Park Se-jun

Park Se-jun (Korean: 박세준), also referred to as Sejun Park, is a South Korean Pokémon video gamer and Pokémon Trading Card Game player. He is best known for winning the Masters Division of the Video Game Championships (VGC) at the 2014 Pokémon World Championships. [1]

In this Korean name, the family name is Park.
Sejun Park
박세준
(Park Se-jun)
Personal information
Born (1996-12-02) 2 December 1996
NationalitySouth Korean
Career information
StatusActive
LeaguePlay! Pokémon
Current teamT1
Games
Career highlights and awards
Video Game Championships:
  • World Champion (2014)
  • Worlds Runner-Up (2011, Senior)
  • 2× Worlds Quarterfinalist (2012, 2013)
  • 3× South Korean National Champion (2011, 2013, 2014)

In November 2019, Park was picked up by esports team T1 as a player for the Pokémon Video Game, Pokémon Trading Card Game and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.[2][3]

Pokémon career

Park is highly regarded as one of the best players in the world, and has consistently made Top 8 finishes as a video game player at the Pokémon World Championships. He made his debut on the international stage in 2011 by finishing 2nd in the Senior Division of the 2011 Pokémon World Championships,[4] and as a fresh Masters Division player in 2012, finished 5th at the 2012 Pokémon World Championships after losing to Wolfe Glick (2012, 2nd place) in the quarterfinals.[5]

In 2013, Park repeated history and placed 5th again at the 2013 Pokémon World Championships in Vancouver, losing to Ryosuke Kosuge (2013, 2nd place) in the quarterfinals.[6][7]

In the following year, Park won the 2014 South Korea Video Game National Championships.[8] He then proceeded to win the 2014 Pokémon World Championships in Washington, D.C., defeating Jeudy Azzarelli in the Masters Division finals.[9][10] Park was notable for being the first South Korean to win the Pokémon World Championships and to win with a Pachirisu in his team, which was much adored by fans.[11] In honor of his achievements, Pokémon Korea hosted a celebratory event known as 'Champion's Day' in November 2014.[12][13]

In 2016, Park earned an invitation to the 2016 Pokémon World Championships as a Trading Card Game player.[14][15]

In December 2019, Park won the Pokémon World Champion Invitational 2020, a grassroots tournament for Pokémon Sword and Shield in which all video game World Champions from past years were invited to.[16][17][18] He executed a flawless run during the tournament, defeating Ray Rizzo (2010, 2011, 2012), Paul Ruiz (2018) and Naoto Mizobuchi (2019) in pools, and then Wolfe Glick (2016) and Shoma Honami (2015) in the semifinals and finals respectively.

References
  1. "2014 Masters League VGC World Championship Results and Team List". pokemon.com. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
  2. "T1, 'WCS 2014 챔피언' 박세준 영입 소식 전해 #포켓몬스터 #파치리스_마스터". www.xportsnews.com (in Korean). 2019-11-14. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  3. "T1 signs 2014 Pokémon world champion Park Se-jun". Dot Esports. 2019-11-14. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  4. "2011 Video Game World Championship Results". pokemon.com. 2011.
  5. "2012 Video Game World Championship Results". pokemon.com. 2012.
  6. Nakamura, Toshi (April 23, 2015). "How to Become Pokémon World Champion". Kotaku. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  7. "2013 Video Game World Championship Results". pokemon.com. 2013.
  8. "WCS2014 대한민국 대표 선발전 마스터 우승 파티 소개+대회 리포트". July 17, 2014.
  9. 유, 민호 (September 1, 2014). "710개 포켓몬 성격·능력 파악해야 상대를 분석하는 힘 기를 수 있어". The Chosun Ilbo. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  10. 이, 명규 (August 18, 2014). "[취재] 포켓몬 마스터 등극! '포켓몬 월드챔피언십' 한국 대표 박세준 우승". inven.co.kr. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
  11. Lingle, Samuel (August 17, 2014). "The best Pokémon trainer on the planet wins his first world championship". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
  12. "Champion's Day in Korea Celebrate Sejun Park's World Championship Win". Nugget Bridge. November 24, 2016. Archived from the original on August 5, 2016.
  13. "Pokemon Champion's Day in Seoul: Pikachu Chaos". Seoul Searching (blog). November 20, 2014.
  14. "Sejun Park's Twitter". May 7, 2016.
  15. "[National]韓国・全国大会速報". e-Sports Runner (VGC). May 8, 2016. Archived from the original on February 6, 2017. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
  16. "Sejun wins Pokémon World Champion Invitational 2020". Daily Esports. 2019-12-29. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  17. "Sejun Park wins stacked bracket at the Pokémon World Champion Invitational 2020". Dot Esports. 2019-12-29. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  18. Bartlett, Eric (2019-12-28). "Sejun Park Wins Pokemon Invitational Tournament Over Seven Other Former World Champions". The Game Haus. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
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