Editing Smasher:Kuro

| name       = Kuro

| image       = Kuro.jpg

| mainssbb   = Meta Knight

| mainssb4   = Fox

| retiredssb4 = Pit

| mainssbu   = Zero Suit Samus

| otherssbu = Mr. Game & Watch

| retiredssbu = Pit

| skillssb4  = Top professional

| skillssbu  = Top professional

| rankingssb4 = [[Panda Global Rankings 100]]: 97th

| rankingssbu =  

| realname   = Shintaro Kakihara

| location   = Kanto, Japan

| country     = Japan

In ''[[Ultimate]]'', Kuro is a {{SSBU|Zero Suit Samus}} player who was considered the best Zero Suit Samus player in Japan prior to the [[COVID-19]] pandemic. He is ranked 33rd on the [[Experimental Smash Player Rankings]] and was formerly ranked 18th on the [[Fall 2019 PGRU]]. He was previously the best {{SSBU|Pit}} player in Japan before he decided to stop using him in bracket. He has taken sets off of players such as {{Sm|Zackray}}, {{Sm|Tea}}, {{Sm|KEN}}, {{Sm|Raito}}, {{Sm|Lea}}, {{Sm|Umeki}}, {{Sm|Goblin}}, and {{Sm|Atelier}}.

|[[Umebura Niconico Qualifiers]]||November 29th, 2015||49th||—||—

|[[Umebura 21]]||February 11th, 2016||25th||—||—

|{{Trn|Rikabura 4}}||March 20th, 2016||33rd||—||—

|[[Karisuma 6]]||April 3rd, 2016||17th||—||—

|[[Umebura 22]]||April 24th, 2016||17th||—||—

|[[Umebura 23]]||May 21st, 2016||13th||—||—

|[[Sumabato 11]]||June 18th, 2016||17th||—||—

|[[Karisuma 8]]||June 25th, 2016||33rd||—||—

|[[Umebura 24]]||July 24th, 2016||33rd||—||—

|[[Umebura S.A.T.]]||August 20th-21st, 2016||7th||17th||Qoo

|[[Umebura 25]]||September 10th, 2016||17th||—||—

|[[Sumabato 13]]||September 25th, 2016||33rd||—||—

|[[Karisuma 10]]||October 8th, 2016||9th||5th||{{Sm|Kisha}}

|[[Sumabato 14]]||October 22nd, 2016||17th||3rd||{{Sm|Ako}}

|{{Trn|Rikabura 6}}||October 30th, 2016||33rd||—||—

|[[Waseda Festival 2016]]||November 5th, 2016||25th||—||—

|{{Trn|DNG Kanto Invitational}}||November 19th, 2016||12th||—||—

|[[Karisuma 11]]||November 26th, 2016||7th||—||—

|[[Umebura BenQ ZOWIE Cup]]||December 18th, 2016||25th||—||—

|[[Sumabato Tokaigi Qualifiers]]||December 25th, 2016||33rd||—||—

|[[SGC 2017]]||January 7th-8th, 2017||17th||—||—

|[[Karisuma Tokaigi Qualifiers]]||January 14th, 2017||3rd||—||—

|[[Smash of the Titans 15]]||January 19th, 2017||25th||—||—

|[[GENESIS 4]]||January 20th-22nd, 2017||97th||13th||{{Sm|Rain}}

|[[Umebura Tokaigi Qualifiers]]||February 4th, 2017||33rd||—||—

|[[Sumabato 16]]||February 25th, 2017||5th||—||—

|[[Karisuma 12]]||March 11th, 2017||5th||3rd||{{Sm|NAI}}

|[[Umebura 26]]||March 20th, 2017||17th||—||—

|[[Sumabato 17]]||April 16th, 2017||13th||—||—

|[[Karisuma 13]]||April 23rd, 2017||25th||—||—

|[[KSB 2017]]||May 4th-6th, 2017||9th||—||—

|[[Umebura Japan Major 2017]]||May 6th-7th, 2017||33rd||17th||{{Sm|Tiger}}

|[[Sumabato 18]]||June 18th, 2017||25th||—||—

|[[Umebura 27]]||July 1st, 2017||49th||—||—

|[[Sumabato 19]]||August 12th, 2017||25th||—||—

|[[Karisuma 15]]||September 16th, 2017||1st||—||—

|[[Sumabato 20]]||September 24th, 2017||33rd||—||—

|[[Sumabato 21]]||October 21st, 2017||9th||—||—

|[[Umebura 29]]||October 28th, 2017||7th||—||—

|[[Umebura 30]]||November 18th, 2017||17th||—||—

|[[Karisuma 16]]||December 10th, 2017||13th||—||—

|[[Umebura T.A.T.]]||December 23rd-24th, 2017||33rd||25th||{{Sm|ikep}}

|[[Sumabato Tokaigi Qualifiers 1]]||January 6th, 2018||17th||—||—

|[[Sumabato Tokaigi Qualifiers 2]]||January 7th, 2018||4th||—||—

|[[EVO Japan 2018]]||January 26th-28th, 2018||65th||—||—

|[[Umebura Tokaigi Qualifier 1]]||February 3rd, 2018||9th||—||—

|[[Umebura Tokaigi Qualifier 2]]||February 4th, 2018||17th||—||—

|[[Umebura 31]]||March 21st, 2018||65th||—||—

|{{Trn|Umebura 32}}||May 12th, 2018||49th||—||—

|{{Trn|Sumabato 27}}||August 12th, 2018||9th||—||—

|{{Trn|Umebura Smash 4 Final}}||December 1st-2nd, 2018||9th||9th||{{Sm|Shuton}}

|{{Trn|CEO Dreamland 2020}}||March 13th-15th, 2020||13th||—||—  

|{{Trn|Wave 2}}||September 4th, 2022||1st||—||—

|{{Trn|Umebura SP}}||December 16th, 2018||3rd||—||—

|{{Trn|Umebura SP 2}}||January 12th, 2019||13th||—||—

|[https://start.gg/tournament/weekly-smash-party-24/events/special-1on1-ultimate-singles/brackets/535920/911555 WeeklySmashParty 24]||February 18th, 2019||9th||—||—

|{{Trn|Umebura SP 3}}||April 13th, 2019||17th||—||—

|{{Trn|Umebura Japan Major 2019}}||May 1st-2nd, 2019||65th||—||—

|{{Trn|EGS Cup}}||May 6th, 2019||9th||—||—

|{{Trn|Karisuma SP 3}}||July 6th, 2019||7th||—||—

|{{Trn|Sumabato SP 7}}||August 11th, 2019||25th||—||—

|{{Trn|Umebura SP 4}}||August 16th, 2019||17th||—||—

|{{Trn|EGS Cup 2}}||August 25th, 2019||7th||—||—

|{{Trn|Umebura SP 6}}||October 22nd, 2019||1st||—||—

|{{Trn|Sumabato SP 9}}||November 10th, 2019||13th||—||—

|{{Trn|Umebura SP 7}}||November 16th, 2019||7th||—||—

|{{Trn|2GG: Kongo Saga}}||December 7th-8th, 2019||17th||13th||{{Sm|Lea}}

|[https://start.gg/tournament/mega-smash-mondays-219/events/ultimate-singles/standings Mega Smash Mondays 219]||December 9th, 2019||9th||—||—

|{{Trn|Sumabato SP 10}}||December 15th, 2019||2nd||—||—

|{{Trn|Sumabato SP 11}}||December 28th, 2019||5th||—||—

|{{Trn|EGS Cup 3}}||January 13th, 2020||25th||—||—

|{{Trn|Sumabato SP 12}}||February 8th, 2020||4th||—||—

|{{Trn|Maesuma TOP 2}}||March 1st, 2020||5th||—||—

|{{Trn|CEO Dreamland 2020}}||March 13th-15th, 2020||17th||1st||{{Sm|Marss}}

|{{Trn|Miesuma SP 3}}||July 11th, 2020||1st||—||—

|{{Trn|Maesuma TOP 4}}||October 31st-November 1st, 2020||5th||9th||{{Sm|Ako}}

|{{Trn|Karisuma SP 10}}||November 14th, 2020||3rd||—||—

|{{Trn|Mēsuma}}||November 29th, 2020||9th||—||—

|{{Trn|Kagaribi 4}}||June 26th-27th, 2021||49th||—||—

|{{Trn|Kagaribi 6}}||January 8th-9th, 2022||65th||—||—

|{{Trn|Ignite 1}}||March 27th, 2022||—||17th||{{Sm|Kisha}}

|{{Trn|Kagaribi 7}}||May 4th-5th, 2022||97th||—||—

|{{Trn|Maesuma TOP 8}}||June 11th-12th, 2022||65th||—||—

|{{Trn|Kagaribi 8}}||July 30th-31st, 2022||97th||—||—

|{{Trn|Wave 2}}||September 4th, 2022||65th||—||—

|{{Trn|Ignite 2}}||November 19th, 2022||—||9th||{{Sm|T}}

|{{Trn|Wave 3}}||December 11th, 2022||49th||—||—

|{{Trn|Umebura SP 9}}||January 7th-8th, 2023||97th||—||—

|{{Trn|DELTA 2}}||January 29th, 2023||17th||—||—

|{{Trn|Shinosuma HEROES 3}}||February 11th, 2023||25th||—||—

*Kuro is one of five players to win an ''Ultimate'' major while being seeded outside of the top 16 ({{Trn|Umebura SP 6}} as the 37th seed), alongside {{Sm|ProtoBanham}} (won {{Trn|Kagaribi 4}} as the 25th seed), {{Sm|Quidd}} (won {{Trn|Let's Make Big Moves 2022}} as the 32nd seed), {{Sm|acola}} (won {{Trn|Kagaribi 7}} as the 57th seed), and {{Sm|Miya|p=Honshu}} (won {{Trn|Kagaribi 8}} as the 17th seed)..