DetonatioN FocusMe DetonatioN FocusMe Japan Rank #3 SSeeS Tomonori Okimura have announced their new roster, rebuilt around ace member Seo "Suggest" Jae-young (서재영). Kim "HSK" Hae-seong (김해성) will also move up to a coach position while Takebayashi "barce" Ryo returns to ZETA DIVISION ZETA DIVISION Japan Rank #9 SugarZ3ro Shota Watanabe .

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DetonatioN's rebuild comes after poor results in 2022, during which the team failed to qualify out of Japanese open qualifiers in both stages. Following their acceptance into the Pacific league, DetonatioN began their roster shuffle by shifting Hirotaka "Melofovia" Okazaki to a coach role and releasing Tomonori "SSeeS" Okimura.

The highlight of the organization's new signings is former NORTHEPTION NORTHEPTION Japan Rank #5 player and Crazy Raccoon Crazy Raccoon Japan Rank #4 streamer Park "Seoldam" Sang-min (박상민). Having taken a break from competitive play, Seoldam is notoriously known primarily for his flashy duelist play on a previous iteration of NORTHEPTION NORTHEPTION Japan Rank #5 . He previously placed second in the 2021 APAC Last Chance Qualifier only to FULL SENSE FULL SENSE Asia-Pacific Rank #10 seph1roth Chinnakrit Phoojaroen to lose out on making Champions.

Oshiro "Reita" Ryu, Takemori "takej" Shogo, and Anthem , all three formerly of REJECT REJECT Japan Rank #2 Yoshiii John Yoshiharu Kawakami Dep Yuma Hashimoto BRIAN Jremy Jeremy Cabrera , have also joined the roster. REJECT suffered losses to Crazy Raccoon in playoffs of Stage 1 and Stage 2, ultimately missing out on Masters. However, their results were enough to accumulate enough points to qualify to the East Asia LCQ, where Anthem then joined REJECT for the event. Subsequently, they finished with a top-six placement. Both takej and Reita also had previously qualified to Masters Berlin under ZETA DIVISION ZETA DIVISION Japan Rank #9 SugarZ3ro Shota Watanabe the year prior.

Finishing off the roster is Tomoki "xnfri" Mariya, a core player of NORTHEPTION's revamped 2022 roster. His team was able to carry consistent finishes throughout the season, with a top-three placement in Stage 1 and having qualified for Copenhagen after a victory over ZETA DIVISION in Stage 2. NORTHEPTION ended their year by finishing third in the East Asia LCQ, stumbling against both EDward Gaming EDward Gaming China Rank #4 ZmjjKK Zheng Yongkang (郑永康) nobody Wang Senxu (王森旭) CHICHOO Wan Shunzhi (万顺治) Jieni7 Zhang Juntai (张君泰) stew Park Young-chan (박영찬) and Incheon On Sla2ers Incheon On Sla2ers Inactive VaNish XirZz to face elimination.

Ready for the Pacific league, DetonatioN FocusMe DetonatioN FocusMe Japan Rank #3 SSeeS Tomonori Okimura are: