Smasher:acola
- Not to be confused with Smasher:Deer or Smasher:Kola.
| acola "Dear" "あcola" "ディア" | |
|---|---|
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| Character info | |
| Ultimate main | Steve |
| Other Ultimate characters | Kazuya, Luigi, Donkey Kong |
| Team info | |
| Sponsor(s) | ZETA DIVISION |
| Former sponsor(s) | flat-gaming |
| Crew(s) | SumaChuDoku |
| Rankings and results info | |
| Most recent ranking |  UltRank 2022: 2ndOrionRank 2022: 2nd |
| Personal and other info | |
| Real name | Mashita Hayato |
| Birth date | |
| Location | Kansai 
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| Miscellaneous info | |
| Skill | Top professional |
acola (あcola) is a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Steve player with a Kazuya secondary from Japan who is considered to be the best Steve player in the world and currently the best player in Japan. acola has gained a worldwide spotlight due to his impressive consistency as a player, arguably on par with the likes of MkLeo; up until Maesuma Offline (Shikoku), he had made grand finals at every offline tournament he attended, including winning his first major at Maesuma TOP 7, his first supermajor at Kagaribi 7, and his first invitational major and overseas tournament at The Gimvitational. His victory at Maesuma TOP 7 made him the youngest Ultimate player to win a major, at the age of 15 years old. He is also the only Ultimate player to win the first major and supermajor that they attended. He is considered one of the 3 best players throughout all of 2022, alongside MkLeo and Sparg0.
He frequently enters single-elimination live tournaments on Smashmate. He is ranked 1st on the 19th Smashmate SP ranking and is the first player to achieve a 2,500 rating on Smashmate. He is currently ranked 2nd on both OrionRank 2022 and UltRank 2022 as well as 39th on the Experimental Smash Player Rankings.
Tournament placings
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 Placement | 2v2 Placement | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Tamisuma SP #219 |
January 18th, 2021 | 9th | — | — |
| Maesuma #190 |
February 7th, 2021 | 2nd | — | — |
| Tamisuma SP #229 |
February 16th, 2021 | 3rd | — | — |
| Tamisuma Championship 1 |
February 17th, 2021 | 33rd | — | — |
| Tamisuma SP #233 |
February 27th, 2021 | 3rd | — | — |
| Maesuma #198 |
March 7th, 2021 | 9th | — | — |
| Maesuma #200 |
March 14th, 2021 | 3rd | — | — |
| Tamisuma SP #238 |
March 13th, 2021 | 5th | — | — |
| Maesuma #201 |
March 19th, 2021 | 3rd | — | — |
| Tamisuma SP #241 |
March 22nd, 2021 | 9th | — | — |
| Tamisuma SP #242 |
March 25th, 2021 | 17th | — | — |
| Maesuma Champion Series 3 |
April 10th, 2021 | 4th | — | — |
| Tamisuma Championship 3 |
April 22nd, 2021 | 9th | — | — |
| Maesuma Champion Series 4 |
May 8th, 2021 | 7th | — | — |
| Tamisuma Championship 5 |
July 29th, 2021 | 3rd | — | — |
| MaeTami Summer Festival Qualifier A |
August 14th, 2021 | 1st | — | — |
| MaeTami Summer Festival |
August 15th, 2021 | 3rd | — | — |
| Maesuma Champion Series 9 |
October 9th, 2021 | 2nd | — | — |
| SenjinByakko Mononofu Cup #52 | November 13th, 2021 | 1st | — | — |
| Maesuma Champion Series 11 |
December 15th, 2021 | 1st | — | — |
| Tamisuma SP #351 |
January 3rd, 2022 | 1st | — | — |
| Hozuki #5 | January 10th, 2022 | 1st | — | — |
| Maesuma Offline | February 26th, 2022 | 2nd | — | — |
| Sumabato SP 24 | March 20th, 2022 | 1st | — | — |
| Maesuma #316 |
March 22nd, 2022 | 1st | — | — |
| Shinosuma #124 | March 26th, 2022 | 1st | — | — |
| Ignite 1 | March 27th, 2022 | — | 3rd | Sunea |
| Maesuma Champion Series 15 |
April 6th, 2022 | 3rd | — | — |
| Maesuma Offline 2 | April 16th, 2022 | 1st | — | — |
| Hozuki × acOlaSia 2 | April 29th, 2022 | 1st | — | — |
| Maesuma TOP 7 | May 1st, 2022 | 1st | — | — |
| Kagaribi 7 | May 4th-5th, 2022 | 1st | — | — |
| Sumabato SP 26 | May 29th, 2022 | 2nd | — | — |
| Kamisuma 13 | June 5th, 2022 | 1st | — | — |
| The Gimvitational | June 19th, 2022 | 1st | — | — |
| Maesuma Offline (Shikoku) | July 9th, 2022 | 4th | — | — |
| SenjinByakko -RAN- #58 | July 21st, 2022 | 1st | — | — |
| MaesumaHIT #28 | July 21st, 2022 | 1st | — | — |
| MaesumaHIT Champion Series 2 | July 23rd, 2022 | 1st | — | — |
| Sumabato SP 28 | July 24th, 2022 | 1st | — | — |
| MaesumaHIT #30 | August 11th, 2022 | 1st | — | — |
| Sumabato SP 29 | August 14th, 2022 | 1st | — | — |
| MaeTami Summer Festival 2022 |
August 19th, 2022 | 3rd | — | — |
| Maesuma TOP 9 | August 27th, 2022 | 1st | — | — |
| Smash Ultimate Summit 5 | September 15th-18th, 2022 | 4th | — | — |
| Maesuma Champion Series 19 |
September 28th, 2022 | 1st | — | — |
| Maesuma TOP 10 | October 15th-16th, 2022 | 1st | — | — |
| Ludwig Smash Invitational | October 21st-23rd, 2022 | 2nd | — | — |
| Let's Make Moves Miami | October 28th-30th, 2022 | 1st | 1st | Onin |
| MaesumaHIT Champion Series 3 | November 12th, 2022 | 1st | — | — |
| Seibugeki 12 | December 3rd, 2022 | 9th | — | — |
| Scuffed World Tour | December 18th, 2022 | 4th | — | — |
| JAPAN 24 | December 24th-25th, 2022 | 1st | — | — |
| Umebura SP 9 | January 7th-8th, 2023 | 1st | — | — |
| GENESIS 9 | January 20th-22nd, 2023 | 7th | 65th | fuku |
| Kagaribi 9 | February 4th-5th, 2023 | 1st | — | — |
| MaesumaHIT Champion Series 4 | February 25th, 2023 | 1st | — | — |
| Maesuma TOP 11 | March 5th, 2023 | 3rd | — | — |
Trivia
- The only players that acola holds negative records against in offline Ultimate tournaments are MkLeo (0-2), Sparg0 (1-2), MuteAce (1-2), Kameme (0-1), and Kashiya (0-1).
- acola is the lowest-seeded player to ever win an Ultimate supermajor, being seeded 57th before going on to place first at Kagaribi 7.
- He is one of five players to win an Ultimate major while being seeded outside of the top 16, alongside ProtoBanham (won Kagaribi 4 as the 25th seed), Quidd (won Let's Make Big Moves 2022 as the 32nd seed), Kuro (won Umebura SP 6 as the 37th seed) and Miya (won Kagaribi 8 as the 17th seed).
- acola and Otori are the only two international players who won the first American major they attended.
