ZETA DIVISION ZETA DIVISION Japan Rank #3 SugarZ3ro Shota Watanabe eKo Yeom Wang-ryong (염왕룡) Xdll Yuto Mizomori Absol Kazuki Fujinoki stand-in HoneyBunny Fumiya Tanimatsu stand-in has announced the additions of Duelist player Yeom "eKo" Wang-ryong (염왕룡) and coach Ryota "ryota-" Okayama.

eKo joins from NOEZ FOXX NOEZ FOXX Japan Rank #4 YoWamu BlackWiz Kohei Mikami , with whom he spent the last two seasons. He competed as a stand-in for ZETA at Red Bull Homeground, playing the Duelist role for the squad. In his second year with the org, NOEZ FOXX and eKo established themselves as one of the top teams in the Japanese Challengers scene, with a third-place finish in Split 1 and a semifinal finish in Split 2, but came up just short of securing Japan's lone Pacific Ascension spot with a third-place finish in Split 3.

The Korean Duelist player has been well-traveled in his Valorant career, playing in his home country of Korea, China, and Japan since making his debut in 2020. He started his career with No Mercy No Mercy Inactive 777 RyZzi Jung Ki-jin (정기진) eKo Yeom Wang-ryong (염왕룡) Vana exy Park Geun-cheol (박근철) kobra Ha Su-hyun (하수현) JiminHyeok wayo Wontae Moon , and in 2021 played for Quantum Strikers Quantum Strikers Inactive Efina Kim Nak-yeon (김낙연) TS Yu Tae-seok (유태석) GODLIKE Lee Seo-ha (이서하) exy Park Geun-cheol (박근철) eKo Yeom Wang-ryong (염왕룡) and TNL Esports TNL Esports Inactive TS Yu Tae-seok (유태석) exy Park Geun-cheol (박근철) Jinboong Kim Jin-won (김진원) Meteor Kim Tae-oh (김태오) , then joined Japanese squad REIGNITE REIGNITE Japan Rank #18 in 2022. He ended the 2022 season with Incheon On Sla2ers Incheon On Sla2ers Korea Rank #29 VaNish XirZz , and joined Korean giants Gen.G Gen.G Korea Rank #3 Ash Ha Hyun-cheol (하현철) Karon Kim Won-tae (김원태) t3xture Kim Na-ra (김나라) for the first year of Valorant's partnership era. He primarily played the Initiator role as part of a six-man roster, switching seats with Sylvan throughout the year. At the end of the year, he and Sylvan both joined Chinese squad TOP Esports TOP Esports Inactive MrCANI Chen Tingxun (陈廷训) .

ryota-, formerly known as asdf, joins after coaching SCARZ SCARZ Japan Rank #10 Art Koki Kagami Gwangboong Kim Gwang-won (김광원) muto BRIAN Medusa An Min-cheol (안민철) and RIDDLE ORDER RIDDLE ORDER Japan Rank #2 JoXJo Cho Byung-yeon (조병연) Minty Daiki Kato Caedye Amon Mateus Okakura Seoldam Park Sang-min (박상민) yatsuka this past year. He started with SCARZ, but was inactive on their roster starting in April, when he joined RIDDLE ORDER. He guided the squad to a win in Split 2, earning the team a second-straight berth at Pacific Ascension in the process. Before SCARZ and RIDDLE ORDER, ryota- also coached ZETA DIVISION GC ZETA DIVISION GC Inactive , and wrapped up his playing career in 2022 after suiting up on-stage for Good 8 Squad Good 8 Squad Inactive ryota- Ryota Okayama kenmohororo Kaito Yoshida C1ndeR Ko Jae-hyuk (고재혁) Bangnan Jung Min-u (정민우) PeroOwO and SCARZ.

While fellow Japanese squad DetonatioN FocusMe DetonatioN FocusMe Japan Rank #5 Meiy Ibuki Seki SSeeS Tomonori Okimura Akame Yu Gwang-hui (유광희) gyen Koki Nakamura made strides this past season, qualifying for its first-ever playoffs, ZETA had a year to forget, picking up just four wins and finishing ninth in the Championship point standings.

ZETA DIVISION ZETA DIVISION Japan Rank #3 SugarZ3ro Shota Watanabe eKo Yeom Wang-ryong (염왕룡) Xdll Yuto Mizomori Absol Kazuki Fujinoki stand-in HoneyBunny Fumiya Tanimatsu stand-in 's full roster is now:

  • Shota "SugarZ3ro" Watanabe
  • Yeom "eKo" Wang-ryong (염왕룡)
  • Yuto "Xdll" Mizomori
  • Kazuki "Absol" Fujinoki (Stand-in)
  • Fumiya "HoneyBunny" Tanimatsu (Stand-in)
  • Yuma "Dep" Hashimoto
  • Motoyama "XQQ" Hibiki (Head coach)
  • Ryota "ryota-" Okayama (Coach)
  • "gya9" (Analyst)