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ZETA DIVISION Valorant Team News
ZETA DIVISION Valorant Team Bio
ZETA DIVISION is a Japanese esports organization, formerly known as Jupiter. The organization entered Valorant in 2020.
History
ZETA DIVISION is the most successful Valorant team in the Japanese region. The team entered Valorant in 2020 and has since represented the region in two international Valorant Champions Tour events (VCT 2021: Stage 3 Masters Berlin & VCT 2022: Stage 2 Masters Reykjavík) so far.
Timeline
2022
- January 1st - takej left to join REJECT.
- January 26th - ZETA DIVISION signed ta1yo as a streamer.
- April 25th - barce was transferred to DetonatioN Gaming White.
- July 8th - ZETA DIVISION acquired abu, Renniki, Killin9Hit, MeLton and Suzuki Noriaki as streamers.
- July 30th - TENNN took a break due to health issues with an eye disease. Xdll joined on loan from SCARZ during Valorant Champions 2022.
2021
- July 1st - JUPITER signed makiba.
- July 8th - JUPITER rebranded to ZETA DIVISION. StylishNoob joined as a streamer.
- September 23rd - k4sen joined as a streamer.
- October 1st - ZETA DIVISION suspended takej for 3 months for violating Riot's Valorant Community Code.
- December 1st - ZETA DIVISION acquired TENNN, SugarZ3ro from Northeption, and Dep from REJECT. Reita was transferred to REJECT for 1 year. Barce decided to pursue a career in streaming. makiba went inactive for the 2022 season.
2020
- April 7th - JUPITER signed former Counter-Strike roster of Absolute to form Absolute JUPITER. Laz, Reita, crow, barce, takej and coach JUNiOR joined.
- November 2nd - JUPITER acquired XQQ as coach.
- November 13th - JUPITER acquired gya9 as analyst.
Roster Details
| Active Roster | |||
| IGN | Name | Role | Join Date |
| Laz | Koji Ushida | IGL, Sniper | 2020-04-07 |
| crow | Tomoaki Maruoka | Initiator | 2020-04-07 |
| Dep | Yuma Hashimoto | Support | 2021-12-01 |
| SugarZ3ro | Shota Watanabe | Controller | 2021-12-01 |
| Xdll (Loan from SCARZ) | Yuto Mizomori | Initiator | 2022-07-30 |
| Inactive Roster | |||
| IGN | Name | Join Date | Inactive Date |
| TENNN | Tenta Asai | 2021-12-01 | 2022-07-30 |
| makiba | Akatsuki Miyamoto | 2021-07-01 | 2021-12-01 |
Former Players:
2022:
| Former Players | ||||
| IGN | Name | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team |
| takej | Shogo Takemori | 2020-04-07 | 2022-01-01 | REJECT |
2021:
| Former Players | ||||
| IGN | Name | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team |
| Reita | Ryumon Oshiro | 2020-04-07 | 2021-12-01 | REJECT |
| barce | Ryo Takebayashi | 2020-04-07 | 2021-12-01 | ZETA DIVISION (Streamer) |
Management Details:
| Management | |||
| ID | Name | Role | Join Date |
| TWOFOUR | Daisuke Nishihara | Founder & CEO | |
| PangTong | Akihiro Fukaya | General Manager | |
| Ishigakiyama | Shunsuke Ishigaki | Art Director | |
| ash1ca | Manager | 2022-08-01 | |
| JUNiOR | Yuya Sawada | Coach | 2020-04-07 |
| XQQ | Hibiki Motoyama | Coach | 2020-11-02 |
| gya9 | Analyst | 2020-11-13 | |
| Seki Yuta | Yuta Seki | Streamer | 2021-07-08 |
| k4sen | Streamer | 2021-11-18 | |
| takiyo | Sean Taiyo Henderson | Streamer | 2021-12-26 |
| abu | Streamer | 2022-07-08 | |
| Renniki | Streamer | 2022-07-08 | |
| Killin9Hit | Streamer | 2022-07-08 | |
| MeLton | Streamer | 2022-07-08 | |
| Suzuki Noriaki | Noriaki Suzuki | Streamer | 2022-07-08 |
Former Management:
| Former Management | |||||
| ID | Name | Role | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team |
| barce | Ryo Takebayashi | Streamer | 2021-12-01 | 2022-04-25 | DetonatioN Gaming White |
Achievements:
| Date | Placement | Tier | Event Name | Result | Prize |
| 2022-06-26 | 2nd | B-Tier | VCT 2022: Japan Stage 2 Challengers Playoffs | Lost 1:3 against northeption | $3661 |
| 2022-04-23 | 3rd | S-Tier | VCT 2022: Stage 1 Masters Reykjavík | Lost 0:3 against OpTic Gaming | $85,000 |
| 2022-03-27 | 1st | B-Tier | VCT 2022: Japan Stage 1 Challengers Playoffs | Won 3:1 against Crazy Raccoon | $8,214 |
| 2021-09-14 | 13 - 15th | S-Tier | VCT 2021: Stage 3 Masters Berlin | Lost 0-2 against Keyd Stars | $10,000 |
| 2021-08-15 | 1st | B-Tier | VCT 2021: Japan Stage 3 Challengers Playoffs | Won 3:2 against Crazy Raccoon | $9,116 |
| 2021-03-21 | 2nd | A-Tier | VCT 2021: Japan Stage 1 Masters | Lost 0:3 against Crazy Raccoon | $9,184 |
| 2020-12-06 | 1st | A-Tier | First Strike Japan | Won 3:0 against Blackbird Ignis | $28,795 |
| 2020-08-02 | 1st | A-Tier | RAGE Japan Tournament | Won 2:0 against SCARZ | $28,359 |
Upcoming Event and Fixture:
| Date | Event Name | Opponent |
| 2022-09-01 | Valorant Champions 2022 Istanbul | LOUD |
