【Japan 2nd Preliminary Finals】Total Breakdown!

The best of the best come together for the [Japan 2nd Preliminary Finals]!
Witness the fight to the top as players compete for a spot in the [Japan National Tournament] and beyond!
Y-Katakuri's victory, K-Moria's under performance, GY-Yamato's amazing conversion rate, we will unravel all the mysteries as we deep dive into the data of the final major tournament of OP6.5!

Intro

About Tournament

A total of 176 players qualified for the [Japan 2nd Preliminary Finals], including the top 32 players from the Osaka, Aichi, Tokyo and Miyagi area tournaments, the top 16 players from the Hiroshima and Miyagi area tournaments, 2 players from each of the two Junior Friendly Cup divisions, and the top 4 teams from the 3-on-3 tournament (12 players).
Out of the 176 qualifiers, 174 players participated on the day of the event.

After 5 rounds of best-of-one qualifying games in a triple-elimination format, the top 32 players advance to the final tournament. The winners of the first round of the tournament are then qualified for the [Japan National Finals] planned for February 10th.

About Data

I have compiled 100 player results from Twitter to then extract unknown player data, resulting in approximately 141 players battle records (80% of complete data).

Deck Usage & Win Rates

As posted on my Twitter (https://twitter.com/ophirata), these are the charts for the Leader's usage rate (u/r) & win rates (w/r) for the finals.

Overview

・BK-Sakazuki：With a 50.7% w/r and coming on top for u/r, it is safe to say that Sakazuki is staple Leader. Of the top 32 players, 17 used Sakazuki, and placed 2nd in the tournament.
・K-Moria：Something went wrong with Moria. Moria has the 2nd most u/r but came in last with a 39.6% w/r…
・Y-Katakuri：Pascel, winner of the [Aichi Area Tournament] held November 18th, wins again with Y-Katakuri!
・GY-Yamato：Conquering a sea of Sakazukis, All Yamato players got through all 5 rounds of qualifiers, sending of their best 2 players to the tournament. Placing TOP 4 and TOP 32.

Tournament Match Data

From here on, I will be adding a brief explanation at the end of each Leaders match-ups as we look at the details of the tournament.
Let us see what the top 3% of the Japan OPTCG players conclude through their battles to the Japan Nationals!

Charts

All my charts are reused from my Japanese post. Data tables have English included, but the win ratio pai charts do not include English tags. Please reference the below image for English tags. All pai charts are in the same order.

・Y-Katakuri

A new Champion ! Y-Katakuri!
[u/r 3rd, w/r 2nd]