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Masashi (まさし) is a Japanese Melee Fox, Brawl Pit, Smash 4 Cloud, and Ultimate Cloud and Sephiroth player, once considered the best Melee player in Japan per CaptainJack's description. Masashi was widely considered to be the second best Brawl Pit player in Japan, after Earth, and is considered to be one of the best Cloud players in Japan for Smash 4 and Ultimate.
He was formerly ranked 1st in the 2010 Kansai Ranking Battles and 27th on the Japan Player Rankings for Ultimate in the first half of 2019. In Smash 4, he is ranked 15th on the most recent JAPAN Power Rankings.
Playstyle
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Melee
Masashi is an outlier in terms of Melee playstyle, and proved that one did not need to be extremely proficient at technical skill to be successful at the highest level. He did not wavedash as much as other top players (although he still knew how to use it), and mostly used simpler techniques such as dash dancing and L-canceling when needed, relying mostly on his strong fundamentals to succeed. He played a defensive neutral game that relied on Fox's excellent full hop, often doing empty ones to bait out bad approaches from his opponents before committing to any attack, or spacing out opponents with spaced back aerials. Similar to other top Japanese players at the time, he had excellent DI, to the point where even Ken had significant trouble executing the Final Destination chaingrab on him. On the other hand, he could still string together potent punishes if given the opportunity, and his patience and uncanny ability to read his opponent's attempted tech and getup options more than made up for his lack of labbed-out punishes.
However, Masashi's inconsistency with tech skill meant he could not get as much out of certain moves compared to other Fox players in his time, such as Thunders. CaptainJack has stated that he had trouble consistently executing waveshines[1], which prevented him from effectively following up on the neutral aerial-shines that he would often get in a match. Masashi occasionally had trouble with these punish-heavy players himself, such as Bombsoldier, who could exploit his slow playstyle by simply overwhelming him with tech skill.
Tournament placings
| Tournament |
Date |
1v1 placement |
2v2 placement |
Partner
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| SumabatoX 1 |
August 22nd, 2010 |
1st |
— |
—
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| SumabatoX 2 |
September 18th, 2010 |
13th |
— |
—
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| KetubatoX 6 |
November 27th, 2010 |
1st |
— |
—
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| SumabatoX 5 |
January 22nd, 2011 |
2nd |
— |
—
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| SumabatoX 6 |
March 12th, 2011 |
7th |
— |
—
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| Sumabato X FES |
May 4th-5th, 2011 |
— |
3rd |
Nagahari
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| SumabatoX 7 |
June 25th, 2011 |
5th |
3rd |
POPPY
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| SumabatoX 8 |
September 4th, 2011 |
13th |
— |
—
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| Sumabato X9 |
October 9th, 2011 |
7th |
— |
—
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| Sumabato X10 |
November 19th, 2011 |
3rd |
— |
—
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| Tournament |
Date |
1v1 placement |
2v2 placement |
Partner
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| Pre KVO 2015 |
December 20th, 2014 |
4th |
— |
—
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| Sumabato 1 |
January 12th, 2015 |
9th |
— |
—
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| Sumabato 2 |
February 21st, 2015 |
5th |
— |
—
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| Super Sumabato |
April 5th, 2015 |
33rd |
— |
—
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| Sumabato 3 |
June 6th, 2015 |
17th |
— |
—
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| Sumabato 4 |
July 18th, 2015 |
25th |
— |
—
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| Hyper Sumabato |
August 16th, 2015 |
33rd |
— |
—
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| Sumabato 7 |
February 11th, 2016 |
13th |
— |
—
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| Sumabato 9 |
April 9th, 2016 |
9th |
— |
—
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| KSB 2016 |
April 28th-May 1st, 2016 |
9th |
— |
—
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| Shulla-bra VII |
July 16th, 2016 |
2nd |
— |
—
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| Sumabato for THE BIG HOUSE |
July 30th-31st, 2016 |
17th |
65th |
Poppy
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| Umebura S.A.T. |
August 20th-21st, 2016 |
65th |
13th |
Suinoko
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| Sumabato 12 |
August 27th, 2016 |
17th |
— |
—
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| Sumabato 13 |
September 25th, 2016 |
7th |
— |
—
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| Sumabato 14 |
October 22nd, 2016 |
7th |
— |
—
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| Sumabato Tokaigi Qualifiers |
December 25th, 2016 |
33rd |
— |
—
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| Sumabato 15 |
January 28th, 2017 |
9th |
33rd |
Poppy
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| Sumabato 16 |
February 25th, 2017 |
33rd |
— |
—
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| Sumabato x Cyclops #1 |
April 5th, 2017 |
5th |
— |
—
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| Sumabato x Cyclops #2 |
April 12th, 2017 |
9th |
— |
—
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| Sumabato 17 |
April 16th, 2017 |
17th |
— |
—
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| Karisuma 13 |
April 23rd, 2017 |
7th |
— |
—
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| Sumabato x Cyclops #4 |
April 27th, 2017 |
3rd |
— |
—
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| KSB 2017 |
May 4th-6th, 2017 |
7th |
— |
—
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| Umebura Japan Major 2017 |
May 6th-7th, 2017 |
33rd |
17th |
9B
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| Sumabato x Cyclops #5 |
May 12th, 2017 |
1st |
— |
—
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| Sumabato x Cyclops #6 |
May 17th, 2017 |
3rd |
— |
—
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| Sumabato x Cyclops #7 |
May 24th, 2017 |
2nd |
— |
—
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| Sumabato x Cyclops #8 |
May 31st, 2017 |
3rd |
— |
—
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| Sumabato x Cyclops #9 |
June 7th, 2017 |
4th |
— |
—
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| Sumabato 18 |
June 18th, 2017 |
7th |
— |
—
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| Sumabato x Cyclops #11 |
June 22nd, 2017 |
4th |
— |
—
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| Sumabato x Cyclops #13 |
July 7th, 2017 |
25th |
— |
—
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| Sumabato 19 |
August 12th, 2017 |
9th |
— |
—
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| Sumabato 20 |
September 24th, 2017 |
9th |
— |
—
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| Sumabato 21 |
October 21st, 2017 |
4th |
— |
—
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| Sumabato 22 |
November 12th, 2017 |
5th |
— |
—
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| Sumabato Tokaigi Qualifier 1 |
January 6th, 2018 |
7th |
— |
—
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| Sumabato Tokaigi Qualifier 2 |
January 7th, 2018 |
17th |
— |
—
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| EVO Japan 2018 |
January 26th-28th, 2018 |
25th |
— |
—
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| Sumabato 23 |
February 17th, 2018 |
5th |
— |
—
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| Sumabato 24 |
March 24th, 2018 |
2nd |
— |
—
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| Seihasai |
March 24th, 2018 |
5th |
— |
—
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| KVOxTSB 2018 |
May 4th-6th 2018 |
4th |
— |
—
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| Sumabato 25 |
May 27th, 2018 |
3rd |
— |
—
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| Sumabato 26 |
June 30th, 2018 |
1st |
— |
—
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| Umebura 33 |
July 28th, 2018 |
25th |
— |
—
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| Sumabato 27 |
August 12th, 2018 |
33rd |
— |
—
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| Sumabato Smash 4 Final |
October 21st, 2018 |
13th |
— |
—
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| Sumabato x Cyclops #73 |
November 16, 2018 |
4th |
— |
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| Tournament |
Date |
1v1 placement |
2v2 placement |
Partner
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| Umebura SP |
December 16th, 2018 |
33rd |
— |
—
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| Sumabato SP |
January 6th, 2019 |
9th |
— |
—
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| SUMABATO x CYCLOPS #81 |
January 18th, 2019 |
1st |
— |
—
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| SUMABATO x CYCLOPS #82 |
January 25th, 2019 |
17th |
— |
—
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| Sumabato SP 2 |
February 2nd, 2019 |
13th |
— |
—
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| Sumabato SP 3 |
April 14th, 2019 |
9th |
— |
—
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| KVOxTSB 2019 |
May 5th, 2019 |
2nd |
— |
—
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| Sumabato SP 5 |
June 22nd, 2019 |
17th |
— |
—
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| Karisuma SP 3 |
July 6th, 2019 |
9th |
— |
—
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| Sumabato SP 6 |
July 13th, 2019 |
33rd |
— |
—
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| EVO 2019 |
August 2nd-4th, 2019 |
33rd |
— |
—
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| Umebura SP 4 |
August 16th, 2019 |
49th |
— |
—
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| Sumabato SP 8 |
September 15th, 2019 |
13th |
— |
—
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| Umebura SP 5 |
September 28th, 2019 |
193rd |
— |
—
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| Umebura SP 6 |
October 22nd, 2019 |
49th |
— |
—
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| Sumabato SP 9 |
November 10th, 2019 |
25th |
— |
—
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| Karisuma SP 6 |
December 7th, 2019 |
9th |
— |
—
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| Sumabato SP 10 |
December 15th, 2019 |
25th |
— |
—
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| Sumabato SP 11 |
December 28th, 2019 |
65th |
— |
—
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| Maesuma TOP 1 |
January 4th, 2020 |
13th |
— |
—
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| EGS Cup 3 |
January 13th, 2020 |
33rd |
— |
—
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| EVO Japan 2020 |
January 24th-26th, 2020 |
25th |
— |
—
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| Furasato Center Smash Meetup 1 |
February 1st, 2020 |
2nd |
— |
—
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| Sumabato SP 12 |
February 8th, 2020 |
9th |
— |
—
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| Maesuma TOP 2 |
March 1st, 2020 |
33rd |
— |
—
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Voyage Qualifier 4  |
May 4th, 2020 |
5th |
— |
—
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| Voyage |
May 5th, 2020 |
25th |
— |
—
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| Mido Smash |
June 28th, 2020 |
9th |
— |
—
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| Sumabato SP 13 |
September 20th, 2020 |
4th |
— |
—
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| Sumabato SP 14 |
October 11th, 2020 |
13th |
— |
—
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| Maesuma TOP 4 |
October 31st-November 1st, 2020 |
17th |
— |
—
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| 2nd Kansai Top Round Robin |
November 7th, 2020 |
6th |
— |
—
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| Sumabato SP 15 |
November 15th, 2020 |
9th |
— |
—
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| Tamisuma Championship 1 |
February 17th, 2021 |
33rd |
— |
—
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| Sumabato SP 17 |
March 7th, 2021 |
7th |
— |
—
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| Tamisuma Championship 2 |
March 18th, 2021 |
17th |
— |
—
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| SWT: Japan Ultimate Online Qualifier |
April 17th-18th, 2021 |
13th |
— |
—
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| SWT: Japan Ultimate Online Qualifier Last Chance Qualifier |
April 17th-18th, 2021 |
9th |
— |
—
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| Tamisuma Championship 3 |
April 22nd, 2021 |
17th |
— |
—
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| Tamisuma Championship 4 |
June 10th, 2021 |
17th |
— |
—
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| Maesuma TOP 5 |
July 3rd-4th, 2021 |
17th |
— |
—
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| Sumabato SP 18 |
July 23rd, 2021 |
17th |
— |
—
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| Sumabato SP 19 |
July 24th, 2021 |
9th |
— |
—
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Trivia
- Masashi is the younger brother of Aniki, an old-school Melee Link player, and the older brother of tk3, a top Roy and Chrom player from Japan. They are often regarded as "The Best Smash Brothers In Japan".
Gameplay videos
External links
References
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