Smasher:Flash

Flash (フラッシュ) is a retired professional Melee player from Japan, who plays what is considered to be the best in the country. He is also considered to be one of the top 5 players in Japan, and frequently wins many Japanese tournaments, taking sets off of top players such as, , and in bracket.

In November 2014, Flash traveled to Oakland, California to compete at, an qualifier. In his North American debut, Flash defeated and  in pools. After finishing as the 3rd seed in his pool behind and  and placing in bracket, he proceeded to defeat  before losing to a close 2-1 set to. He then eliminated before being eliminated by  for 13th place.

During his stay in Northern California, Flash attended two of NorCal's weekly tournaments, Get Smashed At the Foundry 24 and 25. At his first appearance in the local, Flash defeated, , and , but was swiftly double-eliminated by , rounding up to 3rd place. However, in his second appearance, Flash made a series of upsets by defeating, , , and Silent Wolf once more in Grand Finals, finishing in first place. Along with, , and he is one of the four out-of-state players to ever win a Get Smashed At the Foundry tournament with a Top 3 NorCal player in attendance.

He retired from competitive play in early 2015. Flash was included on the 2015 SSBMRank list of "hidden bosses".