JDG Esports
JDG Esports
China
Rank #9
kklin
Zhang Ziling (张梓凌)
stew
Park Young-chan (박영찬)
jkuro
Yong Haochong (杨浩聪)
Babyblue
Geng Haoran (耿浩然)
Z1yan
Liu Zihan (刘紫涵)
has let go of Lifan "Viva"
Ran (冉立凡) and signed Chen "MrCANI"
Tingxun (陈廷训), and Geng "Babyblue"
Haoran (耿浩然), expanding their active roster to six ahead of the 2025 VCT season.
Viva joined JDG in January 2024 as part of a four-man signing class from
Rare Atom
Rare Atom
China
Rank #7
Guran
Zhou Minyan (周铭言)
zhe
Niu Zhe (牛哲)
nnono
Satoshi
Fei Zhixian (费郅贤)
Midnight
Wang Yingjie (王英杰)
. The pickups came following Rare Atom's 2023 run to the Ascension China grand finals, where they lost to
Dragon Ranger Gaming
Dragon Ranger Gaming
China
Rank #4
Flex1n
Lo Rui (罗瑞)
vo0kashu
Ilya Ushakov
Akeman
Zhang Haoran (张浩然)
Nicc
Shao Yi-qun (邵逸群)
SpiritZ1
Lin Dingyu (林定宇)
. With Rare Atom, Viva played a multitude of roles, including Jett, Iso, Sova, and Viper. This role continued with JDG in 2024, though he played considerably fewer games as a duelist.
MrCANI joins after being released by
Xi Lai Gaming
Xi Lai Gaming
China
Rank #2
Viva
Lifan Ran (冉立凡)
NoMan
James Man
Rarga
Arthur Churyumov
happywei
Deng Minwei (邓闵维)
coconut
Colin Patrick Chung (钟弘祖)
, with whom he'd spent the entire 2024 season. After winning Ascension China with them, he was a part of Xi Lai's late offseason roster moves. He was mainly XLG's initiator player, though he occasionally filled in to play the controller role on Omen. JDG will be his fourth team in three seasons.
Babyblue joins with plenty of tier-two experience. He comes from
ZY Gaming
ZY Gaming
China
Unranked
Attention
Wong Ka Fai (黃家暉)
, and was also previously signed to
Wolves Esports
Wolves Esports
China
Rank #5
SiuFatBB
Pong Gaa Hei (庞加曦)
Spring
Liu Jiunting (刘俊霆)
Lysoar
Liang Youhao (梁优好)
, but did not see the stage for them. Throughout his career, he's mainly been used in the duelist and initiator roles.
JDG's 2024 season saw them finish top six at the end of Stage 2, missing out on reaching any international events. Since the end of their season, they've participated in three OFF//SEASON events, and have made a handful of personnel changes. They signed
EGO
and
hypnotizing
as their coaching duo, while also adding in-game leader
sword9
. All three joined from
All Gamers
All Gamers
China
Rank #17
Shr1mp
Yang Yong (杨勇)
Spitfires
Xin Mingyan (辛明阳)
HanChe
Huang Jingxuan (黄敬轩)
K1ra
Huang Zhihao (黄志豪)
. Weeks later, they parted ways with hypnotizing and sword9, then dropped Viva and signed MrCANI.
It is believed that YiHao will continue in a reserve role, meaning MrCANI rounds out their five-man roster.
JDG Esports
JDG Esports
China
Rank #9
kklin
Zhang Ziling (张梓凌)
stew
Park Young-chan (박영찬)
jkuro
Yong Haochong (杨浩聪)
Babyblue
Geng Haoran (耿浩然)
Z1yan
Liu Zihan (刘紫涵)
's roster is now:
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