Editing Smasher:Hyuga

{{for|the American smasher formerly known as "Hyuga"|Smasher:Dr. Z}}

| otherssb4    = Diddy Kong

| former crews = Haven eSports, {{Team|Smash Factor}}, ITH

| rankingssb4  = [[Mexico City Power Rankings]]: 3rd

| rankingssbu  = [[Mexican Power Rankings]]: 33rd

 

'''Hyuga''' (pronounced "he-you-ga") is a Mexican [[smasher]] who mains [[Toon Link]] in ''[[Brawl]]'', ''[[Smash 4]]'', and ''[[Ultimate]]''. He is known as one of the best ''Brawl'' {{SSBB|Toon Link}} players in the world along with {{Sm|MJG}}. In ''Smash 4'', he is considered to be one of the best {{SSB4|Toon Link}} players in the world along with {{Sm|Sigma}} and {{Sm|Ri-ma}}, and was widely considered to be the best ''Smash 4'' Toon Link player in the world prior to his hiatus, with results many other Toon Link players have yet to match such as 9th at {{Trn|GENESIS 3}}, 5th at {{Trn|CEO 2016}}, and 25th at {{Trn|EVO 2016}}, and has wins over top players such as {{Sm|Nairo}}, {{Sm|Ally}}, {{Sm|MkLeo}}, {{Sm|ESAM}}, {{Sm|Kirihara}}, {{Sm|Zinoto}}, {{Sm|ANTi}}, and {{Sm|falln}}, as well as having very close sets against top players such as {{Sm|Larry Lurr}} and {{Sm|Tweek}}. He is currently ranked 3rd on the [[Mexico City Power Rankings]] and was formerly ranked 22nd on the [[Panda Global Rankings v2]].

After a long hiatus from Smash 4 since the incident at [[EVO 2016]] (placing 25th at singles), he returned to play Smash 4, with his first tournament appearance being Hail VIII: The Return of the Heroe of the Wind, placing 1st in singles and doubles with {{Sm|BryanZ}}. After that he continued to attend locals and regional tournaments in his region, with top 8 at many of them, such as 2nd at [[Tijuana at War]] and 4th at [[The Arena 2017]] and [[Smash Factor Toluca]]. At [[Smash Factor 6]], Hyuga made it to round one of pools and qualified for top 128. However, he lost to {{Sm|Rox}} 2-0, was sent to losers bracket, and had to face {{Sm|Anti}} to get into top 32. He lost 2-1 against him, placing 33rd, which marks as Hyuga's lowest tournament placing since [[EVO 2016]].

|{{Trn|The Arena 2015|g=SSB4}}||April 3rd, 2015||2nd / 112||—||—

|{{Trn|Smash Factor 4|g=SSB4}}||July 24th-26th, 2015||3rd||2nd||{{Sm|Richi}}

|[https://challonge.com/ahgr394u Smash Pendiente II]||October 7th, 2015||1st||—||—

|{{Trn|Thunderstruck 2015|g=SSB4}}||October 17th-18th, 2015||3rd / 128||—||—

|[https://challonge.com/9fezshvw Smash Pendiente IV]||October 21st, 2015||1st||—||—

|[http://challonge.com/igp6xrqx Smash Pendiente XII]||December 16th, 2015||2nd||2nd||{{Sm|BryanZZ}}

|{{Trn|GENESIS 3|g=SSB4}}||January 15th-17th, 2016||9th||7th||{{Sm|Dabuz}}

|{{Trn|TGC 6|g=SSB4}}||February 6th, 2016||Top 8||1st||Dabuz

|{{Trn|Smash Haven 29|g=SSB4}}||March 3rd, 2016||2nd||—||—

|{{Trn|Shots Fired 2|g=SSB4}}||March 5th-6th, 2016||13th||—||—

|[http://vgbootcamp.challonge.com/SatX03082016SSB4 S@X 140]||March 8th, 2016||1st||—||—

|{{Trn|Smash Haven 30|g=SSB4}}||March 10th, 2016||1st||—||—

|{{Trn|Do or DI|g=SSB4}}||March 11th-13th, 2016||4th||1st||{{Sm|ANTi}}

|[http://vgbootcamp.challonge.com/SAX03142016SSB4 S@X 141]||March 15th, 2016||3rd||—||—

|{{Trn|Midwest Mayhem|g=SSB4}}||March 19th, 2016||4th||3rd||{{Sm|Mr.R}}

|{{Trn|Pound 2016|g=SSB4}}||April 2nd-3rd, 2016||9th||3rd||Dabuz

|[https://start.gg/tournament/hail-smash-iii/brackets/13042/38812/129988 Hail Smash III]||May 28th-29th, 2016||3rd||—||—

|[http://tloc.challonge.com/swp85 Shockwave 85]|||June 8th, 2016||1st||—||—

|[http://tloc.challonge.com/swp86 Shockwave 86]||June 15th, 2016||2nd||—||—

|[http://tloc.challonge.com/swp87 Shockwave 87]||June 22nd, 2016||1st||1st||Mook

|{{Trn|CEO 2016|g=SSB4}}||June 24th-26th, 2016||5th||7th||Dabuz

|[http://urt.challonge.com/ignition38 Ignition #38]||July 6th, 2016||1st||—||—

|{{Trn|Midwest Mayhem 4|g=SSB4}}||July 9th, 2016||2nd||1st||{{Sm|Ally}}

|{{Trn|EVO 2016|g=SSB4}}||July 15th-17th, 2016||25th||—||—

|[https://start.gg/tournament/hail-smash-viii-the-return-of-the-heroe-of-the/details Hail Smash VIII: The Return of the Heroe of the Wind]|||January 14th, 2017||1st||1st||BryanZZ

|[https://start.gg/tournament/smash-pendiente-69/event/wii-u-singles/brackets/110374/325301 Smash Pendiente 69]||January 26th, 2017||5th||—||—

|[https://start.gg/tournament/smash-pendiente-121/event/wii-u-singles/brackets/206065 Smash Pendiente 121]||February 15th, 2018||7th||—||—

|[https://start.gg/tournament/warlock-fridays-fabz-saga/event/wiiu-singles/brackets/200355 Warlock Fridays: Fabz Saga]||February 17th, 2018||2nd||1st||BryanZZ

|[https://start.gg/tournament/ova-6-the-p-l-u-r-2/event/super-smash-bros-for-wii-u-singles/brackets/214505 OVA 6 "The P.L.U.R. 2"]||February 25th, 2018||5th||3rd||BryanZZ

|{{Trn|Mexcombat|g=SSB4}}||April 1st, 2018||5th||—||—

|{{Trn|Smash Factor 7|g=SSB4}}||July 20th-22nd, 2018||49th||4th||BryanZZ

 

|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/comeback-tournaments-choose-your-character/event/singles-1/brackets/456540/812023 Comeback Tournaments - Choose your character]||December 15th, 2018||1st||1st||{{Sm|BryanZ}}

|[https://challonge.com/xdulz5ah Smash Mania 2]||December 21st, 2018||2nd||—||—

|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/ova-x-ultimate-war-get-ready/event/ultimate-singles/brackets/492556/855815 OVA IX]||December 30th, 2018||3rd||—||—

|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/catedral-2019/event/ultimate-singles/brackets/492630/855911 Catedral 2019]||January 12th-13th, 2019||3rd||1st||{{Sm|Cloudy}}

|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/ova-xi-factor-crema-ft-nakat/event/ultimate-singles/brackets/503211/868420 OVA X]||January 20th, 2019||3rd||—||—

|{{Trn|Smash Fest Ultimate|g=SSBU}}||January 26th-27th, 2019||3rd||3rd||BryanZ

|[https://start.gg/tournament/warlock-fighters-mushroom-kingdom-saga/details Warlock Fighters: Mushroom Kingdom Saga]||March 2nd, 2019||3rd||3rd||BryanZ

|{{Trn|Ragnarok|g=SSBU}}||April 20th-21st, 2019||5th||4th||BryanZ

|{{Trn|Encuentro Mítico|g=SSBU}}||June 8th-9th, 2019||5th||—||—

|{{Trn|WeTecThose 9|g=SSBU}}||June 15th-16th, 2019||5th||1st||{{Sm|Javi|p=Smash 4}}

|{{Trn|Smash Factor 8|g=SSBU}}||July 26th-28th, 2019||9th||7th||BryanZ

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|{{Trn|Tec In Place 2|g=SSBU}}||October 12th-13th, 2019||5th||3rd||{{Sm|Chag}}

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|{{Trn|Smash Fest to the Sky|g=SSBU}}||January 18th-19th, 2020||9th||9th||BryanZ

==Sexual assault allegations==

At [[EVO 2016]], Hyuga lost his sponsorship with [[VGBootCamp]] due to allegations of sexual assault towards a fellow smasher and streamer {{Sm|VikkiKitty}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1soti0a|title=Cristian "Hyuga" Medina}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sotikd|title=Regarding Hyuga}}</ref> In response, it was later announced that Hyuga was banned from taking part in any American tournaments for a full year, with both the Brazilian and Australian tournament scenes also banning him.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/groups/271554763213185/permalink/276155839419744/|title=Global Smash 4 Leadership Group's Response to Hyuga Incident}}</ref> Hyuga wrote a response explaining his side of the story, adding that he would be retiring from competitive ''Smash''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sott9h|title=About what happened}}</ref> He later announced that he and Vikki had discussed the incident, and that he would consider returning to ''Smash'' in the future, though he would still accept all consequences and punishment for his actions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sotud7|title=The problem with Vicky is over.}}</ref>  

 

Hyuga became a heated controversial topic again in late October 2017 when discussions of who should be flown out to [[2GGC: MkLeo Saga]] began. Some people were supportive of Hyuga attending more events in the U.S. for reasons such as that he already served a one year ban, he has had rehab since then, he should be forgiven when also the victim has forgiven him, and he has already attended multiple tournaments normally since his hiatus. Other people were not supportive, for reasons such as that the one year ban was just a suggestion and not a concrete rule, someone capable of sexual assault is not to be trusted at future public events, people would feel unsafe around him and not attend events with him, and he was already lucky enough to not get legal charges against him. [[2GGaming]] made a statement on October 22nd, 2017 that their Hyuga suspension is still active for them until further notice, in the interest of wanting a safe environment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/2GGaming/status/922051021559361537|title=Hyuga suspension is still active.}}</ref> Smash United controversially announced on October 24th, 2017 that Hyuga would not be allowed to attend the upcoming [[Clutch City Clash 2]] mere days before the event, after Hyuga already checked beforehand if it was okay to come and was already planning to fly over there.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/SmashUnitedCrew/status/922797816929509376|title=Regarding Hyuga and Clutch City Clash 2}}</ref>

*At {{Trn|CEO 2016}}, Hyuga entered the top 8 wrestling ring dressed as El Santo, the famous luchador. [https://clips.twitch.tv/ceogaming/FilthyGuanacoNoNoSpot] He also used an in-game tag bearing his name.

*Hyuga was the second non-US member of the {{Team|VGBootCamp}} crew (though he lost his sponsorship). The first was {{Sm|aMSa}}.

*Along with {{Sm|KEN}} and {{Sm|Taiheita}}, Hyuga is one of the three players on the [[Panda Global Rankings v2]] not to attend {{Trn|2GGC: Civil War}}.

*[https://twitter.com/iThMedina Twitter account]

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