Editing Smasher:Ito

{{Infobox Smasher
| name         = Ito
| image        = Ito.png
| mainssbu     = King K. Rool
| otherssbu    = Meta Knight
| 2ndotherssbu = Dark Pit
| mainssb4     = Meta Knight
| otherssb4    = Diddy Kong
| 2ndotherssb4 = Sheik
| skillssb4    = Upper high level {{retired}}
| skillssbu    = High level
| rankingssb4  = [[SoCal Smash 4 Power Rankings|SoCal All-Time Smash 4 Power Rankings]]: 17th
| location     = California
| country      = United States
| realname     = Thomas Gonda
}}
'''Ito''' is a [[smasher]] from Northern California who was considered to be one of the best {{forwiiu}} {{SSB4|Meta Knight}} players in North America. He has contributed highly to the Meta Knight metagame, such as fast-falling b-airs and instant double jump, and is considered by many Meta Knight players to be the forefather of both Smash 4 and Ultimate tech. Originally from Oakland, California, Ito was ranked 1st on the [[NorCal Smash 4 Power Rankings]] before moving to San Diego for school. He is ranked 17th on the [[SoCal Smash 4 Power Rankings|SoCal All-Time Smash 4 Power Rankings]] and was formerly ranked 37th on the [[Panda Global Rankings v1]].

Ito plays {{SSBU|King K. Rool}} in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', but has only attended a couple of events and stopped attending events after 2019.

==Rankings==
==={{forwiiu}}===
====[[Panda Global Rankings]]====
{|class="wikitable"
!Ranking!!Time period!!Rank!!Character(s)!!Notes
|-
|[[PGR v1]]||January 30th, 2015-May 7th, 2016||37th||{{head|Meta Knight|g=SSB4|s=20px}}||X-Factor: -2
|}

====[[OrionRank]]====
{|class="wikitable"
!Ranking!!Time period!!Rank!!Character(s)!!Notes
|-
|[[OrionRank 2016]]||March 15th-December 18th, 2016||31st||{{head|Meta Knight|g=SSB4|s=20px}}||
|-
|[[OrionRank 2017]]||December 24th, 2016-December 24th, 2017||146th||||
|}

====[[SoCal Smash 4 Power Rankings]]====
{|class="wikitable"
!Ranking!!Rank!!Character(s)!!Notes
|-
|April 2015||9th||{{head|Meta Knight|g=SSB4|s=20px}}{{head|Diddy Kong|g=SSB4|s=20px}}||
|-
|September 2015||8th||{{head|Meta Knight|g=SSB4|s=20px}}||
|-
|January 2016||3rd||{{head|Meta Knight|g=SSB4|s=20px}}||
|-
|March 2016||8th||{{head|Meta Knight|g=SSB4|s=20px}}||
|-
|May 2016||8th||{{head|Meta Knight|g=SSB4|s=20px}}||
|-
|July 2016||5.5th||{{head|Meta Knight|g=SSB4|s=20px}}||
|-
|November 2016||5th||{{head|Meta Knight|g=SSB4|s=20px}}||
|-
|January 2017||3rd||{{head|Meta Knight|g=SSB4|s=20px}}||
|-
|All-Time||17th||{{head|Meta Knight|g=SSB4|s=20px}}||
|}

====[[NorCal_Power_Rankings#Super_Smash_Bros._for_Wii_U|NorCal Smash 4 Power Rankings]]====
{|class="wikitable"
!Ranking!!Rank!!Character(s)!!Notes
|-
|January 2015||1st||{{head|Diddy Kong|g=SSB4|s=20px}}||
|-
|July 2015||1st||{{head|Meta Knight|g=SSB4|s=20px}}||
|-
|June 2016||0th||{{head|Meta Knight|g=SSB4|s=20px}}||
|-
|July 2016||0th||{{head|Meta Knight|g=SSB4|s=20px}}||
|-
|New Year 2017||.9th||{{head|Meta Knight|g=SSB4|s=20px}}||
|}

==Tournament placings==
==={{forwiiu}}===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[[NorCal Regionals 2015]]||April 3rd-5th, 2015||2nd||2nd||{{Sm|Sean}}
|-
|[http://showdowngg.challonge.com/comeonandban19singles Come on and Ban 19]||May 28th, 2015||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://showdowngg.challonge.com/comeonandban20singles Come on and Ban 20]||June 4th, 2015||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://showdowngg.challonge.com/comeonandban21singles Come on and Ban 21]||June 11th, 2015||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://showdowngg.challonge.com/comeonandban22singles Come on and Ban 22]||June 18th, 2015||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://showdowngg.challonge.com/comeonandban23singles Come on and Ban 23]||June 25th, 2015||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://showdowngg.challonge.com/comeonandban24singles Come on and Ban 24]||July 2nd, 2015||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://showdowngg.challonge.com/comeonandban25singles Come on and Ban 25]||July 9th, 2015||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|'''''[[EVO 2015]]'''''||July 17th-18th, 2015||33rd||Top 16||{{Sm|Arikie}}
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/rankings/events/the-indigo-plateau-1-top32.9264/ The Indigo Plateau #1]||September 19th, 2015||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/super-smash-sundays-34/event/wii-u-singles/brackets/3071 Super Smash Sundays 34]||October 18th, 2015||2nd||2nd||{{Sm|falln}}
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/super-smash-sundays-35/event/wii-u-singles/brackets/3267 Super Smash Sundays 35]||November 1st, 2015||4th||2nd||falln
|-
|[[2GGT: Fatality Saga]]||December 5th, 2015||2nd||1st||falln
|-
|'''''[[GENESIS 3]]'''''||January 15th-17th, 2016||17th||13th||falln
|-
|[[Shuffle VIII]]||March 12th-13th, 2016||1st||1st||{{Sm|Mew2King}}
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/special-smash/event/wii-u-singles/brackets/24580 Special Smash]||April 23rd, 2016||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://8bit.challonge.com/wyp1singles Who's Your Pappy #1]||June 5th, 2016||2nd||3rd||{{Sm|Mudomo}}
|-
|[http://8bit.challonge.com/wyp2singles Who's Your Pappy #2]||June 29th, 2016||?||1st||{{Sm|Shaky}}
|-
|'''''[[EVO 2016]]'''''||July 15th-17th, 2016||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Who's Your Pappy 3]]||August 21st, 2016||1st||1st||{{Sm|Trevonte}}
|-
|'''[[2GGT: Abadango Saga]]'''||September 24th, 2016||13th||7th||falln
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/final-destination-11-1/event/wii-u-singles/brackets/80038 Final Destination 11]||October 22nd, 2016||1st||5th||{{Sm|Renslay}}
|-
|[[2GG: Pay It Forward]]||October 29th, 2016||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/landiego-state-6/event/wii-u-singles/brackets/86983 LanDiego State 6]||November 12th, 2016||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Hero to ZeRo]]||November 19th, 2016||2nd||4th||falln
|-
|[https://challonge.com/rok15singles Revival of Kin 15]||December 23rd, 2016||2nd||2nd||Sean
|-
|[http://challonge.com/rok16singles Revival of Kin 16]||December 30th, 2016||1st||1st||{{Sm|Soulimar}}
|-
|[https://challonge.com/Rok17singles Revival of Kin 17]||January 6th, 2017||1st||2nd||{{Sm|DSS}}
|-
|[https://challonge.com/rok18singles Revival of Kin 18]||January 13th, 2017||1st||1st||{{Sm|FuTure}}  
|-	
|[[Smash of the Titans 15]]||January 19th, 2017||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|'''''[[GENESIS 4]]'''''||January 20th-22nd, 2017||33rd||25th||falln
|-
|[[Tijuana at War]]||February 25th-26th, 2017||1st||2nd||falln
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/mega-smash-mondays-24-the-lose-episode/event/wii-u-singles/brackets Mega Smash Mondays 24 - The Lose Episode]||June 5th, 2017||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/border-sm4sh/event/wii-u-singles/brackets/136338 Border Sm4sh]||June 11th, 2017||2nd||4th||{{Sm|twerkmastr}}
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/landiego-state-8-smash-4/event/wii-u-singles/brackets/150739 LanDiego State 8 Smash 4]||November 11th, 2017||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/revival-of-kin-61/event/wii-u-singles/brackets/175602 Revival of Kin 61]||November 24th, 2017||2nd||2nd||Sean
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/revival-of-kin-78/event/wii-u-singles/brackets/221750 Revival of Kin 78]||March 30th, 2018||7th||5th||DSS
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/atlantis-no-johns-all-payne-tgex/event/no-johns-all-payne/brackets/247339 Atlantis / No Johns All Payne @ TGEX]||June 2nd, 2018||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}

===''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/mega-smash-mondays-170-1/event/ultimate-singles/brackets/480727/841202 Mega Smash Mondays 170]||December 17th, 2018||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Super Splat Bros|g=SSBU}}||December 21st-23rd, 2018||13th||4th||{{Sm|Fatality}}
|-
|{{Trn|SoCal Chronicles|g=SSBU}}||January 5th, 2019||17th||2nd||{{Sm|falln}}
|-
|{{Trn|2GG: Kongo Saga|g=SSBU}}||December 7th-8th, 2019||97th||17th||{{Sm|Nyjin}}
|}

==Gameplay videos==
* [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXJ2gfrciMkvcRkb4q7UmJg8RwDROGOmC King K. Rool VOD Playlist]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DE7I0oIkwQ Smash Ultimate Tournament - falln (Inkling) Vs. Ito (King K Rool) Top 32 Losers Side]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmYsqzwh3iQ 2GG Kongo Saga - The Crimson Pinch (Game & Watch) VS Ito (K. Rool) Pools - Smash Ultimate]

==Trivia==
*Ito, entering as Thomas G., won the Nintendo World Championships 2017, defeating {{Sm|John Numbers}} in the Grand Finals.
**He later appeared in the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELmBYBga5SY announcement trailer] for ''Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition'' in 2024.

==External links==
*[https://twitter.com/Itoishuge Twitter account]
*[https://ssbworld.com/players/594/ito SSBWorld profile]

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