ZETA DIVISION Valorant Team

ABOUT

Full NameZETA DIVISION

Prominent PlayersLaz, crow, Dep, SugarZ3ro, Xdll, Tennn

ABOUT

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