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Choco (ちょこ , Choco ) is an Ultimate Zero Suit Samus player from Tokyo, Japan who is considered one of the best Zero Suit Samus players in Japan, along with shky and Kuro . He is currently ranked 16th on the Japan Player Rankings and 104th on the OrionRank 2022 ; he was also formerly ranked 26th on the Fall 2019 PGRU . He has taken sets off of top players such as Shuton , Paseriman , Tea , kameme , Raito , Lea , Abadango , and Nietono .
In SSB4 , Choco also played Zero Suit Samus and was considered the best Zero Suit Samus player in the country, and among the best in the world. He was ranked 3rd on the JAPAN Power Rankings and 35th on the Panda Global Rankings 100 . He has taken sets off of top players such as Dabuz , Larry Lurr , VoiD , KEN , Abadango , komorikiri , ESAM , and kameme .
In SSBB , he was considered one of the best Zero Suit Samus players in the world, along with Salem and V115 .
Rankings
Ranking
Time period
Rank
Character(s)
Notes
PGR v3
January 7th - June 18th, 2017
49th
X-Factor: +19
PGR v4
June 24th - December 3rd, 2017
36th
X-Factor: +9
PGR v5
December 23rd, 2017 - July 1st, 2018
32nd
X-Factor: -1
PGR 100
January 20th, 2015 - November 18th, 2018
35th
Ranking
Time period
Rank
Character(s)
Notes
OrionRank 2016
March 15th - December 18th, 2016
105th
OrionRank 2017
December 24th, 2016 - December 24th, 2017
28th
OrionRank 2018
January 1st - December 2nd, 2018
27th
Ranking
Time period
Rank
Character(s)
Notes
LumiRank Mid-Year 2023
December 19th, 2022 - July 23rd, 2023
111th-120th
OrionRank Japan
LumiRank Japan
Ranking
Time period
Rank
Character(s)
Notes
LumiRank 2023 Japan
December 19th, 2022 - December 17th, 2023
143rd
Tournament placings
Tournament
Date
1v1 Placement
2v2 Placement
Partner
SumabatoX 19
March 30th, 2013
2nd
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Piosuma 4
April 27th, 2013
9th
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Piosuma 5
June 15th, 2013
13th
2nd
Yukke
Piosuma 7
October 27th, 2013
9th
5th
Nietono
SumabatoX 24
November 23rd, 2013
5th
1st
Kie
Umebura 1
January 12th, 2014
2nd
5th
Tamanyaso
SumabatoX 26
February 22nd, 2014
5th
1st
Kie
Umebura 2
March 9th, 2014
—
5th
Kie
SumabatoX 27
March 29th, 2014
2nd
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KVO 2014
May 5th, 2014
1st
—
—
Umebura 3
May 11th, 2014
3rd
17th
Hanpen
Umebura 4
June 1st, 2014
—
13th
Abosu
Umebura 5
July 26th, 2014
2nd
—
—
Umebura 6
August 10th, 2014
—
3rd
Kie
Sumabato X Final
August 23rd-24th, 2014
3rd
3rd
Lagnel
Tournament
Date
1v1 Placement
2v2 Placement
Partner
Umebura 8
September 23rd, 2014
5th
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—
Umebura 9
October 11th, 2014
1st
—
—
Umebura 10
November 23rd, 2014
1st
—
—
Sumabato 0
October 25th, 2014
5th
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Tournament
Date
1v1 Placement
2v2 Placement
Partner
Umebura 11
December 23rd, 2014
2nd
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—
Apex 2015
January 30th-February 1st, 2015
17th
4th
Nietono
Umebura 12
February 8th, 2015
9th
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—
Umebura 13
March 15th, 2015
2nd
—
—
Super Sumabato
April 5th, 2015
3rd
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—
Umebura 14
April 19th, 2015
9th
—
—
KSB 2015
May 2nd-4th, 2015
5th
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—
Umebura 15
May 16th, 2015
2nd
—
—
Umebura 16
June 6th, 2015
2nd
—
—
Umebura 18
August 8th, 2015
2nd
—
—
Umebura 19
August 29th, 2015
9th
—
—
Umebura F.A.T.
September 21st-22nd, 2015
3rd
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—
Umebura Niconico Qualifiers
November 29th, 2015
2nd
—
—
Umebura 20
December 27th, 2015
17th
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—
Niconico Tokaigi 2016
January 30th-31st, 2016
5th
—
—
SHI-G Tournament
February 7th, 2016
2nd
9th
Kie
Umebura 21
February 11th, 2016
9th
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—
eSR Cup
March 26th, 2016
1st
—
—
Umebura 22
April 24th, 2016
33rd
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—
Umebura 23
May 21st, 2016
17th
–
–
Umebura 24
July 24th, 2016
4th
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Sumabato for THE BIG HOUSE
July 30th-31st, 2016
4th
9th
Kie
Umebura S.A.T.
August 20th-21st, 2016
25th
7th
Kie
Umebura 25
September 10th, 2016
33rd
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—
Toryumon 1
October 10th, 2016
4th
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—
Umebura 25.5
November 6th, 2016
—
3rd
Umeki
DNG Kanto Invitational
November 19th, 2016
5th
—
—
Umebura BenQ ZOWIE Cup
December 18th, 2016
13th
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—
SGC 2017
January 7th-8th, 2017
3rd
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—
Sumabato 15
January 28th, 2017
3rd
3rd
Nau
Umebura Tokaigi Qualifiers
February 4th, 2017
13th
—
—
Hirosuma: Revolution
March 19th, 2017
7th
—
—
Toryumon Weekday Tournament x STUDIO SKY #1
April 26th, 2017
3rd
—
—
Umebura Japan Major 2017
May 6th-7th, 2017
3rd
3rd
Nietono
Umebura 27
July 1st, 2017
3rd
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—
Umebura 28
August 12th, 2017
3rd
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—
Lightning Igarashi Organized Singles Tournament #3
August 26th, 2017
4th
—
—
Sumabato 21
October 21st, 2017
7th
—
—
Umebura 29
October 28th, 2017
1st
—
—
Sophia University Festival 2017
November 3rd, 2017
7th
—
—
Waseda Festival 2017
November 4th, 2017
3rd
—
—
Umebura 30
November 18th, 2017
1st
—
—
Toryumon Weekday Tournament x STUDIO SKY #16
November 22nd, 2017
2nd
—
—
Umebura T.A.T.
December 23rd-24th, 2017
2nd
3rd
Nietono
Sumabato Tokaigi Qualifiers 1
January 6th, 2018
3rd
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—
EVO Japan 2018
January 26th-28th, 2018
5th
—
—
Toryumon Weekday Tournament x STUDIO SKY #19
February 7th, 2018
5th
—
—
Niconico Tokaigi 2018
February 10th-11th, 2018
13th
—
—
Umebura 31
March 21st, 2018
13th
—
—
Toryumon Weekday Tournament x STUDIO SKY #24
May 2nd, 2018
4th
—
—
KVOxTSB 2018
May 4th-6th, 2018
9th
—
—
Umebura 32
May 12th, 2018
1st
—
—
Umebura 33
July 28th, 2018
5th
—
—
EVO 2018
August 3rd-5th, 2018
7th
—
—
Umebura 34
August 25th, 2018
33rd
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—
Umebura Smash 4 Final
December 1st-2nd, 2018
2nd
1st
Nietono
Tournament
Date
1v1 placement
2v2 placement
Partner
Toryumon Kiwami #1
December 12th, 2018
1st
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—
Umebura SP
December 16th, 2018
2nd
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—
Toryumon Kiwami #3
January 2nd, 2019
1st
—
—
Toryumon Kiwami #4
January 9th, 2019
7th
—
—
Umebura SP 2
January 12th, 2019
9th
—
—
WeeklySmashParty 020
January 16th, 2019
—
1st
Umeki
Umebura SP 3
April 13th, 2019
7th
—
—
Umebura Japan Major 2019
May 1st-2nd, 2019
9th
—
—
Umebura SP 4
August 16th, 2019
5th
—
—
Umebura SP 5
September 28th, 2019
3rd
—
—
Umebura SP 6
October 22nd, 2019
17th
—
—
Umebura SP 7
November 16th, 2019
9th
—
—
EGS Cup 3
January 13th, 2020
17th
—
—
EVO Japan 2020
January 24th-26th, 2020
33rd
—
—
Maesuma TOP 2
March 1st, 2020
25th
—
—
Voyage Qualifier 2
May 3rd, 2020
17th
—
—
Tamisuma Championship 1
February 17th, 2021
33rd
—
—
Kagaribi 3
March 27th, 2021
17th
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—
Winner!
June 21st, 2021
5th
—
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Kagaribi 4
June 26th-27th, 2021
49th
—
—
Kagaribi 5
October 30th-31st, 2021
33rd
—
—
Mjolner 1
November 21st, 2021
9th
—
—
Ignite 1
March 27th, 2022
—
17th
Nietono
Kagaribi 7
May 4th-5th, 2022
9th
—
—
Shinosuma HEROES 1
May 21st, 2022
9th
—
—
Wave 1
June 18th, 2022
25th
—
—
Seibugeki 11
July 2nd, 2022
17th
—
—
Kagaribi 8
July 30th-31st, 2022
33rd
—
—
Wave 2
September 4th, 2022
13th
—
—
Shinosuma HEROES 2
September 19th, 2022
7th
—
—
Ignite 2
November 19th, 2022
—
13th
Nietono
Wave 3
December 11th, 2022
17th
—
—
Umebura SP 9
January 7th-8th, 2023
49th
—
—
Kagaribi 9
February 4th-5th, 2023
65th
—
—
Kagaribi 10
May 6th-7th, 2023
49th
—
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Umebura SP 10
January 6th-8th, 2024
97th / 1,275
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Trivia
Choco is the first player to have made the Panda Global Rankings Top 50 without attending a North American tournament for the season he ranked in.
He is also the only player to achieve this in multiple PGR seasons, doing so for seasons 3-5.
External links
Gameplay videos