Editing Smasher:Kirihara

{{Infobox Smasher
| name         = Kirihara
| image        = Kirihara.jpg
| mainssb4     = Rosalina & Luma
| mainssbu     = Sheik
| retiredssbu        = Rosalina & Luma
| rankingssb4  = [[Panda Global Rankings 100]]: 28th
| bestrankingssb4 = [[PGR v3]]: 19th
| rankingssbu  = [[OrionRank 2019]]: 58th
| bestrankingssbu = OrionRank 2019: 58th
| bestresultssb4 = 1st / 208 at {{Trn|Frame Perfect Series 2|g=SSB4}}
| bestresultssbu = 4th / 512 at {{Trn|Umebura SP 5|g=SSBU}}
| alias        = キリハラ
| winningsssb4 = $2,399.55
| location     = Tokyo, Kanto
| country      = Japan
| realname     = Noriyuki Kirihara
}}
Kirihara ({{ja|キリハラ|Kirihara}}) is a ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' player from Tokyo, Japan. Although he currently plays {{SSBU|Sheik}}, he is better known for playing {{SSBU|Rosalina & Luma}} in the early metagame, and was the second-best Rosaline & Luma player in the world after {{Sm|Dabuz}}, with his best known performances being his victory at {{Trn|Maesuma TOP 1}}, the first national-level victory for a Rosalina & Luma player, and his run to 4th at {{Trn|Umebura SP 5}} defeating {{Sm|KEN}}, {{Sm|Nietono}}, and {{Sm|ProtoBanham}}. However since switching to Sheik, he has failed to capture results on-par with his Rosalina & Luma performances.

In {{forwiiu}}, Kirihara was considered the second-best {{SSB4|Rosalina & Luma}} player of all-time, once again after Dabuz. He is best known for winning {{Trn|Frame Perfect Series 2}} double-eliminating {{Sm|ZeRo}}, making him the first Rosalina & Luma player to win a major and doing so a week before Dabuz's victory at {{Trn|2GGC: Civil War}}. Although he never won another major afterwards, he remained a frequent threat to make top 8 at majors and came close to winning several other large events, such as those in the {{Trn|Umebura|series}} series.

==Playstyle==
Kirihara's style of {{SSB4|Rosalina}} is differentiated by his calculated, aggressive spacing, foregoing the typical defensive style often demonstrated by other Rosalina players. He relies on well spaced aerials to establish stage control, and utlises Luma to full effect as an aerial deterrent, due to Luma's delayed hitboxes. His utilisation of Luma extends to pressure situations, as Kirihara will often employ Luma's moveset to force opponents into shield, discourage approaches, or as a form of option coverage. Luma aids in Kirihara's ground game as well, not only as a deterrent, but as a confirm option, often utlising Luma's jab as a lead into grabs. Despite his adeptness with Luma, he displays little reliance on it, and has proven capable and aggressive, even without. During these situations, he relies on his ability to react to his opponent's heightened aggression, generally encouraged by Luma's absence.

Another aspect of Kirihara's playstyle is his exceptionally proficient edge-guarding. He has demonstrated a distinctive ability to react to his opponent's recovery options, and cover them appropriately. He will often follow his opponent's offstage, and attempt to pressure and gimp them in the process. Kirihara's utilisation of Luma extends to his edge-guarding, as he often uses Luma's large and disjointed hitboxes to catch recoveries below the ledge, or to snipe players offstage from afar. As well, his ability to react to his opponent's ledge options, and force them back offstage further contributes to his aggressive offstage play.

==Rankings==
==={{forwiiu}}===
====[[Panda Global Rankings]]====
{|class="wikitable"
!Ranking!!Time period!!Rank!!Character(s)!!Notes
|-
|[[PGR v2]]||May 13th - December 18th, 2016||48th||{{Head|Rosalina|g=SSB4|s=20px}}||X-Factor: -2
|-
|[[PGR v3]]||January 7th - June 18th, 2017||19th||{{Head|Rosalina|g=SSB4|s=20px}}||X-Factor: +8
|-
|[[PGR v4]]||June 24th - December 3rd, 2017||29th||{{Head|Rosalina|g=SSB4|s=20px}}||X-Factor: +11
|-
|[[PGR v5]]||December 23rd, 2017 - July 1st, 2018||50th||{{Head|Rosalina|g=SSB4|s=20px}}||X-Factor: +18
|-
|[[PGR 100]]||January 20th, 2015 - November 18th, 2018||28th||{{Head|Rosalina|g=SSB4|s=20px}}||
|}

====[[OrionRank]]====
{|class="wikitable"
!Ranking!!Time period!!Rank!!Character(s)!!Notes
|-
|[[OrionRank 2017]]||December 24th, 2016 - December 24th, 2017||21st||{{Head|Rosalina|g=SSB4|s=20px}}||
|-
|[[OrionRank 2018]]||January 1st - December 2nd, 2018||38th||{{Head|Rosalina|g=SSB4|s=20px}}||
|}

===''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''===
====[[Panda Global Rankings Ultimate]]====
{|class="wikitable"
!Ranking!!Time period!!Rank!!Character(s)!!Notes
|-
|[[Fall 2019 PGRU]]||July 13th - December 15th, 2019||48th||{{Head|Rosalina|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||
|}

====[[OrionRank|OrionRank Ultimate]]====
{|class="wikitable"
!Ranking!!Time period!!Rank!!Character(s)!!Notes

|}

====OrionRank Japan====
{|class="wikitable"
!Ranking!!Time period!!Rank!!Character(s)!!Notes
|-
|[[OrionRank Japan Top 150]]||January 2019 - June 2021||34th||{{Head|Rosalina|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||
|}

==Tournament placings==
==={{forwiiu}}===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement!!2v2 Placement!!Partner
|-
|{{Trn|Umebura 13|g=SSB4}}||March 15th, 2015||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Umebura 16|g=SSB4}}||June 6th, 2015||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Umebura 18|g=SSB4}}||August 8th, 2015||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Umebura F.A.T.|g=SSB4}}||September 21st-22nd, 2015||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|SHI-G Tournament|g=SSB4}}||February 7th, 2016||4th||3rd||{{Sm|RAIN}}
|-
|[http://challonge.com/takerataku20160710 Takera's House Tournament]||July 10th, 2016||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|EVO 2016|g=SSB4}}||July 15th-17th, 2016||33rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Umebura 24|g=SSB4}}||July 24th, 2016||33rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Umebura 25|g=SSB4}}||September 10th, 2016||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://challonge.com/Toryumon1T Toryumon 1]||October 10th, 2016||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|DNG Kanto Invitational|g=SSB4}}||November 19th, 2016||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|SGC 2017|g=SSB4}}||January 7th-8th, 2017||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Shulla-bra Tokaigi Qualifier|g=SSB4}}||January 15th, 2017||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Umebura Tokaigi Qualifier|g=SSB4}}||February 4th, 2017||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|Tokaigi Last Chance Qualifier||February 11th, 2017||Top 2||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Niconico Tokaigi 2017|g=SSB4}}||February 11th-12th, 2017||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://challonge.com/GGSW21 Gamer's Gauntlet Weekly #21]||February 21st, 2017||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Frostbite 2017|g=SSB4}}||February 25th-26th, 2017||13th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Frame Perfect Series 2|g=SSB4}}||March 18th-19th, 2017||1st||5th||{{Sm|CaptainZack}}
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/weds-night-fights-2017-winter-season-1-6-1/event/wii-u-singles/brackets/126964/362271 Wednesday Night Fights 2017 Winter Season 1.6]||March 22nd, 2017||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|2GGC: Civil War|g=SSB4}}||March 24th-26th, 2017||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://challonge.com/ToryumonWTxSS1T Toryumon Weekday Tournament x STUDIO SKY #1]||April 26th, 2017||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://challonge.com/TGBT3T Tokyo Game Bar 3]||April 30th, 2017||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Umebura Japan Major 2017|g=SSB4}}||May 6th-7th, 2017||5th||17th||{{Sm|RAIN}}
|-
|[http://challonge.com/touryumon_studiosky2T Toryumon Weekday Tournament x STUDIO SKY #2]||May 10th, 2017||33rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://challonge.com/touryumon_studiosky4T Toryumon Weekday Tournament x STUDIO SKY #4]||May 31st, 2017||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://challonge.com/touryumon_studiosky5T Toryumon Weekday Tournament x STUDIO SKY #5]||June 14th, 2017||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://challonge.com/touryumon_studiosky6 Toryumon Weekday Tournament x STUDIO SKY #6]||June 28th, 2017||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Umebura 27|g=SSB4}}||July 1st, 2017||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://challonge.com/touryumon_studiosky7 Toryumon Weekday Tournament x STUDIO SKY #7]||July 5th, 2017||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/4th-annual-psg-classic/event/wii-u-singles/brackets/138102 4th Annual PSG Classic]||July 12th, 2017||5th (Forfeit)||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://challonge.com/GetSmashedSSB Summer School]||July 13th, 2017||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|EVO 2017|g=SSB4}}||July 14th-16th, 2017||65th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Umebura 28|g=SSB4}}||August 12th, 2017||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://challonge.com/touryumon_studiosky9 Toryumon Weekday Tournament x STUDIO SKY #9]||August 16th, 2017||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://challonge.com/touryumon_studiosky10 Toryumon Weekday Tournament x STUDIO SKY #10]||August 30th, 2017||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|2GGC: West Side Saga|g=SSB4}}||September 9th, 2017||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/mega-smash-mondays-113-mission-control/event/wii-u-singles/brackets/150726/417216 Mega Smash Mondays 113]||September 11th, 2017||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|2GGC: Fire Emblem Saga|g=SSB4}}||October 14th-15th, 2017||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Umebura 29|g=SSB4}}||October 28th, 2017||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|2GGC: MkLeo Saga|g=SSB4}}||November 4th, 2017||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Umebura 30|g=SSB4}}||November 18th, 2017||13th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://challonge.com/KatsuburaT Katsubura]||November 19th, 2017||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://challonge.com/toryumon_studiosky16 Toryumon Weekday Tournament x STUDIO SKY #16]||November 22nd, 2017||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Rikabura 8|g=SSB4}}||November 25th, 2017||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|2GG Championship|g=SSB4}}||December 1st-3rd, 2017||11th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://challonge.com/toryumon_studiosky17 Toryumon Weekday Tournament x STUDIO SKY #17]||December 20th, 2017||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Umebura T.A.T.|g=SSB4}}||December 23rd-24th, 2017||25th||17th||{{Sm|takera}}
|-
|{{Trn|Sumabato Tokaigi Qualifier 1|g=SSB4}}||January 6th, 2018||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Sumabato Tokaigi Qualifier 2|g=SSB4}}||January 7th, 2018||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://challonge.com/toryumon_studiosky19T Toryumon Weekday Tournament x STUDIO SKY #19]||February 7th, 2018||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Niconico Tokaigi 2018|g=SSB4}}||February 10th-11th, 2018||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://challonge.com/toryumon_studiosky23 Toryumon Weekday Tournament x STUDIO SKY #23]||April 25th, 2018||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Umeki Project|g=SSB4}}||April 29th, 2018||1st||1st||{{Sm|KEN}}
|-
|[https://challonge.com/toryumon_studiosky24 Toryumon Weekday Tournament x STUDIO SKY #24]||May 2nd, 2018||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Umebura 32|g=SSB4}}||May 12th, 2018||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://challonge.com/WeeklySmashPartyWiiU_001 WeeklySmashParty 001]||June 8th, 2018||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://challonge.com/WeeklySmashPartyWiiU_005 WeeklySmashParty 005]||July 18th, 2018||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Umebura 33|g=SSB4}}||July 28th, 2018||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://challonge.com/WeeklySmashPartyWiiU_006 WeeklySmashParty 006]||August 5th, 2018||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Umebura 34|g=SSB4}}||August 25th, 2018||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://challonge.com/WeeklySmashPartyWiiU_008 WeeklySmashParty 008]||August 31st, 2018||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://challonge.com/WeeklySmashPartyWiiU_011 WeeklySmashParty 011]||October 5th, 2018||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://challonge.com/WeeklySmashPartyWiiU_012 WeeklySmashParty 012]||October 19th, 2018||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/weekly-smash-party-14/event/wiiu-1on1-smash-4-singles/brackets/448632/802023 WeeklySmashParty 014]||November 9th, 2018||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/weekly-smash-party-15/event/wiiu-1on1-smash-4-singles/brackets/455764/810807 WeeklySmashParty 015]||November 16th, 2018||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Umebura Smash 4 Final|g=SSB4}}||December 1st-2nd, 2018||&mdash;||9th||{{Sm|racchi~}}
|}

===''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|{{Trn|Umebura 5|g=SSBB}}||July 26th, 2014||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}

===''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[https://challonge.com/toryumon_kiwami_1 Toryumon Kiwami #1]||December 12th, 2018||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Umebura SP|g=SSBU}}||December 16th, 2018||65th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/1-sp-ueno-smash-ultimate-weekly-1/event/special-1on1-ultimate-singles/brackets/517447/885167 Ueno Smash Ultimate Weekly 1]||January 22nd, 2019||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/weekly-smash-party-22/event/special-1on1-ultimate-singles/brackets/528069/898444 WeeklySmashParty 22]||February 1st, 2019||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://challonge.com/toryumon_kiwami_6 Toryumon Kiwami #6]||February 6th, 2019||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://challonge.com/toryumon_kiwami_8 Toryumon Kiwami #8]||February 20th, 2019||13th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/weekly-smash-party-25/event/special-1on1-ultimate-singles/brackets/546227/924012 WeeklySmashParty 25]||March 1st, 2019||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Umebura Japan Major 2019|g=SSBU}}||May 1st-2nd, 2019||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Umebura SP 4|g=SSBU}}||August 16th, 2019||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|EGS Cup 2|g=SSBU}}||August 25th, 2019||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/24-sp-ueno-smash-ultimate-weekly-24/event/special-1on1-ultimate-singles/brackets/647481/1062965 Ueno Smash Ultimate Weekly 24]||August 29th, 2019||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Umebura SP 5|g=SSBU}}||September 28th, 2019||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Umebura SP 6|g=SSBU}}||October 22nd, 2019||33rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Umebura SP 7|g=SSBU}}||November 16th, 2019||25th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Seibugeki 3|g=SSBU}}||November 29-30th, 2019||25th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Maesuma TOP 1|g=SSBU}}||January 4th, 2020||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://challonge.com/toryumon_kiwami_51 Toryumon Kiwami #51]||January 8th, 2020||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|EGS Cup 3|g=SSBU}}||January 13th, 2020||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|EVO Japan 2020|g=SSBU}}||January 24th-26th, 2020||13th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/winner-1/event/singles-1/brackets/952577/1513423 Winner!]||June 21st, 2021||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Seibugeki 8|g=SSBU}}||October 10th, 2021||33rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|DAWN 1|g=SSBU}}||October 17th, 2021||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Kagaribi 5|g=SSBU}}||October 30th-31st, 2021||65th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|DAWN 2|g=SSBU}}||November 14th, 2021||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|WINNER! -Next Gen-|g=SSBU}}||April 9th, 2022||49th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Maesuma TOP 7|g=SSBU}}||May 1st, 2022||65th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Shin-Ken League|g=SSBU}}||May 16th-June 4th, 2022||11th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Umebura SP 9|g=SSBU}}||January 7th-8th, 2023||33rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|DELTA 2|g=SSBU}}||January 29th, 2023||25th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Tournament:DELTA 7 FAT|DELTA 7 [FAT] ]]||December 23rd, 2023||33rd / 235||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Seibugeki 16|g=SSBU}}||December 30th, 2023||33rd / 191||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Umebura SP 10|g=SSBU}}||January 6th-8th, 2024||129th / 1,275 (DQ)||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://x.com/SSBU_NOHOHO/status/1776897543659725295 Reject Office True Otaku Meetup 1]||April 7th, 2024||7th / 32||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|DELTA 8|g=SSBU}}||May 3rd, 2024||65th / 516||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Kagaribi 12|g=SSBU}}||May 5th-6th, 2024||385th / 2,030||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}

==Trivia==
*Kirihara is the only smasher to have a positive record over {{Sm|ZeRo}} in ''[[Smash 4]]'' that is better than 1-0, holding a 2-1 record over him.
*Coincidentally, Kirihara is ranked 48th on the second iteration of both the [[Panda Global Rankings]] and the [[Panda Global Rankings Ultimate]].

==External links==
*[https://twitter.com/norik171 Twitter account]
*[https://ssbworld.com/players/1387/kirihara SSBWorld profile]

==Gameplay videos==
==={{forwiiu}}===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dItj85QHbRE Kirihara (Rosalina) vs. TSM|ZeRo (Diddy) - Wii U Winners Finals - FPS2]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt0iBIvWaDk&t=1102s Kirihara (Rosalina) vs. TSM|ZeRo (Diddy) - Wii U Grand Finals - FPS2]
*[https://youtu.be/GcUtjEcztmM Kirihara (Rosalina & Luma) vs CLG VoiD (Sheik, Mewtwo) - Umebura 25]

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