Daiki (1501) Lost 1-2 -181486
4modern 1090 Kimura, Syun (1400) Won 2-1 +161502
5modern 966 Inukai, Masakazu (1500) Lost 1-2 -181484
6modern 1052 Sugita, Kazuki (1481) Won 2-0 +181502
7modern 1010 Ji, Kanghyun (1464) Won 2-0 +171519
8modern 914 Iwama, Hirokazu (1601) Won 2-0 +201539
9modern 871 Nakagami, Takanori (1529) Lost 0-2 -181521
top average opponent: 1492record: 4-4 new rating: 1521

Grand Prix Yokohama 2013 (GTC limited) starting rating: 1505
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 223 Kurosu, Kazuki (1500) Won 2-0 +181523
2sealed 231 Honda, Jun'Ichi (1583) Lost 1-2 -171506
3sealed 194 Fujiwara, Kazuto (1390) Won 2-0 +161522
4sealed 313 Tanaka, Takanori (1468) Won 2-0 +171539
5sealed 127 Kusakari, Rei (1539) Won 2-1 +181557
6sealed 113 Jeong, Hyunwoo (1622) Lost 1-2 -171540
7sealed 131 Yutaka M., (1555) Lost 0-2 -171523
8sealed 295 Hoshino, Hiroyuki (1545) Won 2-1 +181541
9sealed 309 Shimomachi, Kentaro (1537) Lost 0-2 -181523
top average opponent: 1527record: 5-4 new rating: 1523

Pro Tour Kyoto 2009 (CON standard) starting rating: 1546
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 139 Bernat, Michael (1909) Lost 0-2 -121534
2standard 158 Snepvangers, Bram (1753) Lost 0-2 -141520
3standard 165 Pacyga, Stephen (1487) Won 2-1 +181538
4standard 165 Gabbert, Charles (1615) Lost 0-2 -171521
5draft 134 Szegho, Dalibor (1628) Lost 0-2 -161505
6draft 169 Dorle, Anthony (1547) Lost 0-2 -171488
7draft 85 Bergamaschi, Paolo (1459) Won 2-0 +171505
top average opponent: 1628record: 2-5 new rating: 1505

Grand Prix Yokohama 2004 (COK limited) starting rating: 1608
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 62 Toyota, Kazuhisa (1518) Lost 1-2 -201588
3sealed 180 Kubota, Taiga (1435) Draw 1-1 -21586
4sealed 213 Satou, Yuuryou (1530) Lost 1-2 -191567
5sealed 219 Kanazawa, Katsuhisa (1423) Won 2-1 +151582
6sealed 168 Maeba, Hideaki (1728) Lost 0-2 -151567
7sealed 153 Adachi, Hikaru (1418) Lost 0-2 -211546
top average opponent: 1509record: 1-4-1 new rating: 1546

Grand Prix Sendai 2004 (DST limited) starting rating: 1580
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 168 Okamoto, Hiroaki (1500) Lost 0-2 -191561
2sealed 199 Takada, Ryo (1482) Won 2-0 +161577
3sealed 134 Kurisu, Takashi (1572) Won 2-1 +181595
4sealed 134 Yokoyama, Kenichi (1516) Won 2-0 +171612
5sealed 48 Hirosawa, Yuuta (1659) Won 2-1 +181630
6sealed 22 Iizuka, Shun (1534) Lost 0-2 -191611
7sealed 81 Igeta, Hirofumi (1539) Lost 1-2 -201591
8sealed 85 Maruyama, Koji (1517) Won 2-0 +171608
top average opponent: 1540record: 5-3 new rating: 1608

Grand Prix Utsunomiya 2002 (ONS rochester) starting rating: 1586
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 53 Tsumura, Kenji (1500) Lost 0-2 -201566
4sealed 119 Nagai, Go (1483) Won 2-0 +171583
5sealed 83 Tsutsumi, Naoki (1520) Won 2-1 +171600
6sealed 51 Bandou, Junichirou (1557) Lost 1-2 -191581
7sealed 73 Hojo, Naomasa (1631) Lost 0-2 -171564
8sealed 45 Tanaka, Ryota (1458) Won 2-1 +161580
top average opponent: 1525record: 3-3 new rating: 1580

Grand Prix Sendai 2001 (extended) starting rating: 1567
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3extended 32 Hayashi, Shinsuke (1706) Lost 0-2 -161551
4extended 100 Maeda, Yasuyuki (1524) Won 2-0 +181569
5extended 86 Mukaiyama, Toru (1535) Won 2-0 +171586
6extended 42 Kinoshita, Junichi (1621) Won 2-1 +191605
7extended 29 Abe, Natsuki (1572) Draw 1-1 -11604
8extended 26 Yuasa, Kentarou (1603) Lost 1-2 -181586
top average opponent: 1593record: 3-2-1 new rating: 1586

Grand Prix Shizuoka 2001 (ODY limited) starting rating: 1605
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 60 Hamada, Yoshio (1536) Lost 0-2 -191586
4sealed 92 Yoshikawa, Hiroshi (1525) Lost 0-1 -191567
top average opponent: 1530record: 0-2 new rating: 1567

Grand Prix Kobe 2001 (Invasion block) starting rating: 1576
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2block 151 Tatsumi, Tomohiro (1514) Won 2-1 +171593
3block 64 Osawa, Masahiro (1536) Won 2-0 +171610
4block 103 Nagayama, Hiroyuki (1540) Won 2-0 +171627
5block 57 Shimada, Masatake (1647) Lost 1-2 -181609
6block 152 Uchida, Takuya (1555) Won 2-0 +171626
7block 64 Shikamoto, Hideki (1555) Lost 1-2 -191607
8block 116 Iwamoto, Shota (1554) Won 2-1 +171624
9block 42 Eda, Takeshi (1572) Lost 0-2 -191605
top average opponent: 1559record: 5-3 new rating: 1605

Grand Prix Hiroshima 2001 (INV limited) starting rating: 1528
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 31 Shimura, Yasuhiko (1501) Won 2-1 +181546
4sealed 34 Tsukamoto, Toshiki (1711) Lost 1-2 -151531
5sealed 51 Ozoe, Koji (1536) Lost 1-2 -181513
6sealed 77 Ogaki, Atsushi (1534) Won 2-1 +181531
7sealed 45 Fujita, Osamu (1542) Won 2-0 +181549
8draft 31 Ando, Rage (1502) Lost 0-2 -191530
10draft 27 Ikeda, Kei (1606) Won 2-1 +201550
11draft 18 Kusaba, Nobutaka (1620) Won 2-1 +191569
12draft 15 Hassaku, Jinpei (1686) Lost 1-2 -161553
13draft 16 Shvartsman, Alex (1835) Won 2-0 +231576
top average opponent: 1607record: 6-4 new rating: 1576

Grand Prix Kyoto 2000 (extended) starting rating: 1489
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3extended 62 Ishida, Atsushi (1500) Lost 1-2 -181471
4extended 208 Kawaguchi, Tsukasa (1518) Won 2-0 +191490
5extended 140 Tatsumi, Yasukazu (1536) Won 2-0 +191509
6extended 55 Yamaoka, Nobuyuki (1519) Won 2-1 +181527
7extended 33 Yamasaki, Rintarou (1555) Won 2-0 +191546
8extended 26 Akase, Kouhei (1577) Lost 0-2 -181528
top average opponent: 1534record: 4-2 new rating: 1528

Grand Prix Sapporo 2000 (PCY limited) starting rating: 1489
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 45 Sugiyama, Hideaki (1486) Won 2-1 +181507
3sealed 10 Okabayashi, Masanao (1536) Lost 1-2 -171490
4sealed 40 Hatanaka, Kenichi (1451) Won 2-1 +171507
5sealed 49 Sato, Manabu (1535) Lost 0-2 -181489
6sealed 46 Kamiya, Kazuhiro (1427) Won 2-0 +171506
7sealed 39 Kageyama, Tarou (1551) Lost 0-2 -171489
top average opponent: 1498record: 3-3 new rating: 1489

Pro Tour New York 2000 (Masques block) starting rating: 1521
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1block 110 Long, Mike 2 (1827) Lost 0-2 -121509
2block 152 Peterson, Bryan (1411) Lost 0-2 -201489
top average opponent: 1619record: 0-2 new rating: 1489

Pro Tour Chicago 1999 (extended) starting rating: 1500
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1extended 119 Gray, Andrew (1500) Won 2-0 +181518
2extended 41 Shaw, Thomas (1570) Lost 0-2 -171501
3extended 108 Wakefield, Jamie (1453) Lost 1-2 -191482
4extended 144 Ross, Edward (1483) Won 2-1 +181500
5extended 110 Hidaka, Ayumi (1589) Won 2-1 +201520
6extended 51 Valkyser, Stephan (1618) Lost 1-2 -161504
7extended 82 DeLorey, Daniel (1499) Won 2-1 +171521
top average opponent: 1530record: 4-3 new rating: 1521