Smasher:Kurama

Kurama, formerly known as Prodigy, is an Ultimate main from Sacramento, California, currently considered the best Mario player in the world. He is also known as one of the youngest top-level competitive Smashers. Kurama is currently ranked 2nd on the NorCal Ultimate Power Rankings and 20th on the LumiRank Mid-Year 2023.

In SSB4, Kurama is also a main. He is currently ranked 3rd on the NorCal Smash 4 Power Rankings. He frequently teamed with in doubles.

Playstyle
Kurama is renowned for his advantage state and punish game, quickly racking up damage or outright killing an opponent after landing a grab or an aerial. He utilizes an aggressive playstyle to constantly apply pressure while looking for openings in the opponent's defense, and to quickly close distance to compensate for Mario's short range.

However, Kurama can sometimes be seen shaking his head in frustration when he either loses the lead, gets walled out for long, fails to confirm a kill, or starts to get greedy for the KO when the opponent’s percentage starts to climb at despicable heights. This results in him being stuck in disadvantage for a considerable amount of time and forces him to think slowly and carefully on how he executes. This is most notable against unfavourable matchups.

Trivia

 * At age 14, Kurama was the youngest player to be ranked on the Spring 2019 PGRU, an achievement that was acknowledged by PGStats itself.
 * Kurama's current gamer tag is named after the character of the same name from the manga/anime series YuYu Hakusho (and not from Naruto, he explicitly mentions).

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

 * Frostbite 2020 SSBU Winners Top 96 - MkLeo (Joker) Vs. Armada | Prodigy (Mario) Smash Ultimate
 * Ludwig Smash Invitational Top 16 - FaZe | Sparg0 (Cloud) Vs. Paragon | Kurama (Mario) Smash Ultimate