DetonatioN FocusMe DetonatioN FocusMe Japan Rank #3 Meiy Ibuki Seki Art Jinboong Kim Jin-won (김진원) Akame Yu Gwang-hui (유광희) gyen has announced its full roster for the 2025 season, which includes a total of six players with four new signings. The new signings are "Art" , Yu "Akame" Gwang-hui (유광희), Kim "Jinboong" Jin-won (김진원), and "gyen" .
The roster, which fuses players from Korea and Japan, also has SSeeS and Meiy from last year's team.
Art spent the 2024 season coaching for Sengoku Gaming Sengoku Gaming Japan Rank #7 Gwangboong Kim Gwang-won (김광원) Kippei NOBITA Misaya yuran Yushin Hato , and most recently played for Japanese VCL side Jadeite Jadeite Inactive . He is mainly a Controller player, but also played the Initiator role on occasion for Jadeite. Prior to them, he played for Sengoku as well.
Akame joins after nearly a year with REJECT REJECT Japan Rank #18 muto BRIAN IceBear , who compete in the Japanese Challengers circuit. He also spent time on Jadeite, where he was teammates with Art. The Korean was REJECT's in-game leader last season, and played a wide range of roles including Controller, Sentinel, and Duelist.
Jinboong also joins from a second-tier Japanese side. He was on Sengoku Gaming last season, and joins following a third-placed finish at Challengers Japan Split 2. He mainly played the Sentinel role for Sengoku last season, while also occasionally playing Viper. He's well-traveled, having played previously for SLT Seongnam SLT Seongnam Korea Rank #5 C1ndeR Ko Jae-hyuk (고재혁) Klaus Kim Min-hyuk (김민혁) XuNa Kim Tae-geon (김태건) oonzmlp Shin Sang-beom (신상범) Zexy Jang Suk-hyun (장석현) , Rio Company Rio Company Inactive SungJin Ko Sung-jin (고성진) Sunday Kim Min-soo (김민수) SeliG Um Hyun-sung (엄현성) LuZ Lim Ui-jun (임의준) Jinboong Kim Jin-won (김진원) , and FENNEL FENNEL Japan Rank #1 GON Kento Hara Aace Souta Itou Hals neth Yusuke Matsuda MrTenzouEz since making his professional debut in 2020.
The fourth newcomer to DFM's roster is not as well-known as the other three. gyen joins as a newcomer, slated to make 2025 his rookie VCT season.
DFM's 2024 season hit below expectations. One year after finishing dead last in the 2023 Pacific League, they finished second from last place in Pacific Stage 2 – just one spot above now-removed BLEED BLEED Inactive .
They won just two matches in the 2024 season, failing to qualify for any international events in the process.
DetonatioN FocusMe DetonatioN FocusMe Japan Rank #3 Meiy Ibuki Seki Art Jinboong Kim Jin-won (김진원) Akame Yu Gwang-hui (유광희) gyen look to top last year's performance, with their new roster shaping out to be: