Bilibili Gaming Bilibili Gaming China Rank #5 whzy Wang Haozhe (王昊哲) rushia Wang Xiaojie (王晓杰) nephh Marcus Tan yilai Gu Yiming (顾依铭) Knight Liu Yuxiang (刘宇翔) bud Yang Renyu (杨韧余) FT Yan Shuaibo (闫帅博) has welcomed Ye "Anaks" Sang-jun (예상준) as its new head coach and promoted academy talent Yan "FT" Shuaibo (闫帅博) to its main roster.

Anaks' return to VCT China comes almost two years after leaving. He led JDG Esports JDG Esports China Rank #13 jkuro Yong Haochong (杨浩聪) zhe Niu Zhe (牛哲) Yuicaw Huang Yung-chieh (黃湧傑) crownfisher Li Ao (李翱) BerLIN Zhang Bolin (張柏霖) in 2024, taking over the reigns from former Rare Atom Rare Atom China Rank #7 Potter Sutthichai Promsrikaew Guran Zhou Minyan (周铭言) nnono Croudy Ben1Ley Shi Benyu Z1yan Liu Zihan (刘紫涵) coach and current T1 Academy T1 Academy Korea Rank #8 Satoru Park Jeong-woo (박정우) Gnadel Han Gnadel (한그나델) DarK Park Jung-hyeon (박중현) Impact Park Sung-hyun (박성현) wezzy Oh Min-seo (오민서) coach ValAnalysis midway through the year, to coach the team to a 5th-6th finish in China Stage 2. He retired shortly after the 2024 season, but returned earlier this year with ARETE ARETE Asia-Pacific Rank #123 XIV ANNYEON An Seo-jin (안서진) JaebiN Lee Jae-bin (이재빈) Rico Han Jun-seo (한준서) RedLight Kim Eun-soo (김은수) in the Korean Challengers scene.

While maybe not a central figure in Korean Valorant, Anaks' Valorant career has been deep-rooted in Korean success in the title. He made his debut in 2020 with T1 Korea T1 Korea Inactive 10X Choi Jin-woo (최진우) R0K3T Kim Ju-yeong (김주영) Esperanza Jeong Jin-cheol (정진철) Harry Kim Han-kyu (김한규) Anaks Ye Sang-jun (예상준) . He also played for TUBEPLE Gaming TUBEPLE Gaming Inactive ParkJJong Park Jong-eun (박종은) climax Maeng Ju-ho (맹주호) NakJi Kim Sang-hyeop (김상협) rolex Yoon Jae-Ho Persia Yang Zi-on (양지온) and GoNGo Prince GoNGo Prince Inactive Gunny Song Keon (송건) Wenty Yang Geon-mo (양건모) Eliza Kang Hee-won (강희원) Lawrence Yoon Hyun (윤현) before moving into coaching, competing alongside players like MaKo and Persia . As a coach, he has also worked at Maru Gaming Maru Gaming Inactive Xenus Lee Kyung-ho (이경호) mir Hwang Mir (황미르) , KIWOOM DRX KIWOOM DRX Korea Rank #5 yong Kim Ho-yong (김호용) MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) free1ng No Ha-jun (노하준) HYUNMIN Song Hyun-min (송현민) Flicker Kim Tae-hee (김태희) BeYN Kang Ha-bin (강하빈) , and DRX Academy DRX Academy Korea Rank #7 Kyra Park Jae-young (박재영) Krexx NGen Lee Jae-hong (이재홍) apeX Lee Chan-min (이찬민) XoNs Athan Na Ha-jun (나하준) before joining JDG.

FT competed with XLB XLB Asia-Pacific Rank #10 Kassielsy XiaoFeng Zayce , BiliBili's academy squad, which made waves competing in and winning the Challengers Rest of SEA Split 2 Qualifier before withdrawing last month. He primarily played Viper for the team, which took on several double-Controller comps, but also played Sentinel roles for the team as needed.

The midseason break has been a busy one for BLG, beginning with the departure of former EDward Gaming EDward Gaming China Rank #1 ZmjjKK Zheng Yongkang (郑永康) nobody Wang Senxu (王森旭) CHICHOO Wan Shunzhi (万顺治) Smoggy Zhang Zhao (张钊) Jieni7 Zhang Juntai (张君泰) head coach Muggle . The coaching booth was expanded earlier this week, with balax , formerly of Xi Lai Gaming Xi Lai Gaming China Rank #2 WsLeo Huang Pinwei (黄品维) Sharks Qiu Ge (邱戈) Lysoar Liang Youhao (梁优好) NoMan James Man Rarga Arthur Churyumov happywei Deng Minwei (邓闵维) and Global Esports Global Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #5 PatMen Patrick Mendoza UdoTan Go Kyung-won (고경원) Kr1stal Savva Fedorov xavi8k Xavier Juan Autumn Kale Dunne , joining as an analyst, while Anaks and FT finalize the roster. There may be outgoing yet to come, with BLG's current playing roster sitting at eight players deep.

After making each of the last three Champions events, BLG may need a big Stage 2 to qualify for Champions Shanghai. The team currently sits fifth in China's Championship Point standings with just three points to its name.

Bilibili Gaming Bilibili Gaming China Rank #5 whzy Wang Haozhe (王昊哲) rushia Wang Xiaojie (王晓杰) nephh Marcus Tan yilai Gu Yiming (顾依铭) Knight Liu Yuxiang (刘宇翔) bud Yang Renyu (杨韧余) FT Yan Shuaibo (闫帅博) 's full roster is now:

  • Wang "whzy" Haozhe (王昊哲)
  • Wang "rushia" Xiaojie (王晓杰)
  • Marcus "nephh" Tan
  • Gu "yilai" Yiming (顾依铭)
  • Liu "Knight" Yuxiang (刘宇翔)
  • Yang "bud" Renyu (杨韧余)
  • Yan "FT" Shuaibo (闫帅博)
  • Jiang "Gandolf" Hao (蒋浩) (Manager)
  • Ye "Anaks" Sang-jun (예상준) (Head coach)
  • Zhang "YaoXie" Jihang (張繼航) (Coach)
  • Wang "Jexen" Lin Xiao (王林骁) (Coach)
  • Thong "balax" Chern Kwi (Analyst)
  • Deng "Rain" Shiyao (邓诗耀) (Staff)