Smasher:Hyuga
- For the American smasher formerly known as "Hyuga", see Dr. Z.
| Hyuga "Huggies, Rey de Plata" | |
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| Character info | |
| Brawl main | Toon Link |
| Other Brawl character | Meta Knight |
| Smash 4 main | Toon Link |
| Other Smash 4 character | Meta Knight |
| Team info | |
| Former crews | Haven eSports, Smash Factor, ITH, VGBootCamp |
| Rankings and results info | |
| Most recent ranking |  Panda Global Rankings v2: 22nd (X-Factor: +3) |
| Personal and other info | |
| Real name | Cristian Medina |
| Birth date | |
| Location | Estado de México, Mexico 
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| Miscellaneous info | |
| Skill |  Top professional (retired) Top professional |
Hyuga (pronounced "he-you-ga") is a Mexican smasher who mains Toon Link in Brawl and Smash 4. He is known as one of the best Brawl Toon Link players in the world along with MJG and is considered to be the best Smash 4 Toon Link player in the world, with results many other Toon Link players have yet to match such as 9th at GENESIS 3, 5th at CEO 2016, and 25th at EVO 2016, and has wins over top players such as Nairo, Ally, MkLeo, ANTi, Zinoto, Pink Fresh, ESAM, and 6WX, as well as having very close sets against top players such as Larry Lurr and Tweek. He is currently ranked 22nd on the Panda Global Rankings and 2nd on the Mexico City Power Rankings.
Tournament history
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Smash 4
As one of the most renowned players in Mexico since the Brawl days, he quickly gained notoriety shortly after the launch of Smash 4 by winning various tournaments nationwide, both online and offline by using his old Brawl main.
He stayed unbeaten for the rest of 2014, until he finally lost a local tournament to Leo. During early 2015, Hyuga got 2nd place at The Arena, the first Mexican Smash 4 major, losing to Leo at both Winner's Finals and Grand Finals and sparking a strong competitive rivalry wich would continue through nowadays. Since then, he has consistently placed 2nd at every national major he has gone to, only ever dropping sets to Leo (typically at both Winner's Finals and Grand Finals), except for Smash Factor 4, Summer Warfare, Thunderstruck and True Combo, where he was beaten in Loser's Finals by Mr. R, Javi, Wonf and Vinnie, respectively.
On November 2015, at CGX, another Mexican major held at Monterrey City, Hyuga was the first player to take a set from Leo since the start of 2015, when he beat him 3-2 in Winner's Finals; however, Leo would face Hyuga again at Grand Finals, resetting the bracket, forcing a second set and ultimately taking yet another tournament from Hyuga in the closest set they have ever had (a score of 3-2, in favor of Leo).
On January 2016, at GENESIS 3, Hyuga took a set from Nairo, beating him 2-0 and sending him to the losers bracket. He placed 9th in singles and 7th in doubles with Dabuz as his partner.
He had a very notable performance at CEO 2016. He eliminated Nairo from the tournament to advance into top 16. He then defeated ScAtt, making a reverse 3-0 comeback after being down 2 games. He went on to 3-0 NAKAT and False before losing to Zinoto 1-3, placing 5th.
Tournament placings
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Super Smash Bros. Brawl
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 Placement | 2v2 Placement | Partner |
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| Smash Factor 3 | August 1st-3rd, 2014 | 4th | — | — |
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 placement | 2v2 placement | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smash Factor 4 | July 24th-26th, 2015 | 3rd | 2nd | Richi |
| Thunderstruck 3 | October 16th-18th, 2015 | 3rd | — | — |
| GENESIS 3 | January 15th-17th, 2016 | 9th | 7th | Dabuz |
| TGC 6 | February 6th, 2016 | Top 8 | 1st | Dabuz |
| Smash Pendiente XVI | January 21st, 2016 | 1st | 2nd | Richi |
| Smash Pendiente XXI | February 25th, 2016 | 1st | — | — |
| Smash Haven 29 | March 3rd, 2016 | 2nd | — | — |
| Shots Fired 2 | March 5th-6th, 2016 | 13th | — | — |
| Smash @ Xanadu Tuesdays 3/8 | March 8th, 2016 | 1st | — | — |
| Smash Haven 30 | March 10th, 2016 | 1st | — | — |
| Do or DI | March 11th-13th, 2016 | 4th | 1st | ANTi |
| Smash @ Xanadu Tuesdays 3/15 | March 15th, 2016 | 3rd | — | — |
| Ignition #22 | March 16th, 2016 | 1st | — | — |
| Midwest Mayhem | March 19th, 2016 | 4th | 3rd | Mr.R |
| The Arena 2016 | March 25th-27th, 2016 | 2nd | ? | ? |
| Pound 2016 | April 2nd-3rd, 2016 | 9th | 3rd | Dabuz |
| ConComics 2016 | April 16th-17th, 2016 | 2nd | — | — |
| Hail Smash III | May 28rd-29th, 2016 | 3rd | — | — |
| 2GGT: Mexico Saga | June 4th, 2016 | 4th | 4th | Zan |
| Shockwave Plano 85 | June 11th, 2016 | 1st | — | — |
| Low Tier City 4 | June 18th-19th, 2016 | 3rd | 5th | Mook |
| CEO 2016 | June 24th-26th, 2016 | 5th | 7th | Dabuz |
| Midwest Mayhem 4 | July 9th, 2016 | 2nd | — | — |
| EVO 2016 | July 15th-17th, 2016 | 25th | — | — |
| Hail Smash VIII: The Return of the Heroe of the Wind | January 14th, 2017 | 1st | 1st | BryanZ |
| Smash Pendiente 68 | January 19th, 2017 | 1st | 2nd | Cloudy |
| Smash Pendiente 69 | January 26th, 2017 | 5th | — | — |
Controversy
At EVO 2016, Hyuga lost his sponsorship with VGBootCamp due to allegations of sexual harassment towards a fellow smasher/streamer, VikkiKitty.[1][2] Consequentially, Hyuga has been banned from playing in any US, Brazilian, or Australian tournament (as well as Shine and GUTS tournaments) for an unspecified amount of time.[3] Hyuga wrote a response explaining his side of the story, adding that he would be retiring from competitive Smash.[4] Later, he announced that he and Vikki had worked things out and that he would consider returning in the future, though he would accept all consequences and punishment for his actions.[5] In October 2016, he declared that his comeback in the Smash 4 competitive scene will happen in January 2017, which occurred at Hail Smash VIII: The Return of the Heroe of the Wind. He began tweeting again after several months of social media inactivity.
Trivia
- At CEO 2016, Hyuga entered the top 8 wrestling ring dressed as El Santo, the famous luchador. [1] He also used an in-game tag bearing his name.
- Hyuga was the second non-American member of the VGBootCamp crew before losing his sponsorship. The first was aMSa.
