CREST GAMING Zst CREST GAMING Zst Japan Rank #8 bazz KEN yutaro NOBITA Rintaro Matsumoto Flicker Kim Tae-hee (김태희) loan has announced the additions of Rintaro "NOBITA" Matsumoto and Kim "Flicker" Tae-hee (김태희), who joins on loan from DRX DRX Korea Rank #3 Hermes Ahn Byeong-wook (안병욱) MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) free1ng No Ha-jun (노하준) HYUNMIN Song Hyun-min (송현민) BeYN Kang Ha-bin (강하빈) .

NOBITA joins from QT DIG∞ QT DIG∞ Japan Rank #4 Kippei Misaya yuran Yushin Hato Impact Park Sung-hyun (박성현) margaret Kim Ji-woo (김지우) , primarily playing the Sentinel and Initiator roles for the team, which finished sixth at the end of Japan Challengers Split 3. Before joining QT DIG, he spent over two years with Sengoku Gaming Sengoku Gaming Inactive Gwangboong Kim Gwang-won (김광원) Kippei NOBITA Rintaro Matsumoto Misaya yuran Yushin Hato , and also previously played for several Japanese Challengers squads like Nanashi no Gonbee Nanashi no Gonbee Inactive NOBITA Rintaro Matsumoto Piglet Calm spk 最狂的战士好光 and Nori Nori Yoshinori Nori Nori Yoshinori Inactive NOBITA Rintaro Matsumoto Piglet ModeS toru .

Flicker joins on loan from Korean giants DRX after spending much of the season as a backup player. He started 2025, which was his first year of professional play, as a member of DRX Academy DRX Academy Korea Rank #12 Kyra apeX Cloy Kim Min-gyu (김민규) yong Athan Na Ha-jun (나하준) . He was promoted midseason before the team was set to participate in the Esports World Cup, but never competed in a VCT event. Across EWC and the TEN Global Invitational, he played the secondary Controller, Initiator, and Duelist roles for DRX.

The signings round out CREST's roster for the 2026 season, while DRX trims its roster size back down to five ahead of VCT Pacific Kickoff.

CREST GAMING Zst CREST GAMING Zst Japan Rank #8 bazz KEN yutaro NOBITA Rintaro Matsumoto Flicker Kim Tae-hee (김태희) loan 's full roster is now: