BEST PEDIGREE | POKEMON VGC PLAYERS (JAPAN)

01. Naoto Mizobuchi (Points: 241)

• 2010: Top16 World Championship, Top8 Japanese Nat. (as Naoto Mizouchi)
• 2013: Top32 Japanese Nat. (Groups before the Top8)
• 2014: Top32 Japanese Nat. (Groups before the Top8)
• 2015: Top4 World Championship (as Naohito Mizobuchi), Top8 Japanese Nat.
• 2019: WINNER World Championship, Top4 Japanese Nat.
• 2022: Top8 World Championship, Top8 Japanese Nat.

02. Ryota Otsubo (Points: 193,5)

• 2013: Top32 Japanese Nat. (Groups before the Top8)
• 2014: x-2 World Championship, Runner-up Japanese Nat.
• 2015: Top4 Japanese Nat.
• 2017: WINNER World Championship, WINNER Japanese Nat.

03. Shohei Kimura (Points: 193)

• 2017: Runner-up Japanese Nat.
• 2019: Top16 North American Int.
• 2020: Top4 Japanese Nat., Top16 Oceanian Int.
• 2023: WINNER World Championship, Top4 Japanese Nat.
• 2024: x-2 World Championship
• 2025: Runner-up Japanese Nat., Top16 European Int., Top16 Latin American Int.

04. Shoma Honami (Points: 179,5)

• 2013: Top8 Japanese Nat.
• 2014: Top32 Japanese Nat. (Groups before the Top8)
• 2015: WINNER World Championship, WINNER Japanese Nat.
• 2020: Top16 Japanese Nat.

05. Kazuyuki Tsuji (Points: 170)

• 2009: WINNER World Championship
• 2010: Top16 World Championship

06. Ryosuke Kosuge (Points: 125)

• 2013: Runner-up World Championship, WINNER Japanese Nat.
• 2014: Top8 World Championship
• 2017: Top16 Japanese Nat.
• 2018: Runner-up Japanese Nat.

07. Hirofumi Kimura (Points: 123)

• 2018: WINNER Japanese Nat.
• 2019: Runner-up World Championship, WINNER Japanese Nat.
• 2022: Top16 Japanese Nat.
• 2023: x-2 World Championship
• 2024: x-2 World Championship

08. Hideyuki Taida (Points: 85)

• 2013: Top32 Japanese Nat. (Groups before the Top8)
• 2014: Top32 Japanese Nat. (Groups before the Top8)
• 2015: Runner-up World Championship, Top4 Japanese Nat.

09. Yasuki Tochigi (Points: 82)

• 2010: Runner-up World Championship, Top8 Japanese Nat.

10. Yuta Ishigaki (Points: 80)

• 2024: Runner-up World Championship

10. Tasuku Mano (Points: 80)

• 2009: Runner-up World Championship

12. Yosuke Isagi (Points: 61)

• 2014: x-2 World Championship, WINNER Japanese Nat.
• 2015: Top4 World Championship

13. Yuma Kinugawa (Points: 44)

• 2017: Top16 European Int.
• 2020: WINNER Japanese Nat.
• 2021: Top4 Japanese Nat.
• 2022: x-2 World Championship
• 2025: WINNER Japanese Nat., Top8 North American Int.

14. Kazuki Kobayashi (Points: 44)

• 2019: Top4 World Championship
• 2025: Top4 North American Int.

15. Tomoyuki Yoshimura (Points: 44)

• 2017: Top4 World Championship
• 2022: Top4 Japanese Nat.

16. Takushi Morishima (Points: 44)

• 2009: Top8 World Championship, Top4 Japanese Nat.
• 2010: Top8 World Championship

17. Isao Yoshioka (Points: 42)

• 2010: Top4 World Championship, Top8 Japanese Nat.

17. Wataru Onishi (Points: 42)

• 2010: Top4 World Championship, Top8 Japanese Nat.

19. Mao Harada (Points: 40)

• 2023: Top4 World Championship

19. Yusei Matsuno (Points: 40)

• 2018: Top4 World Championship

21. Yuya Tada (Points: 29)

• 2018: Top4 Japanese Nat.
• 2019: Top16 European Int.
• 2022: Top8 Latin American Int., Top8 Oceanian Int.
• 2023: Top4 Oceanian Int.
• 2024: Top8 Latin American Int. (DQed)

22. Daiki Moriyama (Points: 29)

• 2015: Top8 World Championship, Runner-up Japanese Nat.
• 2019: Top16 Japanese Nat.

23. Jumpei Yamamoto (Points: 28)

• 2012: Top8 World Championship, Runner-up Japanese Nat.

24. Kaito Arii (Points: 27)

• 2021: Top16 Japanese Nat.
• 2023: Top16 World Championship, WINNER Japanese Nat.

25. Hyuma Hara (Points: 26)

• 2024: Top16 World Championship, WINNER Japanese Nat.

26. Kohei Fujida (Points: 25)

• 2018: Top16 Japanese Nat.
• 2020: Runner-up Japanese Nat.
• 2021: WINNER Japanese Nat.

27. Daichi Kumabe (Points: 24,5)

• 2014: Top4 Japanese Nat.
• 2015: Top8 World Championship, Top32 Japanese Nat. (Groups before the Top8)

28. Tomohiro Seki (Points: 22)

• 2018: Top8 World Championship, Top8 Japanese Nat.

29. Rinya Kobayashi (Points: 21)

• 2018: Top16 Japanese Nat.
• 2020: Top16 Japanese Nat.
• 2021: Runner-up Japanese Nat.
• 2022: Top16 World Championship, Top16 Japanese Nat.

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Honorable Mentions:

• Izuru Yoshimura (WINNER JapNat 2007 / WINNER WC 2008 / WINNER JapNat 2009)
• Takahiro Akai (WINNER JapNat 2009)
• Yuu Ushino (Runner-up JapNat 2009)
• Tomoaki Fukumori (Top4 JapNat 2009)
• Chiaki Fukumori (Top8 WC 2009)
• Ryo Tajiri (WINNER JapNat 2010)
• Atsushi Makio (Top8 JapNat 2010 / Top16 WC 2010)
• Satoru Masukata (WINNER JapNat 2012)
• Yuki "Haruto" Matsumoto (Runner-up JapNat 2013 / Top16 WC 2013)
• "MAS" (Top4 JapNat 2013)
• Koki "Yasumatu" Sakurai (Top32 JapNat 2013 / Top16 WC 2015)
• John Hu? "Sharon" (Top32 JapNat 2013 / Top32 JapNat 2014 / Top8 JapNat 2015)
• Hayato Takahashi (Top8 WC 2015)
• Takurou Terada (Top4 JapNat 2016)
• Toshihiro Nakanishi (Top4 JapNat 2016)
• Tsubasa Kitaoka (Runner-up JapNat 2016)
• Hideo Koutake (WINNER JapNat 2016)
• Goki Nakagawa (Top4 JapNat 2017)
• Tooru Kimeshita / Toru Kinoshita (Top4 JapNat 2017 / x-2 WC 2017)
• Takuya Yonemura (Top8 JapNat 2017 / Top16 WC 2017)
• Satoshi Iwakati (Top16 WC 2017)
• Teru Nakajima ((Top8 JapNat 2017 / Top8 JapNat 2020)
• Koji Morimoto (Top16 OceanInt 2018 / Top16 WC 2018)
• Kiwamu Endo (Top16 WC 2018 / Top16 JapNat 2021 / Runner-up JapNat 2024)
• Kotaro Nakagome (Top16 JapNat 2018 / Top8 JapNat 2020)
• Kiyoshiro Arai (Top4 JapNat 2018 / Top4 JapNat 2021 / Top16 JapNat 2024)
• Hijito Kihara (Top8 JapNat 2018 / Top8 JapNat 2022)
• Yuta Takayama (Top4 JapNat 2019)
• Takedo Terada (Runner-up JapNat 2019)
• Ryusei Yamane (Top8 JapNat 2019 / Top16 WC 2019)
• Kohei Sakurai (Top16 OceanInt 2020 / Top16 JapNat 2020)
• "Amane" (Top4 JapNat 2020)
• Yu Kanome (Top16 JapNat 2020 / Top16 JapNat 2021)
• Kota Kawabe (Top16 JapNat 2020 / Top8 JapNat 2021)
• Hodotaka Hatakeyama (Top16 JapNat 2021 / Runner-up JapNat 2023)
• Kaoru Ueki (Top4 JapNat 2022)
• Motoki Agano (x-2 WC 2022)
• Tatsuya Watanuki (Top8 JapNat 2022 / x-2 WC 2022)
• Shinichi Matsuda (x-2 WC 2022)
• Kentaro Matsumoto (WINNER JapNat 2022)
• Sho Ito (Runner-up JapNat 2022)
• Kanade Mizuguchi (Top4 JapNat 2023)
• Kenji Miura (Top16 JapNat 2022 / Top8 JapNat 2023 / Top16 WC 2023)
• Yosuke Takayanagi (Top16 JapNat 2022 / Top16 WC 2023 / Top16 EuroInt 2025)
• Taro Okada (Top16 WC 2023)
• Yuta Takahashi (Top16 WC 2023)
• Kenji Yabata (x-2 WC 2023)
• Naoya Osumi (Top4 JapNat 2024)
• Masahiro Taoka (Top4 JapNat 2024)
• Sho Akiyama (x-2 WC 2024)
• Haruki Sato (Top4 JapNat 2025)
• Koki Honda (Runner-up SeniorWC 2015)
• Yuki Wata (Runner-up SeniorWC 2016 / Runner-up SeniorWC 2017)
• Kazuki Ogushi (Top4 SeniorWC 2016 / Top8 JapNat 2018)
• Shota Yamada (Top4 SeniorWC 2018)
• Ayumu Iwasaki (Top16 SeniorWC 2018 / Top4 JapNat 2025)
• Ko Tsukide (WINNER SeniorWC 2019 / Top8 SeniorJapNat 2021 / Top16 WC 2022)
• Kenshin Hosoi (Top4 SeniorWC 2019)
• Yasuharu Shimizu (WINNER SeniorWC 2022)
• Yuma Suzuki (Top4 SeniorWC 2022)

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BEST JAPANESE VGC PLAYERS OF ALL TIME :

01. Naoto Mizobuchi (Points: 241 + 180 = 421)

• 2010: Top16 World Championship, Top8 Japanese Nat. (as Naoto Mizouchi)
• 2013: Top32 Japanese Nat. (Groups before the Top8)
• 2014: Top32 Japanese Nat. (Groups before the Top8)
• 2015: Top4 World Championship (as Naohito Mizobuchi), Top8 Japanese Nat.
• 2019: WINNER World Championship, Top4 Japanese Nat.
• 2022: Top8 World Championship, Top8 Japanese Nat.

02. Shohei Kimura (Points: 193 + 180 = 373)

• 2017: Runner-up Japanese Nat.
• 2019: Top16 North American Int.
• 2020: Top4 Japanese Nat., Top16 Oceanian Int.
• 2023: WINNER World Championship, Top4 Japanese Nat.
• 2024: x-2 World Championship
• 2025: Runner-up Japanese Nat., Top16 European Int., Top16 Latin American Int.

03. Ryota Otsubo (Points: 193,5 + 120 = 313,5)

• 2013: Top32 Japanese Nat. (Groups before the Top8)
• 2014: x-2 World Championship, Runner-up Japanese Nat.
• 2015: Top4 Japanese Nat.
• 2017: WINNER World Championship, WINNER Japanese Nat.

04. Shoma Honami (Points: 179,5 + 120 = 299,5)

• 2013: Top8 Japanese Nat.
• 2014: Top32 Japanese Nat. (Groups before the Top8)
• 2015: WINNER World Championship, WINNER Japanese Nat.
• 2020: Top16 Japanese Nat.

05. Hirofumi Kimura (Points: 123 + 150 = 273)

• 2018: WINNER Japanese Nat.
• 2019: Runner-up World Championship, WINNER Japanese Nat.
• 2022: Top16 Japanese Nat.
• 2023: x-2 World Championship
• 2024: x-2 World Championship

06. Ryosuke Kosuge (Points: 125 + 120 = 245)

• 2013: Runner-up World Championship, WINNER Japanese Nat.
• 2014: Top8 World Championship
• 2017: Top16 Japanese Nat.
• 2018: Runner-up Japanese Nat.

07. Kazuyuki Tsuji (Points: 170 + 60 = 230)

• 2009: WINNER World Championship
• 2010: Top16 World Championship

08. Yuma Kinugawa (Points: 44 + 150 = 194)

• 2017: Top16 European Int.
• 2020: WINNER Japanese Nat.
• 2021: Top4 Japanese Nat.
• 2022: x-2 World Championship
• 2025: WINNER Japanese Nat., Top8 North American Int.

09. Yuya Tada (Points: 179)

• 2018: Top4 Japanese Nat.
• 2019: Top16 European Int.
• 2022: Top8 Latin American Int., Top8 Oceanian Int.
• 2023: Top4 Oceanian Int.
• 2024: Top8 Latin American Int. (DQed)

10. Hideyuki Taida (Points: 85 + 90 = 175)

• 2013: Top32 Japanese Nat. (Groups before the Top8)
• 2014: Top32 Japanese Nat. (Groups before the Top8)
• 2015: Runner-up World Championship, Top4 Japanese Nat.

11. Rinya Kobayashi (Points: 21 + 120 = 141)

• 2018: Top16 Japanese Nat.
• 2020: Top16 Japanese Nat.
• 2021: Runner-up Japanese Nat.
• 2022: Top16 World Championship, Top16 Japanese Nat.

12. Yuichi Sasaki (Points: 13 + 120 = 133)

• 2013: Top32 Japanese Nat. (Groups before the Top8)
• 2014: Top16 World Championship
• 2015: Top32 Japanese Nat. (Groups before the Top8)
• 2016: Top8 Japanese Nat.

13. Yosuke Isagi (Points: 61 + 60 = 121)

• 2014: x-2 World Championship, WINNER Japanese Nat.
• 2015: Top4 World Championship

14. Kohei Fujida (Points: 25 + 90 = 115)

• 2018: Top16 Japanese Nat.
• 2020: Runner-up Japanese Nat.
• 2021: WINNER Japanese Nat.

BEST PEDIGREE | POKEMON VGC PLAYERS (ITALY)

01. Arash Ommati (Points: 217)

• 2013: WINNER World Championship, Top16 German Nat., Top16 Italian Nat.
• 2015: Top16 World Championship, Runner-up UK Nat.
• 2016: WINNER German Nat.
• 2018: Top8 World Championship, Top16 Oceanian Int.

02. Luca Ceribelli (Points: 164)

• 2023: Top16 European Int.
• 2024: WINNER World Championship, Top8 European Int.
• 2025: Top16 North American Int.

03. Matteo Gini (Points: 120)

• 2011: Runner-up World Championship, Runner-up Italian Nat.
• 2012: Top16 World Championship
• 2013: WINNER Italian Nat., Top8 German Nat.
• 2015: Top8 German Nat., Top16 UK Nat.
• 2016: Top16 UK Nat.

04. Marco Hemantha Kaldura Silva (Points: 79)

• 2019: Top16 Latin American Int.
• 2020: WINNER Oceanian Int.
• 2023: Top16 World Championship, Top8 North American Int.
• 2024: Top16 World Championship, WINNER Latin American Int.
• 2025: WINNER Latin American Int., Runner-up North American Int.

05. Federico Camporesi (Points: 56)

• 2023: Top4 World Championship
• 2025: WINNER North American Int.

06. Francesco Pardini (Points: 52)

• 2011: Top8 World Championship, WINNER Italian Nat.
• 2015: WINNER Italian Nat.

07. Alessio Yuri Boschetto (Points: 50)

• 2016: Top8 Italian Nat.
• 2017: Top16 World Championship, Top16 European Int., Top16 North American Int.
• 2018: Top16 World Championship, WINNER Oceanian Int., Top4 North A. Int., Top16 European Int., Top16 Latin A. Int.
• 2019: Top16 Latin American Int.
• 2020: Top8 Pokémon Players Cup, Top16 Latin American Int.

08. Davide Carrer (Points: 39)

• 2018: Top8 European Int.
• 2019: Runner-up European Int.
• 2020: Runner-up Pokémon Players Cup II
• 2022: Top8 World Championship
• 2023: Top16 European Int.

09. Flavio Del Pidio (Points: 31)

• 2018: Top8 European Int.
• 2019: WINNER European Int., Top8 North American Int.
• 2022: Top16 World Championship
• 2023: Top16 European Int.

10. Leonardo Bonanomi (Points: 26)

• 2021: Runner-up Pokémon Players Cup III, Runner-up Pokémon Players Cup IV
• 2022: x-2 World Championship
• 2023: x-2 World Championship

11. Simone Sanvito (Points: 26)

• 2018: Top16 World Championship, WINNER European Int.

12. Nico Davide Cognetta (Points: 25)

• 2017: Runner-up European Int., Runner-up Oceanian Int.
• 2018: Top8 Latin American Int., Top8 Oceanian Int.
• 2020: Top4 Pokémon Players Cup
• 2024: Top16 Latin American Int.

13. Alberto Gini (Points: 25)

• 2013: WINNER German Nat., Top16 Italian Nat.
• 2014: x-2 World Championship, Top16 Italian Nat.
• 2016: Top8 Italian Nat.

14. Luigi Lo Giudice (Points: 25)

• 2013: Top8 World Championship, Top4 German Nat.
• 2014: Top16 UK Nat.

15. Roberto Porretti (Points: 23)

• 2018: Top8 World Championship
• 2021: Top8 Pokémon Players Cup III
• 2024: Top16 European Int.

16. Ruben Gianzini (Points: 11)

• 2024: Top16 World Championship
• 2025: Top8 North American Int.

17. Michele Gavelli (Points: 11)

• 2017: Top4 European Int.
• 2019: x-2 World Championship, Top8 Latin American Int.

18. Luca Lussignoli (Points: 10)

• 2023: Top16 World Championship

18. Roberto Parente (Points: 10)

• 2022: Top16 World Championship

18. Daniele Spuntarelli (Points: 10)

• 2022: Top16 World Championship

21. Carlo Arbelli (Points: 8)

• 2012: Top8 Italian Nat.
• 2013: Top16 Italian Nat.
• 2014: Top4 UK Nat., Top16 German Nat.

22. Giulio Tarlao (Points: 6)

• 2023: Top8 European Int., Top16 Oceanian Int.
• 2024: Top16 North Americna Int., Top16 Latin American Int.
• 2025: Top16 European Int.

23. "Metang" (Points: 6)

• 2009: Top16 German Nat., Top16 French Nat.
• 2010: Top8 Spanish Nat.
• 2011: Top8 Italian Nat.

24. Davide Cauteruccio (Points: 6)

• 2018: Top4 European Int.
• 2024: Top8 European Int.

25. Francesco Pio Pero (Points: 6)

• 2021: Top8 Pokémon Players Cup III
• 2025: Top8 North American Int., Top16 European Int., Top16 Latin American Int.

26. "Hogan" (Points: 4)

• 2012: Top8 French Nat., Top16 Italian Nat., Top16 German Nat.

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Honorable Mentions:

• Luca Marcato
• Alessio Cremonini
• Enrico Mostallino
• Lorenzo Semeraro
• Matteo Agostini
• Santi Russo
• Roberto Carbonara
• Maycol Re
• Matteo Velata
• Manuel Micaletto
• Mark Duò
• Davide Miraglia
• Aniello Iuliano
• Lorenzo Silvestrini
• Akira Petrolini
• Matteo Donati
• Matteo Marinelli
• Riccardo Appamea
• Davide Sperati
• Tirso Buttafuoco
• Michelangelo Baudanza
• Umberto Palini
• Riccardo Rispoli
• Giulia Sodaro
• Claudio Serpa
• Dario Crestani
• Lorenzo Galassi
• Manuel Dellavedova
• Francesco Deiana
• Giuseppe Musicco
• Alex Della Pasqua
• Edoardo Giunipero Ferraris
• Kevin Salvetto
• Marco Marras
• Davide Fazio

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BEST ITALIAN VGC PLAYERS OF ALL TIME :

01. Arash Ommati (Points: 217 + 120 = 337)

• 2013: WINNER World Championship, Top16 German Nat., Top16 Italian Nat.
• 2015: Top16 World Championship, Runner-up UK Nat.
• 2016: WINNER German Nat.
• 2018: Top8 World Championship, Top16 Oceanian Int.

02. Matteo Gini (Points: 120 + 150 = 270)

• 2011: Runner-up World Championship, Runner-up Italian Nat.
• 2012: Top16 World Championship
• 2013: WINNER Italian Nat., Top8 German Nat.
• 2015: Top8 German Nat., Top16 UK Nat.
• 2016: Top16 UK Nat.

03. Luca Ceribelli (Points: 164 + 90 = 254)

• 2023: Top16 European Int.
• 2024: WINNER World Championship, Top8 European Int.
• 2025: Top16 North American Int.

04. Marco Hemantha Kaldura Silva (Points: 79 + 150 = 229)

• 2019: Top16 Latin American Int.
• 2020: WINNER Oceanian Int.
• 2023: Top16 World Championship, Top8 North American Int.
• 2024: Top16 World Championship, WINNER Latin American Int.
• 2025: WINNER Latin American Int., Runner-up North American Int.

05. Alessio Yuri Boschetto (Points: 50 + 150 = 200)

• 2016: Top8 Italian Nat.
• 2017: Top16 World Championship, Top16 European Int., Top16 North American Int.
• 2018: Top16 World Championship, WINNER Oceanian Int., Top4 North A. Int., Top16 European Int., Top16 Latin A. Int.
• 2019: Top16 Latin American Int.
• 2020: Top8 Pokémon Players Cup, Top16 Latin American Int.

06. Davide Carrer (Points: 39 + 150 = 189)

• 2018: Top8 European Int.
• 2019: Runner-up European Int.
• 2020: Runner-up Pokémon Players Cup II
• 2022: Top8 World Championship
• 2023: Top16 European Int.

07. Flavio Del Pidio (Points: 31 + 120 = 151)

• 2018: Top8 European Int.
• 2019: WINNER European Int., Top8 North American Int.
• 2022: Top16 World Championship
• 2023: Top16 European Int.

08. Nico Davide Cognetta (Points: 25 + 120 = 145)

• 2017: Runner-up European Int., Runner-up Oceanian Int.
• 2018: Top8 Latin American Int., Top8 Oceanian Int.
• 2020: Top4 Pokémon Players Cup
• 2024: Top16 Latin American Int.

09. Federico Camporesi (Points: 56 + 60 = 116)

• 2023: Top4 World Championship
• 2025: WINNER North American Int.

10. Leonardo Bonanomi (Points: 26 + 90 = 116)

• 2021: Runner-up Pokémon Players Cup III, Runner-up Pokémon Players Cup IV
• 2022: x-2 World Championship
• 2023: x-2 World Championship