Smasher:Nairo

Nairo
Character info
Smash 64 main	Captain Falcon
Melee mains	Falco, Fox
Brawl main	Meta Knight
Other Brawl character	Marth
Smash 4 main	Zero Suit Samus
Smash 4 doubles mains	Cloud
Other Smash 4 characters	Bowser, Cloud, Lucina
Retired Smash 4 characters	Diddy Kong, Dark Pit, Pit, Robin
Ultimate main	Palutena
Other Ultimate character	Zero Suit Samus
Retired Ultimate character	Lucina
Project M main	Fox
Team info
Former sponsor(s)	NRG Esports, Team Liquid
Former crews	F-Step, Smash World Renegades
Rankings and results info
Most recent ranking	2018-2019 SSBBRank: 1st Panda Global Rankings 100: 2nd Fall 2019 PGRU: 4th
Best historical ranking	SSBBRank 2014: 1st (tied with 9B) Panda Global Rankings 100: 2nd Fall 2019 PGRU: 4th
Best tournament result	1st / 370 at Apex 2014 1st / 1,531 at Super Smash Con 2017 1st / 273 at Mainstage
Winnings	~$13,690.07 ~$95,384.88 ~$23,497.33
Personal and other info
Real name	Nairoby Quezada
Birth date	November 7, 1996
Location	Passaic, New Jersey

Nairo is an American former smasher who is considered one of the best Smash players of all-time, which includes being one of the best Brawl players in the game's later years, one of the best Smash 4 players of all-time, and one of the best Ultimate players in the game's early metagame. He is Ksizzle's younger brother.

Nairo began his competitive career in Brawl playing Meta Knight, where he was known for his highly-aggressive Meta Knight style, which was at least partly responsible for his great proficiency against Olimar players. He became a strong player in the Tristate region, regularly placing top 8 at large Tristate events, before gaining national recognition for his run at Apex 2012, where he defeated Japanese invader Nietono to eventually place 3rd. He later claimed two major victories during Brawl's prime, most notably at Apex 2014, which remains the second-largest Brawl tournament of all-time. In addition, Nairo frequently teamed with ADHD in doubles, where Nairo used his aggressive style to overwhelm opponents while ADHD created stage control with Diddy Kong's Banana Peels. The team was considered to be the best doubles team in Brawl, having won a slew of major doubles events including Apex 2013, Apex 2014, and Super Smash Con 2016. Following Brawl's decline, Nairo was the undisputed best Brawl player from 2016 to 2019, notably winning every Brawl event he attended between CEO Dreamland and Get On My Level 2019.

Nairo found his greatest success in Smash 4, where he won 10 different majors and is the player with the third-most Smash 4 major wins. Despite a bit of inconsistency towards the end of his Smash 4 career, he was ranked no lower than 4th on all the PGR rankings and was ultimately ranked 2nd on the PGR 100. He primarily played Zero Suit Samus and is the best Zero Suit Samus player of all-time. Outside of Zero Suit Samus, he has also used Bowser in many top-level sets and is considered the best Bowser player of all-time, and he also has plethora of other secondaries that he has pulled out at high-level play, including Cloud, the Pits, Robin, and even low tiers such as Zelda and Dr. Mario. His most well-known performance in Smash 4 was his run at MLG World Finals 2015, where he became the first player to eliminate ZeRo in a Smash 4 tournament, double-eliminating ZeRo to end his 56 win streak. This performance is often considered one of the biggest highlights of his Smash career.

In Ultimate, Nairo played Palutena, although he was initially not as successful as he was in previous games, ranking outside of the top 5 for the first time in his career on the Spring 2019 PGRU. However, he eventually bounced back during the second half of 2019, eventually winning Mainstage that year and Let's Make Big Moves in the following year. He remains the only Palutena player with major wins and as such is considered one of the best Palutena players of all-time despite having only been active in the game's first year.

Outside of competitive play, Nairo was one of the most successful Smash content creators and streamers in the 2010s, with a large following on his YouTube and Twitch dubbed the "Naifu Nation". He also ran the online series Naifu Wars, which eventually evolved into one of the earliest well-known online tournament series and was known for flying out certain players for special iterations.

In July 2020, Nairo was accused of having a relationship with a then-underaged CaptainZack, leading to the loss of Nairo's sponsorship and bans from competitive play and Twitch. Multiple new counts of information later emerged which painted Nairo as a victim rather than an abuser, leading many to request for Nairo to be unbanned. Although a legal agreement was found in court, the controversy remains largely unresolved in the public, and several bans remained in effect, including his Twitch ban. Nairo had since quietly retired from competitive play and continues to stream on YouTube, but remains a polarizing figure in the community due to the unresolved controversy.

Playstyle

Nairo, throughout his entire Smash career, had a playstyle that was defined by unrelenting pressure and a top-notch punish game.

In Smash 4

He mained Zero Suit Samus and was known for his proficiency of her powerful up air ladder combos into her Boost Kick finisher. He pioneered her metagame and brought upon the style of aggressive pressure in order to bring her punish game into full effect. Throughout neutral, he has prowess in spacing and in the timing of her moves in order to be safe on the opponent's shield to compensate for the character's lack of neutral tools. He is also known to take risks and to make hard reads in order to quickly gain advantage over the opponent, notably with jump reads or a single grab in neutral. With the character, he has a touch of death and if there is rage and he manages to land a single hit or grab, with his ability to read DI and knowledge of kill percents, can annihilate an opponent's stock. This characteristic is highly noticed when he needs to make a comeback. Nairo is also very proficient at edge guarding and ledgetrapping, forcing his opponents into limited situations where he can take their stock. However, due to his risky and aggressive playstyle and his character's weaknesses, he is prone to getting shut down in the neutral with no opportunity to land a hit if the opponent plays defensively and doesn't get caught in Nairo's clutch. This is heavily emphasized through the many sets against his rival ZeRo, where the latter's immoveable neutral proves to be difficult for Nairo to break through.

In Ultimate

He mained Palutena and played with heavy emphasis on combo game and edgeguarding. Some aspects of his play had been improved due to the switch of character, as now with Palutena's relatively safe grab compared to Zero Suit Samus's, Nairo had many more opportunities to access his strong punish game and to make up for his neutral. He still played Zero Suit Samus, but due to the removal of her grab and ladder combos, he used her much less often and occasionally used her as a counterpick.

Tournament history

2010-2014: The rise in Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Nairo's first competitive Smash game was Brawl, where he made himself known regionally by placing well at KTAR tournaments. However, it wasn't until 2012 where he became well-known on a national level; at Apex 2012, he defeated top players such as Nietono and ultimately paced 3rd out of 400 entrants. A few months later, he got his first national victory at SKTAR, where he defeated ESAM twice.

For the rest of Brawl's main competitive lifespan, Nairo consistently placed in the top 3 and made top 8 at every tournament he attended aside from SKTAR 2. His most notable victory during that period was at Apex 2014, where he managed to defeat Mew2King and ZeRo, two of the best Meta Knights in the world, to place 1st. This victory has since been memorized in his fanbase thanks to the sub-only emote nairoApex. Due to his outstanding placements, Nairo was recognized as one of the best Brawl players in the world by the end of the game's lifespan and subsequently was ranked 1st on the 2014 SSBBRank, being tied with 9B.

Despite Brawl's decline and his focus on other Smash games, Nairo continued to enter Brawl events and dominate the metagame, with a win streak starting with CEO Dreamland and ending with Get On My Level 2019. He was ranked 1st on the next two iterations of the SSBBRank.

2014-2015: Continued Success in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

In the early metagame of Smash 4, Nairo initially played Robin at a few 3DS events and eventually added Dark Pit to his roster, first using him at Sky's Smash 4 Invitational where he placed 7th and took a notable win over Larry Lurr. Eventually, he picked up Zero Suit Samus, using her at CLASH Online Invitational Finals and Final Battle in conjunction with both Pit and Dark Pit.

His strong results continued in 2015 using Zero Suit Samus alongside a few different secondaries such as the aforementioned Robin and Pits and even lower-tiered characters such as Zelda, placing 9th at Apex 2015, 7th at KTAR XII, and 3rd at EVO 2015. EVO 2015 was a notable event in particular as it became the best solo-Zero Suit Samus result seen in Smash 4 at the time and he played against the best Smash 4 player in the world, ZeRo, who defeated him in winners.

After this tournament, the two would compete against each other often and ZeRo would become a notable bracket demon for Nairo, double-eliminating him at both CEO 2015 and The Big House 5 where he placed 3rd and 2nd, respectively.

It wasn't until MLG World Finals 2015, where Nairo took out ZeRo in winners top 32 and they would rematch in grand finals where Nairo won, taking the tournament. Nairo's win was arguably one of the most historical moments in Smash 4 history, as it broke ZeRo's 56 tournament win streak and would be the only time ZeRo lost a tournament during 2015. Nairo's strong results continued as he garnered 1st place finishes at a multitude of regionals such as Smash the Record 2015, KTAR XIV, KTAR XV, Dismantle 2, and KTAR XVI.

By the end of the year, he was in contention for best Smash 4 player in the world, ranking 2nd on the PGR v1, the first ever global Smash 4 ranking.

His winning streak ended at GENESIS 3, as he was upset 2-0 by Hyuga in pools. Despite being eliminated early on, he made a strong losers run. He defeated players such as RAIN, Ito, ESAM, Ally, and Marss before Dabuz eliminated him 3-0, placing 5th overall.

2016-Early 2017

In 2016, he continued his strong results, although he had a few lower placings, most noticeably with Pound 2016. This was his worst placement in a Smash 4 tournament to date, losing to saj and Mr.II, placing 49th. However, this did not mean much as a month later, he placed 4th at Get On My Level 2016 where he notably competed against MkLeo for the first time where Nairo ultimately won the set. He also won at MomoCon 2016, beating Ally in grand finals and not dropping a single set throughout the entire tournament.

This pattern continued to happen throughout the year, missing out on top 8s at some of the biggest events of the year with 17th at CEO 2016 and 13th at EVO 2016, but in the same summer, won Super Smash Con 2016, taking out multiple top players such as 6WX, VoiD, Mr.R, and Dabuz without dropping a single set.

Afterwards, his consistency in overcoming top players and making top 8s at multiple majors improved, finishing 4th at Umebura S.A.T. defeating Mr.R and Kameme, 3rd at 2GGT: Abadango Saga defeating komorikiri and VoiD, and 7th at The Big House 6 defeating Salem and Cosmos.

In the last two months of 2016, he made back-to-back 4th place finishes at KTAR XIX and UGC Smash Open, and ended the year with a 5th place finish at 2GGT: ZeRo Saga. While started with some rough patches at the beginning of the year, a supermajor win in Super Smash Con 2016 and his latter half year consistency solidified him as top 3 player of the year, placing 3rd on the PGR v2.

Nairo became a much stronger player in 2017, as after his 17th placement at GENESIS 4, he won both Umebura Tokaigi Qualifiers and Niconico Tokaigi 2017, defeating Ally and many top Japanese players such as KEN, Abadango, and Kirihara.

Not long after, he placed 3rd at Frostbite 2017 fighting through many top players such as Dabuz, WaDi, and Shuton. He only lost to ZeRo who double-eliminated him, but was a much cleaner major run in comparison to GENESIS for Nairo.

After Frostbite 2017, the next major tournament Nairo attended was 2GGC: Civil War. This tournament was and remains one of the most stacked tournaments in Smash 4 history. Unfortunately for Nairo, he missed out on top 8, losing to Fatality in the midst of his Cinderella run and lost to Locus in losers, finishing at 9th.

From April to May, he attended about four of the next majors, placing 3rd at CEO Dreamland defeating Dabuz and Marss, 7th at Royal Flush, and an unusual 17th at 2GGC: Greninja Saga, getting upset by Mekos before top 64 and had his losers run put to an end by CaptainZack.

Despite underperforming at Greninja Saga, in typical Nairo fashion, he would come back blazing seen with MomoCon 2017. He was able maintain his champion title from last year's event, most notably winning his runbacks against ZeRo and Fatality to take the tournament.

The next two supermajors, 2GGC: Nairo Saga and CEO 2017, he would make back-to-back 4th place finishes. At the titularly named tournament, he lost to ZeRo and Salem. At CEO 2017, he managed to win his runbacks against CaptainZack and Salem before losing to Larry Lurr and MkLeo.

Unlike the past two years, the PGR ranking was split between the two halves of 2017. He maintained his spot at number 3 on the PGR v3, possibly missed out on recapturing his 2nd best in the world status from 2015 due to the couple of underperformances of the year such as GENESIS 3 and Greninja Saga as well as the prominent rise MkLeo saw around the same time. Regardless, it was a very strong six months for Nairo's competitive play altogether.

Remainder of 2017

The next season for him started with a 2nd at regional Midwest Mayhem 9, getting upset by Tyroy in top 8 qualifiers and made a lengthy losers run beating players such as Tweek before being eliminated by ZeRo in grand finals. This tournament would follow into the next supermajor of the year, EVO 2017, where Nairo would place 5th after grabbing wins over Abadango and VoiD with losses to Larry Lurr and Tweek in their runback.

Nairo later attended DreamHack Atlanta 2017 and took out multiple top players such as CaptainZack, Ally, Dabuz, ZeRo and a runback against Larry Lurr. However, both of two losses came from Salem, a player who was notably on a bit of a hot streak after winning EVO 2017, giving him a placement of 4th.

With the two losses to him and his EVO win, Salem started to rival Nairo as the second-best Smash 4 player of 2017 and the two would be neck and neck with each other. Nairo would find his own tournament win that combated Salem's EVO win with Super Smash Con 2017. After an upset by Rideae, Nairo went on a lengthy losers run defeating a immense caliber of players such as komorikiri, Tweek, VoiD, Mr.R, and MkLeo before double-eliminating ZeRo in grand finals.

In terms of consistency between the two players, Nairo would outperform him at tournaments such as the next supermajor of the year, 2GGC: MkLeo Saga and another major in Shine 2017 where Nairo placed 4th and 3rd respectively whereas Salem would place 9th and 4th. On occasion, they would sometimes even tie seen with GameTyrant Expo 2017 where they both placed 9th. Conversely, Salem would outplace him at events such as The Big House 7 and invitational 2GG Championship, placing 5th and 3rd whereas Nairo would finish at 9th and 10th place. The two also met at grand finals at both 2GGC: Fire Emblem Saga and Smash 4 Boot Camp, the latter being another invitational done by VGBootCamp. Ultimately, Nairo would lose to Salem at both of these tournaments.

With Smash 4 Boot Camp finished, the rest of the 2017 season was wrapped up as well. Nairo would end up as the 3rd best player of 2017 on the PGR v4, as Salem was placed as new 2nd best with both of them similarly being outclassed by ZeRo.

2018: The Last Year of Smash 4 and Slight Decline

Following ZeRo's retirement, Nairo was one of the contenders for the number one spot alongside MkLeo. At GENESIS 5, despite falling to Legit before Top 8, Nairo was able to make an impressive losers run, defeating Zenyou, ESAM, and MVD before falling to Mistake, placing 4th. After that, Nairo continued to be a tough competitior for the throne, as he consistently placed in the top 4 at every major he attended, even claiming victory at tournaments such as Niconico Tokaigi 2018 and Smash Masters League: Battle for Vegas, defeating MkLeo at both. MkLeo, in turn, defeated Nairo at both SwitchFest and Get On My Level 2018. For the first few months of the season, it wasn't clear whether MkLeo or Nairo would come out on top.

However, Nairo eventually fell behind, placing 17th at the two biggest tournaments of the season: 2GG: Hyrule Saga and CEO 2018, losing to Light and Mr.R in the former and Abadango and Elegant in the latter. Due to those placements, Nairo was ultimately ranked 4th - the first time he was not top 3 - behind MkLeo, Tweek, and Dabuz, players who had a more consistent season.

Nairo's overall performance continued to decline as he fell to MVD and Zenyou at EVO 2018, placing 33rd, his second worst placement at a Smash 4 major. Furthermore, Nairo failed to defend his title at both MomoCon 2018 and Super Smash Con 2018, breaking his two-year win streak at both events. At MomoCon 2018, he was defeated by Salem and komorikiri, placing 4th, and at Super Smash Con 2018, he was defeated by MkLeo and Cosmos, placing 5th.

With Ultimate on the horizon, Nairo stopped attending major tournaments after Super Smash Con 2018.

These shortcomings, however, did not overshadow Nairo's previous achievements. When the PGR 100 was released, Nairo was ranked the 2nd best Smash 4 player of all time, right behind ZeRo.

2018-2019: Transition into Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

In the early metagame of Ultimate, Nairo continued his status as a top player. He switched his main to Palutena while occasionally using Zero Suit Samus as his secondary. He quickly became known as the best Palutena player, placing 2nd at both NYXL Pop-Up! and Glitch 6, as well as 5th at Let's Make Moves, defeating players such as MkLeo, Samsora, and Dabuz along the way.

His best performance of the first season was at Collision 2019. Despite being sent to losers by Marss right before top 8, Nairo teared through the losers bracket, defeating Mr.R, Sinji, Tweek, Light (in a famous reverse 3-0 with Ganondorf), and Frozen, before resetting the bracket against Marss. He lost the reset, placing 2nd.

However, his overall initial results, while impressive, weren't as good as his Smash 4 days. Similarly to the first season of 2018, Nairo placed 17th at the 2 biggest majors of the season, GENESIS 6 and Smash 'N' Splash 5, falling to Cosmos and CaptainZack in the former and VoiD and NAKAT in the latter. Although he continued to consistently make top 8 at big tournaments, his only major victory was at the comparatively-smaller major Suplex City Smash while his strongest performances were a 4th place finish at 2GG: Prime Saga and a couple of 5th place finishes at both Get On My Level 2019 and MomoCon 2019. Nairo continuously fell to familiar foes, most notably Marss. By the end of the season, Nairo was ranked 8th, the first time he was not ranked in the top 5 in any global ranking.

Fortunately, things turned around for Nairo in the second season. Despite starting off the season with a 17th at EVO 2019, losing to Mr.R and Marss, Nairo made top 6 at every tournament he attended up until the final major of the season 2GG: Kongo Saga. In addition, he started winning sets against several of his bracket demons, such as Marss at Shine 2019 and Mainstage. His best achievement was finally claiming victory at a major, doing so at Mainstage, where he defeated MkLeo after he reset the bracket, becoming one of 6 players to defeat MkLeo that season. When the season was over, Nairo returned to the top 5, being ranked 4th.

2020: The Last Year of Competition

Nairo started the third season strong, having claimed his second victory at a super major at Let's Make Big Moves, defeating top players such as Maister, Tea, Kameme and double eliminating Dabuz after he sent Nairo to losers.

Following this, he would place 9th at GENESIS 7 and Frostbite 2020. In the former, he was defeated by ESAM in the winners quarterfinals and infamously lost to Glutonny in the losers side top 8 qualifier. In the latter, he was defeated by Tweek in the winners quarterfinals and subsequently eliminated by MkLeo in the losers side top 8 qualifier.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Nairo only made appearances at the Soaked Series Invitational and tournaments in The Quarantine Series, citing a dislike for Ultimate online.

Sexual misconduct allegations, ban, and repudiation of allegations

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On July 1st, 2020, amidst a wave of sexual harassment and assault allegations in the community, a rumor began spreading that Nairo and CaptainZack had a sexual encounter. Initially, both brushed it off, with CaptainZack stating that he made it up to impress his friends. However, the next morning, CaptainZack released a Twitlonger where he confirmed the rumors, saying that it happened when he was fifteen and Nairo was twenty, and that he was paid by Nairo to stay silent about the situation. Following this, Nairo deactivated his Twitter account and his brother Ksizzle confirmed that "Nairo is done." Nairo eventually reactivated his Twitter and posted a statement apologizing for his actions, saying that he would no longer be active on social media. He deleted his social media accounts but created a protected dummy account that had his original Twitter username of NairoMK.

The allegations sparked an overwhelming amount of backlash against Nairo, as many people who looked up to him before were disappointed in his actions. In the early morning of July 2nd, Nairo was dropped by his long-standing team NRG. Following this, the 2GGaming panel banned Nairo from all of their future events, alongside several others accused of sexual misconduct during this time. Twitch also banned and unpartnered Nairo on September 10th.

The allegations were brought into question after several statements from CaptainZack's TwitLonger, including the hush money, were revealed to be manipulated information following Tamim (aka Mistake)'s TwitLonger on September 14th. Furthermore, on October 28th, Nairo released a more detailed statement refuting CaptainZack's side of the story, claiming that he had woken up to Zack forcefully performing oral sex on him (which was corroborated by Tamim's statement), that he had briefly froze before pushing Zack off, and that Zack had blackmailed him into one other sexual encounter as well. He ended his statement saying that he had an attorney in case Zack continued to push his case, and that he was also seeking therapy for the trauma caused by Zack. Nairo also stated that he had a 30-page document with evidence for the entire situation which several other players, including Cosmos and VoiD, have confirmed. As a result, a number of players started to recant their disapproval and advocate to lift the ban.

On February 19th, 2021, Nairo uploaded an update video, stating that everything was resolved and that he was considering returning to streaming, understanding that there would be people who'd be apprehensive towards his return. Following Nairo's statement and multiple social media movements by the community to unban Nairo, tournament organizations 2GGaming and Collision lifted Nairo's ban from their events after processing his appeal, while the Super Smash Bros. Global Ban Database also took his name off of their list. In spite of this, Twitch has yet to overturn their ban on Nairo, which also put a hold on any possible tournament activity since other Twitch channels could get in trouble for featuring someone banned from the platform on stream. As such, Nairo has resumed streaming on YouTube since April 8th, 2021.

However, Nairo continues to be a polarizing figure in the community, owing to his admission of making willing sexual contact with a minor when he was an adult, and the fact that his bans were repealed despite other figures in the community remaining banned for similar transgressions. As a form of protest, YouTuber Technicals entered Double Down 2022 and held up a sign saying "Ban Nairo"; after being escorted out by security, Technicals disguised himself as a woman and had a verbal fight with GimR over Nairo's continued restreams of VGBC content despite his ban, which he secretly recorded. Technicals went on to discuss the incident in a video he posted in October 2022, arguing that the community was engaging in favoritism and was not being consistent in its bans, seeing as Nairo was welcomed back, while ZeRo, who saw a legal resolution with his case in the previous month, continued to be shunned by the community. YouTuber thefranChise stated in a video he published a month later that Nairo that had made suggestive remarks to CaptainZack in public before this incident occurred, with a photo from after the incident occurred showing them huddled together despite the reportedly abusive slant of their relationship. Furthermore, despite the legal resolution of their dispute, their remains no public documentation of their legal affairs, with thefranChise comparing it unfavorably to the situation involving ZeRo and Jisu, with the lawsuit and resolution being public, and questioning the continued secrecy of Nairo's evidence document if the case is resolved.

Tournament placings

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Tournament	Date	1v1 Placement	2v2 Placement	Partner
Genesis 2010	October 2nd, 2010	1st	—	—
Tunes Tuesdays #5	July 22nd, 2014	9th	—	—
Tunes Tuesdays #6	July 29th, 2014	7th	3rd	Gunblade
Melee on Mondays Weekly #11	August 18th, 2014	5th	—	—

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Tournament	Date	1v1 Placement	2v2 Placement	Partner
Apex 2010	August 6th-8th, 2010	25th	4th	Atomsk
KTAR 3	September 5th, 2010	17th	2nd	Atomsk
Genesis 2010	October 2nd, 2010	1st	1st	ADHD
MLG DC 2010	October 15th-17th, 2010	17th	1st	Anti
Viridian City #8	October 23rd, 2010	2nd	3rd	Atomsk
KTAR 4	January 16th, 2011	4th	4th	Atomsk
Viridian City #9	January 29th, 2011	4th	2nd	Anti
Uprise of Long Island #2	April 16th, 2011	4th	1st	ADHD
KTAR 5	May 25th, 2011	5th	3rd	Atomsk
Clash of the Titans 5	June 25th-26th, 2011	7th	1st	Ally
Pray and Trade	July 9th, 2011	2nd	1st	ADHD
KTAR 6	August 14th, 2011	3rd	2nd	Ally
Concentrate II	October 30th, 2011	9th	5th	Zucco
Apex 2012	January 6th-8th, 2012	3rd	4th	ADHD
Collision	January 28th, 2012	7th / 26	3rd / 10	Vinnie
Concentrate IV	March 31st, 2012	1st	—	—
Uprise of Long Island #8	April 21st, 2012	2nd	2nd	Keitaro
Cheap Ash NJ Tourney	April 28th, 2012	1st	1st	Mekos
Collision III	May 12th, 2012	3rd / 25	1st / 10	Atomsk
Clash of the Titans 6	June 2nd, 2012	1st	3rd	Cable
Uprise #10	June 9th, 2012	3rd	1st	ANTi
Dissention	June 23rd, 2012	2nd	1st	Ally
Collision IV	July 7th, 2012	3rd	2nd	NAKAT
SKTAR	July 14th-15th, 2012	1st	2nd	Ally
L.I.R.R. 2	July 28th, 2012	3rd	2nd	NAKAT
Impact IV	August 25th, 2012	7th	7th	Keitaro
Collision V	September 1st, 2012	3rd	1st	ADHD
XSmash	December 22nd, 2012	3rd	1st	Zinoto
Uprise 11	December 29th, 2012	1st	1st	ADHD
Collision VI	January 5th, 2013	2nd / 32	1st / 11	ADHD
United 1	January 6th, 2013	4th	1st	ADHD
Apex 2013	January 11th-13th, 2013	4th	1st	ADHD
Rescue 2	March 2nd, 2013	2nd	1st	ADHD
Crossfire	March 16th, 2013	3rd	2nd	Shaky
Petopia	April 27th, 2013	2nd	1st	Ally
Crossfire II	May 18th, 2013	1st	2nd	Keitaro
KTAR 7	July 6th, 2013	1st	1st	ADHD
Rescue 3	July 27th, 2013	2nd	1st	ADHD
SKTAR 2	August 3rd-4th, 2013	9th	1st	ADHD
Smashacre Gluttony	August 10th, 2013	2nd	2nd	False
Crossfire 3	October 5th, 2013	3rd	1st	Anti
Knight Slash 7	November 10th, 2013	1st	—	—
Collision VII	November 30th, 2013	3rd	1st	ADHD
Smashacre Frostbite	December 7th, 2013	3rd	—	—
KTAR 8	December 28th, 2013	7th	2nd	ADHD
Collision 8	January 11th, 2014	1st	1st	ADHD
Apex 2014	January 17th-19th, 2014	1st	1st	ADHD
Juice Break Weekly #01	February 8th, 2014	1st	—	—
Shuffle V	February 22nd-23rd, 2014	4th	1st	ADHD
Collision 9	March 15th, 2014	2nd	1st	Mew2King
KTAR 9	March 22nd, 2014	3rd	1st	ADHD
SMASH GRAND OPENING @ Hitbox Arena	May 24th, 2014	1st	—	—
SKTAR 3	May 31st-June 1st, 2014	2nd	1st	ADHD
Final Battle	January 17th, 2015	1st (Split)	1st (Split)	NAKAT
Apex 2015	January 30th-February 1st, 2015	2nd	1st	Ally
Super Smash Con 2015	August 6th-9th, 2015	3rd	1st	V115
Dismantle 2	January 2nd-3rd, 2016	2nd	1st	MVD
Super Smash Con 2016	August 11th-14th, 2016	5th	1st	ADHD
CEO Dreamland	April 14th-16th, 2017	1st	2nd	CaptainZack
Super Smash Con 2017	August 10th-13th, 2017	1st	—	—
Xanadu - End of an Era	February 24th-25th, 2018	1st	—	—
Get On My Level 2018	May 18th-20th, 2018	1st	—	—
Super Smash Con 2018	August 9th-12th, 2018	1st	1st	ANTi
Get On My Level 2019	May 17th-19th, 2019	1st	—	—
Super Smash Con 2019	August 8th-11th, 2019	2nd	—	—

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS

Tournament	Date	1v1 Placement	2v2 Placement	Partner
CLASH Tournaments Invitational	September 14th, 2014	1st	3rd	Sama
Hitbox Arena Invitational	September 20th, 2014	4th	—	—
KTAR X	October 4th, 2014	2nd	1st	Nakat
The Smash Lounge Weekly #1	October 8th, 2014	2nd	—	—
Smash 4Ever #2	October 15th, 2014	1st	—	—
HTL #1	October 18th, 2014	2nd	—	—
Smash 4Ever #3	October 22nd, 2014	3rd	—	—
SmashLeague: New York	October 25th, 2014	4th	1st	Nakat
Smash 4Ever #4	October 29th, 2014	1st	—	—
Smash 4Ever #5	November 5th, 2014	4th	—	—
Xanadu Smash 4 Invitational	November 6th, 2014	1st	—	—
Smash 4Ever #6	November 12th, 2014	4th	—	—

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Tournament	Date	1v1 Placement	2v2 Placement	Partner
Sky's Smash 4 Invitational	November 20th-22nd, 2014	7th	1st	ESAM
Triumph or Die 2014	November 30th, 2014	4th	—	—
Collision X	November 29th, 2014	2nd	2nd	Dabuz
Smash 4-Ever #8	December 10th, 2014	1st	—	—
Smash 4-Ever #9	December 17th, 2014	1st	—	—
Roll Em Up	December 20th, 2014	5th	2nd	Zucco
S@X 76	December 23rd, 2014	3rd	—	—
XSmash 2	December 27th, 2014	4th	1st	Zucco
Collision XI	January 3rd, 2015	5th	5th	Nakat
CLASH Online Invitational Finals	January 11th, 2015	3rd	—	—
Final Battle	January 17th, 2015	2nd	1st	Nakat
XSmash 3	January 24th, 2015	1st	1st	False
Smash 4-Ever #10	January 28th, 2015	1st	—	—
Apex 2015	January 30th-February 1st, 2015	9th	7th	Tyrant
Smash 4-Ever #11	February 11th, 2015	1st	—	—
NeoNebulous 2	February 22nd, 2015	1st	2nd	Gunblade
Smash 4-Ever #12	February 25th, 2015	1st	—	—
Shots Fired	February 28th-March 1st, 2015	2nd	2nd	6WX
Smash 4-Ever #13	March 11th, 2015	1st	—	—
Shequinox	March 14th-15th, 2015	1st	1st	Max Ketchum
KTAR XII	March 21st, 2015	7th	1st	False
Smash 4-Ever #14	March 25th, 2015	1st	—	—
Smash 4-Ever #15	April 8th, 2015	1st	—	—
Spring Fighter 2015	April 11th, 2015	1st	—	—
Sandstorm	April 18th-19th, 2015	2nd	3rd	JA3
Smash 4-Ever #16	April 22nd, 2015	1st	—	—
UGC Niagara 2015	April 24th-26th, 2015	1st	1st	Vinnie
Smash 4-Ever #17	May 6th, 2015	1st	—	—
Smash 4-Ever #18	May 20th, 2015	1st	—	—
S@X 100	June 2nd, 2015	1st	—	—
Smash 4-Ever #19	June 3rd, 2015	1st	—	—
Collision XII	June 6th, 2015	1st	—	—
CEO 2015	June 26th-28th, 2015	2nd	7th	Nakat
KTAR XIII	July 11th, 2015	1st	1st	False
EVO 2015	July 17th-18th, 2015	3rd	Top 16	Shaky
Smash 4-Ever #22	July 22nd, 2015	1st	—	—
Smash 4 Wars #35	July 28th, 2015	1st	—	—
Eclipsamus	August 1st-2nd, 2015	1st	—	—
Smash 4-Ever #23	August 5th, 2015	1st	—	—
Super Smash Con 2015	August 6th-9th, 2015	3rd	1st	ZeRo
Nebulous Prime 1	August 14th-16th, 2015	1st	—	—
Smash 4-Ever #24	August 19th, 2015	1st	—	—
SKTAR 4	August 22nd-23rd, 2015	1st	2nd	Angel Cortes
Alberta Beat Down V	August 28th-30th, 2015	2nd	2nd	Frio
Paragon Los Angeles 2015	September 5th-6th, 2015	1st	—	—
Umebura F.A.T.	September 21st-22nd, 2015	1st	1st	Ally
Smashfield Weekly #9	October 1st, 2015	5th	—	—
The Big House 5	October 2nd-4th, 2015	2nd	1st	ZeRo
MLG World Finals 2015	October 16th-18th, 2015	1st	1st	ZeRo
Smash the Record 2015	October 23rd-25th, 2015	1st	1st	Nakat
KTAR XIV	November 7th, 2015	1st	1st	False
KTAR XV	December 5th, 2015	1st	1st	Koolaid
Smash 4-Ever #30	December 9th, 2015	1st	—	—
Smash 4-Ever #31	December 23rd, 2015	2nd	—	—
Dismantle 2	January 2nd-3rd, 2016	1st	2nd	MVD
KTAR XVI	Janaury 9th, 2016	1st	1st	Tweek
GENESIS 3	January 15th-17th, 2016	5th	2nd	ZeRo
Smash 4-Ever #33	January 27th, 2016	1st	—	—
Niconico Tokaigi 2016	January 30th-31st, 2016	2nd	—	—
KTAR XVII	February 13th, 2016	17th	1st	Tweek
Shots Fired 2	March 5th-6th, 2016	1st	3rd	Tweek
Do or DI	March 11th-13th, 2016	3rd	2nd	Dabuz
2GGT: FOW Saga	March 26, 2016	1st	1st	FOW
Pound 2016	April 2nd-3rd, 2016	49th	1st	Koolaid
Collision XIII	April 16th, 2016	1st	1st	Gunblade
Smash 4-Ever #34	April 20th, 2016	1st	—	—
Codename: Salty Bets - Vanilly Weekly #27	April 29th, 2016	1st	1st	Blacktwins
Enthusiast Gaming Live Expo	April 29th-May 1st, 2016	1st	5th	Blank
Smash 4-Ever #35	May 4th, 2016	2nd	—	—
LVL UP EXPO 2016	May 14th-15th, 2016	1st	1st	VoiD
Get On My Level 2016	May 20th-22nd, 2016	4th	2nd	Mew2King
MomoCon 2016	May 26th-29th, 2016	1st	1st	Ally
Smash 4-Ever #37	June 1st, 2016	1st	—	—
KTAR XVIII	June 11th, 2016	1st	1st	VoiD
Low Tier City 4	June 18th-19th, 2016	2nd	1st	ZeRo
CEO 2016	June 24th-26th, 2016	17th	3rd	ZeRo
EVO 2016	July 15th-17th, 2016	13th	—	—
Smash 4-Ever #43	July 29th, 2016	1st	—	—
Super Smash Con 2016	August 11th-14th, 2016	1st	2nd	ZeRo
Umebura S.A.T.	August 20th-21st, 2016	3rd	5th	Mr. R
Collision XIV	September 3rd, 2016	3rd	1st	ZeRo
2GGT: Abadango Saga	September 24th, 2016	3rd	4th	Ally
Little Big House 2	October 6th, 2016	7th	—	—
The Big House 6	October 7th-9th, 2016	7th	1st	ZeRo
OUG Tournament Season 2	October 15th, 2016	1st	2nd	Marche
S@X 174	November 1st, 2016	1st	—	—
Smash the Record 2016	November 11th-13th, 2016	2nd	1st	ANTi
KTAR XIX	November 19th, 2016	4th	1st	ZeRo
UGC Smash Open	December 2nd-4th, 2016	4th	1st	ZeRo
2GGT: ZeRo Saga	December 16th-18th, 2016	5th	1st	ZeRo
GENESIS 4	January 20th-22nd, 2017	17th	4th	ZeRo
Umebura Tokaigi Qualifier	February 4th, 2017	1st	—	—
Niconico Tokaigi 2017	February 11th-12th, 2017	1st	—	—
Frostbite 2017	February 25th-26th, 2017	3rd	4th	ZeRo
Smash 4 at KI Con	March 10th-12th, 2017	1st	1st	MkLeo
S@X 194	March 21st, 2017	1st	—	—
2GGC: Civil War	March 24th-26th, 2017	9th	2nd	ZeRo
KTAR XX	April 1st-2nd, 2017	5th	2nd	Tweek
CEO Dreamland	April 14th-16th, 2017	3rd	1st	ZeRo
Royal Flush	May 12th-14th, 2017	7th	1st	ZeRo
2GGC: Greninja Saga	May 20th, 2017	17th	17th	ZeRo
MomoCon 2017	May 25th-28th, 2017	1st	4th	ZeRo
2GGC: Nairo Saga	June 10th-11th, 2017	4th	2nd	ZeRo
CEO 2017	June 16th-18th, 2017	4th	—	—
Midwest Mayhem 9: Old vs New	July 1st, 2017	2nd	2nd	Cosmos
EVO 2017	July 14th-16th, 2017	5th	—	—
DreamHack Atlanta 2017	July 21st-23rd, 2017	4th	3rd	ZeRo
Super Smash Con 2017	August 10th-13th, 2017	1st	3rd	ZeRo
The Forge Weekly #4	August 17th, 2017	1st	—	—
2GGC: SCR Saga	August 19th-20th, 2017	7th	3rd	ZeRo
Shine 2017	August 25th-27th, 2017	3rd	3rd	ZeRo
PAX Arena at PAX West 2017	September 1st-4th, 2017	2nd	—	—
2GGC: West Side Saga	September 9th, 2017	5th	1st	ZeRo
GameTyrant Expo 2017	September 29th-October 1st, 2017	9th	2nd	ZeRo
The Big House 7	October 6th-8th, 2017	9th	1st	ZeRo
2GGC: Fire Emblem Saga	October 14th-15th, 2017	2nd	13th	Captain Levi
2GGC: MkLeo Saga	November 4th, 2017	4th	1st	ZeRo
2GG Championship	December 1st-3rd, 2017	10th	—	—
Smash 4 Boot Camp	December 7th-10th, 2017	2nd	2nd	ZeRo
GENESIS 5	January 19th-21st, 2018	4th	3rd	Mistake
Niconico Tokaigi 2018	February 10th-11th, 2018	1st	—	—
Xanadu - End of an Era	February 24th-25th, 2018	—	2nd	Pink Fresh
Smash Masters League: Battle for Vegas	March 24th-25th, 2018	1st	—	—
Collision XV	March 31st, 2018	1st	3rd	ANTi
SwitchFest	April 21st-22nd, 2018	2nd	3rd	Tweek
Get On My Level 2018	May 18th-20th, 2018	2nd	9th	Tweek
MomoCon 2018	May 24th-27th, 2018	4th	4th	Cosmos
2GG: Hyrule Saga	June 23rd-24th, 2018	17th	17th	VoiD
CEO 2018	June 29th-July 1st, 2018	17th	7th	Cosmos
Smash Sounds	July 7th-8th, 2018	5th	2nd	komorikiri
Final Smash Attack: Player's Ball	July 29th, 2018	4th	—	—
EVO 2018	August 3rd-5th, 2018	33rd	—	—
Super Smash Con 2018	August 9th-12th, 2018	5th	9th	Mekos
Super Smash Con 2019	August 8th-11th, 2019	49th	—	—

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Tournament	Date	1v1 placement	2v2 placement	Partner
NYXL Pop-Up!	December 22nd, 2018	2nd	—	—
Let's Make Moves	December 29th, 2018	4th	3rd	ANTi
Glitch 6	January 20th, 2019	2nd	4th	Jtails
GENESIS 6	Februrary 1st-3rd, 2019	17th	9th	Umeki
Frostbite 2019	February 22nd-24th, 2019	7th	5th	MkLeo
Smash Ultimate Summit	March 8th-10th, 2019	5th	—	—
Collision 2019	March 16th-17th, 2019	2nd	1st	Cosmos
Suplex City Smash	April 6th, 2019	1st	1st	Dark Wizzy
2GG: Prime Saga	April 13th-14th, 2019	4th	5th	Glutonny
Pound 2019	April 19th-21st, 2019	9th	2nd	Samsora
Get On My Level 2019	May 17th-19th, 2019	5th	2nd	Cosmos
MomoCon 2019	May 23rd-26th, 2019	5th	13th	Light
Smash 'N' Splash 5	May 31st-June 2nd, 2019	17th	1st	Dark Wizzy
CEO 2019	June 28th-30th, 2019	7th	—	—
EVO 2019	August 2nd-4th, 2019	17th	—	—
Super Smash Con 2019	August 8th-11th, 2019	5th	9th	Cosmos
Shine 2019	August 23rd-25th, 2019	3rd	3rd	Samsora
Glitch 7 - Minus World	September 14-15th, 2019	4th	1st	Tweek
Mainstage	September 20th-22nd, 2019	1st	2nd	Samsora
The Big House 9	October 4th-6th, 2019	4th	5th	Cosmos
Smash Ultimate Summit 2	October 24th-27th, 2019	3rd	—	—
Tri-state Showdown: Fall 2019	November 9th, 2019	1st	1st	Tweek
2GG: Kongo Saga	December 7th-8th, 2019	9th	7th	Cosmos
Let's Make Big Moves	January 3rd-5th, 2020	1st	4th	Cosmos
GENESIS 7	January 24th-26th, 2020	9th	3rd	Dark Wizzy
Frostbite 2020	February 21st-23rd, 2020	9th	4th	Blacktwins
Soaked Series Invitational	February 29th-March 1st, 2020	4th	—	—
The Quarantine Series Opening Invitational	March 29th, 2020	3rd	—	—
Pound Online	April 24th-26th, 2020	65th	—	—
The Quarantine Series: Major Tournament 1	May 2nd, 2020	33rd	—	—
King of WiFi Random Characters	May 30th, 2020	1st	—	—
Nairo's Birthday Bash Invitational	November 28th, 2021	5th	—	—

Project M

Tournament	Date	1v1 Placement	2v2 Placement	Partner
Genesis 2010	October 2nd, 2010	1st	—	—

Trivia

• Nairo, along with Ally, are the only competitive players to have won a major in three different Smash games before their retirements, with wins in Brawl, Smash 4, and Ultimate.
• Between 2011 and 2015, Nairo failed to take a set from Ally in Brawl singles for four years, However, at Apex 2015, Nairo managed to take a set off Ally for the first time in winners semifinals, although he ultimately lost both sets to him in Grand Finals.
• Starting with SKTAR in 2012, Nairo held a perfect record against ESAM in Brawl for three years. However, at Super Smash Con 2015, ESAM finally defeated Nairo for the first time and went on to Grand Finals only to lose to Mew2King.
  • Ironically, in Smash 4, ESAM had a perfect record against Nairo. However, at MLG World Finals 2015, Nairo beat ESAM for the first time in Smash 4 in Losers Finals.
• Pound 2016 was Nairo's worst placing in a Smash tournament, getting 49th place in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U singles after getting sent to losers bracket by Saj's Bayonetta, and being eliminated by Mr.II, a Japanese Robin player, in a huge upset.
  • Similarly, Nairo's worst doubles placing in any Smash tournament was 2GGC: Greninja Saga, placing 17th with ZeRo.
• Nairo was featured on Road to EVO: Nintendo Minute along with VoiD and D1. The video has since been made private.
• Nintendo released a short Player Perspective video covering Nairo's run at EVO 2019; this video was also made private.
• Nairo competed in the Super Smash Bros Ultimate World Challenge Cup that took place during the Nintendo Live 2019 event in Kyoto as part of the Dream Team. His participation has since caused official coverage of the event in general to be either made private or edited.
  • The Dream Team was interviewed during Nintendo Minute's coverage of the event. This interview, as well as other footage from the World Challenge Cup, has since been cut out. The closed captioning was updated to reflect these edits a few weeks later.
  • The original live stream of the World Challenge Cup has been made private on YouTube and removed from niconico.
  • A Japanese video summarizing the events of the second day of Nintendo Live 2019 was made private. The video of the first day's events, in which Nairo did not appear, is still public. The event playlist was also modified to remove these videos.
  • A highlights reel uploaded by Nintendo of Europe has been made private.
• Nairo is known for his frequent trash-talking in his YouTube content, especially against his stream snipers or "bots".

External links

• Twitter account
• YouTube channel
• SSBWorld profile
• Smashdata profile
• Daily Dot AMA
• Interview with CyberSportsNetwork
• Interview at SKTAR

Gameplay videos

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

• TSM Zero vs Liquid Nairo - Smash 4 Grand Finals - MLG Finals
• LVL Up Expo - Liquid' Nairo (ZSS) Vs. 2GG | VoiD (Sheik) SSB4 Grand Finals
• KTAR XVIII: Nairo (ZSS) vs VoiD (Sheik) Losers Semis
• Midwest Mayhem 9 LOSERS FINALS - NRG | Nairo (Bowser, ZSS) vs P1 | Tweek (Donkey Kong, Cloud)

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

• Collision 2019 Losers Semis | Nairo (Ganondorf) vs Light (Fox) - Smash Ultimate