“YuRiHaNa” has joined DRX GC with a newly-signed two-year contract.
SOUTH KOREA – DRX have announced that “YuRiHaNa” has officially signed a two-year contract with their Game Changers roster, rounding out the squad following the signing of the other four players in December. YuRiHaNa was most recently seen with Sengoku Gaming Female in the VCT Game Changers Japan Open Qualifier, which was also her only tournament competed thus far.
In addition to playing and streaming on Twitch, YuRiHaNa is renowned for her YouTube videos covering various Japanese songs. Under the Flowergam (꽃감이) nickname, she has over 191,000 subscribers on YouTube and 139,000 subscribers on Twitch at the time of writing. YuRiHaNa’s YouTube covers and experience with a Japanese-based team further show that she speaks fluent Japanese.
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In her new team, YuRiHaNa will link up with compatriots Jeong “SeoeuN” Seo-eun and Won “Healing” yoo-jin, both of whom formerly represented Spear Gaming Female. “Yue” and “Aika” were announced as part of the squad in late December 2022 with the aforementioned Korean duo, while “Dori” was first unveiled at the RAGE VALORANT 2022 Autumn event in Japan, during which DRX announced its plan to build a Game Changers team.
“I am making the best Game Changers team in the world right now. [….] The DRX team is looking way better than I expected,” said Tsuneaki “Buddha” Takeda, DRX’s Director of Business Development in an interview with Esports.GG.
With the squad now complete, DRX GC are ready for their debut outing, which will take place in the upcoming VCT Game Changers 2023 season. Although VALORANT Esports has yet to reveal the official schedule and roadmap for the year, many expect East Asia to be a part of the regional play, as seen by the fact that it was provided a path to the 2022 VCT Game Changers Championship, which was the staple event of the Game Changers scene.
With YuRiHaNa’s arrival, DRX GC are now:
- 🇰🇷 Jeong “SeoeuN” Seo-eun
- 🇰🇷 Won “Healing” yoo-jin
- 🇯🇵 “Dori”
- 🇯🇵 “Aika”
- 🇹🇼 “Yue”
- 🇰🇷 “YuRiHaNa”
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Cover photo courtesy of DRX
