Scarz

SCARZ

Short name	SZ
Divisions	Call of Duty Counter-Strike: Global Offensive FIFA Fortnite PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Rainbow Six Siege Vainglory Winning Eleven Apex Legends Identity V
Founded	February 2012 (2012-02)
Location	Japan
CEO	Yoichi "TFORT" Tomori
Manager	Naoya "NAO" Endo
Partners	AMD FC Tokyo Kingston LG Electronics Netgear New Balance
Parent group	XENOZ Co., Ltd.
Website	www.scarz.net

Scarz (stylized as SCARZ) is a Japanese esports organization that was founded in 2012. It has players competing in the domestic and international scenes as a representative of Japan's esports community. ^[1]

History

The organization was founded in February 2012 as an amateur team competing in the Battlefield 3 pro scene. ^[2] It then became a professional esports organization in 2015. The name SCARZ was derived from scars, as the organization was "founded with the intention of leaving an impression on people's hearts". ^[3] The organization also has a mentorship program to train Japanese emerging pro players. ^[4] On 13 April 2018, the organization began a partnership with Japanese football club FC Tokyo. ^[5]

Current rosters

Apex Legends – Europe

Nat.	ID	Role	Join Date
	Gerovic12	Defensive	2022-11-02
	Taisheen	Recon	2021-03-20
	Hiarka	Offensive	2022-11-02

Call of Duty

Nat.	ID	Role	Join Date
	Hunt	Player	2015-10-27
	Leisia	Player	2018-01-21
	Panther	Player	2018-01-21
	Ponty	Player	2018-06-11
	Ekiben	Manager	2018-04-21

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

Nat.	ID	Name	Role	Join Date
	iLeven	Wonil Cha	Player	2019-06-12 [6]
	Demic	Daeyeong Kim	Player	2019-06-12 [6]
	Coldbro		Player	2020-9-21
	Nosferatu		Player	2020-9-21
	Kanos	Seongbeom Lee	Player	2020-01-30 [7]
	Hybrid	Riccardo Massimino Font	Coach	2019-06-12 [6]

Former rosters

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Nat.	ID	Name	Role
	barce	Ryo Takebayashi	Support
	crow	Tomoaki Maruoka	Lurker
	Laz	Koji Ushida	In-game leader
	t4k3J	Shogo Takemori	Support
	Reita	Ryu Oshiro	Rifler
	poem	Yumeki Shibasaki	Entry fragger
	zyoutan	Tatsumi Goto	Manager

References

1. "プロe-Sportsチーム「SCARZ」とのスポンサー契約締結について". プレスリリース・ニュースリリース配信シェアNo.1｜PR TIMES. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
2. "Pro e-Sports Team SCARZとの提携及びスポンサードのお知らせ". プレスリリース・ニュースリリース配信シェアNo.1｜PR TIMES. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
3. "About | SCARZ". www.scarz.net (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 July 2018.
4. "Scarz are running a special Street Fighter V mentoring scheme to train a new Japanese pro player". Shoryuken. 11 January 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
5. "【NEW PARTNER】FC東京と協力体制の合意 | SCARZ". www.scarz.net (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 July 2018.
6. "【R6S】新体制及び新チームの発表① – SCARZ" (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 September 2019.
7. "【R6S】メンバー変更のお知らせ① – SCARZ" (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 January 2020.

External links

• Official website