Hometown Hero 'KEN' Defends Japan at Umebura SAT

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Against a field of local and international threats, Tokyo-native KEN () successfully managed to defend his hometown and win Umebura S.A.T, Japan's second international Super Smash Bros. for Wii U event.

KEN, who finished 5th at the previous Umebura and 13th at Evolution 2016, won the tournament through the upper bracket. Only losing games to fellow Japanese player Tsu~ () and New York's Samuel "DT | Dabuz" Buzby (), he finished his tournament run with a clean 3 - 0 sweep in his rematch against Dabuz.

Around 300 players competed at the Umebura series' second anniversary event, which took place from August 20 - 21. This number included 3 top players from overseas, Nairoby "Nairo" Quezada, Ramin "Mr. R" Delshad and Dabuz, and a host of Japan's finest.

Image Credits: Alex "Vayseth" Varga for Smashboards (@_Vayseth)
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Smash Wii U Results - UMEBURA S.A.T :
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[table = head] Standing | Player | Sent to Losers by | Knocked out by
1st | KEN | |
2nd | DT Dabuz | KEN | KEN
3rd | Nairo | KEN | Dabuz
4th | Kamemushi | Dabuz | Nairo
5th | Taiheita | Nairo | Kamemushi
5th | Mr. R | Kamemushi | Nairo
7th | Tsu- | KEN | Taiheita
7th | Kuro | Dabuz | Mr.R
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To support the streamers of this event, Shi-Gaming, you can subscribe to their Twitch channel. You can also follow the head organizer, Umeki, on Twitter.​

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For more coverage on the Japanese scene, stay tuned on Smashboards. One can also read the Vayseth's Voyage column where Smashboards writer Alex "Vayseth" Varga discusses happenings in the Japanese scene, like ZeRo's EVO Training.