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. 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.

04. Shohei Kimura (Points: 178)

• 2017: Runner-up Japanese Nat.
• 2019: Top16 North American Int.
• 2020: Top4 Japanese Nat., Top16 Oceanian Int.
• 2023: WINNER World Championship, Top4 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: 118)

• 2018: WINNER Japanese Nat.
• 2019: Runner-up World Championship, WINNER Japanese Nat.
• 2022: Top16 Japanese Nat.
• 2023: 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. Tasuku Mano (Points: 80)

• 2009: Runner-up World Championship

11. Yosuke Isagi (Points: 61)

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

12. Tomoyuki Yoshimura (Points: 44)

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

13. Takushi Morishima (Points: 44)

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

14. Isao Yoshioka (Points: 42)

• 2010: Top4 World Championship, Top8 Japanese Nat.

14. Wataru Onishi (Points: 42)

• 2010: Top4 World Championship, Top8 Japanese Nat.

16. Mao Harada (Points: 40)

• 2023: Top4 World Championship

16. Kazuki Kobayashi (Points: 40)

• 2019: Top4 World Championship

16. Yusei Matsuno (Points: 40)

• 2018: Top4 World Championship

19. Daiki Moriyama (Points: 29)

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

20. Jumpei Yamamoto (Points: 28)

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

21. Kaito Arii (Points: 27)

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

22. Yuma Kinugawa (Points: 26)

• 2017: Top16 European Int.
• 2020: WINNER Japanese Nat.
• 2021: Top4 Japanese Nat.
• 2022: x-2 World Championship

23. Kohei Fujida (Points: 25)

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

24. Daichi Kumabe (Points: 24,5)

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

25. Tomohiro Seki (Points: 22)

• 2018: Top8 World Championship, Top8 Japanese Nat.

26. 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)
• Yuya Tada (Top4 JapNat 2018, Top16 LAIC DQed 2024)
• Kotaro Nakagome (Top16 JapNat 2018 / Top8 JapNat 2020)
• Kiyoshiro Arai (Top4 JapNat 2018 / Top4 JapNat 2021)
• 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 WC 2023)
• Taro Okada (Top16 WC 2023)
• Yuta Takahashi (Top16 WC 2023)
• Kenji Yabata (x-2 WC 2023)
• 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)
• 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. 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.

03. 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.

04. Shohei Kimura (Points: 178 + 120 = 298)

• 2017: Runner-up Japanese Nat.
• 2019: Top16 North American Int.
• 2020: Top4 Japanese Nat., Top16 Oceanian Int.
• 2023: WINNER World Championship, Top4 Japanese Nat.

05. 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.

06. Hirofumi Kimura (Points: 118 + 120 = 238)

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

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

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

08. 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.

09. Yuma Kinugawa (Points: 26 + 120 = 146)

• 2017: Top16 European Int.
• 2020: WINNER Japanese Nat.
• 2021: Top4 Japanese Nat.
• 2022: x-2 World Championship

10. 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.

11. 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.

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

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

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

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

Players ranking is based on performances done during all the seasons of Pokémon VGC from 2009 to 2024. Regional and Special Event tournaments are not considered in this chart.