JDG Esports JDG Esports China Rank #11 stew Park Young-chan (박영찬) jkuro Yong Haochong (杨浩聪) MrCANI Chen Tingxun (陈廷训) Babyblue Geng Haoran (耿浩然) Z1yan Liu Zihan (刘紫涵) has let go of Lifan "Viva" Ran (冉立凡) and signed Chen "MrCANI" Tingxun (陈廷训), and Geng "Babyblue" Haoran (耿浩然), expanding their active roster to six ahead of the 2025 VCT season.

Viva joined JDG in January 2024 as part of a four-man signing class from Rare Atom Rare Atom China Rank #9 zhe Niu Zhe (牛哲) Satoshi Fei Zhixian (费郅贤) ZiXuan Liu Junwei (刘俊伟) Midnight Wang Yingjie (王英杰) . The pickups came following Rare Atom's 2023 run to the Ascension China grand finals, where they lost to Dragon Ranger Gaming Dragon Ranger Gaming China Rank #7 Flex1n Lo Rui (罗瑞) vo0kashu Ilya Ushakov Cangshu Zheng Yujun (手郑宇峻) Nicc Shao Yi-qun (邵逸群) TvirusLuke Chen Cheng-ching SpiritZ1 Lin Dingyu (林定宇) . With Rare Atom, Viva played a multitude of roles, including Jett, Iso, Sova, and Viper. This role continued with JDG in 2024, though he played considerably fewer games as a duelist.

MrCANI joins after being released by Xi Lai Gaming Xi Lai Gaming China Rank #3 Viva Lifan Ran (冉立凡) Rarga Arthur Churyumov happywei Deng Minwei (邓闵维) coconut Colin Patrick Chung (钟弘祖) YOU Yip Man Ho , with whom he'd spent the entire 2024 season. After winning Ascension China with them, he was a part of Xi Lai's late offseason roster moves. He was mainly XLG's initiator player, though he occasionally filled in to play the controller role on Omen. JDG will be his fourth team in three seasons.

Babyblue joins with plenty of tier-two experience. He comes from ZY Gaming ZY Gaming China Unranked B1SK Vitaliy Emelyanov f1cio Hoàng Ngọc Sơn Attention Wong Ka Fai (黃家暉) FFs Leung Cheuk Nam (梁卓南) Babyblue Geng Haoran (耿浩然) , and was also previously signed to Wolves Esports Wolves Esports China Rank #4 SiuFatBB Pong Gaa Hei (庞加曦) Yuicaw Huang Yung-chieh (黃湧傑) Spring Liu Jiunting (刘俊霆) Lysoar Liang Youhao (梁优好) Juicy Tyler James Aeria , but did not see the stage for them. Throughout his career, he's mainly been used in the duelist and initiator roles.

JDG's 2024 season saw them finish top six at the end of Stage 2, missing out on reaching any international events. Since the end of their season, they've participated in three OFF//SEASON events, and have made a handful of personnel changes. They signed EGO and hypnotizing as their coaching duo, while also adding in-game leader sword9 . All three joined from All Gamers All Gamers China Rank #18 nizhaoTZH Tang Zehao (唐哲昊) XiYiJi Luo Sen (罗森) Lsn Li Sinan (李思南) bunt Jiang He (姜河) monk Wang Haoyu (王浩宇) deLb Delbert Tanoto K1ra Huang Zhihao (黄志豪) . Weeks later, they parted ways with hypnotizing and sword9, then dropped Viva and signed MrCANI.

It is believed that YiHao will continue in a reserve role, meaning MrCANI rounds out their five-man roster.

JDG Esports JDG Esports China Rank #11 stew Park Young-chan (박영찬) jkuro Yong Haochong (杨浩聪) MrCANI Chen Tingxun (陈廷训) Babyblue Geng Haoran (耿浩然) Z1yan Liu Zihan (刘紫涵) 's roster is now:

  • Chen "YHchen" Yuhan (陳昱瀚)
  • Park "stew" Young-chan (박영찬)
  • Yong "jkuro" Haochong (杨浩聪)
  • Chen "MrCANI" Tingxun (陈廷训)
  • Geng "Babyblue" Haoran (耿浩然)
  • Liu "Z1yan" Zihan (刘紫涵)
  • Jiang "Jayce" Yudong (蒋昱栋) (Manager)
  • Yang "EGO" Haozun (杨皓尊) (Head coach)