World Championship 2012

The 2012 World Championship is a Yu-Gi-Oh! Official and Trading Card Game tournament, which will determine the world champion for the year 2012. It is to be held in Tokyo, Japan. Konami is broadcasting the tournament live via ustream. The 27 competitors, and the respective decks they qualified with, are as follows:


 * 2011 World Champion
 * Ogawa Takashi “アーサー” (Agent Fairy)
 * Central America
 * Alvaro Manuel Gonzalez Orea (Six Samurai)
 * Europe
 * Stefano Memoli (Wind-Up)
 * Michail Paraschos (Chaos Dragon)
 * Joshua Schmidt (Wind-Up)
 * Angel Matas (Inzektor)
 * Hong Kong
 * Leung Chi Wai (Inzektor)
 * Japan
 * “ライブラリアン” (Sendai) (Evilswarm Laggia)
 * “ちゃみ” (Tokyo) (Arrive HERO)
 * “チャリオット” (Tokyo) (Offering Machina Gadget)
 * “ショウイチ” (Osaka) (Inzektor)
 * “ヨウ” (Osaka) (Dimensional Skill Drain Beat)
 * Malaysia
 * Tan Sung Lee (Chaos Dragon)
 * Philippines
 * Irwin Arogo (Inzektor)
 * Singapore
 * Wesley Seek (Inzektor)
 * North America
 * Tyler Tabman (Wind-Up)
 * Robert Lewis Jr. (Wind-Up)
 * Jarel Winston (Exodia)
 * Kevin Rubio (Dino Rabbit)
 * Adrian Shakir (Wind-Up)
 * Michael Steinman (Dino Rabbit)
 * Oceania
 * Oliver Parle (Chaos Dragon)
 * Jonno Ritzau (Dino Rabbit)
 * South America
 * Marco Jonatan Oviedo Castro (Wind-Up)
 * South Korea
 * Heo Seung Hwee (Gravekeeper)
 * Taiwan)
 * 張樹仁 (Inzektor)
 * Thailand
 * Santi Phromduangsiri (Chaos Dragon)


 * Top 8 Finalists


 * North America
 * Jarel Winston
 * Europe
 * Joshua Schmidt
 * Stefano Memoli
 * Japan
 * “ちゃみ”
 * “チャリオット”
 * “ショウイチ”
 * “ヨウ”
 * Singapore
 * Wesley Seek