Editing Smasher:Oikawa

{{Infobox Smasher
| name         = おいかわ (Oikawa)
| mainssb      = Kirby
| sponsor      = GRAPHT
| birthday     = 17
| birthmonth   = 3
| birthyear    = 1983
| country      = Japan
| hometown     = Tokyo
| realname     = Koichi Oikawa (及川浩一)
 }}

'''Oikawa''' ({{ja|おいかわ|Oikawa}}), also known as '''Oikawa Meijin''' ({{ja|及川 名人|Oikawa Meijin}}, "Master Oikawa"), is a ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' {{SSB|Kirby}} main from Japan, notable for being one of the first renown names in competitive ''Smash''.

In 1999, at the age of 16, he won the first [[Nintendo]]-sponsored ''Smash'' tournament at {{Trn|Smash Bros. Fighting Battle: Smash Bros. Meijin Deciding Game}}, then played at Spring Selection Tournament Championship and the Super Mario Club National Tournament, which were officially broadcast on the Japan-only TV show [https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/64%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0 ''64 Mario Stadium''] in 2000. He later played at {{Trn|Japan United Smash Festa Round-Robin 1}}. His high placements made him one of the best early ''Smash 64'' players in Japan. He then played in {{Trn|Premium Fight}}, the first ''[[Melee]]'' tournament.

Since 2014, he has provided live commentary for official Nintendo events such as [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FDpSAhX9WM Next Generation World Hobby Fair 2015], [https://www.gamer.ne.jp/news/201504270019 2-on-2 WORLD GRAND PRIX JPN vs USA], and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkKmNKqLnnA ''Smash Bros. Ultimate'' Spring Brawl Festival]. In 2017, he joined esports organization Team GRAPHT.

Oikawa continues to enjoy the ''Smash Bros.'' series casually and has no plans to compete in tournaments again.

==Tournament placings==
===''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement
|-
|[[Smash Bros. Fighting Battle: Smash Bros. Meijin Deciding Game]]||August 27th, 1999||1st
|-
|Spring Selection Competition||2000||1st
|-
|Super Mario Club National Tournament||2000||2nd
|-
|[[Japan United Smash Festa Round-Robin 1]]||March 26th-28th, 2001||5th
|-
|}

===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement
|-
|[[Premium Fight]]||August 25th, 2001||3rd
|-
|}

==Trivia==
*Oikawa is a big [[Kirby]] fan; he only bought ''Super Smash Bros.'' because Kirby was in it. After winning his Fighting Battle tournament, [[Masahiro Sakurai]] interviewed him, surprising Oikawa when he revealed himself as the creator of Kirby.

==External links==
*[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChaxdEN1VqRBs9tSei_LCbg/featured YouTube channel]
*[https://twitter.com/bakisado2 Twitter account]
*[https://ameblo.jp/nabeyakiudon-best/ Personal blog]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2oBG4NHJ8I Gameplay shown on ''64 Mario Stadium''; Oikawa plays at 10:33]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180306183748/http://smash.captainjack.jp/entry/what-did-the-old-shcool-Japanese-Smash-64-community-look-like "What did the old school Japanese Smash 64 community look like?"] by {{Sm|CaptainJack}}
*[http://news.switchlife.jp/team-grapht/new_member_oikawa/ Oikawa joins Team GRAPHT]
*[http://www.tsukaby.net/column/oikawa.htm Summary of his career]

[[Category:Retired players]]
[[Category:Kirby players (SSB)]]
[[Category:Japanese smashers]]
[[Category:Livestream commentators]]
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