Smasher:Ranai
| Ranai "Ganbaranai" "Hayase" "らない" "がんばらない" "はやせ" "頑張らない" | |
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| Character info | |
| Melee mains | Marth, Ganondorf |
| Other Melee character | Fox |
| Brawl mains | Pikachu, Meta Knight |
| Other Brawl characters | Snake, King Dedede, Ice Climbers |
| Retired Brawl character | Falco |
| Smash 4 main | Villager |
| Other Smash 4 characters | Lucina, Mega Man |
| Rankings and results info | |
| Most recent ranking |  PGR 100: 21st |
| Best historical ranking |  RetroSSBBRank 2010: 14th PGR v1: 9th |
| Best tournament result | 9th / 140+ at SumabatoX 19 1st / 320 at Umebura Niconico Qualifier |
| Winnings | ~$5,470.91 |
| Personal and other info | |
| Real name | Ryuto Hayashi |
| Location | Kansai 
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Ranai (らない), formerly known as Ganbaranai (がんばらない) and Hayase (はやせ), is a Smasher from Kansai. Although active since Brawl and was well-regarded for possessing an extensive character roster during that time, he later became globally recognized for his performances in Smash 4, where he is widely considered the best Villager player of all-time, piloting the character at a level that no other Villager has replicated since. He is the only Villager player to win a major, doing so at Umebura Niconico Qualifier. In addition, he was the only solo-Villager player ever ranked globally, peaking at 9th on the PGR v1 and ultimately ranking 21st on the PGR 100. He became inactive after Dubai Dojo 2 in mid-2017, with his absence leading to a decline in Villager's representation and results.
Tournament history[edit]
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U[edit]
Rise in Japan[edit]
Ranai's initial notable tournament was KSB 2015, a Japanese major with custom moves enabled, where he won with non-custom Villager. He'd make an impressive Losers' run, following an early loss to Choco, defeating Nietono, Brood, Earth, and RAIN, making it to Grand Finals, where he defeated komorikiri.
After KSB, he maintained high placements at Japanese tournaments. Despite being unable to attend EVO 2015, he would attend Japan's first national, Umebura F.A.T., though he placed a middling 13th. He would resume his high placements afterwards.
Putting Villager on the map[edit]
Ranai would travel to the United States to attend GENESIS 3, quickly becoming a fan favorite. He would win Doubles with Komorikiri, defeating ZeRo and Nairo 3-1 in the second set of grand finals after initially losing to them 2-3 in the first set. In Singles, he placed 3rd, defeating Marss, Ally, and FOW, before falling to ZeRo in a close set, and to Dabuz. Following GENESIS 3, Ranai's results became far more inconsistent, notably placing 7th at Niconico Tokaigi 2016, and 9th at Shots Fired 2.
After sparse tournament attendance, he would return to the United States to attend EVO 2016, placing 5th, defeating Nairo, Marss, and Dabuz before falling to VoiD.
At Umebura S.A.T., he would repeat his 13th placing in Singles, falling to Tsu- and T. In Doubles, he'd place 1st with komorikiri, defeating the top Japanese team of Taiheita and Gomamugitya.
A period of inconsistency[edit]
At GENESIS 4, hoping to repeat his previous success, he fell short. In Singles, he placed 9th, falling early to Rich Brown, and failing to advance to Top 8, falling to komorikiri. In Doubles, he and komorikiri placed 2nd, being double eliminated by Ally and MkLeo (1-3 in both winners semis and grand finals), though they would once again defeat ZeRo and Nairo 3-2 in losers semis.
Having qualified for Niconico Tokaigi 2017 at the Karisuma Tokaigi Qualifiers, Ranai would perform markedly better, placing 5th, defeating Mr.R, before falling to Abadango and KEN.
With a commitment to travel and compete more, he would return to the USA for Frostbite 2017, though his performance was mediocre, placing 33rd in Singles, falling to WaDi and Ally. In Doubles, he and komorikiri would place 9th, falling early to WaDi and Dark Wizzy, before failing to make Top 8, defeated by VoiD and NAKAT. His most notable performance would be during the USA VS Japan crew battle, where following a massive deficit, he, Kameme, and komorikiri would surmount a comeback and take it over the USA crew, upsetting expectations of a USA win.
Traveling to Florida for Frame Perfect Series 2, he performed notably better compared to his last visit. He placed 7th in singles, defeating Salem 3-0, before falling to MkLeo 0-3 and Captain Zack 0-3.
At 2GGC: Civil War, he placed 17th in Singles, and 9th in doubles with komorikiri. He was voted to participate in the April Saga Round Robin, to determine the theme of the April tournament. Utilising Greninja, he won the event. Ranai also participated in the crew battle, playing for Team ZeRo.
At KSB 2017 he placed 7th, was sent to losers by MkLeo with 0-2 and eliminated by Earth with 0-2.
At Umebura Japan Major 2017 he placed 13th, sent to losers by Choco 0-2 and eliminated by Nietono in a close 1-2 set. In doubles, he placed 2nd with komorikiri, falling to Choco and Nietono in the winners' semi finals. They faced MkLeo and Mew2King in Grand Finals. They reset the bracket 3-2, but were defeated in the second set 1-3.
He traveled to California to attend 2GGC: Greninja Saga, after previously winning the round robin in 2GGC: Civil War using Greninja. He was sent early to losers in an upset by TLTC 1-2, and then was eliminated by Abadango 2-3, placing 17th overall.
At EVO 2017, Ranai solidly went through the winners bracket. He played a highly anticipated set against ZeRo in Round 1 of Top 48, but narrowly lost 1-2. He immediately lost in losers to WaDi 1-2, placing 17th.
Rankings[edit]
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U[edit]
Panda Global Rankings[edit]
| Ranking | Time period | Rank | Character(s) | Notes |
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| PGR v1 | January 30th, 2015-May 7th, 2016 | 9th |  |
X-Factor: +4 |
| PGR v2 | May 13th-December 18th, 2016 | 14th | |
X-Factor: +1 |
| PGR v3 | January 7th-June 18th, 2017 | 17th |  |
X-Factor: -3 |
| PGR 100 | January 30th, 2015-November 18th, 2018 | 21st | |
OrionRank[edit]
| Ranking | Time period | Rank | Character(s) | Notes |
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| OrionRank 2016 | March 15th-December 18th, 2016 | 21st | |
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| OrionRank 2017 | December 24th, 2016-December 24th, 2017 | 30th | |
EventHubs[edit]
| Ranking | Time period | Rank | Character(s) | Notes |
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| EH 2016 SSB4Rank | January 2nd, 2016-February 4th, 2017 | 12th | |
JAPAN Power Rankings[edit]
| Ranking | Time period | Rank | Character(s) | Notes |
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| v1 | November 2015-October 2016 | 2nd | |
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| v2 | February 2016-February 2017 | 6th | |
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| v3 | May 2016-May 2017 | 8th | |
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| v4 | January 2017-January 2018 | 13th | |
Umebura Smash 4 Power Rankings[edit]
| Ranking | Rank | Character(s) | Notes |
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| April 25th, 2015 | 8th | |
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| May 21st, 2015 | 3rd | |
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| July 20th, 2015 | 4th | |
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| October 25th, 2015 | 1st | |
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| December 12th, 2015 | 1st | |
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| January 13th, 2016 | 1st | |
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| April 3rd, 2016 | 3rd | |
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| May 1st, 2016 | 13th | |
eSports Runner Japanese Power Rankings[edit]
| Ranking | Rank | Character(s) | Notes |
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| March 1st, 2016 | 2nd | |
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| March 15th, 2016 | 2nd | |
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| April 1st, 2016 | 3rd | |
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| April 13th, 2016 | 4th | |
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| April 28th, 2016 | 5th | |
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| May 5th, 2016 | 9th | |
Tournament placings[edit]
Super Smash Bros. Brawl[edit]
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 placement | 2v2 placement | Partner |
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| KetubatoX 1 | August 7th, 2008 | 25th / 94 | — | — |
| KetubatoX 2 | August 17th-18th, 2008 | 25th / ≥48 | — | — |
| KetubatoX 3 | September 27th-28th, 2008 | 25th / ≥48 | — | — |
| Numabura Season 1-1 | December 27th, 2008 | 17th / 96 | — | — |
| KetubatoX 4 | August 15th, 2009 | 9th / 96 | — | — |
| Kansai Smash Bros Festival X | May 4th, 2010 | 1st | — | — |
| SumabatoX 2 | September 18th, 2010 | 1st | — | — |
| SumabatoX 6 | March 12th, 2011 | 13th | — | — |
| SumabatoX 7 | June 25th, 2011 | — | 1st | Akira |
| SumabatoX 9 | October 9th, 2011 | 65th / 88 | — | — |
| SumabatoX 13 | May 5th, 2012 | 1st | — | — |
| SumabatoX 16 | September 15th, 2012 | 4th | — | — |
| SumabatoX 19 | March 30th, 2013 | 9th / 140+ | — | — |
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS[edit]
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 placement | 2v2 placement | Partner |
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| Sumabato 0 | October 25th, 2014 | 4th | — | — |
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U[edit]
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 placement | 2v2 placement | Partner |
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| Pre-KVO 2015 | December 27th, 2014 | 2nd | — | — |
| Sumabato 1 | January 11th, 2015 | 2nd | — | — |
| Karisuma 2 | February 14th, 2015 | 3rd | — | — |
| Super Sumabato | April 5th, 2015 | 7th | — | — |
| Umebura 14 | April 15th, 2015 | 3rd | — | — |
| KSB 2015 | May 2nd-4th, 2015 | 1st | — | — |
| Karisuma 3 | May 23rd, 2015 | 1st | — | — |
| Sumabato 3 | June 6th, 2015 | 1st | — | — |
| Ritsumeikan University | June 28th, 2015 | 1st | — | — |
| Sumabato 4 | July 18th, 2015 | 5th | — | — |
| Karisuma 4 | July 25th, 2015 | 2nd | — | — |
| Umebura 18 | August 8th, 2015 | 1st | — | — |
| Hyper Sumabato | August 16th, 2015 | 1st | — | — |
| Sumabato 5 | September 12th, 2015 | 2nd | — | — |
| Umebura F.A.T. | September 21st-22nd, 2015 | 13th | 3rd | komorikiri |
| Karisuma 5 | October 10th, 2015 | 1st | — | — |
| Sumabato 6 | October 24th, 2015 | 2nd | — | — |
| KUSF Tournament | November 22nd, 2015 | 1st | — | — |
| Umebura Niconico Qualifier | November 29th, 2015 | 1st / 320 | — | — |
| Pre-KVO 2016 | December 19th, 2015 | 2nd | — | — |
| Wombo Wednesday 21 | January 13th, 2016 | 2nd | — | — |
| GENESIS 3 | January 15th-17th, 2016 | 3rd | 1st | komorikiri |
| Niconico Tokaigi 2016 | January 30th-31st, 2016 | 7th | — | — |
| Shots Fired 2 | March 5th-6th, 2016 | 9th | 5th | 9B |
| KSB 2016 | April 29th-May 1st, 2016 | 9th | — | — |
| EVO 2016 | July 15th-17th, 2016 | 5th | — | — |
| Sumabato for THE BIG HOUSE | July 30th-31st, 2016 | — | 3rd | komorikiri |
| Umebura S.A.T. | August 20th-21st, 2016 | 13th | 1st | komorikiri |
| Sumabato 14 | October 22nd, 2016 | 1st | 1st | komorikiri |
| Karisuma 11 | November 26th, 2016 | 4th | — | — |
| Sumabato Tokaigi Qualifier | December 25th, 2016 | 7th / 177 | — | — |
| SGC 2017 | January 7th-8th, 2017 | 17th | — | — |
| Karisuma Tokaigi Qualifiers | January 14th, 2017 | 1st | — | — |
| GENESIS 4 | January 20th-22nd, 2017 | 9th | 2nd | komorikiri |
| Sumabato 15 | January 28th, 2017 | 33rd | 1st | komorikiri |
| Niconico Tokaigi 2017 | February 11th-12th, 2017 | 5th | — | — |
| Frostbite 2017 | February 25th-26th, 2017 | 33rd | 9th | komorikiri |
| Mega Smash Mondays 87 | February 27th, 2017 | 2nd | — | — |
| Wednesday Night Fights Winter Season 1.3 | March 1st, 2017 | 3rd | — | — |
| Frame Perfect Series 2 | March 18th-19th, 2017 | 7th | 2nd | komorikiri |
| 2GGC: Civil War | March 24th-26th, 2017 | 17th | 9th | komorikiri |
| Sumabato x Cyclops #1 | April 5th, 2017 | 4th | — | — |
| Sumabato x Cyclops #2 | April 12th, 2017 | 3rd | — | — |
| Sumabato 17 | April 16th, 2017 | 3rd | — | — |
| Karisuma 13 | April 23rd, 2017 | 2nd | — | — |
| Sumabato x Cyclops #4 | April 27th, 2017 | 1st | — | — |
| KSB 2017 | May 4th-6th, 2017 | 7th | — | — |
| Umebura Japan Major 2017 | May 6th-7th, 2017 | 13th | 2nd | komorikiri |
| Sumabato x Cyclops #5 | May 12th, 2017 | 7th | — | — |
| Sumabato x Cyclops #6 | May 17th, 2017 | 5th | — | — |
| 2GGC: Greninja Saga | May 20th, 2017 | 17th | 1st | komorikiri |
| Mega Smash Mondays 98 | May 22nd, 2017 | 5th | — | — |
| Wednesday Night Fights 2017 Spring Season 2.3 | May 24th, 2017 | 2nd | — | — |
| Typo @ The Lab 5/25/17 | May 25th, 2017 | 4th | — | — |
| MomoCon 2017 | May 26th-28th, 2017 | 9th | 5th | komorikiri |
| Hirosuma 6 | June 3rd, 2017 | 2nd | — | — |
| Sumabato x Cyclops #9 | June 7th, 2017 | 3rd | — | — |
| 2GGC: Nairo Saga | June 10th-11th, 2017 | 17th | 5th | komorikiri |
| Mega Smash Mondays 100 | June 12th, 2017 | 9th | — | — |
| Wednesday Night Fights 2017 Spring Season 2.6 | June 14th, 2017 | 9th | — | — |
| CEO 2017 | June 16th-18th, 2017 | 9th | — | — |
| Sumabato x Cyclops #11 | June 22nd, 2017 | 7th | — | — |
| Karisuma 14 | June 24th, 2017 | 5th | — | — |
| 2GGC: ARMS Saga | July 8th-9th, 2017 | 9th | 1st | komorikiri |
| Mega Smash Mondays 104 | July 10th, 2017 | 17th | — | — |
| 4th Annual PSG Classic | July 12th, 2017 | 25th | — | — |
| EVO 2017 | July 14th-16th, 2017 | 17th | — | — |
| Dubai Dojo 2 | August 25th-26th, 2017 | 7th | 13th | Fahad |
Super Smash Bros. Melee[edit]
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 Placement | 2v2 Placement | Partner |
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| Dubai Dojo 2 | August 25th-26th, 2017 | 7th | — | — |
Trivia[edit]
- Ranai served as a playtester for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, alongside fellow competitive players aMSa, 9B, Earth, and Kakera.[1]
