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| :''Not to be confused with [[Smasher:CaptainZack]].''
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| {{Infobox Smasher
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| | name = CaptainJack
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| | image = Captain Jack.png
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| | mainssbu = Palutena
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| | mainssb4 = Cloud
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| | mainssbm = Sheik
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| | otherssbm = Dr. Mario
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| | 2ndotherssbm = Ganondorf
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| | moreotherssbm = {{SSBM|Donkey Kong}}
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| | mainssb = Luigi
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| | sponsor = {{Team|CJ eSports}}
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| | crew =
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| | rankingssbm =
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| | winningsssbm = ~3,589.91
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| | alias = CJ
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| | realname = Ryota Yoshida (吉田 亮太)
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| | birthday = 23
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| | birthmonth = 1
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| | birthyear = 1985
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| | location = Tokyo {{Flag|Japan}}
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| }}
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| '''CaptainJack''' is an ''[[SSBM]]'' {{SSBM|Sheik}} player from Japan. He was one of the best players in the world during [[Super Smash Bros. Melee in competitive play|The "Golden Age" (2004-2008)]]. He travelled around the world, competing in Australia, Europe, and the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://smashboards.com/threads/melee-legend-ryota-captain-jack-yoshida-on-returning-to-the-game-world-travels-and-more.435066/|title=Melee Legend Ryota "Captain Jack" Yoshida on returning to the game, world travels, and more}}</ref> CaptainJack was formerly considered the best player in Japan, but he became inactive in 2008.
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| On August 10th, 2014, CaptainJack initially announced his intention to return to the competitive ''Smash'' scene, in both ''[[SSB4]]'' and ''SSBM''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/CaptainJackSSB4/status/498626591623098369|title=CaptainJack announces his return}}</ref> Despite this, he was unable to commit, as his marriage and personal matters took precedence. On February 29th, 2016, he announced another comeback for both ''SSBM'' and ''SSB4''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/CaptainJackSSB4/status/704299634571628544|title=CaptainJack announces another return}}</ref> He has maintained active interest in going professional,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/CaptainJackSSB4/status/806292825780293632|title=CaptainJack's resume}}</ref> and was previously ranked 32nd on the [[Japan SSBM Rank 2018]].
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| On July 7th, 2019, CaptainJack officially opened {{Team|CJ eSports}}, a new Japanese-based esports team focusing on the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series.
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| ==Tournament history==
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| ===Early history===
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| CaptainJack began competing in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' at the age of 14, when he played in an "off-kai" (offline meeting between people who met online) round-robin against six other players; to his surprise, he won every match.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102145532/http://smash.captainjack.jp/entry/how-I-met-Super-Smash-Bros-and-started-to-play-competitively|title=How I met Super Smash Bros. and started to play competitively}}</ref> In 2001, he competed in another round-robin tournament, {{Trn|Japan United Smash Festa Round-Robin 1}}, which had several notable players. He tied for first place with {{Sm|Keropi-}}, whom he considered the best ''64'' player at the time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226052006/http://smash.captainjack.jp/entry/japan-united-smash-festa-round-robin-1|title="Japan United Smash Festa Round-Robin 1", the craziest Japanese Smash 64 tournament ever}}</ref>
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| ===Travelling the Globe===
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| CaptainJack made his first appearance in the United States in August of 2004, at [[Tournament Go 6]], placing 2nd, defeating {{Sm|ChuDat}} and {{Sm|Azen}}, but was double eliminated by the latter. Later that year, he would attend [[MLG San Francisco 2004]], placing 1st, and defeating both {{Sm|Ken}} and {{Sm|Isai}}, then considered two of the best players in the world.
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| In February of 2005, CaptainJack attended [[@M]] in Melbourne, Australia, and defeated {{Sm|Kupo}}, placing 1st. The next month, he attended [[Dutch Tournament 10]] in the Netherlands, where he defeated {{Sm|Remen}}, placing 1st, and attaining another international victory. He returned to Japan, to host and participate in [[Jack Garden Tournament]], one of the largest tournaments in Japan, and placed 7th. CaptainJack then won another European tournament at [[XTC3]], defeating {{Sm|Amsah}}.
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| CaptainJack then attended [[Zero Challenge 2]], where he placed 7th in Singles, defeating {{Sm|The King}}, and falling to Ken and ChuDat. He won Doubles with Isai.
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| In 2008, CaptainJack travelled with {{Sm|Masashi}} to attend [[Epita Smash Arena 2]]. In Singles, he placed 2nd, defeating {{Sm|Nnja}}, {{Sm|Calle W}}, and {{Sm|Armada}}, and was double eliminated by Amsah. He also placed 2nd in Doubles with Masashi, being double eliminated by {{Sm|Strawhat Dahean}} and {{Sm|Overtriforce}}.
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| He would not attend any international tournaments in the years following.
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| ===Return from Absence===
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| CaptainJack made his first international appearance in years at [[Apex 2012]], placing 129th in Singles. In Doubles, he placed 33rd with {{Sm|Kou}}. He also notably played an exhibition match against other Isai, but Isai [[sandbagging|sandbagged]] and was easily defeated, much to the crowd's dismay.
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| Following his marriage, and a commitment to reemergence in the competitive scene, CaptainJack began attending major tournaments in Europe, placing 17th at [https://www.start.gg/tournament/kickstart-13/event/melee-singles/brackets/87892 Kickstart 13], and 49th at [[B.E.A.S.T 7]].
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| In late 2018, CaptainJack would announce plans to start a new esports organization based in Japan with a focus on the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series. The esports organization, {{Team|CJ eSports}}, officially opened on July 7th, 2019 and it was announced that {{Sm|aMSa}}, {{Sm|Sanne}}, and {{Sm|Abu}} were picked up as the team's first players.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/cjesportssmash/status/1147807510406918144|title=CJ eSports officially opens}}</ref>
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| ==Tournament placings==
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| ===''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''===
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| {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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| !Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement!!2v2 Placement!!Partner
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| |{{Trn|Japan United Smash Festa Round-Robin 1|g=SSB}}||March 26th-28th, 2001||1st||—||—
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| ===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===
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| {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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| !Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement!!2v2 Placement!!Partner
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| |{{Trn|Japan United Smash Festa Round-Robin 2|g=SSBM}}||March 27th-29th, 2002||1st||2nd||{{Sm|Keropi-}}
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| |{{Trn|Japan United Smash Festa Round-Robin 3|g=SSBM}}||March 28th-31st, 2003||1st||9th||{{Sm|Masashi}}
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| |[[Tournament Go 6]]||August 21st-22nd, 2004||2nd||—||—
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| |[[MLG San Francisco 2004]]||September 11th-12th, 2004||1st||||
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| |[[MLG New York 2004]]||October 24th, 2004||3rd||—||—
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| |[[@M]]||February 14th, 2005||1st||—||—
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| |[http://nintendodojo.com/ttournament.aspx?id=7361 Koopa Klaw Tournament]||February 27th-28th, 2005||1st||—||—
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| |[[Dutch Tournament 10]]||March 5th-6th, 2005||1st||1st||{{Sm|Reffie}}
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| |[[Jack Garden Tournament]]||August 20th, 2005||7th||—||—
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| |[[RoofSM]]||January 4th-8th, 2006||1st||—||—
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| |{{Trn|Tokyo Ranking Battle 1-15-06|g=SSBM}}||January 15th, 2006||5th / 48||—||—
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| |[[XTC3]]||April 15th-16th, 2006||1st||1st||{{Sm|Helios}}
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| |[[Zero Challenge 2]]||August 15th-17th, 2006||7th||1st||{{Sm|Isai}}
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| |[[JST5]]||December 2nd-3rd, 2006||2nd||1st||{{Sm|Amsah}}
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| |{{Trn|KetubatoDX 7|g=SSBM}}||January 28th, 2007||1st / 39||—||—
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| |Kariya 2||February, 2007||1st||—||—
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| |{{Trn|Karisuma DX3|g=SSBM}}||February 4th, 2007||1st / 35||—||—
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| |{{Trn|KetubatoDX 9|g=SSBM}}||March 25th, 2007||2nd / 72||—||—
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| |{{Trn|KetubatoDX 10|g=SSBM}}||April 29th, 2007||1st / 53||—||—
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| |{{Trn|KetubatoDX 11|g=SSBM}}||May 26th, 2007||1st / 52||—||—
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| |{{Trn|KetubatoDX 12|g=SSBM}}||July 1st, 2007||5th / 53||—||—
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| |{{Trn|KetubatoDX 13|g=SSBM}}||August 4th, 2007||3rd / 79||—||—
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| |{{Trn|KetubatoDX 14|g=SSBM}}||September 23rd, 2007||5th / 71||—||—
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| |[[Epita Smash Arena 2]]||February 23rd-24th, 2008||2nd||2nd||Masashi
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| |[[Apex 2012]]||January 6th-8th, 2012||129th||33rd||{{Sm|Kou}}
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| |[http://battlegateway.wixsite.com/official/5thresult Battle Gate Way 5]||August 30th, 2014||9th||—||—
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| |[[Eclipse 2]]||October 21st-23rd, 2016||25th||25th||{{Sm|Ryuker}}
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| |{{Trn|Kickstart 13|g=SSBM}}||November 19th, 2016||17th||5th||{{Sm|MISTRRLOVE}}
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| |[[B.E.A.S.T 7]]||February 17th-19th, 2017||49th||25th||{{Sm|Vino|p=New York}}
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| |[https://www.start.gg/tournament/koneistamo-14/event/melee-singles/brackets/115540 Koneistamo 14]||April 8th, 2017||1st||—||—
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| |[https://www.start.gg/tournament/koneistamo-15/event/melee-singles/brackets/129697 Koneistamo 15]||May 13th-14th, 2017||1st||—||—
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| |{{Trn|SALT|g=SSBM}}||June 3rd-4th, 2017||7th||5th||{{Sm|Rach}}
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| |[https://www.start.gg/tournament/koneistamo-16/event/melee-singles/brackets/143027 Koneistamo 16]||August 4th-6th, 2017||2nd||—||—
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| |{{Trn|Shulla-bra Melee -FINAL-|g=SSBM}}||January 14th, 2018||2nd||—||—
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| |[http://challonge.com/master_31 Master Hand 31]||January 13th, 2018||2nd||—||—
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| |[https://www.start.gg/tournament/gator-games-monthly-3-1/event/melee-singles/brackets/209285 Gator Games Monthly #3]||March 3rd, 2018||33rd||5th||{{Sm|nintenmarth}}
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| |[https://www.start.gg/tournament/friday-night-turnip-92/event/melee-singles/brackets/223724 Friday Night Turnip 92]||March 16th, 2018||9th||—||—
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| |{{Trn|The Mango|g=SSBM}}||March 18th, 2018||33rd||7th||{{Sm|MacD}}
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| |[https://www.start.gg/tournament/friday-night-turnip-93/event/melee-singles/brackets/231347 Friday Night Turnip #93]||March 23rd, 2018||5th||—||—
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| |[https://www.start.gg/tournament/border-league-2-melee-edition/event/melee-singles/brackets/219102 Border League #2 Melee Edition]||March 31st, 2018||4th||—||—
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| |[https://www.start.gg/tournament/boss-rush-captain-jack/event/melee-singles/brackets/247508 Boss Rush: Captain Jack]||April 14th, 2018||2nd||3rd||{{Sm|Sherbert}}
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| |[https://www.start.gg/tournament/nebs-after-dark-the-finale/event/melee-singles/brackets/250552 Nebs After Dark: the finale]||April 24th, 2018||13th||4th||{{Sm|Wes}}
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| |[https://www.start.gg/tournament/apollo-xiii/event/melee-singles/brackets/226956/530580 Apollo XIII]||April 28th, 2018||25th||—||—
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| |[https://www.start.gg/tournament/holy-city-brawl-iv/event/melee-singles/brackets/204309/501098 Holy City Brawl IV]||May 5th, 2018||3rd||5th||{{Sm|Yeroc}}
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| |{{Trn|Unrivaled X: Gon' Give It To Ya|g=SSBM}}||May 12th, 2018||13th||5th||{{Sm|ARMY}}
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| |[https://t.polarity.gg/t/cfl-smackdown-176-melee/bracket/melee-singles CFL Smackdown 176]||May 14th, 2018||9th||—||—
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| |[https://challonge.com/WeeklySmashPartyDX_001 WeeklySmashParty 001]||June 8th, 2018||9th||—||—
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| |{{Trn|Battle Gateway 21|g=SSBM}}||July 22nd, 2018||13th||—||—
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| |{{Trn|EVO 2018|g=SSBM}}||August 3rd-5th, 2018||97th||—||—
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| |{{Trn|Amaterasu 4|g=SSBM}}||October 14th, 2018||13th||5th||{{Sm|muro}}
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| |[https://www.start.gg/tournament/battlegateway-sunshine/event/melee-singles-vs/brackets/434570/785691 Battle GateWay ~Sunshine~]||December 2nd, 2018||5th||—||—
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| |[https://www.start.gg/tournament/weds-night-fights-x-oakland-2019-s2ep05/event/ssbm-doubles/brackets/517386/885082/ Weds Night Fights x Oakland 2019 S2EP05]||January 30th-31st 2019||—||9th||{{Sm|Abu}}
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| |{{Trn|GENESIS 6|g=SSBM}}||February 1st-3rd, 2019||257th||—||—
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| |{{Trn|Kurobra 19|g=SSBM}}||January 10th, 2020||17th||—||—
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| ==={{for3ds}}===
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| {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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| !Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement!!2v2 Placement!!Partner
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| |[[Umebura 8]]||September 23rd, 2014||65th {{fact}}||—||—
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| ==={{forwiiu}}===
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| {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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| !Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement!!2v2 Placement!!Partner
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| |[[Eclipse 2]]||October 21st-23rd, 2016||65th||—||—
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| ===''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''===
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| {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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| !Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
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| |{{Trn|Umebura SP 2|g=SSBU}}||January 12th, 2019||193rd||—||—
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| |{{Trn|Pre-Genesix|g=SSBU}}||January 31st, 2019||17th||—||—
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| |{{Trn|GENESIS 6|g=SSBU}}||February 1st-3rd, 2019||513th||97th||{{Sm|Abu}}
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| |{{Trn|Umebura Japan Major 2019|g=SSBU}}||May 1st-2nd, 2019||129th||—||—
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| |{{Trn|KVOxTSB 2019|g=SSBU}}||May 2nd-5th, 2019||17th||—||—
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| |{{Trn|Taipei Major 2019|g=SSBU}}||June 8th-9th, 2019||3rd||—||—
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| |[https://start.gg/tournament/generations-of-tournament-mode/details Generations of Tournament Mode]||June 29th, 2019||7th||—||—
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| |{{Trn|Churabura Ultimate|g=SSBU}}||July 21st, 2019||9th||—||—
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| |{{Trn|PSG Classic 2019|g=SSBU}}||July 31st-August 1st, 2019||33rd||—||—
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| |{{Trn|EVO 2019|g=SSBU}}||August 2nd-4th, 2019||193rd||—||—
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| |{{Trn|Umebura SP 5|g=SSBU}}||September 28th, 2019||129th||—||—
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| |{{Trn|Seibugeki 2|g=SSBU}}||October 26th, 2019||49th||—||—
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| |{{Trn|Pearl One|g=SSBU}}||November 2nd-3rd, 2019||5th||???||???
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| |{{Trn|Kurobra 19|g=SSBU}}||January 11th, 2020||17th||—||—
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| |{{Trn|EVO Japan 2020|g=SSBU}}||January 24th-26th, 2020||193rd||—||—
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| |{{Trn|Kagaribi|g=SSBU}}||December 13th, 2020||65th||—||—
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| |{{Trn|Kurobra 24|g=SSBU}}||December 25th-26th, 2020||17th||—||—
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| |{{Trn|Kagaribi 4|g=SSBU}}||June 26th-27th, 2021||193rd||—||—
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| |{{Trn|Seibugeki 8|g=SSBU}}||October 10th, 2021||129th||—||—
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| |{{Trn|Mjolner 1|g=SSBU}}||November 21st, 2021||17th||—||—
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| |{{Trn|Kagaribi 7|g=SSBU}}||May 4th-5th, 2022||513th||—||—
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| |{{Trn|DELTA 3|g=SSBU}}||March 21st, 2023||97th||—||—
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| |{{Trn|Maesuma TOP 13|g=SSBU}}||June 24th-25th, 2023||193rd / 541||—||—
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| ==Trivia==
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| *CaptainJack's tag is derived from the German pop band [[wikipedia:Captain Jack (band)|Captain Jack]].
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| *CaptainJack is one of the two smashers with a positive record against {{Sm|Armada}}, 2-0, the other being {{Sm|SilentSpectre}}, 1-0.
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| ==Gameplay videos==
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| ===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===
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| *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AufZcxp69u0 MLG San Francisco 2004 - SSBM Singles Grand Finals - Isai vs Captain Jack]
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| ==References==
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| {{reflist}}
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| ==External links==
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| *[https://twitter.com/CaptainJackSSB Twitter account]
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| *[http://smash.captainjack.jp/ CaptainJack's blog about Melee's history]
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| *[http://ask.fm/CaptainJackSmash Ask.fm account]
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| *[https://entrenet.jp/magazine/27397/ Interview with Entre Style Magazine] (in Japanese)
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