Smasher:ProtoBanham

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ProtoBanham "プロトバナム"
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Character info
Smash 4 main Cloud
Other Smash 4 characters Mario, Lucina
Ultimate main Lucina
Other Ultimate character Min Min
Retired Ultimate character Inkling
Team info
Sponsor(s) Vrillant Owl X
Rankings and results info
Most recent ranking Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Fall 2019 PGRU: 19th
Personal and other info
Location Kanto, Japan Japan
Miscellaneous info
Skill Super Smash Bros. 4 Professional
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Top professional

ProtoBanham (プロトバナム) is a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Lucina main from Japan with a strong Min Min secondary and who formerly used Inkling. He is considered the best Lucina player in the world after MkLeo dropped the character and one of the best Inkling players in the world. ProtoBanham is currently ranked 10th on the Japan Player Rankings and 19th on the Fall 2019 PGRU and has defeated players such as Tea, Light, T, KEN, Raito, Cosmos, WaDi, Abadango, Mr.R, Choco, Zackray, and Shuton. His Lucina is known for being extremely aggressive and utilizing an excellent advantage state. He won his first major at Kagaribi 4 using Lucina and Min Min, beating players like Zackray twice, Tea, Yoshidora, Shuton, and Sigma.

In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, ProtoBanham was a Cloud main. He had set wins over the likes of Nietono, T, and Somé.

On January 5th, 2021, Protobanham joined the newly founded Japanese organization Vrillant Owl X as their first Smash player, along Lea.

Tournament placings

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Tournament Date 1v1 Placement 2v2 Placement Partner
Umebura 19 August 29th, 2015 25th
Umebura Japan Major May 6th-7th, 2017 17th Laki
Umebura 30 November 18th, 2017 9th
Umebura T.A.T. December 23rd-24th, 2017 5th FurudoLaki
Umebura 32 May 12th, 2018 65th
Umebura Smash 4 Final December 1st-2nd, 2018 4th FurudoLaki

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Tournament Date 1v1 Placement 2v2 Placement Partner
Umebura SP 2 January 12th, 2019 25th
Weekly Smash Party 21 January 30th, 2019 3rd
Toryumon Kiwami 6 February 12th, 2019 1st
Ueno Smash Ultimate Weekly 8 March 28th, 2019 1st
Weekly Smash Party 32 April 8th, 2019 3rd
Umebura SP 3 April 13th, 2019 4th
Umebura Japan Major 2019 May 1st-2nd, 2019 2nd
Ueno Smash Ultimate Weekly 15 June 6th, 2019 2nd
Weekly Smash Party 40 June 10th, 2019 7th
Weekly Smash Party 42 June 24th, 2019 3rd
CEO 2019 June 28th-30th, 2019 13th
Kurobra 17 July 13th-15th, 2019 1st 1st FurudoLaki
Weekly Smash Party SP 27 July 19th, 2019 1st
Weekly Smash Party SP 28 July 29th, 2019 2nd
EVO 2019 August 2nd-4th, 2019 5th
Umebura SP 5 September 28th, 2019 5th
Weekly Smash Party SP 34 October 7th, 2019 1st
Umebura SP 6 October 22nd, 2019 5th
Toryumon Kiwami 42 October 30th, 2019 9th
Weekly Smash Party SP 38 November 11th, 2019 2nd
Umebura SP 7 November 16th, 2019 257th
Toryumon Kiwami 45 November 20th, 2019 1st
2GG: Kongo Saga December 7th-8th, 2019 25th 13th Raito
EGS Cup 3 January 13th, 2020 4th
EVO Japan 2020 January 24th-26th, 2020 9th
TSC 13 December 26th, 2020 1st
SWT: Japan Ultimate Online QualifierOnline April 17th-18th, 2021 4th
Winner! June 21st, 2021 9th
Kagaribi 4 June 26th-27th, 2021 1st

Trivia

  • ProtoBanham's signature look is his baseball cap Le Coq Sportif. He wore it in every major tournament he attended so far.
  • ProtoBanham was able to place 5th at EVO 2019 despite suffering from kidney stones. However he dropped out of Super Smash Con 2019 to have treatment.

External links

Gameplay videos

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate