Editing Smasher:AMSa

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{{for|the similarly named Dutch {{SSBM|Sheik}} player|Smasher:Amsah}}
{{Infobox Smasher
|name            = aMSa
|image           = AMSA 2018.png
|mainssbm        = Yoshi
|otherssbm       = Falco
|mainpm          = Lucario
|otherpm         = Yoshi
|mainssb4        = Greninja
|otherssb4       = Yoshi
|mainssbu        = Roy
|sponsor         = {{Team|Red Bull}}, I-Freek Mobile
|former sponsors =  {{Team|Golden Guardians}}, {{Team|VGBootCamp}}, {{Team|CJ eSports}}
|alias           = あむさ
|winningsssbm    = ~$61,480.40
|skillssbm       = Top level
|skillpm         = Top level {{retired}}
|skillssb4       = High level {{retired}}
|realname        = Masaya Chikamoto
|rankingssbm     = [[SSBMRank Summer 2023]]: 7th
|birthday        = 27
|birthmonth      = 10
|birthyear       = 1991
|location        = Saitama, Kantō
|country         = Japan
}}
[[File:Apex 2014 - aMSa and Chu.jpeg|thumb|300px|aMSa (standing) after beating {{Sm|ChuDat}} (sitting) in Winners Finals of their pool at [[Apex 2014]].]]
'''aMSa''' ({{ja|あむさ|Amusa}}, ''aMSa'') is a ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' {{SSBM|Yoshi}} player from Hyogo, Japan, who is considered to be the best Yoshi player of all-time. He entered the scene in January 2013 and quickly became known as the best Yoshi player in the world after his strong performances at [[EVO 2013]] and [[Apex 2014]], despite only having played seriously for a short amount of time compared to other professionals. aMSa revolutionized Yoshi's metagame and largely contributed to Yoshi's rise in the metagame, which included tournament results and wins that were unprecedented by other Yoshi mains. Most notable among these results were his victories at {{Trn|The Big House 10}}, {{Trn|Apex 2022}}, and {{Trn|Scuffed World Tour}}, making him the only Yoshi player to ever win a [[major]]. aMSa is currently ranked 7th on the [[SSBMRank Summer 2023]] and was formerly ranked 1st on the [[Japan SSBM Rank 2018]]. At his peak, aMSa was one of the best players in the world, notably ranking 2nd on the [[SSBMRank 2022]].

aMSa was signed by [[VGBootCamp]] in May 2014 and stayed on the team for over 9 years. He eventually left on March 30th, 2023, after being signed to the {{Team|Golden Guardians}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/VGBootCamp/status/1641530756576034816|title=aMSa and VGBC part ways}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/ggmelee/status/1641530774498447362|title=aMSa joins Golden Guardians!}}</ref> In addition, he is also sponsored by Red Bull eSports<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/aMSaRedyoshi/status/1091522332873519104|title=aMSa signs with Red Bull}}</ref> and was previously signed with CJ eSports, a team founded by {{Sm|CaptainJack}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/aMSaRedyoshi/status/1147807838816759808|title=aMSa signing with CJ eSports}}</ref> In April 2023, he signed with a third sponsor, the Japanese IT company IFreek Mobile.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/aMSaRedYoshi/status/1651059004494450688|title=aMSa signs with IFreek Mobile}}</ref>

==Playing style==
aMSa is a very technical and punish-heavy player, heavily incorporating [[double jump cancelling]] and [[parry]]ing into his gameplay as Yoshi to escape pressure and create lengthy, damaging combos of his own. He is also dangerous at the ledge; he frequently utilizes the [[Egg Throw]] ledge stall to bait bad approaches, is able to [[ledgedash]] proficiently, and threatens early KOs by occasionally using ledge-hopped [[Egg Lay]]s as a mixup. He also makes the most out of Yoshi's otherwise mediocre mobility with his fantastic platform movement and ledge snap tricks, as shown partially in his [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UufV85QoCVE tech skill video]. aMSa also has a large amount of game knowledge; he has compiled a detailed chart of KO percentages for all of Yoshi's smash attacks on every stage, utilizes [[port]] mechanics to gain extra frames to escape otherwise guaranteed [[chain grab]]s from {{SSBM|Sheik}}, and has very precise aim with Egg Throw and F-air, especially when edgeguarding or extending combos.

aMSa has more even sets against smashers with more familiarity with the Yoshi matchup, especially in Japan. He tends to have more trouble against players with a more patient playstyle who can combat his egg zoning (such as {{Sm|Hungrybox}}). He has a history of struggling against {{SSBM|Captain Falcon}} players, which he says is one of Yoshi's worst matchups due to the character's true combos out of grab and attacks that break Yoshi's double jump armor at low percents, and {{SSBM|Sheik}} players, another one of Yoshi's worst matchups because of a [[chain grab]] to high percents. His more recent matchup opinions are reflected in his [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGtpuG8lCeU Yoshi matchup video].

==History==
===EVO 2013===
After taking top 8 in a Japanese tournament using only Yoshi, aMSa piqued the interest of the international scene. He made his international debut at EVO 2013, where he managed to sweep through his pool without losing a set, knocking smashers such as {{Sm|Flow}} and {{Sm|Codi}} into losers' bracket and making it to quarterfinals on the winners' side. He then managed to take a game off of {{Sm|Mew2King}} in the second round of brackets, shocking many spectators, although Mew2King still ended up defeating aMSa 2-1. In losers' bracket, aMSa defeated another notable smasher in {{Sm|Mr. F}}, achieving a final placement of 25th after losing to {{Sm|DaShizWiz}}. He later played many other top players in friendlies, including {{Sm|Armada}}, {{Sm|Axe}}, and {{Sm|Hungrybox}}, managing to hold his own in each one (most of his matches went to the last stock); his most notable moment in these matches was when he [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CMBBO0PNwM&t=6m50s 4-stocked SilentSpectre], which many other professionals have never achieved, in or out of tournament brackets.

aMSa's performance split the community's opinions on him; some claimed that he had the potential to take top 16 in his next national event, while others claimed that his relatively high placement was the result of a comparatively easy bracket compared to that of many other players. His stellar performance at EVO resulted in smashers voting him in at 77th best in the world on the [[2013 SSBM Player Rankings]]; even there, however, panelists shared split opinions, with several top professional players arguing that he was overrated and would not perform as well in the future.

===Apex 2014 and the pre-MLG season===
aMSa returned to the United States to compete in {{Trn|Apex 2014}}. Defying all expectations again, he tore through winners' bracket in the first round of pools on the first day, beating {{Sm|Green Ranger}} 2-0 and {{Sm|ChuDat}} 2-1 for the winner's position, and defeated {{Sm|Kage}} in a best-of-5 exhibition match 3-2. The next day, he caused more enormous upsets by defeating {{Sm|Silent Wolf}} 2-1 and {{Sm|Fly Amanita}} 2-0, securing a spot in winners' finals of the pool. However, he was then defeated by {{Sm|PPMD}} in winners' finals and {{Sm|Colbol}} in losers' finals, resulting in his 9th place finish in the second largest ''Melee'' tournament at the time. After the tournament, he once again fought many other professionals in various exhibition matches, managing to take a game off of {{Sm|Tafokints}}, win best of 3 sets against {{Sm|MattDotZeb}} and {{Sm|Vish}}, and win best of 5 sets against {{Sm|SFAT}}, {{Sm|Westballz}}, and {{Sm|Mew2King}}'s sandbagging choices. Although he did not perform as well in doubles with fellow Yoshi main {{Sm|V3ctorman}}, he still garnered an enormous amount of fan support for demonstrating unprecedented levels of play with his character.

aMSa would later attend the Japanese {{Trn|MLG Anaheim 2014}} qualifier, {{Trn|Sumabato DX Melee 11}}, in May. However, he performed very poorly and did not win a single set, being taken out by his training partner {{Sm|Sheik}} in winners' bracket and then by {{Sm|Shippu}} in losers' bracket, finishing last at 13th place. This performance did not give him enough MLG points to qualify for the championship bracket, and although he took 2nd at {{Trn|KVO 2014}} the day after, he needed to travel out of country again to accumulate enough points.

Two weeks later, aMSa traveled to France to attend {{Trn|Republic of Fighters 3}}, a 5000 point qualifier. At this tournament, he achieved a first seed in his second round of pools after defeating {{Sm|Däumling}} and {{Sm|Cyr}} 2-0, and defeated players such as {{Sm|porc}}, {{Sm|Trif}}, and {{Sm|Zgetto}} in winners' bracket before being knocked into losers by {{Sm|Armada}}. He then defeated {{Sm|Overtriforce}} 3-1 in losers' quarters, and knocked out {{Sm|Ice}} 3-0 in losers' semis (with a 3-stock lead at the end of game 1), before losing to {{Sm|Leffen}} 2-3 in an incredibly close set in losers' finals that went down to the last stock, to take 3rd place overall in the singles portion of the tournament. Placing 3rd at this tournament allowed him to gather enough points to qualify for the MLG Anaheim 2014 championship bracket. He also teamed with {{Sm|Cyr}} in doubles and placed 7th.

===Summer of Smash 2014===
At MLG Anaheim 2014, aMSa didn't do well in his pool; he brought several of his opponents, such as {{Sm|Fiction}}, Westballz, and {{Sm|ZeRo}}, to game 5 (often down 2-0 in his favor), but almost always lost in 3-game reversals. Even though the tournament weighed game counts as well as match counts, his stray wins were not enough for him to be seeded any higher than losers' round 1 in the championship bracket. In the championship bracket, he faced {{Sm|S2J}} first, and won the first two games. However, just like many other players in the championship pools the day before, S2J came back 2-3, knocking aMSa out and into a 17th place finish overall. aMSa also attended {{Trn|CEO 2014}}, but did not make it out of his bracket pool, losing to {{Sm|PorkChops}} 2-3 in winners' finals and {{Sm|Wenbo}} 1-3 in losers' finals of the pool, thus placing 33rd in ''Melee'' singles at the tournament. However, he did slightly better in ''Melee'' doubles, where he placed 9th with {{Sm|PL}}.

aMSa made his next appearance at {{Trn|Kings of Cali 4}}, where he defeated both {{Sm|MacD}} and {{Sm|Scar}} 2-0 in the second round of pools, and was seeded first coming out of his pool into the top 32 bracket. He defeated {{Sm|DendyPretendy}} 3-0 and {{Sm|Ken}} 3-0, setting up a match between him and Mew2King in winners' quarters. In a shocking upset, after losing the first game, aMSa was able to win the set 3-1. He then lost to {{Sm|Mango}} 0-3 in winners' semis, and to {{Sm|Lucky}} 0-3 in losers' quarters, however, resulting in a 5th place finish overall in singles. In doubles, he placed 7th with PL, losing to Westballz and ZeRo 1-3 in losers' top 8.

The following week, aMSa attended {{Trn|EVO 2014}}, and won a local tournament at Press Start Gaming Center shortly before the main event started, defeating Ice 2-0, {{Sm|G$}}, and Ice again 3-2 for the 1st place finish. Like the previous year, he swept through his round 1 pools without dropping a set, then defeated {{Sm|Tai}} in the second round bracket before losing to {{Sm|PewPewU}}'s Fox 0-2. In losers', aMSa defeated {{Sm|Lambchops}} and {{Sm|Swedish Delight}} before losing to {{Sm|S2J}} again, ending his tournament at 17th place overall.

===Apex 2015===
aMSa first attended the Apex Qualifier {{Trn|Battle GateWay 6}} in December 2014, where he placed 2nd, losing to {{Sm|Sobameshi}} in Winner's semis before defeating the likes of {{Sm|K.F}}, {{Sm|Kounotori}}, {{Sm|Flash}} and Sobameshi in a rematch before being defeated by Shippu in Grand Finals. He did not attend any other Apex Qualifiers or major tournaments until {{Trn|Apex 2015}}.

At Apex, aMSa swept through his round 1 pool, getting 1st seed with no difficulty. In R2 Pools, he defeated top players such as {{Sm|Laudandus}} to make it into Top 48 bracket in Winner's side. There, he defeated Fly Amanita once again 2-0 before falling to Leffen 0-2. aMSa then made an amazing loser's bracket run, defeating {{Sm|Zhu}} 2-0, Lucky 2-1, and SFAT 2-0 to make Top 8, surpassing even his previous year's performance. In Top 8, he defeated {{Sm|KirbyKaze}} 3-1 before falling to Mango in a last stock, game 5 position 2-3 to end his run at 5th place, the highest placing competitor outside of the Top 6, at the biggest Melee tournament at the time, cementing his status as one of the best current players in the world.

===GENESIS 5===
aMSa entered Genesis 5 in January of 2018. Here, he had a duo of upsets against top 10 players. First was SFAT, whom he delivered a 3-0. Second was {{Sm|Wizzrobe}}, the #1 ranked {{SSBM|Captain Falcon}} player in the world, whom he had never taken a game off of in the past. Previously at {{Trn|Smash Summit 5}}, he placed last after losing to Wizzrobe. Between tournaments, he practiced with {{Sm|Gucci}} to hone his skills against the character. At G5, he was able to employ these strategies, and successfully defeated Wizzrobe 3-2 in a last game, last stock situation on aMSa's signature counterpick stage [[Yoshi's Story]]. He then advanced to Winners Quarters, where he faced {{Sm|Hungrybox}}, who sent aMSa to losers' bracket with a relatively close 3-0. In losers, he faced {{Sm|HugS}} for a spot in Top 8. HugS won the first two games, and aMSa followed up winning the following two. This led to a last game on Dreamland, which came down to the last stock, with less than thirty seconds remaining. After being pressured to the ledge, aMSa missed the timing on his Egg Throw stalling and fell, ending his run at an impressive 9th place.

===EGLX 2018===
At EGLX 2018, aMSa went on one of the best tournament runs of his career. He started out the run by beating {{Sm|Prince Abu}} Narrowly in pools, with the end score being 2-1. He would go on to lose to SFAT in winners round one 0-3. Going to losers bracket this early can present the problem of a longer, more challenging bracket, but aMSa would manage to upset Swedish Delight 3-2, Ice 3-2, and Axe 3-0 to get into top 8 at the event. Once in top 8, aMSa would proceed to upset Crush 3-2, and Mew2King 3-1. He would end his run by losing to Wizzrobe 0-3, placing 4th at the event, only being outplaced by Wizzrobe, Plup, and Hungrybox.

===Other ''Smash'' games===
While aMSa is not known to play ''Brawl'', he did play the ''Brawl'' mod ''[[Project M]]'' for some time. He initially started with {{PM|Yoshi}}, as he did in ''Melee'', but later decided not to play Yoshi competitively. He stated that he wanted to treat ''Project M'' as its own unique game rather than another ''Melee'' title, and also explained that certain key aspects of Yoshi didn't resemble those of his ''Melee'' appearance ([[parry]]ing, for example.) Thus, aMSa used {{PM|Lucario}} instead, and was considered one of the best ''PM'' {{PM|Lucario}} mains in the world. He exhibits mastery over Lucario's many complex movement options and combos that not many other Lucario mains utilize in their playstyles even to this day, and was frequently the highest-placing Lucario player in several large regional and international ''Project M'' tournaments.

With Yoshi, aMSa placed 65th at {{Trn|Apex 2014}} in ''Project M'' singles, barely failing to make it out of his bracket pool. He later made his debut with Lucario at NINJA4, where he placed 2nd; he lost to {{Sm|Kaito}} in winners' semis, then defeated {{Sm|Shippu}}, {{Sm|Katiwari}}, and {{Sm|Opinthin}} to make it to Grand Finals against Kaito, where he lost again. He placed 2nd again at {{Trn|Republic of Fighters 3}}; he lost again in winners' semis, this time to {{Sm|Zen}} 1-3, then defeated {{Sm|Yomi}} 3-0, {{Sm|Clade}} 3-0, and {{Sm|Zen}} 3-1 in a rematch, then lost to {{Sm|Professor Pro}} 0-3 in Grand Finals.

At {{Trn|CEO 2014}}, aMSa placed 9th in ''Project M'' singles; he made it out of his pool on the winners' side, but lost to {{Sm|ZeRo}} and {{Sm|TheReflexWonder}} afterward. He also placed 7th in ''Project M'' doubles with {{Sm|DJ Nintendo}}.

aMSa was also a participant in the [[Super Smash Bros. Invitational]] at [[E3 2014]], and was one of two international participants (along with ZeRo). Even with {{SSB4|Yoshi}} unavailable for selection, he reached the four-way finals round using {{SSB4|Olimar}}. He had the same score but less percent than ZeRo after the match ended, but it did not grant him the win under the Invitational rules; he was subsequently eliminated by popular vote in favor of ZeRo to take 3rd place overall. After the game's release, he picked up {{SSB4|Greninja}}, and consistently places well in ''Smash 4'' tournaments, placing 9th at Apex 2015, which included a 2-0 victory over {{Sm|Ally}} and close 1-2 loss to {{Sm|MVD}}, as well as defeating {{Sm|Boss}}, {{Sm|Nick Riddle}}, {{Sm|Rich Brown}}, and {{Sm|J.Miller}} in Round 2 pools. He also has a Yoshi secondary, but does not play him as often, as he is afraid that the dissimilarities between Yoshi's incarnations in ''Melee'' and ''Smash 4'' will hinder his gameplay with both of them. After participating in {{Trn|EVO Japan 2018}}, he announced that he would be retiring from ''Smash 4''.<ref>https://twitter.com/aMSaRedyoshi/status/957052412132511744</ref>

==Rankings==
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===
====[[SSBMRank]]/[[MPGR]]====
{|class="wikitable"
!Ranking!!Time period!!Rank!!Character(s)!!Notes
|-
|[[SSBMRank 2013]]||January 2013 - December 2013||77th||{{Head|Yoshi|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||
|-
|[[Summer 2014 SSBMRank]]||January 2014 - July 2014||12th||{{Head|Yoshi|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||
|-
|[[SSBMRank 2014]]||January 2014 - December 2014||22nd||{{Head|Yoshi|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||
|-
|[[Summer 2015 SSBMRank]]||January 2015 - July 2015||22nd||{{Head|Yoshi|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||
|-
|[[SSBMRank 2015]]||January 2015 - December 2015||24th||{{Head|Yoshi|g=SSBM|s=20px}}{{Head|Falco|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||
|-
|[[SSBMRank 2016]]||January 2016 - December 2016||32nd||{{Head|Yoshi|g=SSBM|s=20px}}{{Head|Falco|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||
|-
|[[Summer 2017 SSBMRank]]||December 2016 - June 2017||34th||{{Head|Yoshi|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||
|-
|[[SSBMRank 2017]]||December 2016 - December 2017||24th||{{Head|Yoshi|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||
|-
|[[Summer 2018 MPGR]]||December 2017 - July 2018||8th||{{Head|Yoshi|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||
|-
|[[MPGR 2018]]||December 2017 - December 2018||9th||{{Head|Yoshi|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||
|-
|[[Summer 2019 MPGR]]||December 2018 - July 2019||8th||{{Head|Yoshi|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||
|-
|[[MPGR 2019]]||December 2018 - December 2019||7th||{{Head|Yoshi|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||
|-
|[[MPGR Summer 2022]]||March 2022 - July 2022||6th||{{Head|Yoshi|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||
|-
|[[SSBMRank 2022]]||March 2022 - December 2022||2nd||{{Head|Yoshi|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||
|}

==Tournament placings==
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner!!Earnings
|-
|[http://tohokussbm.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-3.html NINJA1]||January 12th-13th, 2013||5th||2nd||{{Sm|Jiro}}
|-
|[http://tohokussbm.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-5.html NINJA2]||March 29th-31st, 2013||4th||5th||{{Sm|KNOL}}
|-
|{{Trn|Sumabato DX Melee 8}}||May 5th, 2013||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://battlegateway.wixsite.com/official/1stresult Battle GateWay 1]||June 29th, 2013||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|'''''{{Trn|EVO 2013}}'''''||July 12th-14th, 2013||25th / 709||&mdash;||{{Sm|Sheik}}
|-
|[http://dx.smashbr0s.com/info/第３回北日本大会（ninja3）-結果＆総評/ NINJA3]||September 21st-23rd, 2013||9th||3rd||Sheik
|-
|{{Trn|Sumabato DX Melee 10}}||December 22nd, 2013||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|'''''{{Trn|Apex 2014}}'''''||January 17th-19th, 2014||9th / 629||65th / 160||{{Sm|V3ctorman}}
|-
|[http://dx.smashbr0s.com/info/【結果】第4回北日本大会結果/ NINJA4]||March 28th-30th, 2014||&mdash;||2nd||{{Sm|ずんだ}}
|-
|{{Trn|Sumabato DX Melee 11}}||May 4th, 2014||13th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|KVO 2014}}||May 5th, 2014||2nd / 16||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Republic of Fighters 3}}||May 17th-18th 2014||3rd / 192||7th / 64||{{Sm|Cyr}}
|-
|[http://battlegateway.wixsite.com/official/4thresult Battle GateWay 4]||June 14th, 2014||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|'''''{{Trn|MLG Anaheim 2014}}'''''||June 20th-22nd, 2014||17th / 325||25th / 43||{{Sm|PL}}
|-
|'''{{Trn|CEO 2014}}'''||June 27th-29th, 2014||33rd / 262||9th / 40||PL
|-
|{{Trn|Kings of Cali 4}}||July 5th-6th, 2014||5th / 208||7th / 44||PL||$46.50
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/rankings/events/prinnys-path-to-evo-melee-singles.1611/ Prinnys Path to EVO]||July 9th, 2014||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|PSG Tournament}}||July 10th, 2014||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|'''''{{Trn|EVO 2014}}'''''||July 11th-13th, 2014||17th / 970||33rd / 72||PL
|-
|{{Trn|Sumabato DX 29}}||August 16th, 2014||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://smashbrothers.info/tournament/dx/melee/12/ Sumabato DX Melee 12]||August 24th, 2014||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://battlegateway.wixsite.com/official/5thresult Battle GateWay 5]||August 31st, 2014||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|NINJA5}}||September 13th, 2014||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Battle GateWay 6}}||December 13th-14th, 2014||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Sumabato DX Melee 13}}||December 27th-28th, 2014||1st||1st||{{Sm|Botan}}
|-
|'''''{{Trn|Apex 2015}}'''''||January 31st-February 1st, 2015||5th / 1,037||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://battlegateway.wixsite.com/official/7thresult Battle GateWay 7]||March 3rd, 2015||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|KSB 2015}}||May 2nd-4th, 2015||2nd / 40||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|'''''{{Trn|EVO 2015}}'''''||July 17th-19th, 2015||25th / 1,869||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://battlegateway.wixsite.com/official/8thresult Battle GateWay 8]||August 9th, 2015||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|CrazyHand 2015}}||August 14th-15th, 2015||2nd / 58||2nd / 28||{{Sm|Eggplant}}||~$50.04
|-
|[http://challonge.com/crazy_2015_winter/ CrazyHand Winter 2015]||December 26th-27th, 2015||5th||2nd||{{Sm|Sanne}}
|-
|{{Trn|Battle GateWay 9}}||January 24th, 2016||4th / 70||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://challonge.com/aaaassdfgh Battle GateWay 10]||March 26, 2016||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|'''{{Trn|Pound 2016}}'''||April 2nd-3rd, 2016||13th / 933||33rd / 122||{{Sm|Toph}}
|-
|{{Trn|KSB 2016}}||April 29th-May 1st, 2016||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://challonge.com/battlegateway11a Battle GateWay 11]||June 23rd, 2016||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://vgbootcamp.challonge.com/SAX08102016SSBM S@X 162]||August 10th, 2016||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|'''{{Trn|Super Smash Con 2016}}'''||August 11th-14th, 2016||9th / 940||17th / 171||{{Sm|Mr.II}}
|-
|[http://battlegateway.wixsite.com/official/blank-6 Battle GateWay 12]||September 4th, 2016||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://challonge.com/battlegateway13 Battle GateWay 13]||November 6th, 2016||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://chubudx.chu.jp/tournament/tournament5/tournament5_result.html Chubu 5]||December 6th, 2016||5th||5th||{{Sm|Watch}}
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/nirai-kanai/event/melee-singles/brackets?per_page=20&filter=%7B%22phaseId%22%3A73956%7D&sort_by=-startAt&order=-1&page=1 Nirai Kanai]||December 10th, 2016||1st||1st||{{Sm|Shuta}}
|-
|[http://challonge.com/battlegateway14 Battle GateWay 14]||January 8th, 2017||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Shulla-bra IX}}||February 26th, 2017||2nd / 48||1st||{{Sm|Gucci}}
|-
|[http://challonge.com/battlegateway15SSBM Battle GateWay 15]||March 5th, 2017||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://challonge.com/master_24 MasterHand 24]||March 11th, 2017||1st||1st||{{Sm|Nanashi}}
|-
|{{Trn|KSB 2017}}||May 4th-6th, 2017||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://challonge.com/battlegateway16 Battle GateWay 16]||May 28th, 2017||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://challonge.com/ubcprebobc2 UBC Melee Pre-Battle of BC 2 Weekly]||June 1st, 2017||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Battle of BC 2}}||June 3rd-4th, 2017||7th / 396||9th / 100||{{Sm|Rustin}}||$134.40
|-
|[http://challonge.com/BGW17 Battle GateWay 17]||July 8th, 2017||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|'''''{{Trn|EVO 2017}}'''''||July 14th-15th, 2017||17th / 1,428||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://challonge.com/v878magw GTX Pre-Party]||September 28th, 2017||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|'''''{{Trn|GameTyrant Expo 2017}}'''''||September 29th-October 1st, 2017||9th / 354||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://challonge.com/SPC74 SPC 74]||October 3rd, 2017||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|'''''{{Trn|The Big House 7}}'''''||October 6th-8th, 2017||13th / 1,522||25th / 328||Sanne
|-
|'''''{{Trn|Smash Summit 5}}'''''||November 2nd-5th, 2017||13th / 16||3rd / 8||{{Sm|Axe}}||$1,775.08
|-
|{{Trn|Poi Poundaz}}||January 6th, 2018||5th / 90||1st / 24||{{Sm|S2J}}||$36
|-
|'''''{{Trn|GENESIS 5}}'''''||January 19th-21st, 2018||9th / 1,365||17th / 315||Sanne||$122
|-
|{{Trn|Battle GateWay 19}}||February 11th, 2018||2nd / 84||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|'''{{Trn|EGLX 2018}}'''||March 9th-11th, 2018||4th / 181||3rd / 32||Axe||$817
|-
|'''{{Trn|Full Bloom 4}}'''||March 24th-25th, 2018||7th / 354||&mdash;||&mdash;||$86
|-
|[http://challonge.com/dlab7ofo Chubu 8]||April 27th, 2018||1st||1st||Sanne
|-
|'''''{{Trn|Smash Summit 6}}'''''||May 3rd-6th, 2018||7th / 16||5th / 8||Axe||$660.30
|-
|'''{{Trn|Get On My Level 2018}}'''||May 18th-20th, 2018||5th / 449||4th /99||Axe||$179.60
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/amaterasu-2/event/melee-singles-vs/brackets/265376 Amaterasu 2]||June 17th, 2018||1st||1st||Sanne
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/battle-gateway-21-1/event/melee-singles-vs/brackets/271321 Battle GateWay 21]||July 22nd, 2018||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|'''''{{Trn|EVO 2018}}'''''||August 3rd-5th, 2018||33rd / 1,353||4th / 64||Sanne
|-
|'''{{Trn|Super Smash Con 2018}}'''||August 9th-12th, 2018||5th / 1,053||17th / 224||Sanne||$315.90
|-
|'''''{{Trn|Smash Summit 7}}'''''||November 15th-18th, 2018||5th / 16||4th / 8||Axe||$2,552
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/battlegateway-sunshine/event/melee-singles-vs/brackets/434570/785691 Battle GateWay ~Sunshine~]||December 2nd, 2018||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|'''''{{Trn|GENESIS 6}}'''''||February 1st-3rd, 2019||4th / 1,113||25th / 220||Sanne
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/battle-gateway-24/event/melee-singles-vs/brackets/501277/866188 Battle GateWay 24]||February 9th, 2019||&mdash;||4th||Gucci
|-
|{{Trn|Phoenix Blue 2}}||February 22nd-24th, 2019||2nd / 122||1st / 41||{{Sm|nebbii}}
|-
|'''''{{Trn|Get On My Level 2019}}'''''||May 17th-19th, 2019||9th / 420||2nd / 60||Axe||$150
|-
|'''''{{Trn|Smash 'N' Splash 5}}'''''||May 31st-June 2nd, 2019||5th / 838||&mdash;||&mdash;||$669
|-
|'''''{{Trn|Smash Summit 8}}'''''||June 13th-17th, 2019||7th / 16||5th / 8||Axe||$1,104
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/battlegateway-26/event/melee-singles-vs/brackets Battle GateWay 26]||June 23rd, 2019||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|'''''{{Trn|Super Smash Con 2019}}'''''||August 8th-11th, 2019||5th / 853||4th / 165||Axe||$420.90
|-
|{{Trn|Smash Camp: End of Summer}}||September 14th-15th, 2019||7th / 214||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|'''{{Trn|Mainstage}}'''||September 20th-22nd, 2019||4th / 289||5th / 48||Axe
|-
|'''''{{Trn|GENESIS 7}}'''''||January 24th-26th, 2020||9th / 1,110||13th / 238||Sanne||$150.58
|-
|'''''{{Trn|Smash Summit 9}}'''''||February 13th-16th, 2020||9th / 16||&mdash;||&mdash;||$1,387
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/battlegateway-30/event/dx-melee-singles-1-vs-1/overview Battlegateway #30]||February 29th, 2020||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|'''''{{Trn|Smash Summit 11}}'''''||July 15th-18th, 2021||9th / 16||&mdash;||&mdash;||$3,107.44
|-
|{{Trn|SWT: East Asia Melee Regional Finals}}||November 13th-14th, 2021||1st / 16||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|'''''{{Trn|Smash Summit 12}}'''''||December 9th-12th, 2021||5th / 16||&mdash;||&mdash;||$3,413.34
|-
|'''{{Trn|Smash World Tour 2021 Championships}}'''||December 17th-19th, 2021||5th / 40||&mdash;||&mdash;||$2,000
|-
|'''''{{Trn|GENESIS 8}}'''''||April 15th-17th, 2022||5th / 1,552||1st / 228||{{Sm|Plup}}||$698.40
|-
|'''''{{Trn|Pound 2022}}'''''||April 22nd-24th, 2022||3rd / 284||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|'''{{Trn|Battle of BC 4}}'''||June 10th-12th, 2022||4th / 281||2nd / 48||{{Sm|moky}}||$329.60
|-
|'''{{Trn|Get On My Level 2022}}'''||July 1st-3rd, 2022||9th / 493||2nd / 85||{{Sm|Duck}}
|-
|'''{{Trn|Double Down 2022}}'''||July 8th-10th, 2022||2nd / 368||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/battlegateway-34/event/dx-melee-singles/overview Battlegateway #34]||July 22nd, 2022||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Fête 2}}||July 29th-31st, 2022||1st / 330||7th / 111||{{Sm|nagaimo}}||$1,980
|-
|'''{{Trn|Lost Tech City 2022}}'''||September 30th-October 2nd, 2022||4th / 154||3rd /29||Axe
|-
|'''''{{Trn|The Big House 10}}'''''||October 7th-9th, 2022||1st / 982||4th / 182||{{Sm|SluG}}||$7,317.20
|-
|{{Trn|The Off-Season}}||October 15th-16th, 2022||1st / 113||&mdash;||&mdash;||$10,000
|-
|'''''{{Trn|Ludwig Smash Invitational}}'''''||October 21st-23rd, 2022||7th / 32||&mdash;||&mdash;||$2,100
|-
|'''''{{Trn|Smash Summit 14}}'''''||November 3rd-6th, 2022||3rd / 16||&mdash;||&mdash;||$6,372
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/the-truth-lest-we-forget-ft-amsa/event/melee-singles The Truth: Lest We Forget]||November 11th, 2022||1st||3rd||{{Sm|Ding Hing}}
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/the-nightclub-s5e7-os-nyc-apex-2022-pre-local/event/melee-singles The Nightclub S5E7]||November 16th, 2022||1st / 128||&mdash;||&mdash;||$614
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/cat5-apex-2022-melee-pre-local-garden-state-plaza-100/event/melee-singles Apex 2022 Melee Pre-Local]||November 17th, 2022||1st / 36||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|'''{{Trn|Apex 2022}}'''||November 18th-20th, 2022||1st / 461||2nd / 72||Axe
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/novembair-2022/event/melee-singles Novembair 2022]||November 26th, 2022||1st / 59||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|'''{{Trn|Mainstage 2022}}'''||December 2nd-4th, 2022||3rd / 389||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/the-truth-christmas-shakshouka/event/melee-singles The Truth: Christmas Shakshouka]||December 16th, 2022||1st / 31||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|'''''{{Trn|Scuffed World Tour}}'''''||December 18th, 2022||1st / 16||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|'''''{{Trn|GENESIS 9}}'''''||January 20th-22nd, 2023||9th / 1,253||3rd / 235||{{Sm|Mango}}||$481.70
|-
|{{Trn|LVL UP EXPO 2023}}||February 17th-19th, 2023||1st / 87||&mdash;||&mdash;||$2,000
|-
|'''{{Trn|Collision 2023}}'''||March 10th-12th, 2023||13th / 494||2nd / 93||Axe||$225
|-
|{{Trn|Daddy's Den X Supreme}}||March 18th-19th, 2023||1st / 114||&mdash;||&mdash;||$2,456
|-
|'''{{Trn|MAJOR UPSET}}'''||April 1st-2nd, 2023||3rd / 384||2nd / 57||Axe||$550
|-
|{{Trn|DreamHack San Diego 2023}}||April 7th-9th, 2023||1st / 199||1st / 32||Axe||$2,000
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/sfu-melee-biweekly-8-sponsored-by-galint-gaming/event/melee-singles SFU Melee Biweekly #8]||April 15th, 2023||1st / 18||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|The Come Up 2023}}||April 22nd, 2023||2nd / 120||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|'''''{{Trn|Battle of BC 5}}'''''||May 19th-21st, 2023||2nd / 409||2nd / 81||Axe||$1,196.60
|-
|'''{{Trn|Tipped Off 14: Resurgence}}'''||June 3rd-4th, 2023||4th / 344||2nd / 79||Axe||$597.50
|-
|'''''{{Trn|Ludwig Ahgren Championship Series 5}}'''''||July 7th-9th, 2023||7th / 16||&mdash;||&mdash;||$2,000
|-
|'''{{Trn|Fête 3: By the Sea}}'''||July 14th-16th, 2023||4th / 409||&mdash;||&mdash;||$805
|-
|'''''{{Trn|Get On My Level 2023}}'''''||July 21st-23rd, 2023||4th / 764||1st / 121||Axe||$580.32
|-
|{{Trn|The Off-Season 2}}||September 23rd-24th, 2023||1st / 263||3rd / 59||{{Sm|Hungrybox}}||$10,150
|}

===''[[Project M]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|'''''{{Trn|Apex 2014}}'''''||January 17th-19th, 2014||65th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://dx.smashbr0s.com/info/【結果】第4回北日本大会結果/ NINJA4]||March 28th-30th, 2014||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Republic of Fighters 3}}||May 17th-18th, 2014||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|'''{{Trn|CEO 2014}}'''||June 27th-29th, 2014||9th||7th||{{Sm|DJ Nintendo}}
|-
|{{Trn|Umebura 4.5}}||July 21st, 2014||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}

==={{forwiiu}}===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|{{Trn|Super Smash Bros. Invitational}}||June 10th, 2014||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Pre-KVO 2015}}||December 27th, 2014||25th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|'''''{{Trn|Apex 2015}}'''''||January 30th-February 1st, 2015||9th||13th||{{Sm|Abadango}}
|-
|{{Trn|KSB 2015}}||May 2nd-4th, 2015||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|'''''{{Trn|EVO 2015}}'''''||July 17th-19th, 2015||33rd||Top 16||{{Sm|Mr.II}}
|-
|{{Trn|Pre-KVO 2016}}||December 19th, 2015||25th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|'''''{{Trn|Pound 2016}}'''''||April 2nd-3rd, 2016||65th||7th||Mr.II
|-
|{{Trn|KSB 2016}}||April 29th-May 1st, 2016||49th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|'''''{{Trn|Super Smash Con 2016}}'''''||August 11th-14th, 2016||129th||25th||Mr.II
|-
|{{Trn|TSC Tokaigi Qualifier}}||December 23rd, 2016||13th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Shulla-bra IX}}||February 26th, 2017||13th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://challonge.com/locusgetsbodied UBC Smash 4 Pre-Battle of BC 2 Weekly]||June 1st-2nd, 2017||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Battle of BC 2}}||June 3rd-4th, 2017||33rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|'''''{{Trn|EVO 2017}}'''''||July 14th-16th, 2017||65th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://challonge.com/touryumon_studiosky9 Toryumon Weekday Tournament x STUDIO SKY #9]||August 16th, 2017||25th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|'''''{{Trn|GameTyrant Expo 2017}}'''''||September 30th-31st, 2017||49th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|'''''{{Trn|The Big House 7}}'''''||October 6th-8th, 2017||65th||25th||{{Sm|Raito}}
|-
|'''''{{Trn|GENESIS 5}}'''''||January 19th-21st, 2018||&mdash;||65th||{{Sm|Hungrybox}}
|-
|'''{{Trn|EVO Japan 2018}}'''||January 26th-28th, 2018||65th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}

==={{for3ds}}===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|{{Trn|Umebura 8}}||September 23rd, 2014||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Sumabato 0}}||October 25th, 2014||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}

===''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|'''{{Trn|Kanto 2017}}'''||July 8th, 2017||33rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}

===''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/weekly-smash-party-115/details Weekly Smash Party ～スマパ～ #115]||December 6th, 2023||25th / 32||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}

==Trivia==
*In the Apex 2014 "Salty Suite", aMSa faced off against {{Sm|DJ Nintendo}}'s {{SSBM|Bowser}} in the "Battle of the Dinos" and won 3-0. When asked to give a statement before the match, aMSa replied "I play to win," repeating said statement after he won. This phrase, commonly deliberately misconstrued as "I pray to win" (due to the [[Wikipedia:Perception of /r/ and /l/ by Japanese speakers|"l" sound being pronounced like "r" in Japanese]]), has become a meme in the ''Smash'' community associated with aMSa, with his fans using the statement to cheer him on during tournaments or on streams.
**At Republic of Fighters 3, aMSa played throughout most of the tournament using the tag "IPTW", referencing this phrase.
*Due to the similarities of his gamertag with {{Sm|Amsah}}, aMSa played [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPrVPumdqXU a best of 5 "grudge match"] in friendlies at [[Pound 2016]], with Amsah narrowly winning 3 to 2.
*aMSa has defeated 5 of the members of the [[2018 MPGR]] top 6 (all but {{Sm|Armada}}), defeating {{Sm|Mew2King}} at {{Trn|Kings of Cali 4}}, {{Sm|Plup}} at {{Trn|GameTyrant Expo 2017}}, {{Sm|Hungrybox}} at {{Trn|Smash Summit 6}}, {{Sm|Mango}} at {{Trn|GENESIS 6}}, and {{Sm|Leffen}} at {{Trn|Pound 2022}}.
*aMSa is the first non-American member of the {{Team|VGBootCamp}} crew.
**Like Mew2King, he has also been one of the few players to be sponsored by three organizations at the same time. He has simultaneously been sponsored by VGBootCamp, {{Team|CJ eSports}} and {{Team|Red Bull}} in the past, and is currently sponsored by {{Team|Golden Guardians}}, Red Bull, and I-Freek Mobile.
*aMSa served as a playtester for ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', alongside fellow competitive players {{Sm|9B}}, {{Sm|Ranai}}, {{Sm|Earth}}, and {{Sm|Kakera}}.<ref>https://twitter.com/Vayseth_/status/1070712085888294912</ref>
*aMSa is the oldest player to win a major ''Melee'' tournament, winning {{Trn|Scuffed World Tour}} at 31 years, 1 month, and 22 days old.
*aMSa holds a world record for the fastest time to create a watermelon, and a world record for the fastest time to reach 3000 points in the Japanese puzzle game ''Suika Game''.<ref>https://twitter.com/aMSaRedYoshi/status/1718793431361966419</ref>

==External links==
*[https://twitter.com/aMSaRedyoshi Twitter account]
*[http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1HF_YmkC8znqpCHBDKB30A YouTube channel]
*[https://twitch.tv/aMSaYoshi Twitch channel]
*[https://facebook.com/vgbcamsa Facebook page]
*[https://ssbworld.com/players/2619/amsa SSBWorld profile]

==Gameplay videos==
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UufV85QoCVE The Red Essence - A Yoshi tech skill video by aMSa]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLlKmi9NIlw Fly Amanita (Ice Climbers) vs. aMSa (Yoshi)]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bjl6qCke0NI Apex 2014 - aMSa vs GC Silent Wolf - SSBM]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebQvOigmfDU Overtriforce vs. VGBC.aMSa (Yoshi) - Losers Q.F.]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDnKE5J7ki8 KoC 4 - VGBC | aMSa (Yoshi) Vs. P4K EMP | Mew2King (Sheik, Fox) SSBM Winners Quarters - Melee]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-RRq5yMpTc Apex 2015 - VGBC | aMSa (Greninja) Vs. Boreal_Ally (Mario) - SSB4]

==References==
{{reflist}}

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