23rd Pleiades Sword Arts Festival (Maia)

The **23rd Maia Sword Arts Festival** is the third tournament of the twenty-third season of the Sword Arts Festival since its establishment, held in the Third Week of the Fifth Month, Showa Era Year 73.

## Overview

The final Sword Arts Festival in the *23rd Season*, the 23rd Maia Sword Arts Festival is hosted in Empire of Great Japan at the dedicated artificial island of Nanoka. It is the most prestigious of the solo-tournament Festivals, and this year's event has drawn more international attention than any thus far, save the Eridani.

### Participants

* Heroo Agni (Rentei Academy, eliminated in first round)
* Shiori Akizuki (Kyomon Academy)
* Mitsu Amanesha (Bunkyoku Academy, eliminated in second round)
* Celiska eu Britannia (Kyomon Academy)
* Yaeko Honoka (Yaezakura Academy, eliminated in first round)
* Hayate Inazuma (Bukyoku Academy, eliminated in second round)
* Sayaka Kurosawa (Yaezakura Academy, eliminated in second round)
* Haise Ishida (Hagun Academy, eliminated in first round)
* Seiwa Kikumi (Yaezakura Academy, eliminated in second round)
* Kazuma Kitagawa (Hagun Academy, eliminated in first round)
* Yami Kitagawa (Hagun Academy, eliminated in first round)
* Nagito Komaeda (Bukyoku Academy, eliminated in first round)
* Kýnthia Pyréna Kýriazis (Bukyoku Academy)
* Fang Eun Mie (Bukyoku Academy, eliminated in first round)
* Muramasa Toyohisa (Rentei Academy, eliminated in second round)
* Yume Nanashi (Mutenkan Academy, eliminated in first round)
* Tanaka Oha (Kyomon Academy, eliminated in first round)
* Shun Ouuchi (Bunkyoku Academy, eliminated in second round)
* Amane Shirogane (Hagun Academy, eliminated in second round)
* Akirou Shimazu (Rentei Academy, best 8)
* Murata Shiomiya (Bukyoku Academy, eliminated in first round)
* Akatsuki Suiheisen (Bukyoku Academy, eliminated in first round)
* Ayaka Toudou (Yaezakura Academy)
* Ayane Toudou (Rentei Academy)
* Sayaka Toudou (Rentei Academy)
* Kido Uzumi (Bunkyoku Academy, eliminated in second round)
* An Wei (Kyomon Academy, eliminated in first round)
* Shin Wolford (Hagun Academy, eliminated in first round)
* Eleonora Yurievna Yelchukova (Bunkyoku Academy)
* Akira Yorukawa (Mutenkan Academy, eliminated in first round)
* Hime Yorukawa (Mutenkan Academy, eliminated in first round)
* Mirai Yumeno (Mutenkan Academy)

### Staff

* Yuu Toudou (Chairman of Steering Committee)
* Ruben Vaccaro (Block A Announcer)
* Lydia von Kreische (Block B Announcer)
* Kaito Nakahara (Block C Announcer)
* Sakura Kirishima (Block D Announcer)

## Tournament Setup

### Round One

#### Block A

* **Muramasa Toyohisa** (Rentei) v. An Wei (Kyomon)
* **Mirai Yumeno** (Mutenkan) v. Tanaka Oha (Kyomon)
* **Shiori Akizuki** (Kyomon) v. Haise Ishida (Hagun)
* **Sayaka Kurosawa** (Yaezakura) v. Akira Yorukawa (Mutenkan)

#### Block B

* **Shun Ouuchi** (Bunkyoku) v. **Ayaka Toudou** (Yaezakura)
* Nagito Komaeda (Bukyoku) v. **Amane Shirogane** (Hagun)
* Hime Yorukawa (Mutenkan) v. **Celiska eu Britannia** (Kyomon)
* **Kýnthia Pyréna Kýriazis** (Bukyoku) v. Yume Nanashi (Mutenkan)

#### Block C

* Akatsuki Suiheisen (Bukyoku) v. **Seiwa Kikumi** (Yaezakura)
* Heroo Agni (Rentei) v. **Eleonora Yurievna Yelchukova** (Bunkyoku)
* Shin Wolford (Hagun) v. **Mitsu Amanesha** (Bunkyoku)
* **Ayane Toudou** (Rentei) v. Fang Eun Mie (Bukyoku)

#### Block D

* Kazuma Kitagawa (Hagun) v. **Hayate Inazuma** (Bukyoku)
* Murata Shiomiya (Bukyoku) v. **Sayaka Toudou** (Rentei)
* Yami Kitagawa (Hagun) v. **Kido Uzumi** (Bunkyoku)
* Yaeko Honoka (Yaezakura) v. **Akirou Shimazu** (Rentei)

### Round Two

#### Block A

* **Muramasa Toyohisa** (Rentei) v. Mirai Yumeno (Mutenkan)
* **Shiori Akizuki** (Kyomon) v. Sayaka Kurosawa (Yaezakura)

#### Block B

* Shun Ouuchi (Bunkyoku) v. Ayaka Toudou (Yaezakura) v. Amane Shirogane (Hagun)
* **Celiska eu Britannia** (Kyomon) v. Kýnthia Pyréna Kýriazis (Bukyoku)

#### Block C

* Seiwa Kikumi (Yaezakura) v. **Eleonora Yurievna Yelchukova** (Bunkyoku)
* Mitsu Amanesha (Bunkyoku) v. **Ayane Toudou** (Rentei)

#### Block D

* Hayate Inazuma (Bukyoku) v. **Sayaka Toudou** (Rentei)
* Kido Uzumi (Bunkyoku) v. **Akirou Shimazu** (Rentei)

### Quarterfinals

* Muramasa Toyohisa (Mutenkan) v. **Shiori Akizuki** (Kyomon)
* ??? v. Celiska eu Britannia (Kyomon)
* **Eleonora Yurievna Yelchukova** (Bunkyoku) v. Ayane Toudou (Rentei)
* **Sayaka Toudou** (Rentei) v. Akirou Shimazu (Rentei)

### Semifinals

* Shiori Akizuki (Kyomon) v. ???
* Eleonora Yurievna Yelchukova (Bunkyoku) v. **Sayaka Toudou** (Rentei)

### Finals

* Shiori Akizuki (Kyomon) v. **Sayaka Toudou** (Rentei)