ZETA DIVISION ZETA DIVISION Japan Rank #7 Laz Ushida Koji yuran Yushin Hato hiroronn Hiroki Yanai Dep Yuma Hashimoto SugarZ3ro Shota Watanabe have re-signed former player Takebayashi "barce" Ryo as a substitute, their only roster move for the 2023 VCT Pacific League.

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Ever since their origins as Absolute JUPITER Absolute JUPITER Inactive makiba Miyamoto Akatsuki Laz Ushida Koji crow Maruoka Tomoaki barce Takebayashi Ryo takej Takemori Shogo Reita Oshiro Ryu , ZETA DIVISION have been a mainstay of top Japanese Valorant. They capped off an all-gold 2020 by winning First Strike Japan, but trophies eluded the team from thereon. Crazy Raccoon Crazy Raccoon Inactive outperformed ZETA DIVISION in every event both teams attended — barring the Stage 3: Challengers Playoffs. barce was a part of ZETA's high and lows in 2021, eventually transitioning to content creation after the team's groups exit at Masters Berlin.

ZETA DIVISION's big break came in this year's Masters Reykjavik. After being the first and so far only Japanese squad to make it past groups, the team carried on to a monstrous lower bracket run that saw them knock Team Liquid Team Liquid Europe Rank #14 Jamppi Elias Olkkonen nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin Enzo Enzo Mestari Mistic James Orfila Keiko Georgio Sanassy , DRX DRX Korea Rank #1 stax Kim Gu-taek (김구택) BuZz Yu Byung-chul (유병철) MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) Foxy9 Jung Jae-sung (정재성) BeYN Kang Ha-bin (강하빈) , and Paper Rex Paper Rex Asia-Pacific Rank #1 mindfreak Aaron Leonhart Jinggg Wang Jing Jie f0rsakeN Jason Susanto d4v41 Khalish Rusyaidee something Ilya Petrov out, before being eliminated themselves by OpTic Gaming OpTic Gaming Inactive . By finishing third, ZETA DIVISION made history with one of the deepest runs in the country's tactical FPS history.

In their official announcement, the organization touched on Reita's transfer to DetonatioN FocusMe DetonatioN FocusMe Japan Rank #4 Medusa An Min-cheol (안민철) neth Yusuke Matsuda Meiy Ibuki Seki popogachi Souta Morita Anthem Yoshitaka Enomoto , stating the move went through after internal discussions with Reita himself.

Adding a single substitute, ZETA DIVISION ZETA DIVISION Japan Rank #7 Laz Ushida Koji yuran Yushin Hato hiroronn Hiroki Yanai Dep Yuma Hashimoto SugarZ3ro Shota Watanabe 's 2023 roster is:

  • Ushida "Laz" Koji
  • Maruoka "crow" Tomoaki
  • Yuuma "Dep" Hisamoto
  • Shota "SugarZ3ro" Watanabe
  • Tenta "TENNN" Asai
  • Takebayashi "barce" Ryo (Substitute)
  • Motoyama "XQQ" Hibiki (Head coach)
  • Sawada "JUNiOR" Yuya (Coach)
  • "gya9" (Analyst)