Park Se-jun

Se Jun Park
Status Active
Nationality South Korean
League Pokémon VGC, Pokémon TGC
Games

Se-jun Park (Hangul: 박세준) is a South Korean Pokémon video game and Pokémon Trading Card Game player.

Pokémon career

Se-jun 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,[1] 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.[2]

In 2013, Se-jun 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.[3][4]

In the following year, Se-jun Park won the 2014 South Korea Video Game National Championships.[5] He then proceeded to win the 2014 Pokémon World Championships in Washington, D.C., defeating Jeudy Azzarelli in the Masters Division finals.[6][7] 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.[8] In honor of his achievements, Pokémon Korea hosted a celebratory event known as 'Champion's Day' in November 2014.[9][10]

In 2016, Park earned his invitation to the 2016 Pokémon World Championships as a Trading Card Game player.[11][12]

References

  1. ↑ "2011 Video Game World Championship Results". pokemon.com. 2011.
  2. ↑ "2012 Video Game World Championship Results". pokemon.com. 2012.
  3. ↑ Nakamura, Toshi (April 23, 2015). "How to Become Pokémon World Champion". Kotaku. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  4. ↑ "2013 Video Game World Championship Results". pokemon.com. 2013.
  5. ↑ "WCS2014 대한민국 대표 선발전 마스터 우승 파티 소개+대회 리포트". July 17, 2014.
  6. ↑ 유, 민호 (September 1, 2014). "710개 포켓몬 성격·능력 파악해야 상대를 분석하는 힘 기를 수 있어". The Chosun Ilbo. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  7. ↑ 이, 명규 (August 18, 2014). "[취재] 포켓몬 마스터 등극! '포켓몬 월드챔피언십' 한국 대표 박세준 우승". inven.co.kr. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
  8. ↑ Lingle, Samuel (August 17, 2014). "The best Pokémon trainer on the planet wins his first world championship". The Daily Dot. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Champion's Day in Korea Celebrate Sejun Park's World Championship Win". Nugget Bridge. November 24, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Pokemon Champion's Day in Seoul: Pikachu Chaos". Seoul Searching (blog). November 20, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Sejun Park's Twitter". May 7, 2016.
  12. ↑ "[National]韓国・全国大会速報". e-Sports Runner (VGC). May 8, 2016.


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