Editing Smasher:Kounotori

:'''''Kou''' redirects here. For the Kansai smasher, see [[Smasher:Kou (Kansai)]].''
{{Infobox Smasher
|name          = Kounotori
|alias       = Kou the
Sparda
|image         = Kounotori.jpg
|mainssbm      = Falco
|2ndmainssbm   = Fox
|otherssbm     = Sheik
|rankingssbm   = [[Japan SSBM Rank 2019]]: 7th
|realname      = Yosuke Kono
|location      = Osaka, Japan
|country       = Japan
}}

'''Kounotori''' ({{ja|こうのとり|Kōnotori}}, ''Stork'') (or '''Kou''') is a {{SSBM|Falco}} player from Japan, known for his technical style of play as well as his precise and intricate combos. His first tournament in the US was {{Trn|GENESIS 2}} in 2011, where he failed to make it out of pools. He has entered international tournaments such as {{Trn|Apex 2013}} and {{Trn|EVO 2013}}, and has done relatively well in them, placing within the top to middle rankings. He has set wins over {{Sm|aMSa}}, {{Sm|Gucci}}, {{Sm|Chillindude}}, {{Sm|SwiftBass}}, and {{Sm|Aza}}.

He performed well at {{Trn|EVO 2016}}. He defeated {{Sm|Kira}} in winners before losing to {{Sm|Colbol}}. In losers, he beat {{Sm|Jace}} and {{Sm|KillaforChicken}} before getting double eliminated by Colbol to get 33rd place. 

He is currently ranked 7th on the [[Japan SSBM Rank 2019]] and was formerly ranked 91st on the [[2013 SSBMRank]].

==Tournament placings==
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement!!2v2 Placement!!Partner
|-
|{{Trn|Creo Smash|g=SSBM}}||May 4th-5th, 2006||7th / 93||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Kansai Battle Ranking 1|g=SSBM}}||July 23rd, 2006||13th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|KetubatoDX 4|g=SSBM}}||October 29th, 2006||5th / 39||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|KetubatoDX 5|g=SSBM}}||November 25th, 2006||9th / 39||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|KetubatoDX 7|g=SSBM}}||January 28th, 2007||4th / 39||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|KetubatoDX 12|g=SSBM}}||July 1st, 2007||4th / 53||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Karisuma DX7|g=SSBM}}||August 12th, 2007||2nd / 31||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|KetubatoDX 0|g=SSBM}}||March 22nd, 2009||2nd / 48||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Sumabato DX 1|g=SSBM}}||September 22nd, 2009||1st / 46||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|Sumabato Melee #07||||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Sumabato DX 9|g=SSBM}}||August 21st, 2010||1st / 52||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Sumabato DX 17|g=SSBM}}||July 2nd, 2011||1st / 58||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|GENESIS 2|g=SSBM}}||July 15th-17th, 2011||41st||17th||{{sm|Shoyo}}
|-
|Sumabato DX Melee 1||October 10th, 2011||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Apex 2012|g=SSBM}}||January 6th-8th, 2012||&mdash;||33rd||{{Sm|Captain Jack}}
|-
|Sumabato DX Melee 3||February 25th, 2012||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|Sumabato DX Melee 4||May 4th, 2012||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Sumabato DX Melee 5}}||August 4th, 2012||9th / 92||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|Sumabato DX Melee 6||December 24th, 2012||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Apex 2013|g=SSBM}}||January 11th-13th, 2013||49th||65th||{{Sm|So-ten}}
|-
|Sumabato DX Melee 7||March 17th, 2013||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|Sumabato DX Melee 8||May 5th, 2013||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|EVO 2013|g=SSBM}}||July 12th-14th, 2013||33rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://battlegateway.wixsite.com/official/2ndresult Battle GateWay 2]||August 4th, 2013||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|Sumabato DX Melee 9||August 25th, 2013||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|Sumabato DX Melee 10||December 22nd, 2013||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Apex 2014|g=SSBM}}||January 17th-19th, 2014||97th||33rd||{{Sm|PL}}
|-
|{{Trn|Sumabato DX Melee 11|g=SSBM}}||May 4th, 2014||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|KVO 2014|g=SSBM}}||May 5th, 2014||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://battlegateway.wixsite.com/official/4thresult Battle GateWay 4]||June 14th, 2014||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|Sumabato DX Melee 12||August 17th, 2014||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://battlegateway.wixsite.com/official/5thresult Battle GateWay 5]||August 31st, 2014||13th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Battle GateWay 6|g=SSBM}}||December 13th-14th, 2014||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Apex 2015|g=SSBM}}||January 30th-February 1st, 2015||113th||49th||{{Sm|Sobameshi}}
|-
|[http://masterhand.smashbr0s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/masterhand01_bracket.png MasterHand 1]||February 7th, 2015||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://masterhand.smashbr0s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/MasterHand2-bracket.png MasterHand 2]||March 8th, 2015||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://masterhand.smashbr0s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/MasterHand-3-bracket-bracket.png MasterHand 3]||April 4th, 2015||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://masterhand.smashbr0s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/MasterHand-4-main-blacket-bracket.png MasterHand 4]||May 2nd, 2015||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|KSB 2015|g=SSBM}}||May 2nd-4th, 2015||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://masterhand.smashbr0s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/MasterHand-5-main-bracket.png MasterHand 5]||June 14th, 2015||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://masterhand.smashbr0s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/MasterHand-6-main-bracket-result.png MasterHand 6]||July 5th, 2015||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://battlegateway.wixsite.com/official/8thresult Battle GateWay 8]||August 9th, 2015||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|CrazyHand 2015|g=SSBM}}||August 15th, 2015||3rd||4th||Sobameshi
|-
|[http://challonge.com/master_07 MasterHand 7]||September 12th, 2015||4th||2nd||Sobameshi
|-
|[http://challonge.com/master_08 MasterHand 8]||October 17th, 2015||5th||3rd||Sobameshi
|-
|[http://challonge.com/master_09 MasterHand 9]||November 22nd, 2015||5th||3rd||Sobameshi
|-
|[http://challonge.com/crazy_2015_winter CrazyHand Winter 2015]||December 26-27th, 2015||3rd||5th||Sobameshi
|-
|[http://challonge.com/master_10 MasterHand 10]||January 17th, 2016||3rd||2nd||Sobameshi
|-
|[http://challonge.com/master_11 MasterHand 11]||February 6th, 2016||5th||2nd||Sobameshi
|-
|[http://challonge.com/master_12 MasterHand 12]||March 5th, 2016||5th||3rd||Sobameshi
|-
|[http://challonge.com/master_13 MasterHand 13]||April 2nd, 2016||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|KSB 2016|g=SSBM}}||April 29th-May 1st, 2016||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://challonge.com/crazy_2016 CrazyHand 2016]||May 3rd-4th, 2016||5th||5th||Sobameshi
|-
|[http://challonge.com/master_14 MasterHand 14]||June 4th, 2016||1st||3rd||{{Sm|Poppo}}
|-
|[http://challonge.com/master_15 MasterHand 15]||July 3rd, 2016||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|EVO 2016|g=SSBM}}||July 15th-17th, 2016||33rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://challonge.com/master_16 MasterHand 16]||July 30th, 2016||1st||2nd||Sobameshi
|-
|[http://challonge.com/master_17 MasterHand 17 x TBH6]||August 28th, 2016||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://challonge.com/12aclass Battle GateWay 12]||September 4th, 2016||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://challonge.com/master_18 MasterHand 18]||September 17th, 2016||5th||1st||{{Sm|Rudolph}}
|-
|[http://challonge.com/master_19 MasterHand 19]||October 22nd, 2016||1st||3rd||{{Sm|Shining Saotome}}
|-
|[http://challonge.com/master_20 MasterHand 20]||November 19th, 2016||9th||1st||Rudolph
|-
|[http://challonge.com/master_21 MasterHand 21]||December 17th, 2016||1st||1st||Sobameshi
|-
|[http://challonge.com/master_22 MasterHand 22]||January 21st, 2017||3rd||1st||{{Sm|ByodoinPhoenix}}
|-
|[http://challonge.com/master_23 MasterHand 23]||February 18th, 2017||2nd||3rd||{{Sm|Hoshimiya}}
|-
|[http://challonge.com/master_24 MasterHand 24]||March 11th, 2017||4th||2nd||{{Sm|IchigoMilk}}
|-
|[http://challonge.com/master_25 MasterHand 25]||March 31st, 2017||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|KSB 2017|g=SSBM}}||May 4th-6th, 2017||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://challonge.com/crazy_2017 CrazyHand 2017]||May 5th-6th, 2017||4th||3rd||Rudolph
|-
|[http://challonge.com/master_26 MasterHand 26]||June 3rd, 2017||3rd||3rd||Hoshimiya
|-
|[http://challonge.com/master_27 MasterHand 27]||July 8th, 2017||5th||2nd||Sobameshi
|-
|{{Trn|EVO 2017|g=SSBM}}||July 14th-15th, 2017||97th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://challonge.com/master_28 MasterHand 28]||August 5th, 2017||1st||3rd||Sobameshi
|-
|[http://challonge.com/master_29 MasterHand 29]||September 1st, 2017||9th||3rd||{{Sm|Spinning Girl}}
|-
|[http://challonge.com/master_30 MasterHand 30]||November 11th, 2017||1st||1st||Sobameshi
|-
|[http://challonge.com/master_31 MasterHand 31]||January 13th, 2018||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://challonge.com/master_32 MasterHand 32]||February 4th, 2018||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://challonge.com/master_33 MasterHand 33]||March 3rd, 2018||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://challonge.com/master_34 MasterHand 34]||April 8th, 2018||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://challonge.com/crazy_2018 CrazyHand 2018]||May 3rd-4th, 2018||5th||5th||Nanashi
|-
|{{Trn|KVOxTSB 2018|g=SSBM}}||May 4th-6th, 2018||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://challonge.com/master_35 MasterHand 35]||June 2nd, 2018||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/battle-gateway-21-1/event/melee-singles-vs/brackets/271321 Battle GateWay 21]||July 22nd, 2018||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|EVO 2018|g=SSBM}}||August 3rd-5th, 2018||65th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Super Smash Con 2018|g=SSBM}}||August 9th-12th, 2018||65th||65th||{{Sm|watch}}
|-
|[http://challonge.com/master_36 MasterHand 36]||August 18th, 2018||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://challonge.com/master_37 MasterHand 37]||September 8th, 2018||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://challonge.com/master_38 MasterHand 38]||October 5th, 2018||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://challonge.com/master_39 MasterHand 39]||November 3rd, 2018||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/battle-gateway23/event/melee-singles-vs/brackets/438670/790287 Battle GateWay 23]||November 17th, 2018||13th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/5/event/melee-singles-vs/brackets/438697 Amaterasu 5]||November 18th, 2018||5th||2nd||Rudolph
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/masterhand-40/event/melee-singles/brackets/456515/811993 MasterHand 40]||December 8th, 2018||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/masterhand-41/event/melee-singles/brackets/490172/852744 MasterHand 41]||January 5th, 2019||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/masterhand-43/event/melee-singles/brackets/536302/912006 MasterHand 43]||March 2nd, 2019||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/masterhand-54/event/dx-melee-singles/overview MasterHand 54]||February 2nd, 2020||13th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}

===''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/masterhand-40/event/ultimate-singles/brackets/456501/811966 MasterHand 40]||December 8th, 2018||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/masterhand-41/event/ultimate-singles/brackets/490173/852745 MasterHand 41]||January 5th, 2019||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/sumabato-x-cyclops-80/event/1v1-singles/brackets/495434/858944 SUMABATO x CYCLOPS #80]||January 11th, 2019||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/masterhand-42/event/ultimate-singles/brackets/505828/871503 MasterHand 42]||February 10th, 2019||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/masterhand-43/event/ultimate-singles/brackets/536303/912007 MasterHand 43]||March 2nd, 2019||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}

==External links==
*[https://twitter.com/Kounotori_ssbm Twitter account]
*[https://www.youtube.com/c/Kounotori/ YouTube channel]

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