ZETA DIVISION ZETA DIVISION Japan Rank #2 Dep Yuma Hashimoto SugarZ3ro Shota Watanabe CLZ Hikaru Mizutani SyouTa Shota Aoki Xdll Yuto Mizomori have re-signed former player Takebayashi "barce" Ryo as a substitute, their only roster move for the 2023 VCT Pacific League.

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Ever since their origins as Absolute JUPITER Absolute JUPITER Inactive makiba Miyamoto Akatsuki Laz Ushida Koji crow Maruoka Tomoaki barce Takebayashi Ryo takej Takemori Shogo Reita Oshiro Ryu , ZETA DIVISION have been a mainstay of top Japanese Valorant. They capped off an all-gold 2020 by winning First Strike Japan, but trophies eluded the team from thereon. Crazy Raccoon Crazy Raccoon Inactive outperformed ZETA DIVISION in every event both teams attended — barring the Stage 3: Challengers Playoffs. barce was a part of ZETA's high and lows in 2021, eventually transitioning to content creation after the team's groups exit at Masters Berlin.

ZETA DIVISION's big break came in this year's Masters Reykjavik. After being the first and so far only Japanese squad to make it past groups, the team carried on to a monstrous lower bracket run that saw them knock Team Liquid Team Liquid Europe Rank #21 paTiTek Patryk Fabrowski kamyk Maks Rychlewski nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin Keiko Georgio Sanassy kamo Kamil Frąckowiak , DRX DRX Korea Rank #4 Flashback Cho Min-hyuk (조민혁) MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) Athan Na Ha-jun (나하준) freeing No Ha-jun (노하준) HYUNMIN Song Hyun-min (송현민) , and Paper Rex Paper Rex Asia-Pacific Rank #3 mindfreak Aaron Leonhart Jinggg Wang Jing Jie f0rsakeN Jason Susanto d4v41 Khalish Rusyaidee something Ilya Petrov out, before being eliminated themselves by OpTic Gaming OpTic Gaming Inactive . By finishing third, ZETA DIVISION made history with one of the deepest runs in the country's tactical FPS history.

In their official announcement, the organization touched on Reita's transfer to DetonatioN FocusMe DetonatioN FocusMe Japan Rank #3 Meiy Ibuki Seki Art Jinboong Kim Jin-won (김진원) Akame Yu Gwang-hui (유광희) gyen , stating the move went through after internal discussions with Reita himself.

Adding a single substitute, ZETA DIVISION ZETA DIVISION Japan Rank #2 Dep Yuma Hashimoto SugarZ3ro Shota Watanabe CLZ Hikaru Mizutani SyouTa Shota Aoki Xdll Yuto Mizomori 's 2023 roster is:

  • Ushida "Laz" Koji
  • Maruoka "crow" Tomoaki
  • Yuuma "Dep" Hisamoto
  • Shota "SugarZ3ro" Watanabe
  • Tenta "TENNN" Asai
  • Takebayashi "barce" Ryo (Substitute)
  • Motoyama "XQQ" Hibiki (Head coach)
  • Sawada "JUNiOR" Yuya (Coach)
  • "gya9" (Analyst)