Hyuga "Huggies, Rey de Plata"
Character info
Brawlmain	Toon Link
OtherBrawlcharacter	Meta Knight
Smash 4main	Toon Link
OtherSmash 4characters	Diddy Kong,Cloud
Ultimatemain	Toon Link
OtherUltimatecharacter	Snake
Team info
Former sponsor(s)	VGBootCamp
Formercrews	Haven eSports,Smash Factor, ITH
Rankings and results info
Most recent ranking	Mexico City Power Rankings: 3rd Mexican Power Rankings: 33rd
Personal and other info
Real name	Cristian Medina
Birth date	July 23, 1992(age 32)
Location	Estado de México, Mexico

Hyuga (pronounced "he-you-ga") is a Mexicansmasher who mainsToon Link inBrawl,Smash 4, andUltimate. He is known as one of the bestBrawlToon Link players in the world along withMJG. InSmash 4, he is considered to be one of the bestToon Link players in the world along withSigma andRi-ma, and was widely considered to be the bestSmash 4 Toon Link player in the world prior to his hiatus, with results many other Toon Link players have yet to match such as 9th atGENESIS 3, 5th atCEO 2016, and 25th atEVO 2016, and has wins over top players such asNairo,Ally,MkLeo,ESAM,Kirihara,Zinoto,ANTi, andfalln, as well as having very close sets against top players such asLarry Lurr andTweek. He is currently ranked 3rd on theMexico City Power Rankings and was formerly ranked 22nd on thePanda Global Rankings v2.

Tournament history[edit]

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Smash 4[edit]

As one of the most renowned players in Mexico since theBrawl days, he quickly gained notoriety shortly after the launch ofSmash 4 by winning various tournaments nationwide, both online and offline by using his oldBrawl main.

He stayed unbeaten for the rest of 2014, until he finally lost a local tournament toLeo. During early 2015, Hyuga got 2nd place at The Arena, the first MexicanSmash 4 major, losing to Leo at both Winner's Finals and Grand Finals and sparking a strong competitive rivalry which 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 byMr. R, Javi,Wonf andVinnie, 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, atGENESIS 3, Hyuga took a set fromNairo, beating him 2-0 and sending him to the losers bracket. He placed 9th in singles and 7th in doubles withDabuz as his partner.

He had a very notable performance atCEO 2016. He eliminatedNairo from the tournament to advance into top 16. He then defeatedScAtt, making a reverse 3-0 comeback after being down 2 games. He went on to 3-0NAKAT andFalse before losing toZinoto 1-3, placing 5th.

After a long hiatus from Smash 4 since the incident atEVO 2016 (placing 25th at singles), he returned to play Smash 4, with his first tournament appearance being Hail VIII: The Return of the Heroe of the Wind, placing 1st in singles and doubles withBryanZ. After that he continued to attend locals and regional tournaments in his region, with top 8 at many of them, such as 2nd atTijuana at War and 4th atThe Arena 2017 andSmash Factor Toluca. AtSmash Factor 6, Hyuga made it to round one of pools and qualified for top 128. However, he lost toRox 2-0, was sent to losers bracket, and had to faceAnti to get into top 32. He lost 2-1 against him, placing 33rd, which marks as Hyuga's lowest tournament placing sinceEVO 2016.

Tournament placings[edit]

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Super Smash Bros. Brawl[edit]

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

Tournament	Date	1v1 placement	2v2 placement	Partner
Comeback Tournaments - Choose your character	December 15th, 2018	1st	1st	BryanZ
Smash Mania 2	December 21st, 2018	2nd	—	—
OVA IX	December 30th, 2018	3rd	—	—
Catedral 2019	January 12th-13th, 2019	3rd	1st	Cloudy
OVA X	January 20th, 2019	3rd	—	—
Smash Fest Ultimate	January 26th-27th, 2019	3rd	3rd	BryanZ
Warlock Fighters: Mushroom Kingdom Saga	March 2nd, 2019	3rd	3rd	BryanZ
Ragnarok	April 20th-21st, 2019	5th	4th	BryanZ
Encuentro Mítico	June 8th-9th, 2019	5th	—	—
WeTecThose 9	June 15th-16th, 2019	5th	1st	Javi
Smash Factor 8	July 26th-28th, 2019	9th	7th	BryanZ
Tec In Place 2	October 12th-13th, 2019	5th	3rd	Chag
Mexican Gaming Championship	October 19th, 2019	5th	—	—
Smash Fest to the Sky	January 18th-19th, 2020	9th	9th	BryanZ
Smash Vertex	February 6th-9th, 2020	17th	5th	Blade
ChillHouse	February 16th, 2020	4th	—	—
RFTV DOJO - LA DESPEDIDA: Thanks For Playing	March 14th, 2020	5th	3rd	MkBryanZ
Mazer Gaming Gives Back	May 15th, 2020	65th (DQ)	—	—
Warlock in The Multiverse of Hex	August 7th, 2021	9th	—	—

Sexual assault allegations[edit]

AtEVO 2016, Hyuga lost his sponsorship withVGBootCamp due to allegations of sexual assault towards a fellow smasher and streamerVikkiKitty.^[1][2] In response, it was later announced that Hyuga was banned from taking part in any American tournaments for a full year, with both the Brazilian and Australian tournament scenes also banning him.^[3] Hyuga wrote a response explaining his side of the story, adding that he would be retiring from competitiveSmash.^[4] He later announced that he and Vikki had discussed the incident, and that he would consider returning toSmash in the future, though he would still accept all consequences and punishment for his actions.^[5]

In October 2016, Hyuga declaredhis comeback in the Smash 4 competitive scene in January 2017, which occurred atHail Smash VIII: The Return of the Hero of the Wind. He also began tweeting again after several months of inactivity. Ultimately, followingEVO 2017, his ban has since been lifted.

Hyuga became a heated controversial topic again in late October 2017 when discussions of who should be flown out to2GGC: MkLeo Saga began. Some people were supportive of Hyuga attending more events in the U.S. for reasons such as that he already served a one year ban, he has had rehab since then, he should be forgiven when also the victim has forgiven him, and he has already attended multiple tournaments normally since his hiatus. Other people were not supportive, for reasons such as that the one year ban was just a suggestion and not a concrete rule, someone capable of sexual assault is not to be trusted at future public events, people would feel unsafe around him and not attend events with him, and he was already lucky enough to not get legal charges against him.2GGaming made a statement on October 22nd, 2017 that their Hyuga suspension is still active for them until further notice, in the interest of wanting a safe environment.^[6] Smash United controversially announced on October 24th, 2017 that Hyuga would not be allowed to attend the upcomingClutch City Clash 2 mere days before the event, after Hyuga already checked beforehand if it was okay to come and was already planning to fly over there.^[7]

Trivia[edit]

• AtCEO 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-US member of theVGBootCamp crew (though he lost his sponsorship). The first wasaMSa.
• Along withKEN andTaiheita, Hyuga is one of the three players on thePanda Global Rankings v2 not to attend2GGC: Civil War.

External links[edit]

• Twitter account
• SSBWorld profile
• Smashboards interview

References[edit]

• México smashers
• Toon Link players (SSBB)
• Toon Link players (SSB4)
• Toon Link players (SSBU)

• Articles with incomplete sections
• Articles in need of tournament results