Editing Smasher:Prince

{{Infobox Smasher
| name            = プリンス (Prince)
| image           = Prince SSC 2017.jpg
| mainssb         = Yoshi
| otherssb        = Fox
| 2ndotherssb     = Jigglypuff
| skillssb        = Top level
| rankingssb      = [[2021-2022 Smash 64 Power Rankings]]: 5th
| former sponsors = {{Team|Panda}}
| country         = Japan
}}

'''Prince''' (''{{ja|プリンス|Prince}}'') is a professional ''[[Super Smash Bros. 64]]'' player from Japan and was once considered the best {{SSB|Yoshi}} player in the world for ''Smash 64'' and is still considered a celebrity within the Japanese ''Smash 64'' scene. He plays {{SSB|Fox}} as a [[Alternate character|secondary]] and also demonstrates a proficiency with the entire cast in his 12 character battles and his famous training mode Level combos video series. He is currently ranked 5th on the [[2021-2022 Smash 64 Power Rankings]]. On July 19, 2019, Prince was signed by {{Team|Panda}}.<ref>[https://twitter.com/PandaGlobal/status/1152337316209278977]</ref> He and Panda would part ways on July 16, 2021.<ref>[https://www.panda.gg/news/roster-2021]</ref>

==Tournament history==
Prince is one of the oldest active ''Smash'' players.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306183748/http://smash.captainjack.jp/entry/what-did-the-old-shcool-Japanese-Smash-64-community-look-like|title=What did the old school Japanese Smash 64 community look like?}}</ref> He previously mained {{SSB|Jigglypuff}} and competed in some of the earliest ''64'' tournaments, including {{Trn|Japan United Smash Festa Round-Robin 1}}, a round-robin tournament where he placed 8th out of 24 entrants.<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>

He along with Japanese players {{sm|Wangera}}, {{sm|bonobono}}, and {{Sm|Kurabba}} were [https://funding.onlinessb.com/ funded] to participate in [[Super Smash Con 2016]]'s ''Smash 64'' tournament. Prince also entered and won the event's "Combo Tournament", placing over top ''Smash 64'' combo specialists such as {{sm|Dext3r}}, {{sm|Mariguas}}, {{sm|tacos}}, and {{sm|Alvin}}. He was personally listed by many Japanese players as someone they wanted to see once top player {{sm|Fukurou}} could not attend, showing his continued status in the community. 

He was able to place 9th at Super Smash Con, with victories over {{Sm|Clubbadubba}}, {{Sm|Zero|p=Texas}} and {{Sm|Alvin}} and losses in the Yoshi ditto against {{Sm|Wizzrobe}} and {{Sm|Mariguas}}. Prince won the ''Smash 64'' combo contest a second year in a row at [[Super Smash Con 2017]] and placed 9th again, winning his rematch with {{Sm|Mariguas}}, but losing to {{Sm|Fukurou}} and, like previous year, against {{Sm|Wizzrobe}}.

A year later he played his third [[Super Smash Con|Super Smash Con 2018]] where he won the combo contest again and placed 9th again, losing to {{Sm|Zero|p=Texas}} and {{Sm|Dishier Wand}} in pools and {{Sm|sekirei}} and {{Sm|Isai}} after defeating {{Sm|Fireblaster}} and {{Sm|Robert}}.

==Tournament placings==
===''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[[Japan United Smash Festa Round-Robin 1]]||March 26th-28th, 2001||8th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Kanto 2006]]||2006||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Kanto 2007]]||2007||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Kansai 2011]]||March 19th, 2011||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Kanto 2011]]||August 28th, 2011||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Kansai 2012]]||March 17th, 2012||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Chuo University 2013]]||November 2nd, 2013||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Kansai 2014]]||March 1st, 2014||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Kanto 2014]]||August 23rd, 2014||33rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Waseda Festival 2014]]||November 2nd, 2014||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Super Smash Con 2016]]||August 11th-14th, 2016||9th||5th||{{Sm|Bonobono}}
|-
|[[Kansai 2017]]||March 19th, 2017||13th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Japan Smash Cup 2017]]||May 6th, 2017||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Kanto 2017]]||August 7th, 2017||33rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Super Smash Con 2017]]||August 10th-13th, 2017||9th||7th||{{Sm|tacos}}
|-
|[[Kanto 2018]]||May 5th, 2018||17th||9th||?
|-
|[https://challonge.com/WeeklySmashParty64_001 WeeklySmashParty 001]||June 8th, 2018||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://challonge.com/WeeklySmashParty64_003 WeeklySmashParty 003]||June 20th, 2018||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://challonge.com/WeeklySmashParty64_004 WeeklySmashParty 004]||July 4th, 2018||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://challonge.com/WeeklySmashParty64_005 WeeklySmashParty 005]||July 18th, 2018||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://challonge.com/WeeklySmashParty64_006 WeeklySmashParty 006]||August 5th, 2018||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Super Smash Con 2018]]||August 9th-12th, 2018||9th||9th||{{Sm|Take}}
|-
|[https://challonge.com/WeeklySmashParty64_007 WeeklySmashParty 007]||August 17th, 2018||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://challonge.com/WeeklySmashParty64_008 WeeklySmashParty 008]||August 31st, 2018||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://challonge.com/WeeklySmashParty64_010 WeeklySmashParty 010]||September 28th, 2018||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://challonge.com/WeeklySmashParty64_011 WeeklySmashParty 011]||October 5th, 2018||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/weekly-smash-party-14/events/64-1on1-smash-64-singles/brackets/448633/802024 WeeklySmashParty 014]||November 9th, 2018||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/weekly-smash-party-15/events/64-1on1-smash-64-singles/brackets/455934/811036 WeeklySmashParty 015]||November 16th, 2018||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Kanto Fall 2018]]||October 7th, 2018||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|GameTyrant Expo 2018}}||November 2nd-4th, 2018||4th||2nd||{{Sm|Shizuku}}
|-
|[[GENESIS 6]]||February 1st-3rd, 2019||3rd||1st||{{Sm|kysk}}
|-
|{{Trn|Inka Fest 2019}}||July 13th-14th, 2019||7th||9th||{{Sm|Shizuku}}
|-
|{{Trn|Super Smash Con 2019}}||August 8th-11th, 2019||9th||7th||{{Sm|Wario}}
|-
|[[Kanto Fall 2019]]||September 22nd, 2019||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[The Big House 9]]||October 4th-6th, 2019||2nd||3rd||{{Sm|Combo_Blaze}}
|-
|[[Kansai 2020]]||February 23rd, 2020||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Super Smash Con 2022]]||August 11th-14th, 2022||5th||9th||Take
|}

==Trivia==
*Prince is notorious for using the word "penis" in several of his tweets, including naming several of his Yoshi combos the "Penis Combo"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/prince_yoshi/status/979915670207979520|title=Prince's combo 1}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/prince_yoshi/status/1074989863227744256|title=Prince's combo 2}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Prince_Yoshi/status/1154770563031715840|title=Prince's combo 3}}</ref>.

==External links==
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0MJ91hFtws "Prince's theatre", a Yoshi combo video by Prince]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRzaKP8SRgE "Smash 64 Combo Contest", Super Smash Con 2016 Combo Contest in which Prince won 1st]
*[https://www.youtube.com/user/PkakkoP/featured YouTube channel]
*[https://twitter.com/niconicopppppp Twitter account]

==References==
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[[Category:Japanese smashers]]
[[Category:Yoshi players (SSB)]]
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