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
"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):
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Shunji "Dragon Lord" Sekizuka (2000)
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Kazuo "HORNET.mkII" Matsumoto (1200)
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Akihiro "JJ" Masamura (2500)
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Tsukasa "FISH BORN" Suzuki (2000)
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AKA "C-VENUS". He's VWC'96 BT National Individual
Champion.
"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!
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Masakazu "OZ" Handa (1500): runner
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Tomokazu "Rein!!" Hasegawa (900): blocker
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Yasunari "G-HALT" Akiyama (1000): crusher
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Shinobu "Jr." Suzuki (800): crusher
Site Representatives
The following teams fought in National Championship.
- Absolutely Invincible?! Avaranger(Yoshimoto)
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WILL, E.END, Blau=T, Odin
- Combat Committee Knights of Gale(Dr. Jeekhan's)
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JJ,
FISH BORN,
HORNET.mkII,
Dragon Lord
This is the only BT team whose members are all masters.
- North Attack Crews(Sapporo)
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HYPER Fus., CAT, D.SCYTHE, SHADOW
- Shikitai Homura(Nishi-Ogikubo)
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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)
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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.
- Boøwy(Dr. Jeekhan's)
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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)
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OZ, Rein!!, Jr., G-HALT
Knight Fork's Red Planet division.
- S.A.V.A.(Yoshimoto)
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VISION,LEY,Blau=T,Odin
- NERV(Nishi-Ogikubo)
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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
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
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BLACK, EXCELSIOR, aBeBe, Mid-Knight
The team name came from their callsigns.
- B: NINJAMAN'S
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YUKIKAZE, KAGERO, TAKU, M.SONIC
"M.SONIC" stands for "METAL SONIC".
- C: Deep People
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ROUGE, SAKAI, URA, MISK
Japanese name is "Noukou-minzoku". It sounds the
same as "agricultural people" and means "deep
people".
- D: Shikitai Retsu
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OZ, Think,
KAIM, LEGORAS
Aka "Death Demons". VWC '94 BT International
Team Champion. "Retsu" is a division name.
- E: Hellow-kun with Funky Fellows
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AMI, FLYER, heart!, POGO
- F: Tri-Edge
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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
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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
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JJ,
FISH BORN,
HORNET.mkII,
Dragon Lord
This is the only BT team whose members are all masters.
- I: REACTOR
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mirage, Ahamess, Alphalpha, HIGHNES
- J: KAGE BANE
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TIMEMAN, SCORES, SOURYU, KINSAN
Means "Shadow Feather".
Nishi-Ogikubo Amuseum VWO (Tokyo) has only one BT team.
The team automatically got qualified for the national.
- Shikitai Homura
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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.
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
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HYPER Fus., CAT, D.SCYTHE, SHADOW
- B: FISH LANDS
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BLACK BASS, Rainbow Trout, HIRO, RS201
- C: AEX Mercenary Corps
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SIGULE, JEM, YAMATO, Gray Fox
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
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WILL, E.END, Blau=T, Odin
- B: NEO BLACK SHEEP
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Boo, LEY, WAT, HELL CAT
- C: Tara-chan's Bodyguards
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DARTY, KAZUYA, NANTA, SHINGEN
Site Qualification Results: Red Planet
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
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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
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OZ, Rein!!, Jr., G-HALT
Knight Fork's Red Planet division.
- C: Bug Busters
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Mark-3(Ahamess), Rouge, HOKUTO, Mid-Knight
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
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Albatross, Wakastuki, Aja, Chihiro
- B: No Laps No GALAXY
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HIDEKAZU, JJ, Mihoshi, Think
HIDEKAZU is the VWC'94 BT International Individual
Champion.
- C: The END
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T.M, HAWK, MC, PAKU
- D: NERV
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RANTH, HEI-ZO, KAIM, Alphalpha
RANTH(RANTHARD) is the VWC'95 RP International
Individual Champion.
- S.A.V.A.
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VISION,LEY,Blau=T,Odin
- K.Y.K.+H.
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KAZU,YANYAN,KANKAN,HIROPON
S.A.V.A won all eight missions and proceeds to Nationals.
No team signed up to the Cup.
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.