Smasher:ZAKI

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ZAKI "ざき"
ZAKI Hyrule Saga.jpg
Character info
Smash 4 main King Dedede
Other Smash 4 character Charizard
Ultimate main King Dedede
Retired Ultimate character Banjo & Kazooie
Team info
Former sponsor(s) Team GEKI
Rankings and results info
Most recent ranking Super Smash Bros. 4 JAPAN Power Rankings: 53rd
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Experimental Smash Player Rankings: 38th
Personal and other info
Location Kansai, Japan Japan
Miscellaneous info
Skill Super Smash Bros. 4 Top professional
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Top professional

ZAKI (ざき) is an Ultimate King Dedede main from Japan and is considered one of the best King Dedede players in the world, along with Atomsk and Peli. With Dedede, he has wins over Kome, kameme, Umeki, Elegant, Nicko, Leffen, and Atelier. ZAKI is ranked 38th on the Experimental Smash Player Rankings and 39th on the discontinued Japan Player Rankings.

In SSB4, ZAKI was also considered as the best King Dedede player in the world. He was ranked 43rd on the JAPAN Power Rankings. His most infamous exploit was to beat MkLeo, the best player in the world at 2GG: Hyrule Saga, sending him in Losers Bracket. This upset caused an immense traction as Leo used Cloud, the second-best character in the game and ZAKI used King Dedede, a bottom tier character. Despite using a very limited character, ZAKI achieved impressive results such as 17th at 2GG: Hyrule Saga, but also 17th at Smash 'N' Splash 4, Sumabato Smash 4 Final, Umebura Smash 4 Final and 33rd at MomoCon 2018. Those placings are also impressive by the fact that he never used secondaries and unlike other King Dedede specialists such as Big D or El Bardo, he never dropped or co-mained the character. Apart of his upset against MkLeo, ZAKI has wins over top players such as Charlie, Rags, Ri-ma, Chanshu, FILIP, and Nasubi.

Tournament placings

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
Sumabato 10 May 29th, 2016 17th
Sumabato for THE BIG HOUSE June 17th, 2016 49th 65th Hiraro
Megurobura August 18th, 2016 13th
Umebura S.A.T. August 20-21st, 2016 65th
Sumabato 12 August 27th, 2016 13th
Sumabato 13 September 25th, 2016 17th
Hirosuma Tokaigi Qualifiers December 11th, 2016 25th
Sumabato Tokaigi Qualifiers December 25th, 2016 33rd
Karisuma Tokaigi Qualifiers January 14th, 2017 33rd
Hirosuma: Revolution March 19th, 2017 13th
Sumabato 17 April 16th, 2017 49th
Shulla-bra X April 30th, 2017 9th
KSB 2017 May 4th-6th, 2017 17th
Sumabato 18 June 18th, 2017 49th
Umebura 27 July 1st, 2017 49th
Sumabato 19 August 12th, 2017 5th
Shulla-bra XI September 10th, 2017 5th
Sumabato 20 September 24th, 2017 49th
Sumabato 21 October 21st, 2017 25th
Sumabato 22 November 12th, 2017 33rd
Kyoto University Festival 2017 November 25th, 2017 9th
Umebura T.A.T. December 23rd-24th, 2017 161st
Sumabato Tokaigi Qualifiers 1 January 6th, 2018 25th
Sumabato Tokaigi Qualifiers 2 January 7th, 2018 13th
EVO Japan 2018 January 26th-28th, 2018 65th
Sumabato x Cyclops pre-Sumabato 23 February 16th, 2018 5th
Sumabato 23 February 17th, 2018 25th
Sumabato 24 March 24th, 2018 9th
KVOxTSB 2018 May 4th-6th 2018 13th
MomoCon 2018 May 24th-27th, 2018 33rd
CFL Smackdown 178 May 29th, 2018 4th
Smash 'N' Splash 4 June 1st-3rd, 2018 17th
CFL Smackdown 179 June 5th, 2018 9th
Mega Smash Mondays 151 June 18th, 2018 17th
Hollywood Action Tuesdays 26 June 19th, 2018 4th
Weds Night Fights 2018 Spring Season 2.8 June 20th, 2018 9th
2GG: Hyrule Saga June 23rd-24th, 2018 17th
Master Sword Monday June 25th, 2018 17th
CEO 2018 June 29th-July 1st, 2018 129th
Sumabato 27 August 12th, 2018 33rd
Sumabato 28 September 16th, 2018 25th
Sumabato Smash 4 Final October 17th, 2018 17th
Sumabato x Cyclops #73 November 16, 2018 9th
Umebura Smash 4 Final December 1st, 2018 17th

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
Sumabato SP January 6th, 2019 25th
Umebura SP 2 January 12th, 2019 5th
Sumabato SP 2 February 2nd, 2019 2nd
2GG: Prime Saga Kickoff April 12th, 2019 13th
2GG: Prime Saga April 13th-14th, 2019 25th
Come to Papa 3 April 29th, 2019 13th
Umebura Japan Major 2019 May 1st-2nd, 2019 25th
KVOxTSB 2019 May 5th, 2019 3rd
Sumabato SP 5 June 22nd, 2019 13th
PSG Classic 2019 July 31st-August 1st, 2019 7th
EVO 2019 August 2nd-4th, 2019 33rd
Sumabato SP 7 August 11th, 2019 7th
Umebura SP 4 August 16th, 2019 17th
Uprising 2019 August 31st-September 1st, 2019 5th 4th Sejun
Umebura SP 5 September 28th, 2019 33rd
Umebura SP 6 October 22nd, 2019 25th
Sumabato SP 9 November 10th, 2019 13th
Umebura SP 7 November 16th, 2019 33rd
Sumabato SP 10 December 15th, 2019 25th
Sumabato SP 11 December 28th, 2019 25th
Maesuma TOP 1 January 4th, 2020 9th
EVO Japan 2020 January 24th-26th, 2020 65th
Sumabato SP 14 October 11th, 2020 13th
Maesuma TOP 4 October 31st-November 1st, 2020 5th
Tamisuma Championship 1Online February 17th, 2021 33rd
Sumabato SP 17 March 7th, 2021 9th
Tamisuma Championship 2Online March 18th, 2021 17th
SWT: Japan Ultimate Online QualifierOnline April 17th-18th, 2021 9th
Maesuma TOP 5 July 3rd-4th, 2021 9th
Sumabato SP 19 July 24th, 2021 5th
MaeTami Summer Festival Qualifier AOnline August 14th, 2021 33rd
MaeTami Summer Festival Qualifier BOnline August 14th, 2021 9th
MaeTami Summer Festival Qualifier COnline August 14th, 2021 33rd
Maesuma TOP 6 October 22nd, 2021 17th
Maesuma Champion Series 10Online November 13th, 2021 4th
Sumabato SP 21 November 27th, 2021 9th
Kansai TOP Tournament December 19th, 2021 2nd
Maesuma Champion Series 15Online April 6th, 2022 9th
Maesuma TOP 7 May 1st, 2022 25th
Sumabato SP 26 May 29th, 2022 5th

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