Editing Smasher:Kira

:''For other players who go by "Kira", see [[Kira]]''
{{Infobox Smasher
| name          = Kira
| image         = Kira.jpg
| mainssbm      = Fox
| otherssbm     = Sheik
| mainssbu      = Young Link
| former crews  = [[Socal Elite 4]]
| skillssbm     = Top professional 
| realname      = David Kim
| birthday      = 22
| birthmonth    = 6
| birthyear     = 1989
| location      = Cupertino, California
| country       = United States
}}
'''Kira''' is an American [[smasher]] who mains {{SSBM|Fox}} and formerly mained {{SSBM|Sheik}}. He was formerly a member of the reputed crew [[SoCal Elite 4]]. Before his retirement from Melee, he was formerly ranked 86th on the [[2016 SSBMRank]] and 14th on the [[NorCal Power Rankings|NorCal Melee Power Rankings]].

His most notable tournament success was at {{Trn|I'm Not Yelling!}}, where in bracket pools he defeated {{Sm|Laudandus}} before losing to {{Sm|Lucky}}, after which he successfully made top 6 after defeating {{Sm|Sherigami}}, {{Sm|HugS}}, {{Sm|Shroomed}}, and {{Sm|KirbyKaze}}, eventually losing 0-3 to {{Sm|Leffen}} to secure 5th place.

He is well known for running a [[YouTube]] channel called [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC46ZTid4t2ctB6osM0WTiJA SSBM Tutorials], in which he demonstrates and explains the functions of various characters, as well as having guest tutorials from players such as HugS and Lucky. Since 2019, however, due to being busy with other projects as well as having a broken wrist, he has let other guests such as {{Sm|Spark}} and {{Sm|KoDoRiN}} conduct tutorials of their own.

Kira announced his retirement from competitive Smash in April 2017, due to a hand injury sustained at {{Trn|Smash Summit Spring 2017}}.<ref>http://www.espn.com/espn/now?nowId=1-19184950</ref> However, he has since competed at {{Trn|GENESIS 5}} and {{Trn|The Mango}}.

==Tournament placings==
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/nexus-gaming-super-smash-royale-3-results-afterthoughts.102644/s Super Smash Royale III]||April 28th, 2007||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Zero Challenge 3]]||July 20th-22nd, 2007||65th||33rd||The Boss
|-
|[[Super Champ Combo]]||September 29th-30th, 2007||49th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|SCSA West Coast Circuit}}||December 6th, 2008||17th||?||?
|-
|[[Mango Juice]]||March 21st, 2009||17th||13th||{{Sm|PsychoMidget}}
|-
|[[GENESIS]]||July 10th-12th, 2009||25th||9th||PsychoMidget
|-
|[[Active Gamers]]||September 26th-27th, 2009||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Pat's House]]||November 14th-15th, 2009||7th||4th||{{Sm|Lucky}}
|-
|[[Kings of Cali 3]]||December 14th-15th, 2013||13th||9th||{{Sm|Stab}}
|-
|[[Smash the Target]]||January 3rd, 2014||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Pat's House 2]]||May 24th-25th, 2014||17th||9th||{{Sm|Doppelganger}}
|-
|[http://oxy.challonge.com/SmashWeekendSingles Super Smash Weekend]||November 9th, 2014||13th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Do You Fox Wit It?]]||November 15th-16th, 2014||17th||9th||{{Sm|Matt}}
|-
|[[Super Smash Sundays 29]]||December 7th, 2014||9th||4th||{{Sm|S2J}}
|-
|[[I'm Not Yelling!]]||April 11th-12th, 2015||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[MVG Sandstorm]]||April 18th-19th, 2015||13th||5th||S2J
|-
|[[Press Start]]||May 9th-10th, 2015||13th||7th||{{Sm|Ken}}
|-
|[https://challonge.com/mayhemJune6Top32 Mayhem June 2015]||June 6th, 2015||7th||3rd||PsychoMidget
|-
|[[FC Smash 15XR: Return]]||July 4th-5th, 2015||13th||4th||{{Sm|Baka4Moe}}
|-
|[https://challonge.com/mayhemJuly11Top32 Mayhem July 2015]||July 11th, 2015||49th||3rd||Ken
|-
|[[EVO 2015]]||July 17th-19th, 2015||33rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Paragon Los Angeles 2015]]||September 5th-6th, 2015||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://challonge.com/pl/manoa91115 MMX]||September 11th, 2015||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[The Big House 5]]||October 2nd-4th, 2015||65th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[GENESIS 3]]||January 15th-17th, 2016||49th||25th||{{Sm|CDK}}
|-
|[[Pound 2016]]||April 2nd-3rd, 2016||33rd||17th||{{Sm|Rik}}
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/super-smash-sundays-43/brackets/12580/26762/87920 Super Smash Sundays 43]||April 17th, 2016||9th||3rd||{{Sm|Captain Faceroll}}
|-
|[http://challonge.com/fr/ZSmashBi21 Zotsmash Biweekly 21]||June 1st, 2016||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Smash 'N' Splash 2]]||June 11th-12th, 2016||13th||7th||Captain Faceroll
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/super-smash-sundays-47/events/melee-singles/brackets/50092 Super Smash Sundays 47]||July 3rd, 2016||7th||3rd||{{Sm|Squid}}
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/super-smash-sundays-48/events/melee-singles/brackets/52212 Super Smash Sundays 48]||July 10th, 2016||13th||9th||Squid
|-
|[[EVO 2016]]||July 15th-17th, 2016||129th||17th||Captain Faceroll
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/super-smash-sundays-49/events/melee-singles/brackets/57677 Super Smash Sundays 49]||July 31st, 2016||7th||5th||PsychoMidget
|-
|[[Super Smash Con 2016]]||August 11th-14th, 2016||33rd||9th||PsychoMidget
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/super-smash-sundays-51/events/melee-singles/brackets/62712 Super Smash Sundays 51]||August 21st, 2016||7th||2nd||{{Sm|Jace}}
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/super-smash-sundays-52/events/melee-singles/brackets/70435 Super Smash Sundays 52]||September 11th, 2016||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/super-smash-sundays-53/events/melee-singles/brackets/73853 Super Smash Sundays 53]||September 25th, 2016||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[SSS: Blood For Blood]]||October 15th, 2016||13th||4th||Captain Faceroll
|-
|[http://sdmelee.challonge.com/fr/STW4singlesT32 UCSD Super Triweekly 4]||October 23rd, 2016||9th||3rd||Captain Faceroll
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/weds-night-fights-4-1/events/melee-singles/brackets/82373 Weds Night Fights 4.1]||October 26th-27th, 2016||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/socal-colosseum-5-halloween-2016/events/melee-singles/brackets/80160 SoCal Colosseum #5]||October 29th, 2016||9th||2nd||PsychoMidget
|-
|[[Rewired 2016]]||November 19th-21st, 2016||13th||3rd||Squid
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/weds-night-fights-2016-4-6/events/melee-singles/brackets/92955 Wednesday Night Fights 4.6]||December 7th, 2016||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Eden]]||December 10th-11th, 2016||13th||7th||{{Sm|KirbyKaze}}
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/socal-colosseum-6-park-on-the-grass/events/melee-singles/brackets/86109 SoCal Colosseum #6 - Park On The Grass]||December 17th, 2016||7th||1st||Squid
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/smash-power-9-14/events/melee-singles/brackets/99012 Smash @ Power 9 #14]||December 22nd, 2016||5th||2nd||PsychoMidget
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/weds-night-fights-2016-new-years-week-edition/events/melee-singles/brackets Wednesday Night Fights 2016 New Years Week Edition]||December 28th, 2016||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/smash-power-9-15/events/melee-singles/brackets/99757 Smash @ Power 9 #15]||December 29th, 2016||7th||2nd||PsychoMidget
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/weds-night-fights-2017-offseason-1-1/events/melee-singles/brackets/101040 Wednesday Night Fights 2017 Offseason 1.1]||January 4th, 2017||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/smash-power-9-16-new-year-celebration/events/melee-singles/brackets/100369 Smash @ Power 9 #16]||January 5th, 2017||5th||1st||PsychoMidget
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/ssbm-quickly-13/events/melee-singles/brackets SSBM @ Quickly 13]||January 7th, 2017||4th||2nd||Squid
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/weds-night-fights-2017-offseason-1-2/events/melee-singles/brackets/102588 Wednesday Night Fights 2017 Offseason 1.2]||January 11th, 2017||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[GENESIS 4]]||January 20th-22nd, 2017||65th||17th||PsychoMidget
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/super-smash-sundays-55-1/events/melee-singles/brackets/102129 Super Smash Sundays 55]||January 29th, 2017||7th||7th||Squid
|-
|[[GENESIS: RED]]||July 9th, 2017||17th||17th||{{Sm|Jubby}}
|-
|[[EVO 2017]]||July 14th-16th, 2017||321st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/norcal-validated-4-5/events/melee-singles/brackets/123967/356190 Norcal Validated 4]||September 23rd, 2017||25th||9th||{{Sm|Little England}}
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/spartan-3-norcal-melee/events Spartan 3]||January 6th, 2018||19th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/melee-at-the-made-54/events Melee @ The Made 54]||January 12th, 2018||9th||5th||Jubby
|-
|[[GENESIS 5]]||January 19th-21st, 2018||49th||25th||PsychoMidget
|-
|{{Trn|The Mango}}||March 18th, 2018||65th||5th||PsychoMidget
|-
|{{Trn|EVO 2018}}||August 3rd-5th, 2018||65th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/weds-night-fights-x-oakland-2018-s2ep01/events/melee-single/brackets/492407/855637 Weds Night Fights x Oakland 2018 S2EP01]||January 2nd, 2019||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Pre-Genesix}}||January 31st, 2019||65th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|GENESIS 6}}||February 1st-3rd, 2019||129th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Saving Mr. Lombardi}}||April 13th, 2019||33rd||5th||{{Sm|Lego}}
|-
|{{Trn|The Mang0 Kickoff}}||June 7th, 2019||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/gator-games-11-1/events/melee-singles/overview Gator Games 11]||October 13th, 2019||7th||2nd||jubby
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/emperatriz-del-emporio/events/singles/brackets/715540/1157033 Emperatriz del Emporio]||January 12th, 2020||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/melee-the-made-the-warm-up/events/made-remix-singles/brackets/734266/1181839 Melee @ The Made: The Warm Up]||January 23rd, 2020||33rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|GENESIS 7}}||January 24th-26th, 2020||193rd||97th||jubby
|}

===''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[[AxisGaming]]||August 30, 2008||65th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}

===''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/weds-night-fights-x-oakland-2018-episode-19/events/smash-ultimate/brackets/480203/840601 Weds Night Fights x Oakland 2018 Episode 19]||December 12th, 2018||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://brackets.godlikecombo.com/?fbclid=IwAR3YmF_Nlb-JGLt6qEKnpC8KxtmWrINCJg-tqtca1jqkxNVbeLX7UpEG8vA#!/tourney-direct/3334304206267501973/winners South Bay SmackDown 4]||December 15th, 2018||25th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/fremont-s-finest-at-gg-esports/events/1v1-bracket/brackets/473919/833216 Fremont's Finest]||December 16th, 2018||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/revival-of-kin-112/events/singles/brackets/491364/854230 Revival of Kin 112]||December 27th, 2018||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/weds-night-fights-x-oakland-2018-s2ep01/events/smash-ultimate/brackets/492414/855647 Weds Night Fights x Oakland 2018 S2EP01]||January 2nd, 2019||33rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Pre-Genesix}}||January 31st, 2019||129th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|GENESIS 6}}||February 1st-3rd, 2019||1537th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/the-ultimate-adventure-episode-9-9-minutes-late-9-no/events/ultimate-singles/brackets/560818/942876 The Ultimate Adventure: Episode 9 9 Minutes Late 9 No-Shows 9 Blaster Balls]||March 22nd, 2019||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/smash-the-galaxy-6-ultimate/events/ultimate-singles/brackets/560707/942686 Smash the Galaxy #6]||March 23rd, 2019||5th||5th||{{Sm|Alby}}
|}

==Trivia==
*Kira released a game called [https://store.steampowered.com/app/1508530/Epiphany_City/ Epiphany City] on Steam on April 12th, 2022.
**One Steam achievement for it is called "'Isai is too good'" with the requirement being "Don't get hit (while fighting Dark Creatures)," referencing two memes about {{Sm|Isai}}.
**"Superb Smash Bros" is mentioned in the game, referencing the ''{{b|Super Smash Bros.|series}}'' series.
*As of September 2022, Kira runs a {{s|wikipedia|Christian apologetics}} YouTube channel called [https://youtube.com/channel/UCMWsHxPJQTmJ7YWo1ECN77Q Light of the World].

==External links==
*[https://www.youtube.com/c/SSBMTutorials Youtube channel]
*[https://twitter.com/Kira_SSBM Twitter account]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Southern California smashers]]
[[Category:Northern California smashers]]
[[Category:Fox professionals (SSBM)]]
[[Category:Sheik professionals (SSBM)]]
[[Category:YouTubers]]
[[Category:2015 SSBMRank ranked players]]
[[Category:2016 SSBMRank ranked players]]
[[Category:Panelists]]
	You aren't logged in. While it's not a requirement to create an account, doing so makes it a lot easier to keep track of your edits and a lot harder to confuse you with someone else. If you edit without being logged in, your IP address will be recorded in the page's edit history.
	Log in	Create account
Insert common text
Signature	~~~~
Symbols	£ ¥ ° ± × ÷ € ≈ ≠ ≤ ≥
Diacritics	À Á Â Ã Ä Å Æ Ç È É Ê Ë Ì Í Î Ï Ð Ñ Ò Ó Ô Õ Ö Ø Œ Ù Ú Û Ü Ý Þ ß à á â ã ä å æ ç è é ê ë ì í î ï ð ñ ò ó ô õ ö ø œ ù ú û ü ý þ ÿ
Wikitext	[] [[]] \| [[Category:]] [[File:]] #REDIRECT: [[]] {\| \|- \|\| \|}
Templates	{{cleanup}} {{image}} {{reflist}} {{stub}} {{d}} {{delete}}
Formatting	<!----> <br> <code></code> <gallery></gallery> <nowiki></nowiki> <ref></ref> <references/> {{#widget:YouTube\|id=}}
Substitution	<includeonly></includeonly> <noinclude></noinclude>