Smasher:Zackray

Zackray "ザクレイ"
Character info
Melee main	Falco
Smash 4 mains	Corrin, Bayonetta
Other Smash 4 characters	Marth, Diddy Kong, Rosalina & Luma
Ultimate mains	Pit, R.O.B.
Ultimate doubles mains	Mr. Game & Watch
Other Ultimate character	Dark Pit
Retired Ultimate characters	Wolf, Pokémon Trainer, Wario, Mario, Mr. Game & Watch, Sora, Joker
Team info
Sponsor(s)	DetonatioN FocusMe
Former sponsor(s)	GameWith
Rankings and results info
Most recent ranking	Panda Global Rankings 100: 88th UltRank 2025: HM (101-150)
Best historical ranking	OrionRank Ultimate: Eclipse: 5th
Best tournament result	1st / 1,017 at The Big House 9
Winnings	$11,985.26
Personal and other info
Real name	Sota Okada
Birth date	March 12, 2002
Location	Tokyo, Kantō

Zackray (ザクレイ) is a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate player from Tokyo, Kantō, Japan, considered one of the greatest Japanese Ultimate players of all time, as well as the country's best player in the early metagame. He was regarded as Ultimate's first prodigy, winning his first major, Umebura SP 2, at the age of 16. Since then, he has won many other majors and is the second player to win a major in each of Ultimate's superregions, having also won The Big House 9 in North America and Ultimate WANTED 4 in Europe. Although he currently focuses on Pit, R.O.B., and Dark Pit, he is known for his mastery over many characters and his ability to quickly pick up new characters, competing in high-level tournaments with more than 20 different characters and winning majors with Wolf, Joker, R.O.B., and Sora. He is the greatest Pit, Dark Pit, and Wolf player of all time, as well as one of the best Joker and R.O.B. players ever. In addition, he remains the only player to win majors with solo Wolf and Sora.

Prior to Ultimate, Zackray had a brief yet notable career in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, co-maining Corrin and Bayonetta while maintaining Marth as a secondary. He was considered one of the biggest rising stars towards the end of the game's lifespan alongside SDX, with his victories at Sumabato 27 and Sumabato Smash 4 Final leading many to consider him one of the best players in Japan despite his short tenure in the game compared to other players. He was ranked 88th on the Panda Global Rankings 100, and was the youngest player ranked on the list.

On December 6th, 2018, Zackray announced his new sponsor GameWith. GameWith merged with DetonatioN Gaming to form DetonatioN FocusMe on December 22nd, 2022, signing Zackray in the process.

Playstyle

Zackray is able to play unconventionally with normally considered passive characters, such as R.O.B., aggressively searching through weaknesses in an opponent's mindset, yet able to maintain a calm and calculating stance throughout sets. In neutral situations, he patiently waits for the opponent to move and counterattack at the right opportunity. Zackray is also known for picking up many characters for his adaptation to certain matchups, as well as downloading data on his opponent's playstyles. He did this to Maister by using Sonic for the first two games of the set in The Big House 9, and by reverse 3-0ing him by going back to Joker.

Rankings

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Panda Global Rankings

Ranking	Time period	Rank	Character(s)	Notes
PGR 100	January 20th, 2015-November 18th, 2018	88th

OrionRank

Ranking	Time period	Rank	Character(s)	Notes
OrionRank 2018	January 1st-December 2nd, 2018	26th

JAPAN Power Rankings

Ranking	Time period	Rank	Character(s)	Notes
v4	January 2017-January 2018	101st
v5	January-December 2018	8th

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Panda Global Rankings Ultimate

Ranking	Time period	Rank	Character(s)	Notes
Spring 2019 PGRU	February 1st-July 7th, 2019	12th		X-Factor: +2
Fall 2019 PGRU	July 13th-December 15th, 2019	7th

UltRank/LumiRank

Ranking	Time period	Rank	Character(s)	Notes
UltRank 2022	June 18th - December 18th, 2022	38th
LumiRank Mid-Year 2023	December 19th, 2022 - July 23rd, 2023	17th
LumiRank 2023	December 19th, 2022 - December 17th, 2023	22nd
LumiRank 2024.1	December 18th, 2023 - July 15th, 2024	20th		Dark Pit and Joker were only listed on the full top 50 graphic.
LumiRank 2024.2	July 16th - December 16th, 2024	HM (Top 50)
LumiRank Half Year 2025	December 17th, 2024 - July 7th, 2025	HM (101-150)
UltRank 2025	December 17th, 2024 - December 15th, 2025	HM (101-150)

OrionRank Ultimate

Ranking	Time period	Rank	Character(s)	Notes
OrionRank Ultimate: Six Months In	January 5th-June 30th, 2019	8th
OrionRank 2019	January 5th-December 15th, 2019	9th		X-Factor: +4
OrionRank Ultimate: Eclipse	April 2020-December 19th, 2021	5th
OrionRank Mid-Year 2022	December 22nd, 2021-June 26th, 2022	HM
OrionRank 2022	December 22nd, 2021-December 18th, 2022	26th

OrionRank/LumiRank Japan

Ranking	Time period	Rank	Character(s)	Notes
OrionRank Japan Top 150	January 2019-June 2021	1st
OrionRank Ultimate: Eclipse Japan	June 2020-December 19th, 2021	2nd
OrionRank 2022 Japan	December 22nd, 2021-December 18th, 2022	12th
LumiRank 2023 Japan	December 19th, 2022-December 17th, 2023	11th
LumiRank 2024 Japan	December 18th, 2023-December 16th, 2024	7th

Japan Player Rankings

Time period	Rank	Character(s)	Notes
January-July 2019	2nd
July-December 2019	1st

Experimental Smash Player Rankings

Time period	Rank	Character(s)	Notes
October 31st, 2020-March 31st, 2022	1st

Tournament placings

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Tournament	Date	1v1 Placement	2v2 Placement	Partner
Battle GateWay 21	July 22nd, 2018	49th	—	—

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Tournament	Date	1v1 Placement	2v2 Placement	Partner
Umebura 26	March 20th, 2017	97th	—	—
Umebura Japan Major	May 6th-7th, 2017	—	33rd	Tanark
Umebura 28	August 13th, 2017	33rd	—	—
Umebura 29	October 29th, 2017	49th	—	—
Umebura 30	November 18th, 2017	25th	—	—
Umebura T.A.T.	December 23rd-24th, 2017	9th	13th	Rachi~
Umebura Tokaigi Qualifier 1	February 3rd, 2018	25th	—	—
Umebura Tokaigi Qualifier 2	February 4th, 2018	2nd	—	—
Niconico Tokaigi 2018	February 10th-11th, 2018	13th	—	—
Spring Fist	March 17th, 2018	—	5th	Rain
Rikabura 9	March 18th, 2018	17th	—	—
Umebura 31	March 21st, 2018	9th	—	—
Umeki Project	April 29th, 2018	9th	5th	Umeki
Umebura 32	May 12th, 2018	9th	—	—
WeeklySmashParty 001	June 8th, 2018	17th	—	—
WeeklySmashParty 003	June 20th, 2018	1st	—	—
Sumabato 26	June 30th, 2018	33rd	—	—
WeeklySmashParty 004	July 4th, 2018	1st	—	—
WeeklySmashParty 005	July 18th, 2018	1st	—	—
Umebura 33	July 28th, 2018	7th	—	—
WeeklySmashParty 006	August 5th, 2018	3rd	—	—
Sumabato 27	August 12th, 2018	1st	—	—
WeeklySmashParty 007	August 17th, 2018	1st	—	—
Umebura 34	August 25th, 2018	3rd	—	—
WeeklySmashParty 008	August 31st, 2018	2nd	—	—
WeeklySmashParty 010	September 28th, 2018	17th	—	—
WeeklySmashParty 011	October 5th, 2018	3rd	—	—
WeeklySmashParty 012	October 19th, 2018	1st	—	—
Sumabato Smash 4 Final	October 21st, 2018	1st	—	—
WeeklySmashParty 014	November 9th, 2018	2nd	—	—
WeeklySmashParty 015	November 16th, 2018	3rd	—	—
Umebura Smash 4 Final	December 1st-2nd, 2018	17th	5th	YOC

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Tournament	Date	1v1 placement	2v2 placement	Partner
Weekly Smash Party #17	December 14th, 2018	1st	—	—
Umebura SP	December 16th, 2018	9th	—	—
WeeklySmashParty 018	December 21st, 2018	1st	—	—
WeeklySmashParty 019	December 28th, 2018	1st	—	—
Smash Awesome!!	December 29th, 2018	1st	—	—
Sumabato SP	January 6th, 2019	1st	—	—
Umebura SP 2	January 12th, 2019	1st	—	—
WeeklySmashParty 020	January 16th, 2019	—	4th	Kisa
GENESIS 6	February 1st-3rd, 2019	5th	13th	Nietono
WeeklySmashParty 23	February 8th, 2019	1st	—	—
Frostbite 2019	February 22nd-24th, 2019	33rd	9th	Tsu
WeeklySmashParty 25	March 1st, 2019	7th	—	—
Smash Ultimate Summit	March 8th-10th, 2019	5th	—	—
2GG: Prime Saga Kickoff	April 12th, 2019	4th	—	—
2GG: Prime Saga	April 13th-14th, 2019	2nd	2nd	Shuton
Mega Smash Mondays 185	April 15th, 2019	3rd	—	—
Kurobra 15	April 21st, 2019	1st	—	—
Umebura Japan Major 2019	May 1st-2nd, 2019	7th	—	—
KVOxTSB 2019	May 5th, 2019	1st	—	—
EGS Cup	May 6th, 2019	5th	—	—
Sumabato SP 5	June 22nd, 2019	3rd	—	—
Sumabato SP 6	July 13th, 2019	13th	—	—
EVO 2019	August 2nd-4th, 2019	7th	—	—
Super Smash Con 2019	August 8th-11th, 2019	9th	5th	Puppeh
Umebura SP 4	August 16th, 2019	25th	—	—
EGS Cup 2	August 25th, 2019	1st	—	—
Sumabato SP 8	September 15th, 2019	1st	—	—
Mainstage	September 20th-22nd, 2019	33rd	—	—
Umebura SP 5	September 28th, 2019	2nd	—	—
Little Big House 5	October 3rd, 2019	3rd	—	—
The Big House 9	October 4th-6th, 2019	1st	1st	Shuton
Smash Ultimate Summit 2	October 24th-27th, 2019	7th	—	—
Waseda Festival 2019	November 3rd, 2019	1st	—	—
Sumabato SP 9	November 10th, 2019	1st	—	—
Umebura SP 7	November 16th, 2019	1st	—	—
2GG: Kongo Saga	December 7th-8th, 2019	17th	2nd	Maister
Sumabato SP 10	December 15th, 2019	4th	—	—
Sumabato SP 11	December 28th, 2019	9th	—	—
EGS Cup 3	January 13th, 2020	1st	—	—
EVO Japan 2020	January 24th-26th, 2020	5th	—	—
Sumabato SP 12	February 8th, 2020	1st	—	—
Frostbite 2020	February 21st-23rd, 2020	7th	2nd	Maister
Maesuma TOP 2	March 1st, 2020	1st	—	—
Voyage Qualifier 1	May 3rd, 2020	9th	—	—
Voyage Qualifier 2	May 3rd, 2020	17th	—	—
Voyage Qualifier 3	May 4th, 2020	9th	—	—
Eastern Powerhouse Invitational FINAL	October 24th, 2020	1st	—	—
Mēsuma	November 29th, 2020	1st	—	—
Kagaribi	December 13th, 2020	3rd	—	—
Kurobra 24	December 25th-26th, 2020	1st	—	—
Kagaribi 3	March 27th, 2021	4th	—	—
Winner!	June 21st, 2021	3rd	—	—
Kagaribi 4	June 26th-27th, 2021	2nd	—	—
Smash Ultimate Summit 3	August 26th-29th, 2021	5th	—	—
Ryusou Tiger Fight 2	October 24th, 2021	5th	—	—
Winner! #4	October 28th, 2021	2nd	—	—
Kagaribi 5	October 30th-31st, 2021	1st	—	—
Eastern Powerhouse Invitational 2 Group 1	November 23rd, 2021	5th	—	—
Winner! #5	November 29th, 2021	3rd	—	—
Winner! #7	December 27th, 2021	2nd	—	—
Kagaribi 6	January 8th-9th, 2022	1st	—	—
Winner! #9	April 25th, 2022	25th	—	—
Winner! #10	May 16th, 2022	3rd	—	—
Ignite 1	March 27th, 2022	—	2nd	HIKARU
Winner! #11	May 30th, 2022	17th	—	—
Weekly Smash Party! #55	June 21st, 2022	2nd	—	—
Ultimate WANTED 4	August 25th-28th, 2022	1st	2nd	Shuton
Maesuma TOP 10	October 15th-16th, 2022	49th	—	—
Ludwig Smash Invitational	October 21st-23rd, 2022	23rd	—	—
Ignite 2	November 19th, 2022	—	3rd	HIKARU
WINNER! -Next 1-	November 27th, 2022	5th	—	—
Wave 3	December 11th, 2022	1st	—	—
Umebura SP 9	January 7th-8th, 2023	13th	—	—
Kagaribi 9	February 4th-5th, 2023	3rd	—	—
WINNER! -Next 2-	February 18th, 2023	3rd	—	—
Wave 4	April 22nd, 2023	33rd	—	—
Kagaribi 10	May 6th-7th, 2023	3rd	—	—
DELTA 5	September 23rd-24th, 2023	33rd / 292	—	—
Kagaribi 11	October 7th-8th, 2023	5th / 1,472	—	—
Umebura SP 10	January 6th-8th, 2024	17th / 1,275	—	—
Pre-Genesis X at Guildhouse (Thursday)	February 15th, 2024	9th / 160	—	—
GENESIS X	February 16th-18th, 2024	13th / 1,506	5th / 302	KEN
DELTA 8	May 3rd, 2024	25th / 516	—	—
Kagaribi 12	May 5th-6th, 2024	4th / 2,030	—	—
Kowloon 12 with Kagaribi	July 27th-28th, 2024	5th / 1,427	—	—
Umebura SP 11	September 14th-15th, 2024	4th / 1,023	—	—
THE SHIBUYA "FIST" TOURNAMENTS 1	October 25th, 2024	5th / 16	—	—
The Throne II	November 8th-10th, 2024	7th / 16	—	—
LVL UP EXPO 2025	April 25th-27th, 2025	33rd / 665	9th / 80	Raru
Kagaribi 13	May 4th-5th, 2025	33rd / 2,548	—	—
Umebura SP 12	August 23rd-24th, 2025	9th / 987	—	—
Riptide 2025	September 5th-7th, 2025	33rd / 952	5th / 169	acola
GENESIS X3	February 13th-15th, 2026	49th / 790	9th / 139	KEN

Trivia

• Zackray is often nicknamed to be "Mr. Kagaribi" in the English community due to him making top 8 at all Kagaribi events he has attended between Kagaribi 1 and Kagaribi 12, while only missing attendance from Kagaribi 7, Kagaribi 8, and Kagaribi 14, as well as having won two of them.

External links

• Twitter account
• YouTube channel
• SSBWorld profile
• Smashdata profile
• Smashmate profile