Shonen Jump Championship

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A Shonen Jump Championship is a major event for the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG where many players come to try and win not only an extremely valuable card, but other prizes given out to the top 8 players such as iPods, Nintendo DSs, Sony PSPs, and even a laptop computer (for 1st place). The first Shonen Jump Championship was held at Gen Con SoCal on December 03, 2004; they continue on today.

[edit] Past Shonen Jump Championships

The following is a list of Shonen Jump Championship locations, their dates, and winners.

• Location: GenCon SoCal Date: December 03, 2004 Winner: John Umali
• Location: Las Vegas Date: February 08, 2005 Winner: Wilson Luc
• Location: Columbus Date: February 13, 2005 Winner: Patrick Smith
• Location: Orlando Date: February 27, 2005 Winner: Andrew Fredella(1)
• Location: Los Angeles Date: April 02, 2005 Winner: Eric Wu
• Location: Houston Date: April 30, 2005 Winner: Ryan Hayakawa
• Location: New Jersey Date: June 11, 2005 Winner: Ryan Hayakawa
• Location: Charlotte Date: June 25, 2005 Winner: Anthony Alvarado
• Location: Seattle Date: July 09, 2005 Winner: Osman Ortiz
• Location: Indianapolis Date: August 20, 2005 Winner: Nareg Torossian
• Location: Boston Date: September 10, 2005 Winner: Brian Long
• Location: Atlanta Date: October 08, 2005 Winner: John Jensen
• Location: Chicago Date: October 29, 2005 Winner: Dale Bellido
• Location: Los Angeles Date: November 19, 2005 Winner: Paul Levitin
• Location: San Francisco Date: December 10, 2005 Winner: Fili Luna
• Location: Durham Date: February 25, 2006 Winner: Christopher Flores
• Location: Orlando Date: March 18, 2006 Winner: Michael Lux
• Location: Long Beach Date: March 25, 2006 Winner: Steven Adair
• Location: Baltimore Date: April 08, 2006 Winner: Shane Scurry
• Location: Columbus Date: May 06, 2006 Winner: Emon Ghaneian
• Location: Chicago Date: May 20, 2006 Winner: Brent Yetter
• Location: Atlanta Date: June 17, 2006 Winner: Shawn Long
• Location: Denver Date: June 24, 2006 Winner: Emon Ghaneian
• Location: Arlington Date: July 15, 2006 Winner: James Naughton
• Location: Philadelphia Date: July 22, 2006 Winner: Kyle Duncan
• Location: Indianapolis Date: August 12, 2006 Winner: John Jensen
• Location: Hamilton Date: August 26, 2006 Winner: Corey Faibish
• Location: Boston Date: September 16, 2006 Winner: Bobby Chambers
• Location: Austin Date: October 07, 2006 Winner: Tristian Patillo
• Location: Seattle Date: October 28, 2006 Winner: Kyle Lopez
• Location: Anaheim Date: November 18, 2006 Winner: Hooman Farahbakhsh
• Location: San José Date: December 16, 2006 Winner: David Rodriguez(2)
• Location: Orlando Date: January 27, 2007 Winner: Paul Lyn
• Location: St. Louis Date: February 24, 2007 Winner: Carlo Perez
• Location: Houston Date: March 3, 2007 Winner: Emon Ghaneian
• Location: Columbus Date: March 24, 2007 Winner: Marc Glass
• Location: Montréal Date: April 14, 2007 Winner: Cesar Gonzalez
• Location: Anaheim Date: April 28, 2007 Winner: Michael Songloke
• Location: Philadelphia Date: March 19, 2007 Winner: Jessy Samek
• Location: Minneapolis Date: June 2, 2007 Winner: Shane Scurry
• Location: Phoenix Date: July 7, 2007 Winner: Theerasak Poonsombat
• Location: Detroit Date: July 14, 2007 Winner: Fili Luna
• Location: Indianaopolis Date: August 19, 2007 Winner: Kenny So
• Location: Washington DC Date: September 15, 2007 Winner: Jonathan Labounty
• Location: Chicago Date: September 19, 2007 Winner: Louie Raimondo
• Location: Durham Date: October 13, 2007 Winner: Phillip Anthony
• Location: San Mateo Date: December 1,2007 Winner: Fili Luna
• Location: Orlando Date: January 27, 2008 Winner: Cedric Sequerra
• Location: Houston Date: February 24, 2008 Winner: Jonathan Moore
• Location: Costa Mesa Date: March 8, 2008 Winner: Lazaro Bellido
• Location: Columbus Date: March 29, 2008 Winner: Jerry Wang
• Location: Minneapolis Date: April 12, 2008 Winner: Paul Levitin
• Location: Nashville Date: May 10, 2008 Winner: Jason Holloway
• Location: St. Louis Date: May 24, 2008 Winner: Steven Harris

(1)Andrew Fredella split prizes with John Jensen in the finals.
(2)Mario Matheu is unofficially considered a co-champion with David Rodriguez

[edit] Prize Cards

Shonen Jump Championships have formally given away 6 different cards:

• Cyber-Stein (Dec. '04-July '05)
• Des Volstgalph (Aug. '05-Apr. '06)
• Shrink (May '06-Dec. '06)
• Crush Card Virus (Jan '07-August '07) (1)
• Gold Sarcophagus (August '07-February '08) (1)
• Doomcaliber Knight (March '08-Present)

(1) This prize card is giving out to the top 3 players (plus the side event) making it a total of 4 SJC Prize cards per Jump instead of the normal 2, like in all previous Prize card era's.

[edit] References

1. ^David Rodriguez