Mikoto Verse D Jr. is an arcade player who, with teammate Kozayama, won the GGGP2026 tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan on August 22, 2026, playing Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Versus 2 Infinite Boost. He is active in the competitive Gundam game scene.
Mikoto Verse D Jr. appears in Yomimono coverage as a competitor in the Gundam game esports tournament GGGP2026 Supported by SANKYO. On August 22, 2026, at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, he and teammate Kozayama, under the team name "2024-nen no Return Match," won the championship. The team name itself referenced a rematch from two years prior, a narrative the players confirmed after the match. They defeated "Providence-chan" in the finals and took home 6 million yen from a total prize pool of 10 million yen.
The tournament drew 64 teams and 128 players. Qualifiers ran from 10:30 a.m., with five teams advancing from the day's preliminaries. PHASE1 split all 64 teams into eight blocks of eight, using a double-elimination BO1 format, reducing the field to eight teams for PHASE2. The final tournament used single-elimination BO3 matches through the quarterfinals and semifinals, with the third-place match and finals played as BO5. The event also featured announcements of new IniBu updates, including the Gundam Ashtaron Hermit Crab and Black Knight Squad Calura, plus a Gundam Exia "Rollout Color" skin campaign.
The rest of the provided stories concern unrelated figures: a Disney Legends ceremony, an Ace of Diamond Shinkansen campaign, a Tom Holland anecdote, a Persona 4 remake voice cast, a podcast episode, and a Hello Kitty film. None of these involve Mikoto Verse D Jr. beyond the coincidental presence of "Jr." in some names. The dossier therefore rests solely on the GGGP2026 victory story, which establishes him as a champion player in the competitive arcade Gundam scene.
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On August 22, 2026, the Gundam game esports tournament "GGGP2026 Supported by SANKYO" was held at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. The event featured the arcade 2-on-2 team battle game "Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Versus 2 Infinite Boost" (IniBu) and drew 64 teams and 128 players competing for a total prize pool of 10 million yen. Qualifiers ran from 10:30 a.m., with five teams advancing from the day's preliminaries to join the main bracket. PHASE1 split all 64 teams into eight blocks of eight, using a double-elimination BO1 format to reduce the field to eight teams for PHASE2. The final tournament used single-elimination BO3 matches through the quarterfinals and semifinals, with the third-place match and finals played as BO5. The team "2024-nen no Return Match," consisting of players Kozayama and Mikoto Verse D Jr., took the championship, defeating "Providence-chan" in the finals and earning 6 million yen in prize money. The event also featured announcements of new IniBu updates, including the Gundam Ashtaron Hermit Crab and Black Knight Squad Calura, along with a Gundam Exia "Rollout Color" skin campaign.