ZETA DIVISION ZETA DIVISION Japan Rank #2 Dep Yuma Hashimoto SugarZ3ro Shota Watanabe CLZ Hikaru Mizutani SyouTa Shota Aoki Xdll Yuto Mizomori has parted ways with head coach Ivan "Johnta" Shevtsov following the expiration of his contract, and has promoted from within the organization to appoint Motoyama "XQQ" Hibiki as their new head coach and Carlos "Carlao" Mohn as assistant coach. It will be XQQ's second stint as the organization's head coach.

This past offseason, Johnta was signed along with a trio of players from Japanese Challengers side FENNEL FENNEL Japan Rank #8 GON Kento Hara Aace Souta Itou Hals neth Yusuke Matsuda MrTenzouEz . He had been with FENNEL since 2022; before that, he was with One Breath Gaming One Breath Gaming Inactive minse Vladislav Kuzminykh zeddy Nikolai Lapko , Team Heretics Team Heretics Europe Rank #1 MiniBoo Dominykas Lukaševičius Wo0t Mert Alkan RieNs Enes Ecirli benjyfishy Benjamin David Fish Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius , and FunPlus Phoenix FunPlus Phoenix Inactive SUYGETSU Dmitry Ilyushin Zyppan Pontus Eek ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky ardiis Ardis Svarenieks .

The decision to part ways with Johnta comes after a disappointing showing at Pacific Kickoff, though he was not in the coaching booth for the entirety of the competition. After losing their opening round match against Pacific Ascension winners Nongshim RedForce Nongshim RedForce Korea Rank #2 Persia Yang Zi-on (양지온) Francis Kim Mu-bin (김무빈) margaret Kim Ji-woo (김지우) Dambi Lee Hyuk-kyu (이혁규) Ivy Park Sung-hyeon (박성현) , they were eliminated by perennial powerhouse Paper Rex Paper Rex Asia-Pacific Rank #5 mindfreak Aaron Leonhart Jinggg Wang Jing Jie f0rsakeN Jason Susanto d4v41 Khalish Rusyaidee something Ilya Petrov in the lower bracket. ZETA failed to win a map in both matches.

ZETA entered the 2025 season with a trio boasting experience in the coaching booth. Carlao was the team's head coach in 2023, while XQQ led the team in 2022.

XQQ has amassed nearly four years at ZETA, with his first head coaching stint lasting from July 2021 to September 2023. He returned to the organization in October 2024 as an assistant coach, but now re-assumes the head coach role. Prior to ZETA, he was the head coach of Absolute JUPITER Absolute JUPITER Inactive makiba Miyamoto Akatsuki Laz Ushida Koji crow Maruoka Tomoaki barce Takebayashi Ryo takej Takemori Shogo Reita Oshiro Ryu , which rebranded into ZETA Division in 2021.

Carlao was ZETA's head coach in 2023, a season in which the organization finished eighth at Pacific Stage 2 and finished league play with a 3-7 record. He was revealed to be an assistant coach in ZETA's 2025 roster announcement. Before ZETA, Carlao had head coaching jobs in Brazil with Virtue Gaming Virtue Gaming Inactive and FURIA FURIA Brazil Rank #4 heat Olavo Marcelo raafa Rafael Lima mwzera Leonardo Serrati havoc Ilan Eloy Khalil Khalil Schmidt .

ZETA DIVISION ZETA DIVISION Japan Rank #2 Dep Yuma Hashimoto SugarZ3ro Shota Watanabe CLZ Hikaru Mizutani SyouTa Shota Aoki Xdll Yuto Mizomori 's full roster is now:

  • Yuma "Dep" Hashimoto
  • Shota "SugarZ3ro" Watanabe
  • Hikaru "CLZ" Mizutani
  • Shota "SyouTa" Aoki
  • Yuto "Xdll" Mizomori
  • Motoyama "XQQ" Hibiki (Head coach)
  • Carlos "Carlao" Mohn (Assistant coach)
  • "gya9" (Analyst)