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| {{Infobox Smasher | | {{smasherbeta |
| | name = Kalamazhu | | | name = Kalamazhu |
| | image = Kalamazhu.png
| | | mainssbm = Peach |
| | mainssbm = Peach | | | skill = professional |
| | otherssbm = Fox | | | alias = Kzhu |
| | 2ndotherssbm = Marth
| | | realname = Kyle Zhu |
| | mainpm = Fox
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| | mainssbu = Ike
| | | location = Kalamazoo, Michigan |
| | former sponsors = {{Team|Fly Society}}
| | | country = USA |
| | rankingssbm = [[SSBMRank 2022]]: 53rd
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| | alias = Kzhu | |
| | realname = Kyle Zhu | |
| | location = San Francisco, California | |
| | country = USA | |
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| '''Kalamazhu''' is a ''[[Melee]]'' {{SSBM|Peach}} main from Michigan who is currently residing in San Francisco, California. His highest placement at a super major was a 9th place performance at [[The Big House 4]], where he beat players such as {{Sm|Lucky}}, {{Sm|VaNz}}, {{Sm|Porkchops}}, {{Sm|KirbyKaze}}, and {{Sm|MacD}} before losing to {{Sm|Hax}} in a close game 5. He also had a very impressive run at {{Trn|The Mango}} where he took a 2nd place finish, beating players such as {{Sm|Mango}}, {{Sm|SFAT}}, {{Sm|Syrox}}, {{Sm|CDK}}, and {{Sm|Fiction}}, before losing to {{Sm|Swedish Delight}}.
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| Kalamazhu is currently ranked 53rd on the [[SSBMRank 2022]]; he was also formerly ranked 2nd on the [[Michigan Melee Power Rankings]] and 3rd on the [[NorCal Melee Power Rankings]]. He has shown expertise in the {{SSBM|Samus}} matchup, beating players such as {{Sm|HugS}} and {{Sm|Darrell}}.
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| ==Tournament placings==
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| ===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===
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| !Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
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| |{{Trn|The Big House|g=SSBM}}||October 22nd, 2011||17th||—||—
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| |{{Trn|The Big House 2|g=SSBM}}||October 6th-7th, 2012||25th||—||{{Sm|Prince Abu}}
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| |{{Trn|IMPULSE 2013|g=SSBM}}||June 15th-16th, 2013||9th||7th||Prince Abu
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| |[https://smashboards.com/threads/apashers-melee-monthlies-2-results-7-6-13-detroit-mi.338319/ Apasher's Melee Monthlies #2]||July 6th, 2013||3rd||2nd||{{Sm|KJH}}
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| |{{Trn|The Big House 3|g=SSBM}}||October 12th-13th, 2013||17th||9th||{{Sm|Toph}}
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| |{{Trn|Shuffle V|g=SSBM}}||February 22nd-23rd, 2014||17th||—||—
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| |{{Trn|The Beach House 7|g=SSBM}}||May 3rd, 2014||2nd||1st||{{Sm|Shady}}
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| |{{Trn|Super SWEET|g=SSBM}}||June 7th-8th, 2014||9th||5th||Shady
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| |{{Trn|EVO 2014|g=SSBM}}||July 11th-13th, 2014||49th||33rd||{{Sm|Trail}}
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| |[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=364615 Carroll Fest 5]||August 16th, 2014||9th||5th||{{Sm|Pat}}
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| |{{Trn|The Shape of Melee to Come 5|g=SSBM}}||September 27th, 2014||7th||5th||{{Sm|Beach}}
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| |{{Trn|The Big House 4|g=SSBM}}||October 4th-5th, 2014||9th||13th||{{Sm|Zanguzen}}
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| |{{Trn|The Come Up|g=SSBM}}||December 6th-7th, 2014||5th||3rd||{{Sm|Duck}}
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| |{{Trn|SWEET Prologue|g=SSBM}}||January 3rd-4th, 2015||5th||7th||Beach
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| |{{Trn|Apex 2015|g=SSBM}}||January 30th-February 1st, 2015||25th||33rd||{{Sm|Drephen}}
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| |{{Trn|SWEET XVIII|g=SSBM}}||February 21st, 2015||5th||3rd||Shady
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| |{{Trn|SWEET XX|g=SSBM}}||April 4th, 2015||4th||33rd||{{Sm|THuGz}}
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| |{{Trn|Enthusiast Gaming Live|g=SSBM}}||May 16th-17th, 2015||9th||5th||Prince Abu
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| |{{Trn|Shuffle VII|g=SSBM}}||May 23rd-24th, 2015||3rd||3rd||{{Sm|Fizzle Boy}}
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| |{{Trn|Get On My Level 2015|g=SSBM}}||May 30th-31st, 2015||13th||17th||KJH
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| |{{Trn|FC Smash 15XR: Return|g=SSBM}}||July 4th-5th, 2015||17th||7th||KJH
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| |{{Trn|EVO 2015|g=SSBM}}||July 17th-19th, 2015||33rd||9th||{{Sm|dizzkidboogie}}
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| |{{Trn|Super Smash Con 2015|g=SSBM}}||August 6th-9th, 2015||17th||9th||KJH
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| |[https://start.gg/tournament/body-city-3/details Body City 3]||August 22nd, 2015||13th||3rd||KJH
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| |{{Trn|GENESIS 3|g=SSBM}}||January 15th-17th, 2016||33rd||9th||Prince Abu
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| |{{Trn|CEO 2016|g=SSBM}}||June 24th-26th, 2016||25th||13th||Toph
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| |{{Trn|EVO 2016|g=SSBM}}||July 15th-17th, 2016||65th||—||—
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| |[https://start.gg/tournament/get-smashed-100/event/melee-singles/entrant/325186 Get Smashed 100]||October 4th, 2016||5th||—||—
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| |{{Trn|SSS: Blood For Blood|g=SSBM}}||October 15th, 2016||13th||9th||Toph
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| |{{Trn|Don't Park on the Grass|g=SSBM}}||December 17th-18th, 2016||17th||25th||{{Sm|s0ft}}
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| |[[Norcal Validated]]||January 14th, 2017||7th||—||—
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| |[https://www.start.gg/tournament/get-smashed-105-special-pre-genesis-4-foundry-event/event/melee-singles/brackets Get Smashed at the Foundry 105]||January 17th, 2017||3rd||—||—
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| |{{Trn|GENESIS 4|g=SSBM}}||January 20th-22nd, 2017||33rd||—||—
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| |{{Trn|Super Rubicon 1|g=SSBM}}||July 8th, 2017||9th||5th||{{Sm|Ginger}}
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| |{{Trn|EVO 2017|g=SSBM}}||July 14th-16th, 2017||49th||—||—
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| |{{Trn|The Big House 7|g=SSBM}}||October 6th-8th, 2017||49th||33rd||THuGz
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| |[https://www.start.gg/tournament/wombo-wednesday-43/event/melee-singles/brackets/163289 Wombo Wednesday #43]||October 25th, 2017||1st||3rd||THuGz
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| |[https://www.start.gg/tournament/super-south-bay-sunday-29/event/melee-singles/brackets/163282 Super South Bay Sunday #29]||October 29th, 2017||1st||2nd||THuGz
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| |[http://afkgg.challonge.com/afk8 Melee at AFK #8]||November 5th, 2017||3rd||—||—
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| |{{Trn|Pat's House 3|g=SSBM}}||December 2nd-3rd, 2017||17th||17th||{{Sm|Zeo}}
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| |[https://www.start.gg/tournament/sss-blood-for-blood-2/event/melee-singles/brackets/183348/468435 SSS: Blood For Blood 2]||December 9th, 2017||5th||7th||{{Sm|Darkatma}}
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| |[https://start.gg/tournament/spartan-3-norcal-melee/events Spartan 3]||January 6th, 2018||4th||9th||THuGz
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| |{{Trn|GENESIS 5|g=SSBM}}||January 19th-21st, 2018||97th||65th||THuGz
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| |[https://www.start.gg/tournament/gator-games-monthly-3-1/event/melee-singles/brackets/209285 Gator Games Monthly #3]||March 3rd, 2018||1st||9th||THuGz
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| |{{Trn|The Mango|g=SSBM}}||March 18th, 2018||2nd||13th||THuGz
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| |{{Trn|Full Bloom 4|g=SSBM}}||March 24th-25th, 2018||17th||—||—
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| |{{Trn|Noods Noods Noods: Oakland Edition|g=SSBM}}||April 7th, 2018||9th||—||—
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| |{{Trn|Flatiron 3|g=SSBM}}||April 21st, 2018||13th||25th||THuGz
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| |{{Trn|Cascade 2|g=SSBM}}||July 28th, 2018||2nd||9th||THuGz
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| |{{Trn|EVO 2018|g=SSBM}}||August 3rd-5th, 2018||49th||—||—
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| |{{Trn|Shine 2018|g=SSBM}}||August 24th-26th, 2018||13th||7th||{{Sm|Darktooth}}
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| |{{Trn|The Big House 8|g=SSBM}}||October 5th-7th, 2018||33rd||—||—
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| |{{Trn|The Mang0: Homecoming|g=SSBM}}||November 10th-11th, 2018||7th||17th||{{Sm|Spark|p=Melee}}
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| |{{Trn|Don't Park on the Grass 2018|g=SSBM}}||December 15th-16th, 2018||17th||13th||{{Sm|n0ne}}
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| |[https://sjsumelee.challonge.com/FSF130Singles Four Stock Friday #130]||January 11th, 2019||1st||1st||{{Sm|Shroomed}}
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| |[https://www.start.gg/tournament/wombo-wednesday-52/event/melee-singles/brackets/505525/871057 Wombo Wednesday #52]||January 16th, 2019||4th||—||—
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| |[https://www.start.gg/tournament/norcal-spartan-5/event/singles/overview NorCal Spartan 5]||January 19th-20th, 2019||1st||—||—
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| |{{Trn|GENESIS 6|g=SSBM}}||February 1st-3rd, 2019||17th||17th||{{Sm|R2DLiu}}
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| |{{Trn|Full Bloom 5|g=SSBM}}||March 23rd-24th, 2019||17th||4th||{{Sm|Lucky}}
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| |{{Trn|Smash Camp: End of Summer|g=SSBM}}||September 14th-15th, 2019||13th||9th||Duck
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| |{{Trn|Mainstage|g=SSBM}}||September 20th-22nd, 2019||33rd||—||—
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| |{{Trn|The Big House 9|g=SSBM}}||October 4th-6th, 2019||33rd||17th||Prince Abu
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| |{{Trn|GENESIS 7|g=SSBM}}||January 24th-26th, 2020||97th||25th||Spark
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| |{{Trn|Saving Mr. Lombardi 2|g=SSBM}}||February 1st, 2020||9th||—||—
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| |[https://www.start.gg/tournament/hax-s-nightclub-os-nyc-s1e6/event/melee-singles/brackets/745767/1197475 Hax's Nightclub S1E6]||February 5th, 2020||4th||—||—
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| |{{Trn|ModGod Championship|g=SSBM}}{{OnlineIcon}}||April 5th, 2020||9th||—||—
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| |{{Trn|Frame Perfect Series 3: ONLINE|g=SSBM}}{{OnlineIcon}}||November 7th, 2020||4th||—||—
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| |{{Trn|Ludwig Ahgren Championship Series 3|g=SSBM}}{{OnlineIcon}}||December 19th-20th, 2020||9th||—||—
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| |{{Trn|Galint Melee Open|g=SSBM}}{{OnlineIcon}}||January 9th-10th, 2021||5th||—||—
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| |{{Trn|Frame Perfect Series 4: ONLINE|g=SSBM}}{{OnlineIcon}}||January 16th, 2021||7th||—||—
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| |{{Trn|Four Loko Fight Night|g=SSBM}}{{OnlineIcon}}||March 6th-7th, 2021||3rd||—||—
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| |{{Trn|SWT: NA West Melee Regional Finals|g=SSBM}}||October 23rd-24th, 2021||7th||—||—
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| |{{Trn|Mainstage 2021|g=SSBM}}||November 12th-14th, 2021||25th||—||—
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| |{{Trn|Smash World Tour 2021 Championships|g=SSBM}}||December 17th-19th, 2021||17th||—||—
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| |{{Trn|GENESIS 8|g=SSBM}}||April 15th-17th, 2022||7th||17th||{{Sm|nut}}
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| |{{Trn|The Big House 10|g=SSBM}}||October 7th-9th, 2022||49th||9th||{{Sm|Zuppy}}
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| ===''[[Project M]]''===
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| {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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| !Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
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| |{{Trn|IMPULSE 2013|g=PM}}||June 15th-16th, 2013||17th||—||—
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| |[https://smashboards.com/threads/apashers-melee-monthlies-2-results-7-6-13-detroit-mi.338319/ Apasher's Melee Monthlies #2]||July 6th, 2013||7th||—||—
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| |[https://smashboards.com/rankings/events/msss-project-m-singles-top-24.1034/?league=4 MSSS]||May 10th, 2014||7th||???||???
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| ===''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''===
| | '''Kalamazhu''' is a [[Peach]] main from Kalamazoo, Michigan. He is most known for his 9th place performance at [[The Big House 4]] beating players such as [[Lucky]], [[MacD]] and [[KirbyKaze]] before losing to [[Hax]] in a close game 5. He also placed 5th at the Canadian [[Apex 2015]] qualifier [[The Come Up]]. |
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| |{{Trn|Don't Park on the Grass 2018|g=SSBU}}||December 15th-16th, 2018||97th||—||—
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| |[https://www.start.gg/tournament/the-ultimate-adventure-episode-0-pilot/event/ultimate-singles/brackets/502786/867929 The Ultimate Adventure: Episode 0 Pilot]||January 11th, 2019||25th||5th||{{Sm|Shroomed}}
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| |{{Trn|GENESIS 6|g=SSBU}}||February 1st-3rd, 2019||385th||—||—
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| |[https://www.start.gg/tournament/the-ultimate-adventure-episode-3-homecoming/event/ultimate-singles/brackets/533544/905930 The Ultimate Adventure: Episode 3 Homecoming]||February 8th, 2019||33rd||—||—
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| ==External links==
| | Kalamazhu is widely considered the 2nd best player in Michigan behind {{sm|Duck}} and one of the best players in the Midwest. He has shown expertise in the [[Samus]] matchup, beating players such as [[HugS]] and [[Darrell]]. |
| *[https://twitter.com/mw_buster Twitter account]
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| [[Category:Michigan smashers]] | | [[Category:Michigan smashers]] |
| [[Category:Northern California smashers]]
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| [[Category:Peach players (SSBM)]]
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| [[Category:Fox players (SSBM)]]
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| [[Category:Marth players (SSBM)]]
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