| aMSa | |
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| AMSa.jpg | |
| Character info | |
| Melee main | Yoshi |
| Project M main | Yoshi |
| Personal and other info | |
| Real name | Chikamoto Masaya |
| Location | Miyagi, Japan 
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| Miscellaneous info | |
| Skill |  Top professional  |
aMSa is a Yoshi player from Japan. He is a relatively new player in the scene, beginning to smash competitively in February 2013, but has played the game casually since its release, using Yoshi from the very beginning. He quickly gained notoriety for his ability with such a low tiered character, having a fair amount of technical skill and being able to fully utilize and mix-up all of Yoshi's options, backed up by a fantastic comboing ability. aMSa also does not waste Yoshi's special moves, as he is proficient at using edge-cancelled eggs and playing mind games with his Yoshi Bomb camping on the ledge. Despite only having played seriously for a short amount of time compared to other professionals, he quickly became considered the best Yoshi main in the world by many notable players after his first international appearance at EVO 2013.
aMSa maintains a YouTube channel where he posts discoveries about not only new innovations in Yoshi's metagame, but also of notable exploits or interesting maneuvers that he finds. He also uses his channel to upload videos of tournament matches and friendlies; a fair portion of his channel is an emporium of EVO 2013 friendlies with mostly notable Japanese Melee players (such as Kounotori, Sheik, or himself) facing off against notable European and American professionals.
Notable tournament records
- EVO 2013: Shockingly, aMSa managed to sweep through his pool without losing a set and make it to quarterfinals, while the only other notable Yoshi main at the venue, V3ctorman, failed to even make it out. He managed to take a game off of Mew2King in quarterfinals (to the shock of many spectators), making Mew2King contemplate throwing the match (as shown by him hovering over Mr. Game & Watch before the third game). Although Mew2King still ended up defeating aMSa 2-1, all of their matches were extremely close, going down to the last stock. In loser's, aMSa defeated many opponents achieving a final placement of 25th after losing to DaShizWiz.
- He later played many other top professionals in friendlies, including Armada, Axe, and Hungrybox, managing to hold his own in each one (most of his matches went to the last stock); perhaps his most notable moment in these matches was when he 4-stocked SilentSpectre, which many other professionals find difficult to do.
Tournament results
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| Tournament | Date | 1v1 Placement | 2v2 Placement | Partner |
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| EVO 2013 | July 12-14, 2013 | 25th | -- | Sheik |
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