is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. Nicknamed "King of the Faeries", he won two of his three Grand Prix titles with Faeries decks. In 2007, alongside teammate Kentarou Yamamoto, he finished second at Pro Tour San Diego, the only Pro Tour to use the Two-Headed Giant format.
In October 2021, he won the Magic: The Gathering World Championship, defeating Jean-Emmanuel Depraz in the finals. In 2023, his win was memorialized by portraying him on a Magic card, called "Faerie Mastermind", with the flavor text Yuta Takahashi, World Champion XXVII. Depraz won the Magic World Championship that year, with a winning deck including three copies of "Faerie Mastermind".
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