Virtual World Cup '96

Team Leagues Results in Japan

Contents

National Winners
Site Representatives
Site Qualification Rounds BattleTech
Site Qualification Rounds RedPlanet Original Japanese team names are listed here.

See JIRO's page for individual results.

National Winners

BattleTech

"Combat Committee Knights of Gale" won all 4 missions in National Final League. They will come to Pasadena to fight against U.S. Team. Congratulations.

CCKG is founded around in late 1995. It is the only BT team in Japan whose members are all masters. Here is member profiles (estimated mission experiences are shown parenthesis):

* Shunji "Dragon Lord" Sekizuka (2000)
* Kazuo "HORNET.mkII" Matsumoto (1200)
* Akihiro "JJ" Masamura (2500)
* Tsukasa "FISH BORN" Suzuki (2000)
AKA "C-VENUS". He's VWC'96 BT National Individual Champion.

Red Planet

"Knight Fork" won all three missions in National Final League. They will come to Pasadena to fight against U.S. Team. Congratulations.

Knight Fork is a Red Planet counterpart of the VWC'95 BT International Team Champion. It is founded just after the VWC'95. All members experienced around 1000 missions in one year!

* Masakazu "OZ" Handa (1500): runner
- Tomokazu "Rein!!" Hasegawa (900): blocker
- Yasunari "G-HALT" Akiyama (1000): crusher
- Shinobu "Jr." Suzuki (800): crusher

Site Representatives

The following teams fought in National Championship.

BattleTech

Absolutely Invincible?! Avaranger(Yoshimoto)
WILL, E.END, Blau=T, Odin
Combat Committee Knights of Gale(Dr. Jeekhan's)
JJ*, FISH BORN*, HORNET.mkII*, Dragon Lord*
This is the only BT team whose members are all masters.
North Attack Crews(Sapporo)
HYPER Fus., CAT, D.SCYTHE, SHADOW
Shikitai Homura(Nishi-Ogikubo)
MASAS, FAIRY, SILVER FOX, DivineWind*
A division of Shikitai (Death Demons). Homura is an ancient word meaning flame. DivineWind (HIDEKAZU) is VWC'94 International BT Champion.
Shikitai Retsu(Dr. Jeekhan's)
OZ*, Think*, KAIM, LEGORAS
Aka "Death Demons". VWC '94 BT International Team Champion. "Retsu" is a division name.
All missions are fought at Arena(0-3:4-7) in daylight heavy fog. 
                        A   B   C   D   E          Rank
A: NAC                      o   x   x   x    1-3    5th
B: Avaranger            x       o   x   x    1-3    4th
C: Shiki-Tai Homura     o   x       o   x    2-2    2nd
D: Shiki-Tai Retsu      o   o   x       x    2-2    3rd
E: Knights of Gale      o   o   o   o        4-0    1st

o = win, x = lose
Tiebreaker missions at Nazca in daylight light fog determined the final rank.

Red Planet

Boøwy(Dr. Jeekhan's)
Freeze Moon*, TAKU, MOTTY*, Death Gate*
"Boøwy" is a transliteration. Original name is written in Kanji, which means "violent threat". MOTTY is the VWC'95 and VWC'96 RP National Individual Champion.
Knight Fork(Dr. Jeekhan's)
OZ*, Rein!!, Jr., G-HALT
Knight Fork's Red Planet division.
S.A.V.A.(Yoshimoto)
VISION,LEY,Blau=T,Odin
NERV(Nishi-Ogikubo)
RANTHARD, KAIM, HEI-ZO, Alphalpha
RANTHARD is the VWC'95 RP International Individual Champion.
All missions are fought at Thomcat's Alley. 
                A   B   C   D        Rank
A: KF               o   o   o   3-0   1st
B: NERV         x       o   o   2-1   2nd
C: S.A.V.A.     x   x       x   0-3   4th
D: Boowy        x   x   o       1-2   3rd

o = win, x = lose

Site Qualification Results: BattleTech

Dr. Jeekhan's VWO (Tokyo)

Block A

                        A   B   C   D   E
A: The BEAM                 xxo xxo xoo xox  5-7
B: NINJAMAN'S           oox     xoo xxo xoo  7-5  2nd place
C: Deep People          oox oxx     xxx xxo  4-8
D: Shikitai Retsu       oxx oox ooo     ooo  9-1  1st place
E: Hellow-kun w/FF      oxo oxx oox xxx      5-7

Block B

                        F   G   H   I   J
F: Tri-Edge                 oox oxx oxx ooo  7-5  ***
G: Knight Fork          xxo     xxo ooo xoo  7-5  ***
H: CCKG		        xoo oox     oox ooo  9-3  1st place
I: REACTOR              xoo xxx xxo     ooo  6-6
J: KAGE BANE            xxx oxx xxx xxx      1-11

o = win, x = lose

A tie-break mission was fought between Tri-Edge and Knight Fork. Both teams put up four L5s to Nazca, Daylight, Light Fog. Tri-Edge defeated Knight Fork and proceeded to the final.

Final rounds are fought in Badlands, day, peasoup. 

Semi-Finals:
  Shikitai Retsu[L5x4]     4-2   Tri-Edge  [L5x2, T1x2]
  CCKG          [L5x3,T6]  4-0   NINJAMAN'S[V4x4]

Final
  CCKG          [A1x3,AP]  4-1   Shikitai Retsu[T6x2,A1,T3]
"Combat Committee Knights of Gale" won the Tesla pins. Both CCKG and Shikitai proceed to Nationals.

Team Profiles

A: The BEAM
BLACK, EXCELSIOR, aBeBe, Mid-Knight
The team name came from their callsigns.

B: NINJAMAN'S
YUKIKAZE, KAGERO, TAKU*, M.SONIC
"M.SONIC" stands for "METAL SONIC".

C: Deep People
ROUGE, SAKAI*, URA, MISK
Japanese name is "Noukou-minzoku". It sounds the same as "agricultural people" and means "deep people".

D: Shikitai Retsu
OZ*, Think*, KAIM, LEGORAS
Aka "Death Demons". VWC '94 BT International Team Champion. "Retsu" is a division name.

E: Hellow-kun with Funky Fellows
AMI, FLYER, heart!, POGO

F: Tri-Edge
Freeze Moon, =M=, LOGIC1, Mad-P*
LOGIC1 is the VWC'95 BT National Individual Champion. I belong to this team. "Mad-P" is an abbreviation for "Mad Player".

G: Knight Fork
ARSH, G-HALT*, SHIRO*, Death Gate*
VWC '95 BT International Team Champion. SHIRO takes the place of Seacucumber this year.

H: Combat Committee Knights of Gale
JJ*, FISH BORN*, HORNET.mkII*, Dragon Lord*
This is the only BT team whose members are all masters.

I: REACTOR
mirage, Ahamess, Alphalpha, HIGHNES

J: KAGE BANE
TIMEMAN, SCORES, SOURYU, KINSAN
Means "Shadow Feather".

Nishi-Ogikubo Amuseum (Tokyo)

Nishi-Ogikubo Amuseum VWO (Tokyo) has only one BT team. The team automatically got qualified for the national.
Shikitai Homura
MASAS, FAIRY, SILVER FOX, Divine Wind*
A division of Shikitai (Death Demons). Homura is an ancient word meaning flame. Divine Wind (HIDEKAZU) is VWC'94 International BT Champion.

Sapporo Amuseum (Sapporo)

Local BT Team League finished on July 13. 
                        A       B       C       
A: North Attack Crews           o o o   o o o   6-0
B: FISH LANDS           x x x           o x o   2-4
C: AEX Mercenary Corps  x x x   x o x           1-5

o = win, x = lose.  Three marks correspond to three rounds.
NAC and FL fought in the final round and NAC won. Congrats, NAC!

Team members

A: North Attack Crews
HYPER Fus., CAT, D.SCYTHE, SHADOW

B: FISH LANDS
BLACK BASS, Rainbow Trout, HIRO, RS201

C: AEX Mercenary Corps
SIGULE, JEM, YAMATO, Gray Fox

Yoshimoto Amuseum (Osaka)

                                      A   B   C
A: Absolutely Invincible?! Avaranger      ooo oox  5-1
B: NEO BLACK SHEEP                    xxx     xox  1-5
C: Tara-chan's Bodyguards             xxo oxo      3-3
The final round was fought between Avaranger and Tara-Chan. 
Avaranger  2-0  Tara-Chan

Team Profiles

A: Absolutely Invincible?! Avaranger
WILL, E.END, Blau=T, Odin
B: NEO BLACK SHEEP
Boo, LEY, WAT, HELL CAT
C: Tara-chan's Bodyguards
DARTY, KAZUYA, NANTA, SHINGEN

Site Qualification Results: Red Planet

Dr. Jeekhan's VWO (Tokyo)

                Boowy   KF      BB
A: Boowy                x x x   o o x   2-4
B: Knight Fork  o o o           o o o   6-0
C: Bug Busters  x x o   x x x           1-5

o = win, x = lose
Final rounds were fought between Knight Fork and Boowy. Knight Fork won three out of four missions at CharlieHorse. Knight Fork got Tesla pins. Both KF and Boowy proceed to Nationals.

Team Profiles

A: Boøwy
Freeze Moon*, TAKU, MOTTY*, Death Gate*
"Boøwy" is a transliteration. Original name is written in Kanji, which means "violent threat". MOTTY is the VWC'95 RP National Champion.

B: Knight Fork
OZ*, Rein!!, Jr., G-HALT
Knight Fork's Red Planet division.

C: Bug Busters
Mark-3(Ahamess), Rouge, HOKUTO*, Mid-Knight

Nishi-Ogikubo Amuseum (Tokyo)

Results up to the 3rd week. 
			WACA	NoLaps	END	NERV
A: W.A.C.A			o x x	o o x	x x o	4-5
B: No Laps No GALAXY	x o o		o x o	o o x	6-3
C: The END		x x o	x o x		x x x	2-7
D: NERV			o o x	x x o	o o o		6-3

o = win, x = lose
No Laps and NERV proceed to the site final.

Team Profiles

A: W.A.C.A
Albatross, Wakastuki, Aja, Chihiro

B: No Laps No GALAXY
HIDEKAZU, JJ, Mihoshi, Think
HIDEKAZU is the VWC'94 BT International Individual Champion.

C: The END
T.M, HAWK, MC, PAKU

D: NERV
RANTH, HEI-ZO, KAIM, Alphalpha
RANTH(RANTHARD) is the VWC'95 RP International Individual Champion.

Yoshimoto Amuseum (Osaka)

S.A.V.A.
VISION,LEY,Blau=T,Odin
K.Y.K.+H.
KAZU,YANYAN,KANKAN,HIROPON
S.A.V.A won all eight missions and proceeds to Nationals.

Sapporo Amuseum (Sapporo)

No team signed up to the Cup.

Original Japanese Team Names

For your interest, here are their original names. Teams not listed here have English names in original.

Note: Names for AEX and Tara-chan are translated by Mad-P but not officially confirmed by the team. Other names are translated by either the team or Mad-P and confirmed by the team as official ones.

* = masters (Order of Burton).

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Last updated: September 9, 1996.