Tournament:Kowloon 12 with Kagaribi

Kowloon 12 with Kagaribi
Dates	July 27th-28th, 2024
Venue	Kusunoki Hall
Address/City	1-11-2 Kusunokidai Tokorozawa, Saitama
Attendance	1,461
Results
winners	Inngenn
winners	Miya

Kowloon 12 with Kagaribi was a Super Smash Bros. Melee regional and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate supermajor held in Tokorozawa, Saitama, Kantō from July 27th-28th, 2024.

Tournament summary

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Although aMSa had registered to compete, he ultimately did not attend due to his sore throat. This left Inngenn, the second-best player in Japan, to continue his streak of regional wins. After flawlessly getting through Top 64, he defeated Skerzo in the Winners Semi-Final, but was then knocked into loser's by Sanne. Inngenn then defeated Skerzo again and double-eliminated Sanne, earning his third consecutive Kowloon victory.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

This was the first Premier event of the LumiRank 2024.2 season, having a large amount of Japan's top talent coming to the event as well as two overseas players in attendance; Sparg0 and Yoda Cage. The only notable top Japanese players missing from this tournament were Yoshidora, Yaura, and Neo. Additionally, Kaninabe DQ'd from the event just a day before it began. The first day of pools ran up until top 192.

The first day of the tournament saw the largest upset of the tournament, with #8 seed Tea losing in round 1 pools to #264 seed Moyashi No Sokojikara 1-2 (upset factor 11) and #9 seed TamaPDaifuku losing to #137 seed Nyonoknb 2-3 (upset factor 8). In total, 20 of the top 64 seeds were upset on the first day.

This tournament notably saw several players make deep bracket runs to significantly outplace their seed and cause massive upsets along the way. This includes #181 seed Sin, who placed 9th after defeating #12 seed Kameme 3-2 (upset factor 8), #21 seed Karaage 3-1 (upset factor 6), and #5 seed Shuton 3-2 (upset factor 10); #697 seed Lummy, who placed 33rd after defeating #72 seed Harasen 2-1 (upset factor 6), #57 seed Yone_pi 3-2 (upset factor 7), and #136 seed Chon 3-1 (upset factor 4); #166 seed Sumaho and #111 seed Konokururu both placing 25th, with the former notably eliminating Tea 3-2 at 33rd (upset factor 9), Tea's lowest offline placement; and #107 seed Furararamen and #98 seed shirome both placing 17th. The former defeated #22 seed Yamanaction 3-1 (upset factor 5) and #86 seed MairudonaH.O 3-1, and the latter defeated #31 seed Gorioka 3-1 (upset factor 4) in winners bracket before eliminating #35 seed uame 3-0 (upset factor 3), #66 seed Riteshia 3-0, Karaage 3-2 (upset factor 7), and #50 seed Raki 3-2. In addition, after losing to #7 seed Zackray 0-3 in top 192 Winner's side, #26 seed Ryuoh would make a deep losers run, which included eliminating #13 seed KEN 3-2, #6 seed Raru 3-2 (upset factor 6), #24 seed Toriguri 3-0, #17 seed Snow 3-2, and #14 seed Akakikusu 3-1 before losing the runback against Zackray 1-3 to place 7th. Finally, #31 seed Lv.1 finished his run at 4th after eliminating Zackray 3-2, which not only marked his best tournament run of his career since placing 7th at DELTA 8, but also the best placement for a Toon Link player at a supermajor.

On the other hand, upsets continued into the second day of the tournament, causing many top seeds to severely underperform. TamaPDaifuku was ultimately eliminated at 129th after losing to #93 seed Kurofune 2-3 (upset factor 6), tying Kagaribi 11 as his worst offline placement to date; Kameme was eliminated at 65th after losing to #56 seed Akio 0-3 (upset factor 5); #3 seed Hurt was upset by #30 seed alice 1-3 (upset factor 7) and #92 seed Lea 0-3 (upset factor 10) to place 25th; #4 seed Raru was upset by #68 seed Toura 0-3 (upset factor 9) and Ryuoh to place 25th; #13 seed KEN lost to #52 seed Rarikkusu 2-3 (upset factor 4); #16 seed Umeki was eliminated at 65th after losing to #49 seed Nao 2-3 (upset factor 4) and #116 seed WHIP 2-3 (upset factor 6). Nao himself later eliminated #15 seed Gackt 2-3 in top 32 (upset factor 4). Finally, this marked a resurgence performance from #6 seed Sparg0 after a slump during the middle of the previous season. After losing to Doramigi 1-3, Sparg0 made a 6-set long losers run to place 3rd, which included getting revenge on both Doramigi and Lv.1, defeating them 3-1 and 3-0 respectively.

Top 8 saw acola and Miya meet each other once again in Winners Finals, where Miya defeated acola 3-1. Ultimately, acola was forced to face his biggest bracket demon Sparg0 in Losers Finals in a runback from the Tokyo Smash Boot Camp 5 crew battle, where Sparg0 nearly reverse three-stocked acola. However, acola was able to prevail over Sparg0, defeating him 3-1 using his pocket Aegis, marking the second time acola defeated Sparg0 having lost to him seven times in a row following their first encounter at the Ludwig Smash Invitational. This win also caused the tournament commentators to cry, as they were seemingly happy that acola was able to defend his home turf over his toughest opponent. After, acola met Miya in grand finals, where he managed to reset the bracket in a dominant 3-0. However, Miya clutched out in a close game 5 set after whiffing a dash attack that caused acola to SD after being spiked by one of his blocks, giving Miya his third Premier Tier tournament win of the year along with Kagaribi 12 and KOWLOON 9 with Sumabato, as well as being the first player to win a major in the LumiRank 2024.2 season.

Results

Super Smash Bros. Melee

(49 entrants)
Top 8 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Inngenn
2nd	Sanne
3rd	Skerzo
4th	Falpan
5th	muro
5th	Donkos
7th	WTS
7th	Zer0
9th	Kairi
9th	takeshi
9th	NEG
9th	Massun
13th	Sigh
13th	Knife
13th	HIDORIN
13th	botoma

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

(1,428 entrants)
Top 192 Bracket 1
Top 192 Bracket 2
Top 48 Bracket
Final Bracket (Top 8)

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Miya
2nd	acola
3rd	Sparg0
4th	Lv.1
5th	Zackray
5th	Doramigi
7th	Ryuoh
7th	Asimo
9th	MASA
9th	Sin
9th	Shuton
9th	Akakikusu
13th	alice
13th	Nao
13th	Taikei
13th	Snow
17th	shirome
17th	M0tsunabE
17th	Gorioka
17th	Gackt
17th	Furararamen
17th	Lea
17th	Toriguri
17th	Akio
25th	Raki
25th	ElleGo
25th	takera
25th	Kuhaku
25th	Sumaho
25th	Hurt
25th	Raru
25th	Konokururu
33rd	Karaage
33rd	Jogibu
33rd	Rarikkusu
33rd	Toura
33rd	Nyonoknb
33rd	Lummy
33rd	Yadon
33rd	MairudonaH.O
33rd	Kogetagohan
33rd	Tea
33rd	Shirayuki
33rd	Rimu
33rd	Paseriman
33rd	KEN
33rd	Eik
33rd	Tsubaki
49th	33Peranbox
49th	Shinnnnnji
49th	WHIP
49th	Brood
49th	Marcos
49th	Niyae
49th	Fui
49th	Lunamado
49th	Ball
49th	Uraomote
49th	Te-sHi
49th	Riteshia
49th	Eim
49th	TK
49th	Huto
49th	Nininga
65th	yuzu
65th	Kome
65th	Rokki
65th	Chon
65th	chicken
65th	Umeki
65th	Shupi
65th	Wataru
65th	Midorun
65th	Kameme
65th	Rakuen
65th	Sigma
65th	Kency
65th	Onjoji
65th	Gachipi
65th	Shinda Lion
65th	Yamanaction
65th	Nizemamo
65th	Hero
65th	Tora
65th	syadou
65th	Noi
65th	uame
65th	Yoda Cage
65th	Futari no Kiwami Ah~!
65th	Ryopei
65th	LightningIgarashi
65th	Nice gonture
65th	Poppy
65th	Leaf
65th	Shion
65th	Yn
97th	sssr
97th	Kamisuke
97th	mizaruna
97th	Masashi
97th	Mersenne Prime
97th	akasa
97th	JY
97th	Gaosan
97th	Repo
97th	Latte
97th	Ari
97th	kurumis
97th	Magic
97th	yuiton
97th	kazuhito
97th	Moti
97th	Shocobo
97th	Jeanne
97th	Ezs
97th	lans
97th	Harasen
97th	Natsu
97th	Boarden
97th	Suinoko
97th	mimo
97th	Kurofune
97th	Tuden
97th	Dangomushi
97th	YamaD
97th	Ko
97th	Wada.
97th	Waiai
129th	Soruto
129th	tameigo
129th	Show
129th	Ryochin
129th	Tarakotori
129th	kept
129th	Uto
129th	Tsubotsubo
129th	Higachan
129th	Kyou
129th	Tom
129th	Amaneko
129th	MTK
129th	Kusharu
129th	Motsuda
129th	Furu
129th	Kisha
129th	yutori
129th	TamaPDaifuku
129th	Nikukyu
129th	LiiMac
129th	Yone_pi
129th	Utchi
129th	Moyashi No Sokojikara
129th	Otori
129th	Setsu
129th	Urusaki
129th	Outotsut
129th	Alpen
129th	Kizuha
129th	KR
129th	haruka.
129th	Miles
129th	Coma
129th	wabu
129th	Kei
129th	Masami
129th	Kikuzakari
129th	Mao
129th	US
129th	Ryuk
129th	kokomill
129th	Celestia
129th	GUROPI
129th	Demiya
129th	Hororo
129th	Ohtaku
129th	K.O. Kou
129th	hecho
129th	Elioth
129th	Bokinchan
129th	Oziniki
129th	Teru
129th	Reno
129th*	Tai
129th	Aiueokan
129th	NaNo
129th	Wanipachi
129th	Ocha
129th	Karoegu
129th	Tsu
129th	yaya
129th	kaworu
129th	SK

*DQ'd in Losers.

Side events

B-class tournament

（256 entrants）
Top 32 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Aie
2nd	show
3rd	Tomoro
4th	Yaitadani
5th	Kibu
5th	Pengisu
7th	MigiyoshiHidariyoshiToyotomiHideyoshi
7th	Bui

C-class tournament

（404 entrants）
Top 16 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Pon
2nd	Epyon
3rd	Meruo
4th	Nararaty
5th	Tagawa
5th	Nyosu
7th	sEVEn
7th	hikari

External links

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