Kansai (region)

Kansai is a Japanese Smash region, coterminous with the traditional region of , which includes the prefectures of Nara, Wakayama, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo, Shiga, and sometimes Mie. Kansai is regarded as one of the two strongest and most influential Smash regions in Japan, alongside Kantō. The region is also occasionally referred as West Japan, especially historically in regards to its Melee scene, though it is not one of the westernmost regions in the country.
The region has a long history of hosting notable Smash tournaments. One of the most notable tournaments was the 2005 Super Smash Bros. Melee tournament known as the tournament, which remains Japan's only major Melee event and is perhaps the largest Smash event to take place in Japan. In addition, the region is known for running many of Japan's most well-known tournament series, including the Smash 64 series , the Ultimate series , and , one of the longest-running and most prestigous tournament series in Japan. Alongside its long, active tournament scene, the region is also rich in talent, being the home to many of Japan's best players including , , and . Most notably, it is the home region of and , two of the greatest Ultimate players in the post-pandemic metagame.
Outside of competition, Kansai is also known for being the home region of Nintendo themselves, who is headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. 
==Smashers==
:See also: :Category:Kansai smashers
The following players are currently or were previously ranked. Their highest placement is listed.
===Globally ranked players===
Tag	Character(s)	Best placement 	Notes
 	 	LumiRank 2024.2: 49th 	
 	 	SSBBRank 2014: 1st PGR v1: 17th 	
 	 	LumiRank 2023: 1st 	
 	 	LumiRank 2024.2: 28th 	
 	 	LumiRank 2024.2: 29th 	
 	 	OrionRank 2018: 49th OrionRank Ultimate: Eclipse: 33rd 	
 	 	2016 64 League Rankings: 20th 	
 	 	RetroSSBMRank 2004: 3rd 	
 	 	LumiRank 2024.1: 124th 	
 	 	LumiRank 2024.2: 93rd 	
 	 	LumiRank 2024.2: 11th 	
 	 	LumiRank 2024.2: 102nd 	
 	 	OrionRank 2016: 174th 	
 	 	LumiRank 2023: 26th 	
 	 	LumiRank 2024.1: 44th 	
 	 	LumiRank 2023: 35th 	
 	 	RetroSSBMRank 2005: 8th 	
 	 	OrionRank 2016: 90th OrionRank Ultimate: Six Months In: 85th	
 	 	OrionRank 2018: 53rd OrionRank Ultimate: Eclipse: 19th 	
 	 	PGR v3: 8th 	
 	 	LumiRank 2024.1: HM 	
 	 	LumiRank 2024.1: 48th 	
 	 	LumiRank 2024.1: 73rd 	
 	 	LumiRank Mid-Year 2023: 101st-111th 	
 	 	LumiRank 2023: 38th 	
 	 	RetroSSBMRank 2004: HM OrionRank 2018: 63rd 	
 	 	2019-2020 Smash 64 Power Rankings: Hidden boss 	
 	 	LumiRank 2024.2: 2nd 	
 	 	LumiRank 2024.2: 37th 	
 	 	LumiRank 2024.2: 34th 	
 	 	PGR v1: 9th 	
 	 	LumiRank 2024.2: 33rd 	
 	 	LumiRank 2024.2: 6th 	
 	 	LumiRank 2024.1: 142nd 	
 	 	OrionRank 2016: 64th 	
 	 	PGR 100: 68th LumiRank 2023: 66th 	
 	 	LumiRank 2024.2: 27th 	
 	 	LumiRank 2023: 91st 	
 	 	LumiRank 2024.1: 15th 	
 	 	LumiRank 2024.2: 71st 	
 	 	LumiRank 2024.1: 42nd 	
 	 	LumiRank 2024.1: 102nd 	
 	 	LumiRank 2023: 98th 	
 	 	LumiRank 2024.2: 87th 	
 	 	OrionRank 2018: 70th UltRank 2022: 5th 	
 	 	OrionRank Ultimate: Eclipse: 68th 	
 	 	OrionRank Ultimate: Eclipse: 115th 	
 	 	LumiRank 2024.2: 61st 	
 	 	LumiRank 2024.1: 118th 	
 	 	LumiRank 2024.1: 114th 	
 	 	LumiRank 2024.1: 57th 	
 	 	LumiRank 2023: 8th 	
 	 	OrionRank 2019: 87th 	
===Nationally ranked players===
Tag	Character(s)	Best placement 	Notes
 	 	JAPAN Power Rankings: 90th 	
 	 	Japan Player Rankings January 2019 - July 2019: 88th 	
 	 	Experimental Smash Player Rankings: 88th 	
 	 	Japan Player Rankings January 2019 - July 2019: 48th 	
 	 	JAPAN Power Rankings: 43rd 	
 	 	Japan Player Rankings January 2019 - July 2019: 87th 	
 	 	JAPAN Power Rankings: 96th 	
 	 	Japan SSBM Rank 2019: 40th 	
 	 	OrionRank 2022 Japan: 71st 	
 	 	JAPAN Power Rankings: 35th 	
 	 	Experimental Smash Player Rankings: 98th 	
 	 	JAPAN Power Rankings: 86th 	
 	 	Experimental Smash Player Rankings: 24th 	
 	 	Experimental Smash Player Rankings: 51st 	
 	 	JAPAN Power Rankings: 66th 	
 	 	Japan SSBM Rank 2017: 5th 	
 	 	Japan SSBM Rank 2019: 37th 	
 	 	OrionRank Ultimate: Eclipse Japan: 40th 	
 	 	Japan SSBM Rank 2019: 7th 	
 	 	Japan Player Rankings January 2019 - July 2019: 82nd 	
 	 	Experimental Smash Player Rankings: 128th 	
 	 	OrionRank Japan Top 150: 42nd 	
 	 	Japan SSBM Rank 2019: 47th 	
 	 	Experimental Smash Player Rankings: 57th 	
 	 	Japan SSBM Rank 2018: 8th 	
 	 	Umebura Smash 4 Power Rankings dated June 20th, 2016: 17th 	
 	 	JAPAN Power Rankings: 52nd Experimental Smash Player Rankings: 129th	
 	 	Japan Player Rankings January 2019 - July 2019: 63rd 	
 	 	JAPAN Power Rankings: 96th 	Best R.O.B. player in Brawl who is known for his run to 9th at where he defeated .
 	 	JAPAN Power Rankings: 77th Japan Player Rankings: 86th 	
 	 	Japan SSBM Rank 2017: 19th 	
 	 	Experimental Smash Player Rankings: 50th 	
 	 	Japan SSBM Rank 2018: 15th 	
 	 	JAPAN Power Rankings: 89th Experimental Smash Player Rankings: 77th 	
 	 	JAPAN Power Rankings: 95th Experimental Smash Player Rankings: 65th 	
 	 	Experimental Smash Player Rankings: 125th 	
 	 	Experimental Smash Player Rankings: 48th 	
 	 	Experimental Smash Player Rankings: 31st 	
 	 	Experimental Smash Player Rankings: 94th 	
 	 	JAPAN Power Rankings: 57th Japan Player Rankings: 55th 	
 	 	Japan SSBM Rank 2019: 42nd 	
===Other notable players===
Tag	Character(s)	Notes
 	 	One of the best-known players in the world, known for his performance at which includes defeating in friendlies despite using a weaker character.
 	 	One of the best Japanese Melee players in the golden age despite Mario generally being regarded as a weaker character in the metagame.
 	 	Known for his doubles prowess with and placing top 8 at .
 	 	Prominent Peach in the early years of Melee. Organized several tournament series including , , and .
 	 	Best known for winning while defeating and .
 	 	One of the greatest Japanese players in the early Brawl metagame, having won and .
==Tournaments==
:See also: :Category:Kansai tournaments
===Notable tournament series===
Tournament series that have achieved recognition outside their local region. 
Tournament 	Games	Type 	Status
 	 	Annual 	Discontinued
Critical Hit (Osaka)	 	 	
DOSUE (Kyoto) 	 	 	
(Hyōgo) 	 	 	
INNOSUMA!! (Osaka) 	 	 	
(Hyōgo) 	 	 	Ongoing
 	 	 	
 	 	Unscheduled 	Discontinued
 	 	Monthly/Annual	
(Osaka) 	 	Unscheduled 	Ongoing
Miesuma (Mie) 	 	Unscheduled 	Discontinued
PARASUMA (Shiga) 	 	 	
Smash ACT (Osaka) 	 	Weekly 	Ongoing
 	 	Unscheduled 	
===Notable tournaments===
Tournaments that featured at least one game at a superregional level. 
Tournament	Date 	Entrants	Supermajor	Major 	Superregional	Other
 	March 14th, 2008 	46 	— 	—	 	—
 	August 21st, 2008 	57 	— 	 	— 	—
 	March 20th, 2010 	??? 	— 	 	— 	—
 	March 12th, 2011 	150 	— 	 	— 	—
 	March 19th, 2011 	110 	— 	 	— 	—
 	September 4th, 2011 	115 	— 	 	— 	—
 	October 9th, 2011 	88 	— 	 	— 	—
 	November 19th, 2011 	88 	— 	—	 	—
 	March 2012 	155 	— 	—	 	—
 	March 17th, 2012 	??? 	— 	 	— 	—
 	August 5th, 2012 	115 	— 	—	 	—
 	March 16th, 2013 	79 	— 	 	— 	—
 	March 30th, 2013 	140+ 	— 	 	— 	—
 	February 22nd, 2014 	65+ 	— 	—	 	—
 	March 1st, 2014 	??? 	— 	 	— 	—
 	March 29th, 2014 	115+ 	— 	—	 	—
 	May 5th, 2014 	100 	— 	—	 	
 	August 23rd-24th, 2014 	220 	 	—	— 	—
 	October 25th, 2014 	180+ 	— 	—	 	—
 	January 11th, 2015 	114 	— 	—	 	—
 	February 21st, 2015 	134 	— 	—	 	—
 	March 14th, 2015 	51 	— 	 	— 	—
 	April-5th, 2015 	200+ 	— 	—	 	—
 	May 2nd-4th, 2015 	120+ 	— 	—	 	
 	June 6th, 2015 	130 	— 	—	 	—
 	July 18th, 2015 	141 	— 	—	 	—
 	August 16th, 2015 	175 	— 	—	 	—
 	September 12th, 2015 	140 	— 	—	 	—
 	October 24th, 2015 	207 	— 	—	 	—
 	December 26th, 2015 	273+ 	— 	—	 	—
 	February 11th, 2016 	280+ 	— 	—	 	—
 	March 12th, 2016 	230+ 	— 	—	 	—
 	April 9th, 2016 	144+ 	— 	—	 	—
 	April 30th, 2016 	50 	— 	 	— 	—
 	April 28th-May 1st, 2016 	~116 	— 	—	 	—
 	May 29th, 2016 	210 	— 	—	 	—
 	July 17th, 2016 	180 	— 	—	 	—
 	July 30th-31st, 2016 	216 	— 	—	 	—
 	August 27th, 2016 	184 	— 	—	 	—
 	September 25th, 2016 	221 	— 	—	 	—
 	October 22nd, 2016 	197 	— 	—	 	—
 	December 25th, 2016 	177 	— 	—	 	—
 	January 28th, 2017 	185 	— 	—	 	—
 	February 25th, 2017 	165 	— 	—	 	—
 	March 9th, 2017 	57 	— 	 	— 	—
 	April 16th, 2017 	223 	— 	—	 	—
 	May 4th-6th, 2017 	??? 	— 	—	 	
 	June 18th, 2017 	215 	— 	—	 	—
 	August 12th, 2017 	280 	— 	—	 	—
 	September 24th, 2017 	222 	— 	—	 	—
 	October 21st, 2017 	177 	— 	—	 	—
 	November 12th, 2017 	162 	— 	—	 	—
 	January 6th, 2018 	209 	— 	—	 	—
 	January 7th, 2018 	193 	— 	—	 	—
 	February 11th, 2018 	51 	— 	 	— 	—
 	February 17th, 2018 	158 	— 	—	 	—
 	March 24th, 2018 	233 	— 	—	 	—
 	May 4th-6th, 2018 	112 	— 	—	 	
 	May 27th, 2018 	199 	— 	—	 	—
 	June 30th, 2018 	196 	— 	—	 	—
 	August 12th, 2018 	251 	— 	—	 	—
 	September 16th, 2018 	203 	— 	—	 	—
 	October 21st, 2018 	250 	— 	—	 	—
 	January 6th, 2019 	306 	— 	—	 	—
 	February 3rd, 2019 	303 	— 	—	 	—
 	April 13th, 2019 	318 	— 	—	 	—
 	May 2nd-5th, 2019 	149 	— 	—	 	—
 	May 26th, 2019 	316 	— 	—	 	—
 	June 22nd, 2019 	320 	— 	 	— 	—
 	July 13th, 2019 	320 	— 	 	— 	—
 	August 12th, 2019 	320 	— 	—	 	—
 	September 15th, 2019 	320 	— 	—	 	—
 	November 10th, 2019 	313 	— 	—	 	—
 	December 15th, 2019 	313 	— 	—	 	—
 	December 28th, 2019 	313 	— 	 	— 	—
 	January 4th, 2020 	256 	— 	—	 	—
 	February 8th, 2020 	320 	— 	—	 	—
 	February 23rd, 2020 	57 	— 	 	— 	—
 	March 1st, 2020 	318 	— 	—	 	—
 	October 11th, 2020 	96 	— 	—	 	—
 	October 31st-November 1st, 2020	137 	— 	—	 	—
 	November 15th, 2020 	160 	— 	—	 	—
 	March 7th, 2021 	128 	— 	—	 	—
 	July 3rd-4th, 2021 	128 	— 	—	 	—
 	July 24th, 2021 	128 	— 	—	 	—
 	October 22nd, 2021 	320 	— 	 	— 	—
 	November 27th, 2021 	192 	— 	—	 	—
 	March 19th, 2022 	128 	— 	—	 	—
 	March 20th, 2022 	128 	— 	—	 	—
 	April 2nd, 2022 	192 	— 	—	 	—
 	May 1st, 2022 	512 	 	—	— 	—
 	May 4th, 2022 	30 	— 	—	 	—
 	May 29th, 2022 	248 	— 	—	 	—
 	June 5th, 2022 	256 	— 	—	 	—
 	June 11th-12th, 2022 	590 	— 	 	— 	—
 	June 19th, 2022 	221 	— 	—	 	—
 	July 24th, 2022 	160 	— 	—	 	—
 	August 14th, 2022 	146 	— 	—	 	—
 	August 27th, 2022 	473 	— 	 	— 	—
 	September 30th, 2022 	216 	— 	—	 	—
 	August 15th-16th, 2022 	476 	 	—	— 	—
 	October 23rd, 2022 	207 	— 	—	 	—
 	November 26th, 2022 	194 	— 	—	 	—
 	December 24th-25th, 2022 	24 	— 	 	— 	—
 	January 4th, 2023 	157 	— 	—	 	—
 	February 25th, 2023 	8 	— 	—	 	—
 	March 5th, 2023 	512 	 	—	— 	—
 	March 25th, 2023 	254 	— 	—	 	—
 	April 22nd, 2023 	260 	— 	—	 	—
 	April 30th, 2023 	512 	 	—	— 	—
 	May 21st, 2023 	263 	— 	—	 	—
 	June 18th, 2023 	204 	— 	—	 	—
 	June 24th-25th, 2023 	541 	 	—	— 	—
 	July 15th, 2023 	260 	— 	—	 	—
 	August 5th, 2023 	314 	— 	—	 	—
 	September 3rd, 2023 	392 	— 	 	— 	—
 	September 16th-17th, 2023 	291 	— 	 	— 	—
 	October 29th, 2023 	284 	— 	 	— 	—
 	November 18th, 2023 	222 	— 	—	 	—
 	November 25th-26th, 2023 	379 	— 	 	— 	—
 	December 17th, 2023 	221 	— 	—	 	—
 	January 13th-14th, 2024 	895 	 	—	— 	—
 	February 11th, 2024 	287 	— 	—	 	—
 	March 3rd, 2024 	309 	— 	 	— 	—
 	March 23rd, 2024 	262 	— 	 	— 	—
 	April 14th, 2024 	307 	— 	 	— 	—
 	April 27th, 2024 	318 	— 	 	— 	—
 	May 19th, 2024 	312 	— 	 	— 	—
 	June 15th, 2024 	340 	— 	 	— 	—
 	June 23rd, 2024 	96 	— 	—	 	—
 	July 14th, 2024 	317 	— 	 	— 	—
 	August 4th, 2024 	118 	— 	—	 	—
 	August 17th, 2024 	274 	— 	—	 	—
 	August 24th, 2024 	384 	— 	 	— 	—
 	August 31st-September 1st, 2024	24 	— 	 	— 	—
 	September 22nd, 2024 	375 	 	—	— 	—
 	September 28th, 2024 	162 	— 	—	 	—
 	September 29th, 2024 	123 	— 	—	 	—
 	October 19th, 2024 	105 	— 	—	 	—
 	October 20th, 2024 	337 	 	—	— 	—
 	November 30th, 2024 	336 	— 	 	— 	—
 	December 15th, 2024 	174 	— 	—	 	—
 	December 28th, 2024 	278 	— 	 	— 	—
 	January 4th-5th, 2024 	579 	 	—	— 	—
 	January 19th, 2025 	354 	 	—	— 	—
===Largest singles events===
Rank	Tournament	Date 	Game	Attendance	Winner	Character(s)
1 	 	January 13th-14th, 2024	 	895 	 	
2 	 	June 11th-12th, 2022 	 	590 	 	
3 	 	January 4th-5th, 2025 	 	579 	 	
4 	 	June 24th-25th, 2023 	 	541 	 	
5 	 	May 1st, 2022 	 	512 	 	
5 	 	March 5th, 2023 	 	512 	 	
5 	 	April 30th, 2023 	 	512 	 	
8 	 	October 15th-16th, 2022	 	476 	 	
9 	 	August 27th, 2022 	 	473 	 	
10 	 	September 3rd, 2023 	 	392 	 	
==See also==
*Kansai Ranking Battles
Category:Japanese regions