Smasher:Katakiri

Katakiri is a smasher from Columbus, Ohio who mains and is considered one of the best Mii Gunner players in the United States in the early metagame. In early 2020, he picked up and currently describes himself as a co-main of both Miis. Katakiri formerly mained but has dropped the character since switching to Gunner in mid June 2019. He has taken sets off players such as, , , , , and. Between April and December 2019 he was ranked amongst the Midwest Top 50, placing 17th in the Great Lakes region and as the highest ranking Mii Gunner main. He was last ranked 2nd on the Columbus Power Rankings and 6th on the Ohio Smash Ultimate Power Rankings in 2020, before taking an extended leave from the scene.

In Smash 4, he mained and formerly. He was considered to be one of the best players in the midwest, as well as one of the best  players in the United States, along with, , and. He is formerly ranked 2nd on the Ohio Smash 4 Power Rankings.


 * FC Return - Katakiri vs. AceStarThe3rd - Losers
 * Pinnacle 5 - Cutlass | Katakiri vs. BxA | TekNo - Grand Finals
 * Rebirth VI - Katakiri vs. Rayquaza07 - WR2
 * Enter the Dragon - Katakiri vs. Wood - WR4

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

 * Class Change Archer - Shmael (PT) vs Katakiri (Mii Gunner) - Grand Finals
 * Run It Back - Umeki (Daisy) vs Katakiri (Mii Gunner Sans) - Top 16
 * Class Change Warrior - ZMS DoorStop (Zero Suit Samus) vs Katakiri (Mii Gunner Sans) - Losers Finals
 * Class Change Knight - Geist (Wario) vs Katakiri (Mii Gunner Sans) - Winners Finals
 * Ohio vs Louisiana Crew Battle @ Frostbite 2020
 * COST 2023 - Wildz (Kazuya) vs Katakiri (Mii Gunner) - Singles Top 32

Trivia

 * In late February 2020, Katakiri defeated (then Bruh-man) (3-0) during a game in Elite Smash. This resulted in the latter publicly challenging Katakiri (via Twitter) to a $100 money match at the next Smash event that they would both attend, which Katakiri accepted. The money match took place on the first evening of  to a crowd consisting of players from Ohio and Louisiana, the two players' respective states, followed by an OH vs LA crew battle. Katakiri lost the money match (5-3 in a first-to-five set) and afterwards took three stocks off LA player  during the crew battle (OH 4:3 LA), losing his final stock once again to Bruh-man (OH 3:3 LA). The crew battle was ultimately won by team Ohio with one stock to spare.
 * Katakiri won 's Memelord Award, a special Pot Bonus for the highest placing solo (Sans) Mii Gunner, reaching 65th overall.
 * Between mid October and December 2019, Katakiri placed 1st from winner's side at the Columbus weekly SmashLAN'd tournament for seven consecutive weeks.
 * This resulted in a bounty on him for five SmashLAN'd weeklies starting form January 2020 for whoever would manage to win a set against him. Starting at $10, the bounty increased by that amount each week that Katakiri remained undefeated whereby the money would go to him if that remained to be the case by the end of the final week. The bounty was claimed during the second week by.
 * As a fan of, Katakiri showed up to Class Change Warrior dressed as Sans, complete with the characteristic shorts, white shirt and socks and the official fan merchandise hoodie, though not the iconic pink slippers. Ironically, he won Grand Finals mainly using his secondary,.
 * Apart from, he enjoys playing other game series represented in Smash, including Animal Crossing, Pokémon, Fire Emblem, and Monster Hunter.