Raru "Rarukun" "らる" "らるくん"
Character info
Ultimate main Luigi
Other Ultimate characters Donkey Kong, Kazuya
Retired Ultimate character Steve
Team info
Sponsor(s) Soleil Gaming
Rankings and results info
Most recent ranking Super Smash Bros. Ultimate LumiRank 2023: 49th
Best tournament result Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 1st / 312 at Sumabato SP 47
Personal and other info
Location Kansai Japan

Raru (らる), formerly Rarukun (らるくん), is a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Luigi player from Kansai, Japan. He has been a known Luigi player since 2021, and was ranked 3rd on the 19th smashmate SP season and had a highest rating of 2,604. Offline, he began gaining more recognition globally in mid-2023, placing highly at superregionals including 2nd at Sumabato SP 40, before having a proper breakout event at Sumabato SP Ultimate, where he placed 4th. Since then, he has become one of the best Luigi players of all-time, frequently placing in or near the top 8 at majors since Sumabato SP Ultimate, and is the only Luigi player to win a major in any Smash game, doing so at Sumabato SP 47.

Rankings

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

LumiRank

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 49th  

OrionRank Ultimate

Ranking Time period Rank Character(s) Notes
OrionRank 2022 December 22nd, 2021 - December 18th, 2022 136th   

OrionRank Japan

Ranking Time period Rank Character(s) Notes
OrionRank 2022 Japan December 22nd, 2021 - December 18th, 2022 43rd   

Smashmate rankings

Season Ranking Highest rating Final rating Character (s) Note
9 1,472 unknown   Rarukun's very first season of Smashmate
10 1,492 unknown   
11 1,672 unknown  
12 1,990 unknown  
13 2,076 unknown  
14 2,041 unknown  
15 34th 2,156 2,156  
16 2,261 unknown  
17 2,011 unknown  
18 19th 2,294 2,193  
19 3rd 2,415 2,415   Highest rating with 154 wins and 76 losses
20 13th 2,346 2,264  
21 21st 2,343 2,271  
22 5th 2,402 2,402   95 wins and 25 losses
23 2,100 unknown  
24 2,200 unknown  
25 25th 2,400 2,280  
26 5th 2,401 2,401  
27 1st 2,604 2,604     Under the tag "「」 Kids" until he stopped playing solo Donkey Kong
Character-based ratings
Character(s) Highest rating
  2,604
  2,188
  2,148
  2,034
  2,030
  1,982
  1,900
  1,871
  1,780
  1,700
      Reached 1,600

Misc.

  • Reached 2,000 without using Luigi's down throw (36 wins 1 loss).

Tournament placings

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
Tamisuma SP #279  June 26th, 2021 2nd
Tamisuma Championship 5  July 29th, 2021 33rd
Maesuma #259  September 26th, 2021 2nd
No use of the same character Tournament 2  October 3rd, 2021 2nd
Maesuma Champion Series 9  October 9th, 2021 7th
Maesuma Champion Series 10  November 13th, 2021 9th
Maesuma #276  November 23rd, 2021 2nd
Maesuma #277  November 26th, 2021 2nd
Maesuma #281  December 6th, 2021 1st
Maesuma Champion Series 11  December 15th, 2021 13th
Tamisuma SP #359  January 20th, 2022 1st
Maesuma Offline February 26th, 2022 7th
Sumabato SP 24 March 20th, 2022 49th
Sumabato SP 25 April 2nd, 2022 17th
Maesuma Offline 2 April 16th, 2022 4th
Hozuki × acOlaSia 2 April 29th, 2022 3rd
Maesuma TOP 7 May 1st, 2022 25th
Sumabato SP 26 May 29th, 2022 9th
Maesuma TOP 8 June 11th-12th, 2022 33rd
Sumabato SP 27 June 19th, 2022 7th
Maesuma Champion Series 17  June 29th, 2022 3rd
Maesuma Champion Series 18  July 20th, 2022 2nd
Sumabato SP 28 July 24th, 2022 13th
Maesuma TOP 9 August 27th, 2022 33rd
Maesuma Champion Series 19  September 28th, 2022 2nd
Maesuma TOP 10 October 15th-16th, 2022 17th
Maesuma Champion Series 20  October 29th, 2022 3rd
Maesuma Champion Series 22  December 19th, 2022 7th
Umebura SP 9 January 7th-8th, 2023 49th
Maesuma Champion Series 24  February 18th, 2023 3rd
Maesuma TOP 11 March 5th, 2023 65th
Sumabato SP 36 March 25th, 2023 17th
Maesuma TOP 12 April 30th, 2023 9th
Maesuma TOP 13 June 24th-25th, 2023 17th / 541
Sumabato SP 40 July 15th, 2023 2nd / 260
Maesuma TOP 13.5 "U-22" August 5th, 2023 9th / 314
Maesuma TOP 14 September 3rd, 2023 13th / 392
Sumabato SP Ultimate September 16th-17th, 2023 4th / 291
MaesumaHIT Champion Series 6 October 1st, 2023 4th / 8
Maesuma TOP 14.5 "in Hyogo" October 29th, 2023 9th / 284
Sumabato SP 42 November 18th, 2023 5th / 222
Maesuma TOP 15 "FINAL" November 25th-26th, 2023 25th / 379
Umebura SP 10 January 6th-8th, 2024 33rd / 1,275
KOWLOON 9 with Sumabato January 13th-14th, 2024 2nd / 895
Kamisuma 22 February 18th, 2024 3rd / 72
Sumabato SP 45 March 3rd, 2024 2nd / 309
DSW Champions Cup 2 March 17th, 2024 2nd / 8
Maesuma'U22 March 23rd, 2024 7th / 262
Sumabato SP 46 April 14th, 2024 3rd / 307
Maesuma'GRAND WARS April 27th, 2024 5th / 318
DELTA 8 May 3rd, 2024 7th / 516
Kagaribi 12 May 5th-6th, 2024 9th / 2,030
Sumabato SP 47 May 19th, 2024 1st / 312
Sumabato SP 48 June 15th, 2024 17th / 340
Maesuma'LANDMARK 1 June 23rd, 2024 1st / 96

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