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Nao (なお) is a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Mario player with Cloud and Dr. Mario secondaries from Japan. He was considered the best Mario player in Japan in early-2023 before Snow's rise, having defeated Goblin and Sigma to place 13th at GENESIS 9; Kaninabe, Hero, and Lv.1 to place 5th at Kagaribi 9; and Jogibu to place 13th at KOWLOON 5. He is currently ranked 85th on the LumiRank 2023 and is the second player from Hokkaidō to be ranked globally after Tsu. He is also known for being a strong Wi-Fi player as his highest rating on Smashmate was 2,325 and was ranked 5th for the 6th season.
In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Nao was also a Mario main. Nao is currently 64th on the JAPAN Power Rankings. He had wins over RYO, Lickey, Tea, taranito, and Ri-ma.
Rankings
| Ranking |
Time period |
Rank |
Character(s) |
Notes
|
| LumiRank Mid-Year 2023 |
December 19th, 2022 - July 23rd, 2023 |
52nd-60th |
 |
|
| LumiRank 2023 |
December 19th, 2022 - December 17th, 2023 |
85th |
|
|
OrionRank Japan
Tournament placings
| Tournament |
Date |
1v1 placement |
2v2 placement |
Partner
|
| HST SP 1 |
January 13th, 2019 |
7th |
— |
—
|
| HST SP 2 |
March 3rd, 2019 |
1st |
— |
—
|
| Umebura Japan Major 2019 |
May 1st-2nd, 2019 |
129th |
— |
—
|
| HST SP 3 |
June 2nd, 2019 |
4th |
— |
—
|
| HST SP 4 |
August 22nd, 2019 |
1st |
— |
—
|
| HST SP 5 |
December 22nd, 2019 |
7th |
— |
—
|
| Maesuma TOP 2 |
February 20th, 2020 |
25th |
— |
—
|
| HST SP 6 |
February 22nd, 2020 |
1st |
— |
—
|
Voyage Qualifier 1 |
May 3rd, 2020 |
9th |
— |
—
|
| Voyage Qualifier 3 |
May 4th, 2020 |
1st |
— |
—
|
| Voyage |
May 5th, 2020 |
17th |
— |
—
|
| Tamisuma Championship 1 |
February 17th, 2021 |
3rd |
— |
—
|
| Tamisuma Championship 2 |
March 18th, 2021 |
33rd |
— |
—
|
| Tamisuma Championship 4 |
June 10th, 2021 |
5th |
— |
—
|
| HST Invitational |
July 11th, 2021 |
1st |
— |
—
|
| MaeTami Summer Festival |
August 15th, 2021 |
13th |
— |
—
|
| HST SP Extend 2021 |
December 26th, 2021 |
3rd |
— |
—
|
| Kagaribi 6 |
January 8th-9th, 2022 |
33rd |
— |
—
|
| Maesuma Champion Series 12 |
January 22nd, 2022 |
1st |
— |
—
|
| Maesuma Champion Series 15 |
April 6th, 2022 |
13th |
— |
—
|
| GENESIS 8 |
April 15th-17th, 2022 |
49th |
65th |
Tsubotsubo
|
| S@X 453 |
April 19th, 2022 |
2nd |
— |
—
|
| Wonderfly Weekly #85 |
April 20th, 2022 |
2nd |
— |
—
|
| Pound 2022 |
April 22nd-24th, 2022 |
49th |
— |
—
|
| Kagaribi 7 |
May 4th-5th, 2022 |
49th |
— |
—
|
| Maesuma Champion Series 16 |
May 25th, 2022 |
13th |
— |
—
|
| Maesuma TOP 8 |
June 11th-12th, 2022 |
65th |
— |
—
|
| Seibugeki 11 |
July 2nd, 2022 |
33rd |
— |
—
|
| HST SP ChampionShip Summer Stage |
August 6th, 2022 |
1st |
— |
—
|
| MaeTami Summer Festival 2022 |
August 19th, 2022 |
7th |
— |
—
|
| Maesuma TOP 9 |
August 27th, 2022 |
13th |
— |
—
|
| KAMUI 1 |
September 23rd, 2022 |
13th |
— |
—
|
| Maesuma Champion Series 19 |
September 28th, 2022 |
9th |
— |
—
|
| Maesuma TOP 10 |
October 15th-16th, 2022 |
9th |
— |
—
|
| HST SP ChampionShip Autumn Stage |
November 5th, 2022 |
2nd |
— |
—
|
| tamasuma 13 |
November 19th, 2022 |
9th |
— |
—
|
| Seibugeki 12 |
December 3rd, 2022 |
97th |
— |
—
|
| tamasuma kyokkan 1 |
December 10th, 2022 |
9th |
— |
—
|
| Umebura SP 9 |
January 7th-8th, 2023 |
33rd |
— |
—
|
| GENESIS 9 |
January 20th-22nd, 2023 |
13th |
17th |
FILIP
|
| Kagaribi 9 |
February 4th-5th, 2023 |
5th |
— |
—
|
| kamui 2 |
March 4th, 2023 |
17th |
— |
—
|
| tamasuma 15 |
March 11th, 2023 |
4th |
— |
—
|
| HST SP ChampionShip Winter Stage |
March 18th, 2023 |
2nd |
— |
—
|
| KOWLOON 5 |
April 8th, 2023 |
13th |
— |
—
|
| tamasuma kyokkan 2 |
April 15th, 2023 |
3rd |
— |
—
|
| Maesuma TOP 12 |
April 30th, 2023 |
17th |
— |
—
|
| TOKYO SMASH BOOT CAMP |
May 3rd, 2023 |
13th |
— |
—
|
| Kagaribi 10 |
May 6th-7th, 2023 |
65th |
— |
—
|
| HSTSP ChampionShip Final Stage |
May 27th-28th, 2023 |
3rd |
2nd |
tama
|
| kamui 3 |
June 10th, 2023 |
17th / 96 |
— |
—
|
| Maesuma TOP 13 |
June 24th-25th, 2023 |
25th / 541 |
— |
—
|
| tamasuma kyokkan 3 |
July 15th, 2023 |
5th / 157 |
— |
—
|
| kamui 4 |
August 12th, 2023 |
4th / 106 |
— |
—
|
| KOWLOON 7 |
August 26th, 2023 |
9th / 298 |
— |
—
|
| Maesuma TOP 14 |
September 3rd, 2023 |
7th / 392 |
— |
—
|
| tamasuma 17 |
September 9th, 2023 |
5th / 64 |
— |
—
|
| DELTA 5 |
September 23rd-24th, 2023 |
13th / 292 |
— |
—
|
| Kagaribi 11 |
October 7th-8th, 2023 |
97th / 1,472 |
— |
—
|
| Kyokkan 4 |
November 4th, 2023 |
9th / 199 |
— |
—
|
| kamui 5 |
November 25th, 2023 |
4th / 96 |
— |
—
|
| Kyokkan 5 |
April 20th, 2024 |
9th / 231 |
— |
—
|
| Kagaribi 12 |
May 5th-6th, 2024 |
65th / 2,030 |
— |
—
|
| Kamui 7 |
May 18th, 2024 |
2nd / 119 |
— |
—
|
| Kyokkan 6 |
July 20th, 2024 |
7th / 172 |
— |
—
|
| Kowloon 12 with Kagaribi |
July 27th-28th, 2024 |
13th / 1,428 |
— |
—
|
External links
JAPAN Power Rankings: 64th 
LumiRank 2023: 85th 
