Editing Smasher:CaptainJack

:''Not to be confused with [[Smasher:CaptainZack]].''
{{Infobox Smasher
| name          = CaptainJack
| image         = Captain Jack.png
| mainssbu      = Palutena
| mainssb4      = Cloud
| mainssbm      = Sheik
| otherssbm     = Dr. Mario
| 2ndotherssbm  = Ganondorf
| moreotherssbm = {{SSBM|Donkey Kong}}
| mainssb       = Luigi
| sponsor       = {{Team|CJ eSports}}
| crew          = 
| skillssbm     = Top professional
| skillssbu     = Semi-professional
| rankingssbm   =
| winningsssbm = ~3,589.91
| alias         = CJ
| realname      = Ryota Yoshida (吉田 亮太) 
| birthday      = 23
| birthmonth    = 1
| birthyear     = 1985
| location      = Tokyo {{Flag|Japan}}
}}
'''CaptainJack''' is an ''[[SSBM]]'' {{SSBM|Sheik}} player from Japan. He was one of the best players in the world  during the [[Super Smash Bros. Melee in competitive play|The "Golden Age" (2004-2008)]]. He travelled around the world, competing in Australia, Europe, and the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://smashboards.com/threads/melee-legend-ryota-captain-jack-yoshida-on-returning-to-the-game-world-travels-and-more.435066/|title=Melee Legend Ryota "Captain Jack" Yoshida on returning to the game, world travels, and more}}</ref> CaptainJack was formerly considered the best player in Japan, but he became inactive in 2008.

On August 10th, 2014, CaptainJack initially announced his intention to return to the competitive ''Smash'' scene, in both ''[[SSB4]]'' and ''SSBM''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mobile.twitter.com/CaptainJackSSB4/status/498626591623098369|title=CaptainJack announces his return}}</ref> Despite this, he was unable to commit, as his marriage and personal matters took precedence. On February 29th, 2016, he announced another comeback for both ''SSBM'' and ''SSB4''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/CaptainJackSSB4/status/704299634571628544|title=CaptainJack announces another return}}</ref> He has maintained active interest in going professional,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/CaptainJackSSB4/status/806292825780293632|title=CaptainJack's resume}}</ref> and was previously ranked 32nd on the [[Japan SSBM Rank 2018]].

On July 7th, 2019, CaptainJack officially opened {{Team|CJ eSports}}, a new Japanese-based esports team focusing on the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series.

==Tournament history==
===Early history===
CaptainJack began competing in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' at the age of 14, when he played in an "off-kai" (offline meeting between people who met online) round-robin against six other players; to his surprise, he won every match.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102145532/http://smash.captainjack.jp/entry/how-I-met-Super-Smash-Bros-and-started-to-play-competitively|title=How I met Super Smash Bros. and started to play competitively}}</ref> In 2001, he competed in another round-robin tournament, {{Trn|Japan United Smash Festa Round-Robin 1}}, which had several notable players. He tied for first place with {{Sm|Keropi-}}, whom he considered the best ''64'' player at the time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226052006/http://smash.captainjack.jp/entry/japan-united-smash-festa-round-robin-1|title="Japan United Smash Festa Round-Robin 1", the craziest Japanese Smash 64 tournament ever}}</ref>

===Travelling the Globe===
CaptainJack made his first appearance in the United States in August of 2004, at [[Tournament Go 6]], placing 2nd, defeating {{Sm|ChuDat}} and {{Sm|Azen}}, but was double eliminated by the latter. Later that year, he would attend [[MLG San Francisco 2004]], placing 1st, and defeating both {{Sm|Ken}} and {{Sm|Isai}}, then considered two of the best players in the world. 

In February of 2005, CaptainJack attended [[@M]] in Melbourne, Australia, and defeated {{Sm|Kupo}}, placing 1st. The next month, he attended [[Dutch Tournament 10]] in the Netherlands, where he defeated {{Sm|Remen}}, placing 1st, and attaining another international victory. He returned to Japan, to host and participate in [[Jack Garden Tournament]], one of the largest tournaments in Japan, and placed 7th. CaptainJack then won another European tournament at [[XTC3]], defeating {{Sm|Amsah}}.

CaptainJack then attended [[Zero Challenge 2]], where he placed 7th in Singles, defeating {{Sm|The King}}, and falling to Ken and ChuDat. He won Doubles with Isai.

In 2008, CaptainJack travelled with {{Sm|Masashi}} to attend [[Epita Smash Arena 2]]. In Singles, he placed 2nd, defeating {{Sm|Nnja}}, {{Sm|Calle W}}, and {{Sm|Armada}}, and was double eliminated by Amsah. He also placed 2nd in Doubles with Masashi, being double eliminated by {{Sm|Strawhat Dahean}} and {{Sm|Overtriforce}}.

He would not attend any international tournaments in the years following.

===Return from Absence===

CaptainJack made his first international appearance in years at [[Apex 2012]], placing 129th in Singles. In Doubles, he placed 33rd with {{Sm|Kou}}. He also notably played an exhibition match against other Isai, but Isai [[sandbagging|sandbagged]] and was easily defeated, much to the crowd's dismay.

Following his marriage, and a commitment to reemergence in the competitive scene, CaptainJack began attending major tournaments in Europe, placing 17th at [https://smash.gg/tournament/kickstart-13/events/melee-singles/brackets/87892 Kickstart 13], and 49th at [[B.E.A.S.T 7]].

In late 2018, CaptainJack would announce plans to start a new esports organization based in Japan with a focus on the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series. The esports organization, {{Team|CJ eSports}}, officially opened on July 7th, 2019 and it was announced that {{Sm|aMSa}}, {{Sm|Sanne}}, and {{Sm|Abu}} were picked up as the team's first players.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/cjesportssmash/status/1147807510406918144|title=CJ eSports officially opens}}</ref>

==Tournament placings==
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement!!2v2 Placement!!Partner
|-
|[[Tournament Go 6]]||August 21st-22nd, 2004||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[MLG San Francisco 2004]]||September 11th-12th, 2004||1st|||| 
|-
|[[MLG New York 2004]]||October 24th, 2004||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[@M]]||February 14th, 2005||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://nintendodojo.com/ttournament.aspx?id=7361 Koopa Klaw Tournament]||February 27th-28th, 2005||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Dutch Tournament 10]]||March 5th-6th, 2005||1st||1st||{{Sm|Reffie}}
|-
|[[Jack Garden Tournament]]||August 20th, 2005||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[RoofSM]]||January 4th-8th, 2006||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[XTC3]]||April 15th-16th, 2006||1st||1st||{{Sm|Helios}}
|-
|[[Zero Challenge 2]]||August 15th-17th, 2006||7th||1st||{{Sm|Isai}}
|-
|[[JST5]]||December 2nd-3rd, 2006||2nd||1st||{{Sm|Amsah}}
|-
|[[Epita Smash Arena 2]]||February 23rd-24th, 2008||2nd||2nd||{{Sm|Masashi}}
|-
|[[Apex 2012]]||January 6th-8th, 2012||129th||33rd||{{Sm|Kou}}
|-
|[http://battlegateway.wixsite.com/official/5thresult Battle Gate Way 5]||August 30th, 2014||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Eclipse 2]]||October 21st-23rd, 2016||25th||25th||{{Sm|Ryuker}}
|-
|[https://smash.gg/tournament/kickstart-13/events/melee-singles/brackets/87892 Kickstart 13]||November 19th, 2016||17th||5th||{{Sm|MISTRRLOVE}}
|-
|[[B.E.A.S.T 7]]||February 17th-19th, 2017||49th||25th||{{Sm|Vino|p=New York}}
|-
|[https://smash.gg/tournament/koneistamo-14/events/melee-singles/brackets/115540 Koneistamo 14]||April 8th, 2017||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://smash.gg/tournament/koneistamo-15/events/melee-singles/brackets/129697 Koneistamo 15]||May 13th-14th, 2017||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://smash.gg/tournament/koneistamo-16/events/melee-singles/brackets/143027 Koneistamo 16]||August 4th-6th, 2017||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://challonge.com/shulla_13_Melee Shulla-bra XII]||January 13th, 2018||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://challonge.com/master_31 Master Hand 31]||January 13th, 2018||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://smash.gg/tournament/gator-games-monthly-3-1/events/melee-singles/brackets/209285 Gator Games Monthly #3]||March 3rd, 2018||33rd||5th||{{Sm|nintenmarth}}
|-
|[https://smash.gg/tournament/friday-night-turnip-92/events/melee-singles/brackets/223724 Friday Night Turnip 92]||March 16th, 2018||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|The Mango}}||March 18th, 2018||33rd||7th||{{Sm|MacD}}
|-
|[https://smash.gg/tournament/friday-night-turnip-93/events/melee-singles/brackets/231347 Friday Night Turnip #93]||March 23rd, 2018||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://smash.gg/tournament/border-league-2-melee-edition/events/melee-singles/brackets/219102 Border League #2 Melee Edition]||March 31st, 2018||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://smash.gg/tournament/boss-rush-captain-jack/events/melee-singles/brackets/247508 Boss Rush: Captain Jack]||April 14th, 2018||2nd||3rd||{{Sm|Sherbert}}
|-
|[https://smash.gg/tournament/nebs-after-dark-the-finale/events/melee-singles/brackets/250552 Nebs After Dark: the finale]||April 24th, 2018||13th||4th||{{Sm|Wes}}
|-
|[https://smash.gg/tournament/apollo-xiii/events/melee-singles/brackets/226956/530580 Apollo XIII]||April 28th, 2018||25th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://smash.gg/tournament/holy-city-brawl-iv/events/melee-singles/brackets/204309/501098 Holy City Brawl IV]||May 5th, 2018||3rd||5th||{{Sm|Yeroc}}
|-
|[https://smash.gg/tournament/unrivaled-x-gon-give-it-to-ya-a-regional/events/melee-singles/brackets/259269 Unrivaled X: Gon' Give It To Ya]||May 12th, 2018||13th||5th||{{Sm|ARMY}}
|-
|[https://t.polarity.gg/t/cfl-smackdown-176-melee/bracket/melee-singles CFL Smackdown 176]||May 14th, 2018||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://challonge.com/WeeklySmashPartyDX_001 WeeklySmashParty 001]||June 8th, 2018||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://smash.gg/tournament/battle-gateway-21-1/events/melee-singles-vs/brackets/271321 Battle Gateway 21]||July 22nd, 2018||13th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|EVO 2018}}||August 3rd-5th, 2018||97th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Amaterasu 4}}||October 14th, 2018||13th||5th||{{Sm|muro}}
|-
|[https://smash.gg/tournament/battlegateway-sunshine/events/melee-singles-vs/brackets/434570/785691 Battle GateWay ~Sunshine~]||December 2nd, 2018||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://smash.gg/tournament/weds-night-fights-x-oakland-2019-s2ep05/events/ssbm-doubles/brackets/517386/885082/ Weds Night Fights x Oakland 2019 S2EP05]||January 30th-31st 2019||&mdash;||9th||{{Sm|Abu}}
|-
|{{Trn|GENESIS 6}}||February 1st-3rd, 2019||257th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Kurobra 19}}||January 10th, 2020||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}

==={{for3ds}}===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement!!2v2 Placement!!Partner
|-
|[[Umebura 8]]||September 23rd, 2014||65th[needs citation]?||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}

==={{forwiiu}}===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement!!2v2 Placement!!Partner
|-
|[[Eclipse 2]]||October 21st-23rd, 2016||65th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}

===''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|{{Trn|Umebura SP 2}}||January 12th, 2019||193rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Pre-Genesix}}||January 31st, 2019||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|GENESIS 6}}||February 1st-3rd, 2019||513th||97th||{{Sm|Abu}}
|-
|{{Trn|KVOxTSB 2019}}||May 2nd-5th, 2019||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Taipei Major 2019}}||June 8th-9th, 2019||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://smash.gg/tournament/generations-of-tournament-mode/details Generations of Tournament Mode]||June 29th, 2019||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Churabura Ultimate}}||July 21st, 2019||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|PSG Classic 2019}}||July 31st-August 1st, 2019||33rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|EVO 2019}}||August 2nd-4th, 2019||193rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Umebura SP 5}}||September 28th, 2019||129th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Seibugeki 2}}||October 26th, 2019||49th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Pearl One}}||November 2nd-3rd, 2019||5th||???||???
|-
|{{Trn|Kurobra 19}}||January 11th, 2020||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|EVO Japan 2020}}||January 24th-26th, 2020||193rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}

==Trivia==
*CaptainJack's tag is derived from the German pop band [[wikipedia:Captain Jack (band)|Captain Jack]].
*CaptainJack is one of the two smashers with a positive record against {{Sm|Armada}}, 2-0, the other being {{Sm|SilentSpectre}}, 1-0.

==Gameplay videos==
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AufZcxp69u0 MLG San Francisco 2004 - SSBM Singles Grand Finals - Isai vs Captain Jack]

==External links==
*[https://twitter.com/CaptainJackSSB Twitter account]
*[http://smash.captainjack.jp/ CaptainJack's blog about Melee's history]
*[http://ask.fm/CaptainJackSmash Ask.fm account]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Japanese smashers]]
[[Category:Swedish smashers]]
[[Category:Sheik professionals (SSBM)]]
[[Category:Dr. Mario professionals (SSBM)]]
[[Category:Ganondorf professionals (SSBM)]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong professionals (SSBM)]]
[[Category:2004 RetroSSBMRank ranked players]]
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