DetonatioN Gaming

Overview

History

DetonatioN Gaming

Team Information

Location	Japan
Coach(es)	Kazuta "Kazu" Suzuki

Social Media

DetonatioN Gaming is the very first League of Legends team based in Japan, founded April 2013 when DetonatioN acquired the roster of FocusMe, including Gorira13, Anelace, Ceros, Yutapon, and PresidentMaa. It is one of the most strongest Japanese teams, having won the LJL several times, and having representing the region at innumerous international tournaments.

Timeline

• 2013
• 2014
• 2015
• 2016
• 2017
• 2018

• April, DetonatioN acquires the roster of FocusMe to form DetonatioN FocusMe. Gorira13, Anelace, Ceros, Yutapon, and PresidentMaa (now Maa) join.
• December 16th, sidmachine (now Sid) joins.

• March 3rd, BonziN, Astarore and Riosilva join.
• April 8th, Anelace leaves.
• June, Maa moves from AD to Sub. Yutapon moves from Top to AD. BonziN moves from Sub to Top.
• September 22nd, KazuXD joins as an analyst.
• November 1st, Gorira13 leaves.
• December 10th, Arden joins.
• December, Sid leaves.
• December 21st, Yumenoti joins.
• December 22nd, Riosilva retires.

• March 31st, Arden leaves.
• April 30th, Zenith joins.
• May 20th, Atu joins as a coach.
• May 21st, Rokenia and Hwang join as starting jungler and support. Astarore becomes a sub, KazuXD becomes a full time analyst.
• June 28th, Procxin joins. Hwang leaves. Rokenia moves to support. Zenith's contract is terminated. KazuXD returns to analyst duties.
• July 6th, Prydz joins as a coach. Atu and Procxin leaves.
• September 1st, Prydz's contract expires.
• September 15th, Twitch and NVIDIA sponsor DetonatioN FocusMe.
• October 28th, Zerost joins and Rokenia leaves.
• November 8th, team rebrands to DetonatioN Gaming but the League of Legends roster's name remain unchanged.
• November 10th, SanDisk sponsors DetonatioN Gaming.
• December 24th, Dragon joins as an analyst.

• January 7th, Catch and viviD (now Eternal) join.
• March 7th, nororin joins.
• April 7th, team announces Nobuyuki "LGraN" Umezaki will step down as a manager after MSI.
• April 25th, Yumenoti leaves.
• May 1st, 7kane joins as manager.
• May 10th, KazuXD leaves.
• May 12th, Astarore moves to their sister team DetonatioN Rising.
• May 14th, Curse sponsors DetonatioN FocusMe.
• May 14th, Hikari joins.
• May 20th, Zerost leaves.
• May 20th, DayDream joins.
• May 23th, team announces new roster. Eternal restores his name to viviD.
• June 24th, Catch leaves.
• November 1st, DayDream leaves.
• December 16th, Paz joins.
• December 23rd, Awaker joins as Head Coach.

• Jan~, Zerost re-joins. BonziN leaves.
• January 30th, Shrimp joins.
• February 20th, Nororin leaves.
• May 16th, Steal and Pink Bean join as Jungler and Substitute AD respectively. Yutapon moves to starting AD. Paz becomes starting Top Laner. Shrimp and Zerost leave.
• June 13th, Dokgo joins as a coach.
• November 9th, Steal leaves. Dokgo leaves coaching position.
• November 30th, Paz leaves.
• December 14th, Evi joins.
• December 15th, Steal rejoins.

• January 9th, ZergMaN joins as coach.
• March 14th, Ace joins as sub.
• May 14th, JOON (formerly ZergMaN) leaves coaching position.
• May 21st, KazuXD joins as coach.
• May 23rd, Ace leaves.
• December 4th, Gaeng joins.

Player Roster

• Active
• Temporary Subs
• Former

Date Joined	Player	Real Name	Role
Dec 2017	Evi	Shunsuke Murase (村瀬 俊介)
Dec 2017	Steal	Moon Geon-yeong (문건영)
Apr 2013	Ceros	Kyohei Yoshida (吉田 恭平)
Apr 2013	Yutapon	Yuta Sugiura (杉浦 悠太)
Dec 2018	Gaeng	Yang Gwang-yu
Dec 2018	Ramune	Osamu Ozawa (小澤 統)	S

Sub	Role	Replacing	Event
iimitai		Yutapon	IEM Season VIII - Singapore

• Steal, Jungle.
• Ace, Mid.
• Paz, Top.
• DayDream, Jungle.
• Hikari, AD. Nationality: jp.Residency: jp.
• BonziN, Top.
• Catch, Jungle.
• nororin, AD. Nationality: jp.Residency: jp.
• Zerost, AD.
• Astarore, Jungle.
• Yumenoti, AD.
• KazuXD, Support.
• Rokenia, AD.
• Procxin, Jungle.
• Hwang, Support. Nationality: kr.
• Zenith, Support.
• Arden, Support.
• Riosilva, Support.
• Maa, AD/Support. Nationality: jp.
• Sid, Jungle/Support. Nationality: jp.
• Gorira13, Top. Nationality: jp.
• Anelace, Jungle/Support. Nationality: jp.

Organization

• Current
• Former

Real Name	IGN	Position
Nobuyuki Umezaki (梅崎 伸幸)	LGraN	Chief Executive Officer
Toshikazu Senzaki (千嵜 勇和)	ENZA	General Manager
	Nokuto	Manager/Analyst
Kazuta Suzuki (鈴木 和太)	Kazu	Coach

• 7kane, Manager.
• JOON, Coach.
• Dokgo, Coach.
• Awaker, Coach.
• Dragon, Analyst. Nationality: kr.
• Prydz, Analyst/Coach.
• Atu, Analyst/Coach.
• eNO, Coach. Nationality: cn.
• Sid, Sub Manager. Nationality: jp.

Team Achievements

• 2013
• 2014
• 2015
• 2016
• 2017
• 2018

No results

Date	Place	Event	Result	Opponent	Prize	Roster

No results

Date	Place	Event	Result	Opponent	Prize	Roster

Date	Place	Event	Result	Opponent	Prize	Roster
2015-04-23	5-7th	IWCI 2015	1 - 5	Round Robin	-	BonziN • Astarore • Ceros • Yutaproid • KazuXD

Date	Place	Event	Result	Opponent	Prize	Roster
2016-04-19	NQ	IWCI 2016	3 - 4	Round Robin	-	Yutapon • Catch • Ceros • Zerost • Eternal

No results

Date	Place	Event	Result	Opponent	Prize	Roster

Date	Place	Event	Result	Opponent	Prize	Roster
2018-10-06	17-20th	2018 World Championship	0 : 3	EDG	$ 16,875

Media

Interviews

• 2014
• 2015
• 2016

• November 1st - A Window to Japan Esports: An Interview with Japanese Champions DetFM with Cloth5

• April 21st - Interview: Get your IWCI hipster knowledge with Liquid Legends
• July 2nd - (EN) 2015 S2 DetonatioN FM Interview by LJ LEAGUE Official Channel (Japanese and English subtitles)
• September 28th - Spotlight: DetonatioN FocusMe and League of Legends in Japan (Japanese) by Beat Takeshi's TV Tackle (Japanese)

• February 5th - DetonatioN Gaming: Japan's Vanguard with Redbull

• 2015
• 2017

• August 23rd - DETONATİON FOCUSME MUCİZESİ (TR) by Riot tonbaliklimakarna (lolespor.com)

• June 28th - WHAT TO EXPECT COMING INTO RIFT RIVALS IN VIETNAM by aMigraine (esportsheaven.com)

Gallery

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  LJL Spring 2016