THIS IS WHY JP IS BAD

because they have no cs scene & 90% of current val scene is cs transfers.

in 3-4 years when most val talent is homegrown, JP will be pretty good because they have a large playerbase. But it's gonna take a few years.

Good take!

Pretty much. I think JP will be on a similar level to NA and EMEA in 3-4 years.

maybe valorant will be for them what cs is for ocident in a couple of years when a new big fps game come worldwide

Only Munchkin and neth seem to be winning aim duels consistently :/

Probably, but I think communication is the main issue with JP's Valorant team. I just don't understand the reason behind having players from other regions that don't speak Japanese. I've been playing in Tokyo Server recently and English speakers are really hard to come by. So, imagine having to explain strats or anything basically during mid-game. There's also a tweet from CR Minty regarding the communication problem (Korean and Japanese) and now we can see more Korean players moving to a JP team such as Suggest who recently announced its new team on Twitter. This is my take and I could be wrong.

Not only in Valorant, but also in all PC games, the Japanese are at a low level in the world.
The reason for this is not clear, but it is often said that because Japan has companies like Nintendo and Sony that produce home video game consoles, everyone buys them and the PC gaming population is small.