A 15-year-old Tremendous Smash Bros Final participant shocked the world after coming in first at LVL UP EXPO 2025, one of many 12 months’s most stacked tournaments.
‘Doramigi’ is probably not a family title in terms of Smash Final, however that modified on April 27 when the Min Min predominant made historical past on the P-Tier occasion.
Las Vegas’s LVL UP EXPO introduced a few of the world’s high gamers to compete for a $10,000 prize pool, together with Sparg0, Acola, MkLeo, Zomba, Gentle, Glutonny and extra.
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Whereas Doramigi is one among Japan’s high rising abilities, there have been many others seeded larger than him on the occasion, which made his shock win all of the extra thrilling – particularly contemplating that he did it in model.
This 15-year-old Smash participant dominated a P-tier
Doramigi’s run was stellar, by no means dropping into the losers’ bracket and taking out most of the recreation’s high gamers within the course of.
To qualify for High 8, the Min Min downed Faze Sparg0 in a decisive 3-game sweep earlier than besting Luigi upstart Kiyarash in a detailed 5-game set.
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Within the winners’ semis, Doramigi pulled off an enormous reverse 3-0 after trailing two video games in opposition to ROB predominant Zomba.
Lastly, in Grand Finals, Doramigi battled Onin, a Steve participant with a formidable resume. Up 2-1 within the last set, Doramigi pulled off one of many greatest highlights of his profession.
After taking Onin’s first inventory in recreation 4, he received a number of hits in, getting the Steve’s harm proportion to 25.4%. At this level, Onin tried to drop an anvil, however Doramigi rapidly mirrored the transfer with Min Min’s up smash.
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The reflector truly multiplies the harm by 1.8x and in consequence, it was in a position to kill Steve very early on in a transfer that left commentator EEVisu completely speechless.
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“What within the hell?!” he cried out moments later after processing what he witnessed.
This isn’t the primary time a 15-year-old Japanese participant has made waves internationally. Notably, Acola, who completed thirty third at this match, emerged as a high star in 2022 after profitable the Gimvitational.
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Acola would go on to grow to be the highest ranked participant on the planet on a number of events – and if this can be a signal of issues to return, the Smash scene would possibly wish to keep watch over Doramigi, particularly with the most important Final match of all time occurring initially of Could.
