Sengoku Gaming part ways with Fisker
The Japanese-Brazilian player will not continue with Sengoku Gaming going into 2024.
JAPAN – Sengoku Gaming and Hideki "Fisker" Sasaki have decided to go their separate ways, marking the end of the 26-year-old's seven-month term with the team and reducing their active roster to a mere three players. This departure is the second within the month for the Japanese side, following Sakaguchi "Npoint" Kenjiro's exit on July 3 as his contract expired.
Expressing gratitude for his time with Sengoku Gaming, Fisker tweeted, “I really can't thank SG enough. It was a really short time, but I really appreciate your help. Thank you very much. Thanks also to those who supported me! I will post more about [my] future! Thank you for your continued support! Good luck to everyone in SG! Thanks so much!”
Fisker, formerly of Crazy Raccoon and FAV Gaming, initially teamed up with Sengoku Gaming in late December 2022 after a brief hiatus following a scandal reported by Shūkan Bunshun. The incident drew significant interest within the Japanese community, resulting in hundreds of thousands of likes on related posts. Following a public apology and a period of self-reflection, Fisker made his return to the scene under the banner of Sengoku Gaming.
During his tenure at SG, Fisker switched from a Duelist to a Controller role in Split 2, as it overlapped with star player Ilya "something" Petrov. This version of the Sengoku Gaming team had a successful run, wrapping up their run in fourth place after eventual victors FENNEL ousted them in the lower semi-finals.
Fisker returned to his Duelist role in the second split after the Russian player was recruited by Paper Rex. Sengoku Gaming managed to secure a spot in the main event through the Advance Stage but failed to maintain that same level of performance in Split 2, ending their campaign with a 1-7 record and finishing at the bottom of the Regular Season table.
Following these departures, Sengoku Gaming's lineup has been whittled down to three players: “misaya” and “nobita” from the initial VCT 2023 team, and Hideki “gatorada” Nishida, who joined the team at the beginning of Split 2 after a promotion from the academy team, SG.B.
Sengoku Gaming are now left with the following players:
- 🇯🇵 Hideki “gatorada” Nishida
- 🇯🇵 “misaya”
- 🇯🇵 “nobita”
- 🇯🇵 “Relife” (Head coach)
- 🇯🇵 “Senpai” (Tactical coach)
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Cover photo courtesy of Sengoku Gaming