Smasher:Ranai

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Ranai "Ganbaranai" "Hayase" "らない" "がんばらない" "はやせ" "頑張らない"
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Character info
Melee mains Marth, Ganondorf
Other Melee character Fox
Brawl mains Pikachu, Meta Knight
Other Brawl characters Snake, King Dedede, Ice Climbers
Retired Brawl character Falco
Smash 4 main Villager
Other Smash 4 characters Lucina, Mega Man
Rankings and results info
Most recent ranking Super Smash Bros. 4 PGR 100: 21st
Best historical ranking Super Smash Bros. Brawl RetroSSBBRank 2010: 14th
Super Smash Bros. 4 PGR v1: 9th
Best tournament result Super Smash Bros. Brawl 9th / 140+ at SumabatoX 19
Super Smash Bros. 4 1st / 320 at Umebura Niconico Qualifier
Winnings Super Smash Bros. 4 ~$5,470.91
Personal and other info
Real name Ryuto Hayashi
Location KansaiJapan

Ranai (らない), formerly known as Ganbaranai (がんばらない) and Hayase (はやせ), is a Smasher from Kansai. Although active since Brawl and was well-regarded for possessing an extensive character roster during that time, he later became globally recognized for his performances in Smash 4, where he is widely considered the best Villager player of all-time, piloting the character at a level that no other Villager has replicated since. He is the only Villager player to win a major, doing so at Umebura Niconico Qualifier. In addition, he was the only solo-Villager player ever ranked globally, peaking at 9th on the PGR v1 and ultimately ranking 21st on the PGR 100. He became inactive after Dubai Dojo 2 in mid-2017, with his absence leading to a decline in Villager's representation and results.

Tournament history[edit]

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U[edit]

Rise in Japan[edit]

Ranai's initial notable tournament was KSB 2015, a Japanese major with custom moves enabled, where he won with non-custom Villager. He'd make an impressive Losers' run, following an early loss to Choco, defeating Nietono, Brood, Earth, and RAIN, making it to Grand Finals, where he defeated komorikiri.

After KSB, he maintained high placements at Japanese tournaments. Despite being unable to attend EVO 2015, he would attend Japan's first national, Umebura F.A.T., though he placed a middling 13th. He would resume his high placements afterwards.

Putting Villager on the map[edit]

Ranai would travel to the United States to attend GENESIS 3, quickly becoming a fan favorite. He would win Doubles with Komorikiri, defeating ZeRo and Nairo 3-1 in the second set of grand finals after initially losing to them 2-3 in the first set. In Singles, he placed 3rd, defeating Marss, Ally, and FOW, before falling to ZeRo in a close set, and to Dabuz. Following GENESIS 3, Ranai's results became far more inconsistent, notably placing 7th at Niconico Tokaigi 2016, and 9th at Shots Fired 2.

After sparse tournament attendance, he would return to the United States to attend EVO 2016, placing 5th, defeating Nairo, Marss, and Dabuz before falling to VoiD.

At Umebura S.A.T., he would repeat his 13th placing in Singles, falling to Tsu- and T. In Doubles, he'd place 1st with komorikiri, defeating the top Japanese team of Taiheita and Gomamugitya.

A period of inconsistency[edit]

At GENESIS 4, hoping to repeat his previous success, he fell short. In Singles, he placed 9th, falling early to Rich Brown, and failing to advance to Top 8, falling to komorikiri. In Doubles, he and komorikiri placed 2nd, being double eliminated by Ally and MkLeo (1-3 in both winners semis and grand finals), though they would once again defeat ZeRo and Nairo 3-2 in losers semis.

Having qualified for Niconico Tokaigi 2017 at the Karisuma Tokaigi Qualifiers, Ranai would perform markedly better, placing 5th, defeating Mr.R, before falling to Abadango and KEN.

With a commitment to travel and compete more, he would return to the USA for Frostbite 2017, though his performance was mediocre, placing 33rd in Singles, falling to WaDi and Ally. In Doubles, he and komorikiri would place 9th, falling early to WaDi and Dark Wizzy, before failing to make Top 8, defeated by VoiD and NAKAT. His most notable performance would be during the USA VS Japan crew battle, where following a massive deficit, he, Kameme, and komorikiri would surmount a comeback and take it over the USA crew, upsetting expectations of a USA win.

Traveling to Florida for Frame Perfect Series 2, he performed notably better compared to his last visit. He placed 7th in singles, defeating Salem 3-0, before falling to MkLeo 0-3 and Captain Zack 0-3.

At 2GGC: Civil War, he placed 17th in Singles, and 9th in doubles with komorikiri. He was voted to participate in the April Saga Round Robin, to determine the theme of the April tournament. Utilising Greninja, he won the event. Ranai also participated in the crew battle, playing for Team ZeRo.

At KSB 2017 he placed 7th, was sent to losers by MkLeo with 0-2 and eliminated by Earth with 0-2.

At Umebura Japan Major 2017 he placed 13th, sent to losers by Choco 0-2 and eliminated by Nietono in a close 1-2 set. In doubles, he placed 2nd with komorikiri, falling to Choco and Nietono in the winners' semi finals. They faced MkLeo and Mew2King in Grand Finals. They reset the bracket 3-2, but were defeated in the second set 1-3.

He traveled to California to attend 2GGC: Greninja Saga, after previously winning the round robin in 2GGC: Civil War using Greninja. He was sent early to losers in an upset by TLTC 1-2, and then was eliminated by Abadango 2-3, placing 17th overall.

At EVO 2017, Ranai solidly went through the winners bracket. He played a highly anticipated set against ZeRo in Round 1 of Top 48, but narrowly lost 1-2. He immediately lost in losers to WaDi 1-2, placing 17th.

Rankings[edit]

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U[edit]

Panda Global Rankings[edit]

Ranking Time period Rank Character(s) Notes
PGR v1 January 30th, 2015-May 7th, 2016 9th Villager (SSB4) X-Factor: +4
PGR v2 May 13th-December 18th, 2016 14th Villager (SSB4) X-Factor: +1
PGR v3 January 7th-June 18th, 2017 17th Villager (SSB4)Lucina (SSB4) X-Factor: -3
PGR 100 January 30th, 2015-November 18th, 2018 21st Villager (SSB4)

OrionRank[edit]

Ranking Time period Rank Character(s) Notes
OrionRank 2016 March 15th-December 18th, 2016 21st Villager (SSB4)
OrionRank 2017 December 24th, 2016-December 24th, 2017 30th Villager (SSB4)Lucina (SSB4)

EventHubs[edit]

Ranking Time period Rank Character(s) Notes
EH 2016 SSB4Rank January 2nd, 2016-February 4th, 2017 12th Villager (SSB4)

JAPAN Power Rankings[edit]

Ranking Time period Rank Character(s) Notes
v1 November 2015-October 2016 2nd Villager (SSB4)
v2 February 2016-February 2017 6th Villager (SSB4)
v3 May 2016-May 2017 8th Villager (SSB4)
v4 January 2017-January 2018 13th Villager (SSB4)

Umebura Smash 4 Power Rankings[edit]

Ranking Rank Character(s) Notes
April 25th, 2015 8th Villager (SSB4)
May 21st, 2015 3rd Villager (SSB4)
July 20th, 2015 4th Villager (SSB4)
October 25th, 2015 1st Villager (SSB4)
December 12th, 2015 1st Villager (SSB4)
January 13th, 2016 1st Villager (SSB4)
April 3rd, 2016 3rd Villager (SSB4)
May 1st, 2016 13th Villager (SSB4)

eSports Runner Japanese Power Rankings[edit]

Ranking Rank Character(s) Notes
March 1st, 2016 2nd Villager (SSB4)
March 15th, 2016 2nd Villager (SSB4)
April 1st, 2016 3rd Villager (SSB4)
April 13th, 2016 4th Villager (SSB4)
April 28th, 2016 5th Villager (SSB4)
May 5th, 2016 9th Villager (SSB4)

Tournament placings[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Brawl[edit]

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
KetubatoX 1 August 7th, 2008 25th / 94
KetubatoX 2 August 17th-18th, 2008 25th / ≥48
KetubatoX 3 September 27th-28th, 2008 25th / ≥48
Numabura Season 1-1 December 27th, 2008 17th / 96
KetubatoX 4 August 15th, 2009 9th / 96
Kansai Smash Bros Festival X May 4th, 2010 1st
SumabatoX 2 September 18th, 2010 1st
SumabatoX 6 March 12th, 2011 13th
SumabatoX 7 June 25th, 2011 1st Akira
SumabatoX 9 October 9th, 2011 65th / 88
SumabatoX 13 May 5th, 2012 1st
SumabatoX 16 September 15th, 2012 4th
SumabatoX 19 March 30th, 2013 9th / 140+

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS[edit]

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
Sumabato 0 October 25th, 2014 4th

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U[edit]

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
Pre-KVO 2015 December 27th, 2014 2nd
Sumabato 1 January 11th, 2015 2nd
Karisuma 2 February 14th, 2015 3rd
Super Sumabato April 5th, 2015 7th
Umebura 14 April 15th, 2015 3rd
KSB 2015 May 2nd-4th, 2015 1st
Karisuma 3 May 23rd, 2015 1st
Sumabato 3 June 6th, 2015 1st
Ritsumeikan University June 28th, 2015 1st
Sumabato 4 July 18th, 2015 5th
Karisuma 4 July 25th, 2015 2nd
Umebura 18 August 8th, 2015 1st
Hyper Sumabato August 16th, 2015 1st
Sumabato 5 September 12th, 2015 2nd
Umebura F.A.T. September 21st-22nd, 2015 13th 3rd komorikiri
Karisuma 5 October 10th, 2015 1st
Sumabato 6 October 24th, 2015 2nd
KUSF Tournament November 22nd, 2015 1st
Umebura Niconico Qualifier November 29th, 2015 1st / 320
Pre-KVO 2016 December 19th, 2015 2nd
Wombo Wednesday 21 January 13th, 2016 2nd
GENESIS 3 January 15th-17th, 2016 3rd 1st komorikiri
Niconico Tokaigi 2016 January 30th-31st, 2016 7th
Shots Fired 2 March 5th-6th, 2016 9th 5th 9B
KSB 2016 April 29th-May 1st, 2016 9th
EVO 2016 July 15th-17th, 2016 5th
Sumabato for THE BIG HOUSE July 30th-31st, 2016 3rd komorikiri
Umebura S.A.T. August 20th-21st, 2016 13th 1st komorikiri
Sumabato 14 October 22nd, 2016 1st 1st komorikiri
Karisuma 11 November 26th, 2016 4th
Sumabato Tokaigi Qualifier December 25th, 2016 7th / 177
SGC 2017 January 7th-8th, 2017 17th
Karisuma Tokaigi Qualifiers January 14th, 2017 1st
GENESIS 4 January 20th-22nd, 2017 9th 2nd komorikiri
Sumabato 15 January 28th, 2017 33rd 1st komorikiri
Niconico Tokaigi 2017 February 11th-12th, 2017 5th
Frostbite 2017 February 25th-26th, 2017 33rd 9th komorikiri
Mega Smash Mondays 87 February 27th, 2017 2nd
Wednesday Night Fights Winter Season 1.3 March 1st, 2017 3rd
Frame Perfect Series 2 March 18th-19th, 2017 7th 2nd komorikiri
2GGC: Civil War March 24th-26th, 2017 17th 9th komorikiri
Sumabato x Cyclops #1 April 5th, 2017 4th
Sumabato x Cyclops #2 April 12th, 2017 3rd
Sumabato 17 April 16th, 2017 3rd
Karisuma 13 April 23rd, 2017 2nd
Sumabato x Cyclops #4 April 27th, 2017 1st
KSB 2017 May 4th-6th, 2017 7th
Umebura Japan Major 2017 May 6th-7th, 2017 13th 2nd komorikiri
Sumabato x Cyclops #5 May 12th, 2017 7th
Sumabato x Cyclops #6 May 17th, 2017 5th
2GGC: Greninja Saga May 20th, 2017 17th 1st komorikiri
Mega Smash Mondays 98 May 22nd, 2017 5th
Wednesday Night Fights 2017 Spring Season 2.3 May 24th, 2017 2nd
Typo @ The Lab 5/25/17 May 25th, 2017 4th
MomoCon 2017 May 26th-28th, 2017 9th 5th komorikiri
Hirosuma 6 June 3rd, 2017 2nd
Sumabato x Cyclops #9 June 7th, 2017 3rd
2GGC: Nairo Saga June 10th-11th, 2017 17th 5th komorikiri
Mega Smash Mondays 100 June 12th, 2017 9th
Wednesday Night Fights 2017 Spring Season 2.6 June 14th, 2017 9th
CEO 2017 June 16th-18th, 2017 9th
Sumabato x Cyclops #11 June 22nd, 2017 7th
Karisuma 14 June 24th, 2017 5th
2GGC: ARMS Saga July 8th-9th, 2017 9th 1st komorikiri
Mega Smash Mondays 104 July 10th, 2017 17th
4th Annual PSG Classic July 12th, 2017 25th
EVO 2017 July 14th-16th, 2017 17th
Dubai Dojo 2 August 25th-26th, 2017 7th 13th Fahad

Super Smash Bros. Melee[edit]

Tournament Date 1v1 Placement 2v2 Placement Partner
Dubai Dojo 2 August 25th-26th, 2017 7th

Trivia[edit]

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Super Smash Bros. Brawl[edit]

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U[edit]

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