Rakuten Group, Inc. announced today its support for the professional eSports team " YOKOYARI ". YOKOYARI" will be renamed " RED Rams " and will compete in the APEX Legends Global Series Year 4: Split 1 Playoffs ("ALGS") in May 2024. The team will compete in the APEX Legends Global Series Year 4: Split 1 Playoffs (ALGS) in May 2024.
RED Rams" supported by Rakuten to compete in the world championships
Rakuten, Inc. has announced its support for the professional e-sports team "YOKOYARI", which will participate in the "Apex Legends Global Series Year 4: Split 1 Playoffs" (ALGS), a world championship for the battle royale hero shooter "Apex Legends". YOKOYARI is a professional e-sports team that has been selected to participate in the ALGS.
YOKOYARI is a five-member professional e-sports team consisting of three players, an analyst, and a coach. After winning the preliminary round in March 2024, the team will participate in the ALGS World Championships, which will be held in California, USA from May 2 (Thursday) to May 5 (Sunday), 2024. The team will compete at the ALGS under the team name "RED Rams" and will wear uniforms with the Rakuten logo.
Comment from WAYACHANGU
楽天グループ株式会社コーポレートサイトWe are very happy to have Rakuten's support for our participation in the ALGS World Tournament. We have already received a lot of support from Rakuten, as we were anxious to participate in the competition after the sudden dissolution of MOZE, our organization. We are very happy to be able to head to Los Angeles with all of our members.
Rakuten will hold the "Rakuten esports cup" as an e-sports related business from July 2022. Rakuten will continue to host e-sports tournaments and support teams, as well as engage in a variety of other initiatives that will contribute to the revitalization and development of the e-sports industry as a whole. We will continue to support e-sports tournaments and teams." [/blogcard][/blogcard].
Professional e-sports team "MOZE" announces sudden dissolution in March 2024.
In April 2024, the professional e-sports team "MOZE" suddenly announced its dissolution due to a lack of communication with its representative. YOKOYARI", an Apex Legends team, was also affected by the turmoil, but soon after, the team was successful in the ALGS regional qualifying round and qualified for the main competition.
The incident occurred at a critical time for the team, but with the support of Rakuten, the team should have nothing to worry about for the ALGS main competition. We look forward to seeing the success of the "RED Rams" as well as the "YOKOYARI," who overcame adversity to achieve their goal.