DetonatioN FocusMe DetonatioN FocusMe Japan Rank #5 Meiy Ibuki Seki SSeeS Tomonori Okimura Akame Yu Gwang-hui (유광희) gyen Koki Nakamura has announced the expiration of Kim "Jinboong" Jin-won (김진원)'s contract, making him a free agent.

The organization shared that it is still in discussions with Jinboong about his future with the team, but that nothing is finalized.

Jinboong joined DFM after impressing in the Japanese Challengers scene. He spent the 2024 season with Sengoku Gaming Sengoku Gaming Inactive Gwangboong Kim Gwang-won (김광원) Kippei NOBITA Misaya yuran Yushin Hato , who finished third in Challengers Japan Split 2, where he was the team's go-to Sentinel player, while also occasionally playing Viper. This year, Jinboong continued in the Sentinel and Controller roles for DFM, while also picking up the Initiator role on occasion. Jinboong has had several stops throughout his Valorant career, also playing for SLT Seongnam SLT Seongnam Korea Rank #3 C1ndeR Ko Jae-hyuk (고재혁) Klaus Kim Min-hyuk (김민혁) XuNa Kim Tae-geon (김태건) oonzmlp Shin Sang-beom (신상범) Zexy Jang Suk-hyun (장석현) , Rio Company Rio Company Inactive SungJin Ko Sung-jin (고성진) Sunday Kim Min-soo (김민수) kanade Um Hyun-sung (엄현성) LuZ Lim Ui-jun (임의준) Jinboong Kim Jin-won (김진원) , and FENNEL FENNEL Japan Rank #1 GON Kento Hara Aace Souta Itou Hals neth Yusuke Matsuda MrTenzouEz since making his professional debut in 2020.

The 2025 season saw improvement across the board for DFM. They picked up two wins at Pacific Kickoff, including a 2-0 upset victory over regional giants Paper Rex Paper Rex Asia-Pacific Rank #1 PatMen Patrick Mendoza Jinggg Wang Jing Jie f0rsakeN Jason Susanto d4v41 Khalish Rusyaidee something Ilya Petrov to finish 5th-6th, but went winless in Stage 1, inciting a change in the team's IGL duties. The team swapped Art for SSeeS , and almost immediately saw improvement in Stage 2, going 3-2 in the group stage. That qualified them for the organization's first-ever playoffs, which started and ended in the lower bracket as the group's fourth seed. DFM ended the year ranked 7th-8th in the region, its best-ever finish in Pacific.

DFM also announced contract extensions for SSeeS and Akame , making their full roster: