Smasher:KirbyKaze

KirbyKaze is a professional Canadian Melee player from Markham, Ontario (born in Thornhill), regarded as the best player from Canada and one of the best Sheik players in North America, along with, , , and. From 2010-2012, he was a top 8 player in the world and recorded the best results of his smash career to date, going head-to-head with USA's best, defeating and  at Revival of Melee 3 and  at Apex 2012. KirbyKaze was formerly ranked 1st on the Ontario Melee Power Rankings and 29th on the 2017 SSBMRank.

After taking a small break, KirbyKaze marked his return to Smash in 2014 by placing 4th at Get On My Level 2014. He has since seen strong results, notably SWEET Prologue which he won, and Apex 2015 where he took 7th. He had an unexpectedly low 97th placing at EVO 2015. In December 2015, KirbyKaze announced that he was retiring; however, he continued attending tournaments as Sheik up until 2018, netting impressive placements such as 9th at The Big House 6 and 4th at Canada Cup 2016.

Around August 2023, KirbyKaze came out of retirement once more, but switched to under the alias PK Tired. Primarily attending online tournaments and Ontario locals, he is considered the second best Ness by results in Ontario behind, who inspired him to pick up the character.

Trivia

 * KirbyKaze is the first non-American smasher to have been signed by Melee It On Me, as he is Canadian.