JDG Esports JDG Esports China Unranked stew Park Young-chan (박영찬) jkuro Yong Haochong (杨浩聪) zhe Niu Zhe (牛哲) Yuicaw Huang Yung-chieh (黃湧傑) coconut Colin Patrick Chung (钟弘祖) has let go of Lifan "Viva" Ran (冉立凡) and signed Chen "MrCANI" Tingxun (陈廷训), and Geng "Babyblue" Haoran (耿浩然), expanding their active roster to six ahead of the 2025 VCT season.

Viva joined JDG in January 2024 as part of a four-man signing class from Rare Atom Rare Atom China Unranked Guran Zhou Minyan (周铭言) nnono Midnight Wang Yingjie (王英杰) Z1yan Liu Zihan (刘紫涵) . The pickups came following Rare Atom's 2023 run to the Ascension China grand finals, where they lost to Dragon Ranger Gaming Dragon Ranger Gaming China Unranked Flex1n Lo Rui (罗瑞) vo0kashu Ilya Ushakov Akeman Zhang Haoran (张浩然) Nicc Shao Yi-qun (邵逸群) SpiritZ1 Lin Dingyu (林定宇) . With Rare Atom, Viva played a multitude of roles, including Jett, Iso, Sova, and Viper. This role continued with JDG in 2024, though he played considerably fewer games as a duelist.

MrCANI joins after being released by Xi Lai Gaming Xi Lai Gaming China Unranked WsLeo Huang Pinwei (黄品维) Lysoar Liang Youhao (梁优好) NoMan James Man Rarga Arthur Churyumov happywei Deng Minwei (邓闵维) , with whom he'd spent the entire 2024 season. After winning Ascension China with them, he was a part of Xi Lai's late offseason roster moves. He was mainly XLG's initiator player, though he occasionally filled in to play the controller role on Omen. JDG will be his fourth team in three seasons.

Babyblue joins with plenty of tier-two experience. He comes from ZY Gaming ZY Gaming China Unranked Attention Wong Ka Fai (黃家暉) , and was also previously signed to Wolves Esports Wolves Esports China Unranked SiuFatBB Pong Gaa Hei (庞加曦) jowa Jordan Wang yosemite Wang Lei (王磊) Spring Liu Jiunting (刘俊霆) qiutiaN Bijan Moeinzadeh (慕英毕强) , but did not see the stage for them. Throughout his career, he's mainly been used in the duelist and initiator roles.

JDG's 2024 season saw them finish top six at the end of Stage 2, missing out on reaching any international events. Since the end of their season, they've participated in three OFF//SEASON events, and have made a handful of personnel changes. They signed EGO and hypnotizing as their coaching duo, while also adding in-game leader sword9 . All three joined from All Gamers All Gamers China Unranked Shr1mp Yang Yong (杨勇) K1ra Huang Zhihao (黄志豪) Au1 Zhu Yihao (朱逸豪) f4ngeer Roman Smirnov iamgrq Gao Ruiqi (高锐琦) . Weeks later, they parted ways with hypnotizing and sword9, then dropped Viva and signed MrCANI.

It is believed that YiHao will continue in a reserve role, meaning MrCANI rounds out their five-man roster.

JDG Esports JDG Esports China Unranked stew Park Young-chan (박영찬) jkuro Yong Haochong (杨浩聪) zhe Niu Zhe (牛哲) Yuicaw Huang Yung-chieh (黃湧傑) coconut Colin Patrick Chung (钟弘祖) 's roster is now:

  • Chen "YHchen" Yuhan (陳昱瀚)
  • Park "stew" Young-chan (박영찬)
  • Yong "jkuro" Haochong (杨浩聪)
  • Chen "MrCANI" Tingxun (陈廷训)
  • Geng "Babyblue" Haoran (耿浩然)
  • Liu "Z1yan" Zihan (刘紫涵)
  • Jiang "Jayce" Yudong (蒋昱栋) (Manager)
  • Yang "EGO" Haozun (杨皓尊) (Head coach)