Tournament:Kagaribi 12
| Kagaribi 12 | |
|---|---|
| Dates | May 5th-6th, 2024 |
| Venue | Kusunoki Hall |
| Address/City | 1-11-2 Kusunokidai Tokorozawa,Saitama  |
| Attendance | 2,030 |
| Results | |
 winners | Miya |
Kagaribi 12 was aSuper Smash Bros. Ultimatesupermajor held in Tokorozawa, Saitama,Kantō from May 5th-6th, 2024, as the last and largest of three major/supermajor events of the 2024Golden Week. At 2,030 entrants for singles, it was also the largestSmash event in Japan, theninth-largestSmash event of all-time, and the firstSmash tournament outside of the United States to surpass 2,000 entrants.
Tournament summary[edit]
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]
Alongside being the largest JapaneseSmash event up to that point, Kagaribi 12 featured many of Japan's best players, with, only 7 of thetop 50 best players in Japan in 2023 not in attendance (those beingProtoBanham,Jagaimo,Atelier,HIKARU,Sigma,Senra andShowers). Kagaribi 12 also featured some of the best players from North America (notablySparg0,MkLeo,Zomba,MKBigBoss,Maister, andBig D) as well asGlutonny from Europe andKinaji from Oceania.
Many significant upsets happened in the early bracket. The first notable international player upset was #26 seed Big D, who was double-eliminated by #997 seedUbuge 1-2 and 0-2 (upset factor 10) to place 257th, the lowest international placement of the tournament as well as Big D's lowest offline placement ever. Additionally, several top Japanese players were sent to losers very early: #83 seedEzs notoriously lost to one of the English commentators of the tournament, #942 seedSean from school 0-2 (upset factor 7), #46 seedOmuatsu lost to #302 seedAz 1-2 (upset factor 6), #37 seedEim lost to #220 seedDenKOTA 0-2 (upset factor 5), and #30 seedLv.1 lost to #227 seedNo.8 1-2 (upset factor 6). Despite the upset, Lv.1 managed to make a 7 set losers run to place 25th, while Ezs finished at 193rd after losing to Omuatsu; Omuatsu himself was eliminated at 129th, losing to #135 seedYoshiko 0-3 (upset factor 4), whilst Eim was eliminated at 97th, losing to #80 seedNizemamo 0-3.
The two biggest upsets of the top 256 bracket were on #24 seedDIO, who lost to #105 seedLeaf 0-3 (upset factor 5) and #88 seed Kinaji 2-3 (upset factor 4), and #25 seedUmeki, who lost to #104 seedNavy 0-3 (upset factor 4) and #89 seedEik 1-3. Both players finished at 97th, with this being Umeki's lowest ever offline placement and DIO's second-lowest. Meanwhile, #57 seedHuto lost to #72 seedChicken 0-3 and #276 seedharuka. 2-3 (upset factor 5), and #42 seedUame lost to #87 seedElleGo 1-3 and #131 seedNano 2-3 (upset factor 4) to place 129th.
The greatest upsets of the event took place in top 128 of the bracket. #4 seed Zomba lost to #68 seedLax 2-3 (upset factor 9), #8 seedYoshidora lost to #72 seed Chicken 0-3 (upset factor 7), #7 seedShuton lost to #26 seedTamaPDaifuku 0-3 (upset factor 4). Also, after upsetting Uame, Nano eliminated #22 seedJogibu at 65th (upset factor 6). In top 64, Yoshidora was eliminated at 49th after losing to #92 seedKuroponzu 1-3 (upset factor 7), his worst placement sinceKagaribi 6. Finally, #2 seed Sparg0, who after underperforming at theprevious golden week event, lost to #31 seedToriguri 2-3 (upset factor 8) and #44 seedNoi 2-3 in a reverse 3-0 (upset factor 9) to place 33rd, his worst tournament result sinceSuper Smash Con 2023. As such, half of the top 8 seeds were either in losers bracket or eliminated before top 64.
After top 64, upsets decreased in numbers, but all remaining international players were eliminated. #14 MkLeo lost in winners to #19Snow (which include two reverse 3-stock by Snow) 1-3 and in losers to #41Yamanaction (UF 3) 1-3, eliminated at 25th. Zomba was eliminated in Shuton loser's run 2-3 for 25th and #10 Maister, placing 13th, is the highest placed North American player of the tournament, being beaten by TamaPDaifuku 2-3 (UF 3) and #17Doramigi 2-3. 4 other international players matched or outplaced their seed. #33 MKBigBoss lost to Acola and Lv.1 for 33rd, #35BassMage lost toMiya and Yamanaction for 33rd, all in 1-3, #62Goblin lost to Miya 1-3 and Chicken 0-3 for 25th and #50Jahzz0 lost toRaru 0-3 andKaninabe 2-3 for 25th. Lastly, #6 Glutonny was eliminated at 9th as the highest placing international player, being send to losers by #11Asimo 3-0 and losing the loser's top 8 qualifier to #9KEN 2-3.
Outside of KEN, the other players to enter top 8 through loser's side are Shuton (after a long loser's run defeatingGackt, Zomba, Navy,Yaura and Asimo), #12Tea (beatingSssr, Kaninabe,Akakikusu and Raru) and #13Zackray (beatingShirayuki,M0tsunabE, Akakikusu and Doramigi). On the other side, #1 Acola reached winner's semi-finals rather easily (but going game 5 against Pit mainMidorun and Yaura), similar to #3 Miya, #5Hurt and TamaPDaifuku, having all dropped only 3 games. As such, only half of the top 8 seeds made into the top 8.
Despite not entering top 8, both Akakikusu, Doramigi andCarmelo greatly outplaced their seed. #17 Doramigi finished 9th, beating not only Maister but alsoTaikei,Neo, Lv.1 and Toriguri, while #29 Akakikusu beatRizeasu, Lax and Yamanaction en route to a 13th place finish. Lastly, #49 Carmelo placed 17th with wins over Nizemamo, Taikei,Alice andTakera.
In top 8, both winners semi-finals (Acola vs Hurt and Miya and TamaPDaifuku) went to game 5, but Miya and Hurt came victorious, with Hurt's victory being a upset factor 4. Hurt became the first player not named Miya to defeat Acola sinceSonix and Sparg0 atWatch The Throne in December 2023. In loser's, KEN was swiftly 3-0'd by Zackray'sPit, whereas Tea and Shuton went to game 5, with Tea finally winning. Dropping to the loser's, Acola defeats Tea 3-1, Zackray 3-0 (who had ended TamaP's run at 5th) before losing the runback against Hurt in Losers Finals. Hurt was posed to reset the bracket by going up 0-2 on Miya in Grand Finals, with a full stock advantage at one point in the third game; however, a 6 to 9Judge combo that KOed Hurt at 11% reversed Miya's fortunes, who preceded to reverse 3-0 Hurt to win his second P-tier of the year.
Notably, not a single international player placed top 8, with Glutonny placing the highest at 9th, further cementing the strength of the Japanese scene compared to the rest of the world. Following the event, several North American Smashers, such asDabuz and the members of the Lights Out podcast,[1][2] discussed the reasons for the NA scene's decline.
Results[edit]
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles[edit]
(2,030 entrants)
Top 192 Bracket 1
Top 192 Bracket 2
Top 48 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket
References[edit]
External links[edit]
| Kagaribi | |
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| Main Series | Kagaribi ·Kagaribi 3 ·Kagaribi 4 ·Kagaribi 5 ·Kagaribi 6 ·Kagaribi 7 ·Kagaribi 8 ·Kagaribi 9 ·Kagaribi 10 ·Kagaribi 11 ·Kagaribi 12 ·Kagaribi 13 ·Kagaribi 14 |
| Pre-locals | Kagaribi 12 Day0 pre-local |
| Other | Kowloon 12 with Kagaribi |
