Masaya 'aMSa' Chikamoto celebrates at Genesis 6 in Oakland, California, USA on February 2, 2019.
Masaya 'aMSa' Chikamoto poses for a portrait in Tokyo, Japan on January 29, 2019.

Masaya "aMSa"
Chikamoto

Japan

Japan

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Esports

Japan's Masaya 'aMSa' Chikamoto is a master at Super Smash Bros. and is considered the best Melee Yoshi player in the world.

Date of birth

27 October 1991

Place of birth

Hyogo

Age

34

Nationality

Japan

Japan

Career start

2013

Disciplines

Super Smash Bros

Masaya ‘aMSa’ Chikamoto started out playing Yoshi in Super Smash Bros. in 2013 and quickly made a name for himself as one of the best players in the world following impressive performances at EVO and Apex.

He finished top 32 at EVO 2013, 2014 and 2015, ninth at Apex 2014, fifth at Apex 2015 and ninth at GENESIS 5 in 2018. aMSa ranked first on the Japan SSBM Rank 2018 and seventh on the 2019 MPGR.