Tournament:Kagaribi 8

Kagaribi 8
Dates	July 30th-31st, 2022
Venue	Bellesalle Iidabashi First
Address/City	2-6-1 Koraku, Bunkyo-ku Tokyo, Japan
Attendance	491
Results
winners	Miya

Kagaribi 8 was a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate major held in Tokyo, Japan, from July 30th-31st, 2022.

Tournament summary

Kagaribi 8 was initially ranked as a supermajor, however due to rising cases of COVID-19 in Japan, several top Japanese players, including acola, Tea, and Kome, dropped out of the tournament, demoting the tournament to just a major. It is currently the last tournament in the Kagaribi series that was not ranked as a supermajor.

The tournament is most known for being Miya's breakout offline event. Prior to this event, Miya was mostly known for being one of the best Smashmate players who was just beginning to make his mark offline. Entering the tournament as the #24 seed, Miya ran through the entire bracket, upsetting ProtoBanham 3-1, Shuton 3-2, and Abadango twice 3-1 and 3-2 to win the tournament without dropping a set. Miya's run was not only unexpected to players outside of Japan, but also marked Mr. Game & Watch's first-ever major win in Ultimate, a feat that not even Maister, the best Mr. Game & Watch player at that time, had done. In addition, this marked the second Kagaribi that was won by a first-time entrant, with acola having previously won Kagaribi 7.

Although overshadowed by Miya's run, Abadango saw arguably his best tournament run since the early metagame. Due to declining performances at tournaments and missing out on top 8 at every major since EGS Cup 3, Abadango was seeded 21st, a low seed for a player who was once one of Japan's best players. Despite this, Abadango made several notable upsets, defeating Kameme 3-0, Yoshidora 3-1, ProtoBanham 3-0, KEN 3-2, and Shuton 3-2 to ultimately place 2nd, the highest Abadango has placed at a major since his victory at Umebura SP 4. Most impressive about this run was that, aside from Yoshidora, all those upsets were performed with Meta Knight, a character that was mostly regarded as barely viable. As a result, Abadango's run marked the best tournament run for a Meta Knight player at an Ultimate major, while this run and Abadango's later run at VCA 2022 led to a reassessment on Meta Knight's viability.

Results

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles

(491 entrants)
Top 128 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Miya
2nd	Abadango
3rd	Shuton
4th	KEN
5th	Futari no Kiwami Ah~!
5th	ProtoBanham
7th	Umeki
7th	Yoshidora
9th	Yez
9th	Gackt
9th	Paseriman
9th	Eim
13th	Taikei
13th	Repo
13th	Noi
13th	Shirayuki
17th	Sigma
17th	sssr
17th	Hero
17th	TKM
17th	Akakikusu
17th	YOC
17th	Shogun
17th	Kameme
25th	Nemu
25th	Manzoku
25th	Sunea
25th	takera
25th	Harasen
25th	kept
25th	YamaD
25th	Ly
33rd	Mao
33rd	chicken
33rd	Brood
33rd	Motsunabe
33rd	Yone
33rd	Oi, George
33rd	Raito
33rd	FILIP
33rd	Choco
33rd	Tsu
33rd	Tsubotsubo
33rd	Gorioka
33rd	Rattsu
33rd	Sobugami
33rd	TamaPDaifuku
33rd	JinJin
49th	T
49th	ElleGo
49th	Nanchan
49th	Guarana
49th	Kisha
49th	shion
49th	Yahhonn
49th	Q
49th	Latte
49th	Songn
49th	Twinkle
49th	Lax
49th	Taa
49th	Tarakotori
49th	Lii
49th	bt.yamato
65th	Fui
65th	Rimori
65th	norio
65th	LISUTO
65th	yuta
65th	hinaks
65th	Ball
65th	Wada
65th	taranito
65th	Kamisuke
65th	Kurumis
65th	Kei
65th	CAPURICO
65th	Hidaka Drapion
65th	Halo
65th	Tsumo
65th	TRIGGER
65th	Juso
65th	Yaminabe
65th	Tamanyaso
65th	Doragon
65th	Bonko
65th	Gachipi
65th	Yoshiaki
65th	Hurt
65th	KOROMO
65th	Peipei
65th	akasa
65th	nyanpon
65th	Paru
65th	himo_pechio
65th	Te-sHi

External links

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