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ZETA's SyouTa moves to Murash Gaming

jenopelle

June 13, 2025

ZETA DIVISION ZETA DIVISION Japan Rank #11 Absol Kazuki Fujinoki SyouTa Shota Aoki SugarZ3ro Shota Watanabe eKo Yeom Wang-ryong (염왕룡) Xdll Yuto Mizomori has announced the departure of Shota "SyouTa" Aoki to Japanese Challengers squad Murash Gaming Murash Gaming Japan Rank #8 TENNN Tenta Asai Ask Seigi Yamamoto Chay MrTenzouEz HoneyBunny Fumiya Tanimatsu .

SyouTa joined ZETA DIVISION's ranks at the end of the 2024 season, a year that saw the Japanese side miss out on the playoffs of both league phases and end the year without an international appearance. The year prior, a miracle Last Chance Qualifier run qualified ZETA for Champions 2023, the organization's first and, to this day, only international event.

"Although it was a short time, it was an incredibly good experience!" SyouTa said. "I will do my best in this new environment! Please continue to support ZETA and MURASH!"

SyouTa joined as part of a four-man signing class from Japanese Challengers team FENNEL FENNEL Japan Rank #1 Aace Souta Itou Hals CLZ Hikaru Mizutani Anthem Yoshitaka Enomoto GangPin Chae Jung-moo (채정무) , joining alongside Xdll , CLZ , and coach Johnta . The group was a part of the squad that finished as runner-ups in Stage 2 of the Japanese VCL, falling just short of qualifying for Pacific Ascension. Before FENNEL, SyouTa also played for CREST GAMING Zst CREST GAMING Zst Japan Rank #9 bazz KEN yutaro NOBITA Rintaro Matsumoto Flicker Kim Tae-hee (김태희) loan and AIGIS AIGIS Inactive とちくる PENPEN SuiL4N Rallye 3pei太 .

While a Controller player throughout most of his career, SyouTa settled into ZETA's Sentinel and secondary Controller roles in 2025. He leaves behind a four-man roster that looks set to welcome back star Duelist player Dep , who received treatment for a shoulder injury midway through Stage 1.

After SyouTa's departure, ZETA DIVISION ZETA DIVISION Japan Rank #11 Absol Kazuki Fujinoki SyouTa Shota Aoki SugarZ3ro Shota Watanabe eKo Yeom Wang-ryong (염왕룡) Xdll Yuto Mizomori 's full roster is now:

Kim "TenTen" Tae-young (김태영)
Shota "SugarZ3ro" Watanabe
Hikaru "CLZ" Mizutani
Yuto "Xdll" Mizomori
Yuma "Dep" Hashimoto
Motoyama "XQQ" Hibiki (Head coach)
Carlos "Carlao" Mohn (Assistant coach)
"gya9" (Analyst)

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Selfim

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I feel like he didn't reach his potential at all :(

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had a really good duelist and they decide to put him on sentinel.. zeta is over

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archetype

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feelsbad bro did not reach his potential

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z4kr9

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Whats up with Zeta and good sentinel players leaving first hiroron and now syouta

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Hiron was mid at best be fr

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z4kr9

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hiroron on ini was mid but on senti he was very good

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Ballsamolee

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"good sentinel players" and "Syouta" in the same sentence

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z4kr9

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bro he was good just didnt get have the time to reach his potential

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Ballsamolee

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nah fam he is good on duelist. he is shit on sentinel ong

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DetonationFocusMeiy

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Yeah he definetly didnt reach his potential

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highlyte

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the organization's first and, to this day, only international event

It would be more correct to write here in the era of franchising

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ConfusedGoose57

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also they kinda made lock in

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Abcdefg

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but idt that counts cuz like all of them did

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MerkFreeks

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fr was saying the same thing, they made 2 LANs in 2022

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Fqmane

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who is he going to replace in MRSH? Reita is IGL and sentinel

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temi

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he will prolly go back to smokes

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So, Dep will play flex/second entry, right?

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hopefully syouta comes back. zeta fucked up with this one

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garamanmararaman

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kick 0rt and shift jinboong to init
he played fade once and it was better than any init performance shown by that mf

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delighted

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that's like shifting something to perma initiator

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garamanmararaman

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better than 0rt

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xhaetae

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wrong team bro

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garamanmararaman

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nah obv im saying this to dfm

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xhaetae

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why would dfm be in a zeta comment section

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albertsmh

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yo art and jinboong are DFM's players, not ZETA

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khfa

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salah tim bang

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4K_Mephisto

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Sad man :(

#15

meowmere

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Murash is relatively sound team in vcl jp
Hopefully he will regain his confidence there and return to tier1

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albertsmh

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honestly can y'all just buy Riddle Order's roster or make an all-star team based on Fennel and Riddle's lineups?

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AzShun

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I guess I rate him too high

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MerkFreeks

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The year prior, a miracle Last Chance Qualifier run qualified ZETA for Champions 2023, the organization's first and, to this day, only international event.

Should maybe note thats franchising, they made Reykjavik 2022 and Champs 2022

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where dep

#28

pistolroundVyseUlt

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hit a few crazy clips then dipped

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Upstander123

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Zeta after signing a rising talent only to off role him for the 82738293747 time:

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Japanese scene has been horrid since franchising. Cant wait for aspas to save it next year cause it’s pitiful to witness

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