k1

k1
Retired
k1
Background Information
Name	Keiwan Itakura
Country of Birth	; United States
Birthday	November 6, 1988 (age 36)
Residency	NANorth America
Competitive
Role	; Support
Favorite Champs	; ; ; ; ; ;
Social Media & Links

Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Keiwan "k1" Itakura is a retired League of Legends esports player, previously support for Zenith Esports.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End
NA	⁠⁠Curse Academy	≈Mar 2014≈2014-03-22	≈Apr 2014≈2014-04-13	≈22d ejel
NA	⁠⁠No Dice Gaming	≈Apr 2014≈2014-04-03	≈Jul 2014≈2014-07-23	≈3mo 20d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Zenith Esports	Sep 20142014-09-10	Jan 20152015-01-08^[1]	3mo 28d ejel

	Team	Start	End
NA	⁠⁠Curse Academy	≈Mar 2014≈2014-03-22	≈Apr 2014≈2014-04-13	≈22d ejel
NA	⁠⁠No Dice Gaming	≈Apr 2014≈2014-04-03	≈Jul 2014≈2014-07-23	≈3mo 20d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Zenith Esports	Sep 20142014-09-10	Jan 20152015-01-08^[1]	3mo 28d ejel

News

2014

NA	⁠⁠CA	March 22 (approx.), k1 joins. e
NA	⁠⁠NDG	April 3 (approx.), k1 joins. Hanjaro leaves. e
NA	⁠⁠CA	April 13 (approx.), k1 leaves. e
NA	⁠⁠NDG	July 23 (approx.), RF Legendary, CloudNguyen, ClackBard, Alextheman, k1, InfinityDes, OneBadBrad, Vpancakes, Hermes (Head Coach), and SamtasmiK (Manager) leave. e
NA	⁠⁠ZEN	September 10, alextheman and k1 join. GGJJ and Hakuho leave. e

2015

NA

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⁠ZEN

January 8,
k1 leaves.^[1]

e

Biography[]

k1 was born and raised in the Bay Area in California. He grew up playing video games from a young age starting with Super Mario World and later moved onto PC games including Starcraft, Ragnarok Online, World of Warcraft, Starcraft II, Heroes of Newerth, Diablo 3 and many more. k1 joined Zenith eSports in September 2014, replacing Hakuho. Zenith qualified for the Spring Expansion Tournament via the ranked 5's ladder but then were eliminated in the first round by Final Five.

In January 2015, k1 announced his retirement from competitive League of Legends. He went on to play Heroes of the Storm.^[2]

Trivia[]

First MOBA was Heroes of Newerth, reaching 1900+ PSR and creating the team Finale [xFin] with Zekent after 5 months of casual play.
Reached level 30 around the beginning of Season 3.
Climbed to Diamond 1 as an AD carry main in 300 games after reaching level 30.

Tournament Results[]

This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.

K1 Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2014-12-18	1 - 3	NACL New Year’s Kick-off	2 : 1⁠⁠COG	⁠⁠ZEN	TheSoloKing, AWildMimo, Easy, Bulletsafety, Frostalicious, K1
2014-12-14	4	Go4LoL NA 196	0 : 1⁠⁠LvHG	⁠⁠ZEN	TheSoloKing, CloudNguyen, Easy, BulletSafety, k1
2014-11-15	NQ	NA LCS 2015 Spring Expansion	1 : 2⁠⁠F5	⁠⁠ZEN	TheSoloKing, MiMo, Easy, Frost, k1
2014-11-09	1	Go4LoL NA 191	1 : 0⁠⁠COG	⁠⁠ZEN	TheSoloKing, MiMo, Easy, TheDarkOne24, k1
2014-11-02	2	Go4LoL NA 190	0 : 1⁠⁠COG	⁠⁠ZEN	TheSoloKing, MiMo, Easy, Cosmic, TheDarkOne24, k1
2014-10-27	3	BMC NA Fall Playoffs	2 : 0⁠⁠T8	⁠⁠ZEN	TheSoloKing, MiMo, Easy, alextheman, k1, Hakuho
2014-10-19	1	Go4LoL NA 188	1 : 0⁠⁠FIS	⁠⁠ZEN	TheSoloKing, MiMo, Easy, alextheman, k1
2014-10-12	3	Go4LoL NA 187	1 : 0⁠⁠FUNK	⁠⁠ZEN	TheSoloKing, MiMo, Easy, alextheman, k1
2014-09-28	3	Go4LoL NA 185	1 : 0⁠⁠ZENI	⁠⁠ZEN	299, MiMo, Easy, alextheman, k1
2014-09-14	1	Go4LoL NA 183	1 : 0⁠⁠AKA	⁠⁠ZEN	Akaadian, MiMo, Easy, alextheman, k1

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References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 k1's Tweet twitter.com
↑ k1's Tweet twitter.com

[News/2015-01-04_ref_46-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 k1's Tweet twitter.com

[2] 1's Tweet twitter.com

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