Ninja

Ninja
Retired
Ninja
Background Information
Name	Noh Geon-woo (노건우)
Country of Birth	; South Korea
Residency	KRKorea
Competitive
Role	; Mid Laner
Favorite Champs	; ;
Soloqueue IDs	WEGIGABYTEN1nja, WE K NinjA, CrossNA (NA), Like a Ninja (NA), TDK Chelly (NA), NIN101, Ninja2(KR)
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Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Noh "Ninja" (▶️ listen) Geon-woo (Hangul: 노건우) is a retired League of Legends esports player, previously substitute mid laner for Rascal Jester.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End		Notes
KR	⁠⁠Prime Optimus	Feb 20142014-02-15	Jun 20142014-06-13^[1]	3mo 26d	ejel
CN	⁠⁠Team WE	Jun 20142014-06-13^[3]	Sep 20152015-09-21^[2]	1yr 3mo	Loaned Out ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Dragon Knights	May 20152015-05-18^[6]	Sep 20152015-09-21^[4]	4mo 3d	On Loan ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Dragon Knights	Sep 20152015-09-21^[4]	Sep 20152015-09-23^[7]	2d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Arena Online	Sep 20152015-09-23^[7]	Dec 20152015-12-18^[8]	2mo 25d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Dragon Knights	Dec 20152015-12-18^[8]	Mar 20162016-03-03^[9]	2mo 16d	Inactive ejel
NA	⁠⁠Renegades	Mar 20162016-03-03^[11]	May 20162016-05-18^[10]	2mo 15d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team EnVyUs	May 20162016-05-18^[13]	Apr 20172017-04-22^[12]	11mo 4d	ejel
TR	⁠⁠Dark Passage	Jul 20172017-07-26^[15]	Dec 20172017-12-22^[14]	4mo 27d	ejel
TR	⁠⁠HWA Gaming	Dec 20172017-12-27^[17]	Feb 20182018-02-07^[16]	1mo 11d	ejel
JP	⁠⁠Smash It Down	Jul 20182018-07-12^[20]	Dec 20182018-12-26^[18]	5mo 14d	ejel
JP	⁠⁠Rascal Jester	Jun 20192019-06-12^[22]	Jan 20212021-01-07^[21]	1yr 6mo	ejel

	Team	Start	End		Notes
KR	⁠⁠Prime Optimus	Feb 20142014-02-15	Jun 20142014-06-13^[1]	3mo 26d	ejel
CN	⁠⁠Team WE	Jun 20142014-06-13^[3]	May 20152015-05-18^[23]	11mo 5d	ejel
CN	⁠⁠Team WE	May 20152015-05-18^[23]	Sep 20152015-09-21^[2]	4mo 3d	Loaned Out ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Dragon Knights	May 20152015-05-18^[6]	Sep 20152015-09-21^[4]	4mo 3d	On Loan ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Dragon Knights	Sep 20152015-09-21^[4]	Sep 20152015-09-23^[7]	2d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Arena Online	Sep 20152015-09-23^[7]	Dec 20152015-12-18^[8]	2mo 25d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Dragon Knights	Dec 20152015-12-18^[8]	Dec 20152015-12-18^[24]		ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Dragon Knights	Dec 20152015-12-18^[24]	Mar 20162016-03-03^[9]	2mo 16d	Inactive ejel
NA	⁠⁠Renegades	Mar 20162016-03-03^[11]	May 20162016-05-18^[10]	2mo 15d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team EnVyUs	May 20162016-05-18^[13]	Apr 20172017-04-22^[12]	11mo 4d	ejel
TR	⁠⁠Dark Passage	Jul 20172017-07-26^[15]	Dec 20172017-12-22^[14]	4mo 27d	ejel
TR	⁠⁠HWA Gaming	Dec 20172017-12-27^[17]	Feb 20182018-02-07^[16]	1mo 11d	ejel
JP	⁠⁠Smash It Down	Jul 20182018-07-12^[20]	Dec 20182018-12-26^[18]	5mo 14d	ejel
JP	⁠⁠Rascal Jester	Jun 20192019-06-12^[22]	Jun 20202020-06-10^[25]	1yr 28d	ejel
JP	⁠⁠Rascal Jester	Jun 20202020-06-10^[25]	Jan 20212021-01-07^[21]	6mo 27d	ejel

News

2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021

KR	⁠⁠PO	February 15, Old B, Ninja, and Kkyul join. redKong, Tricks, Luca, On2TZ, and MKPS2 leave. e
KR	⁠⁠PO	June 13, Ninja leaves.^[1] e
CN	⁠⁠WE	June 13, Sin and Ninja join. SukiM moves to substitute.^[3] e

CN	⁠⁠WE	May 18, Ninja is loaned out to Team Dragon Knights for the duration of NA LCS Summer 2015.^[23] e
NA	⁠⁠TDK	May 18, Emperor joins. Ninja is loaned from Team WE. LouisXGeeGee leaves.^[6] e
CN	⁠⁠WE	September 21, Ninja leaves.^[2] e
NA	⁠⁠TDK	September 21, Ninja joins permanently after loan from Team WE ends.^[4]^[5] e
NA	⁠⁠TAO	September 23, ⁠⁠Team Dragon Knights renames to ⁠⁠Team Arena Online.^[7] e
NA	⁠⁠TDK	December 18, ⁠⁠Team Arena Online renames to ⁠⁠Team Dragon Knights.^[8] ⁠⁠Team Dragon Knights is fined $10,000 and has to replace or resell Chris Shim's stake in the team's ownership. Chris Shim is ineligible to have any official position for any team in 2016. Ninja is suspended until March 11, 2016.^[24] e

NA	⁠⁠TDK	March 3, Flaresz and Trance join. RF Legendary rejoins. Seraph leaves after loan to Renegades ends. Alex Ich moves to starting roster. Ninja and Crumbz leave.^[9] e
NA	⁠⁠REN	March 3, Ninja joins. Seraph joins permanently after loan from Team Dragon Knights ends. RF Legendary, Alex Ich, and Flaresz leave.^[11] e
NA	⁠⁠REN	May 18, ⁠⁠Renegades transfers its roster and LCS spot to ⁠⁠Team EnVyUs. Seraph, Ninja, Hakuho, Maplestreet, Hermes (Coach), MonteCristo (Co-Owner), and Leonyx (Head Manager) leave.^[10] e
NA	⁠⁠NV	May 18, ⁠⁠Team EnVyUs acquires the roster and LCS spot of ⁠⁠Renegades. Seraph, Ninja, Hakuho, and Hermes (Head Coach) join.^[13] e

NA	⁠⁠NV	April 22, Ninja leaves.^[12] e
TR	⁠⁠DP	July 26, Ninja joins.^[15] e
TR	⁠⁠DP	December 22, Ninja leaves.^[14] e
TR	⁠⁠HWA	December 27, Ninja joins.^[17] e

TR	⁠⁠HWA	February 7, Ace joins. Ninja leaves.^[16] e
JP	⁠⁠SID	July 12, SatoRy, Rui, Ninja, Kano, HW4NG, ThintoN, YAKITORI3BON (Head Coach), and Miracle (Coach) join.^[20] e
JP	⁠⁠SID	December 26, ⁠⁠Smash It Down is disbanded. Ino, Paz, SatoRy, Rui, Savage, Ninja, Yuhi, Zerost, HW4NG, ThintoN, YAKITORI3BON (Head Coach), and Miracle (Coach) leave.^[18]^[19] e

JP	⁠⁠RJ	June 11, Cogcog, Ninja, and Zerost's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2019.^[27] e
JP	⁠⁠RJ	June 12, Ninja and Zerost join. Cogcog rejoins. Alleycat (Top to Support) changes position. scottlyk moves to substitute.^[22] e

JP	⁠⁠RJ	January 7, hachamecha, Art, viviD, Langlo (Coach), and Savage (Coach) join. Cogcog rejoins. Ninja's contract is extended. 1onz (Head Coach) leaves.^[28] e
JP	⁠⁠RJ	January 31, Cogcog, hachamecha, Ninja, Art, viviD, Langlo (Coach), and Savage (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2020.^[29] e
JP	⁠⁠RJ	June 10, Pink and Nagi join. rando, tete, and Yomu join as substitutes. Ninja and viviD move to substitutes. Rui leaves.^[25]^[26] e

JP

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⁠RJ

January 7,
Kinatu,
Recap,
Ssol,
Secret, and VicaL (Head Coach) join.
Curep,
Cosmic, and
Sirotama join as substitutes. YAKITORI3BON (Supervisor to LoL General Manager) changes position.
hachamecha and
Rando will remain with the team for 2021.
Pink,
Tete,
Yomu,
Ninja,
ViviD, Langlo (Coach), and Savage (Coach) leave.^[21]

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Biography[]

2014 Season[]

Noh "Ninja" Geon-woo began his professional career playing for Prime Optimus in HOT6iX Champions Spring 2014. The team upset SK Telecom T1 S in the group stage 2-0 but failed to make it out of the group regardless. In June of 2014 he left Prime to join Team WE. His first event with the squad was IEM Season IX - Shenzhen where they defeated EDward Gaming 2-1 in the finals. That would be the only time he emerged victorious against them as he would find EDG in the finals again, this time being defeated 2-0 by them at NVIDIA Game Festival 2014. The two teams met in the semi finals of National Electronic Sports Tournament 2014 with EDG again emerging victorious winning the series 2 games to none. The found each other one more time in 2014, again in the finals of Demacia Cup Season 2 where EDG would again win the series.

2015 Season[]

Ninja was the starting mid laner for the 2015 LPL Spring Season but was benched and replaced by Xiye halfway through. Ninja later joined Team Dragon Knights in May of 2015 prior to the start of the NA LCS Summer Split on loan from Team WE for the split, filling the gap caused by Kyle leaving a month earlier. However, he and AD carry Emperor both missed the first four-and-a-half weeks of play due to visa issues, and the team used mid lane substitutes Bischu and mancloud and AD carry substitute LattmaN instead. When Ninja and Emperor finally were able to play, the team found their first victory of the split, defeating then first-place Team Dignitas. Despite that initial success, Team Dragon Knights were only able to secure two more victories over the next four weeks, and they finished in last place with a 3-15 record, one game behind Enemy. As a result, they were automatically relegated to the 2016 NA Challenger Series Spring Season.

2016 Preseason[]

From September to December 2015, Team Dragon Knights briefly renamed to Team Arena Online; they changed their name back due to concerns from Riot about the title sponsor Arena Online fulfilling their promises to the community regarding a million-dollar tournament circuit.^[30]^[31] Ninja, Seraph, and Kez stayed with the team through both renamings; however, Ninja was suspended for two months for his role in an attempt to recruit Samsung AD carry Fury while he was under contract.^[32]

2016 Season[]

After being forced to sit out for the NACS Spring Season, Ninja was traded to the LCS team Renegades on March 3 and replaced Alex Ich for the rest of the split, as part of a trade that also brought Seraph to Renegades and sent RF Legendary and Flaresz to TDK in exchange. At the time of his joining, Renegades was 2-12, and the new roster improved that record to 5-13. It wasn't enough to avoid relegations, but it was enough that a 3-0 victory over TDK was enough to requalify them for the summer split.

However, on May 8, Riot released a competitive ruling stating that Renegades would be forced to sell their LCS seed due to multiple rule violations, and Chris Badawi would be permanently banned from "association or affiliation with any team or organization participating in a Riot-sanctioned league".^[33] On May 18, Team EnVyUs was announced as the new brand.^[34] Ninja stayed with EnVyUs along with Seraph and Hakuho.

Fueled by strong practice going into the season, EnVyUs started out 4-0 in series records after two weeks, sharing first place with Team SoloMid. However, in the weeks that followed, they slipped down the standings all the way to sixth place, where they sat from week 6 through the end of week 9. With the bottom seed into the playoffs, EnVyUs faced Cloud9 in the quarterfinals where they pulled out a game 1 comeback win before losing the next three to be eliminated. In the Regional Finals, EnVyUs defeated Team Liquid's new roster with Arcsecond jungling but then lost to Cloud9, who went on to win the gauntlet.

2017 Season[]

Ninja remained with EnVy for the 2017 season. Visa issues prevented intended starting jungler LirA from appearing until week 2 of the spring season, forcing the team to switch Ninja to jungle and play substitute Alex Ich in mid lane for the first week. LirA's arrival did not improve things, as EnVyUs finished 3-15 and never ended a week anywhere other than tied for last place, meaning they would have to play in the promotion tournament.

EnVyUs began the promotion tournament inauspiciously, dropping a 3-1 set to the veteran Gold Coin United lineup, sending them into the losers bracket. There, they defeated EUnited 3-1, setting up a rematch with GCU where they outlasted them 3-2 on the strength of LirA's play, keeping their LCS spot.

Ninja left EnVy in the midseason. He next joined the Turkish team Dark Passage for the last week of the TCL Summer Season. Dark Passage only went 1-3 with Ninja in the lineup during the regular season, but they managed to beat P3P eSports in the playoffs to avoid having to play in the promotion tournament.

2018 Season[]

Ninja remained in Turkey for the 2018 season, joining HWA Gaming. However, after the team started the TCL Winter Season 3-6, Ninja was replaced by Ace and left the team. His only other competitive play in 2018 was with Smash It Down in the Japanese secondary league, but the team failed to qualify for the LJL.

2019 Season[]

After not playing in the spring, Ninja joined the Japanese team Rascal Jester for the summer season. However, the team's results were unimpressive, as they spent most of the split at or near last place, finishing in ninth with a 4-17 record.

2020 Season[]

Despite the team's weak performance in 2019, Rascal Jester retained Ninja for the 2020 spring season. Rascal Jester started out weak but improved as the split went on, finishing fourth with a 7-7 record. However, they were upset 3-2 by Crest Gaming Act in the playoffs. Ninja remained with the team for the summer split, but was moved to substitute and didn't play a single game.

Trivia[]

Known for his melee mage champions such as Ekko and Diana.

Pentakills

Date	Region	Tournament	Team	Vs	Champion	Pos	W/L	KDA	SB	VOD
2014-07-11	CN China	LPL 2014 Summer			Jayce	Mid	W	10/3/9	Link	Link

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Tournament Results[]

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

Ninja Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2020-03-21	5 - 6	LJL 2020 Spring Playoffs	2 : 3⁠⁠CGA	⁠⁠RJ	Cogcog, hachamecha, Ninja, Art, viviD, Savage
2020-03-12	4	LJL 2020 Spring	7 - 7⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠RJ	Cogcog, hachamecha, Ninja, Art, viviD, Savage
2019-08-18	7	LJL 2019 Summer	4 - 17⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠RJ	Cogcog, Wyvern, Ninja, Zerost, scottlyk, Alleycat, 1onz
2018-08-09	4	LJLCS 2018 Summer	2-1-2⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠SID	SatoRy, Ino, Rui, Ryan, Ninja, Kano, Zerost, HW4NG, ThintoN, Yoshiaki, YAKITORI3BON, Miracle
2018-03-26	7	TCL 2018 Winter	11 - 17⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠HWA	Armut, Trix, Ninja, Ace, Xico, Achuu, Revanche, Purple, Visdom
2017-08-05	5	TCL 2017 Summer Playoffs	3 : 0⁠⁠P3P	⁠⁠DP	Marshall, Taikki, Ninja, HolyPhoenix, Farfetch, Blumigan
2017-07-31	6	TCL 2017 Summer	2-6-6⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠DP	Broken Blade, Marshall, Cinkrof, Taikki, Immortoru, Ninja, HolyPhoenix, Hustlin, Farfetch, Blumigan
2017-04-02	Q	NA LCS 2017 Summer Promotion	3 : 2⁠⁠GCU	⁠⁠NV	Seraph, LirA, Ninja, Apollo, Hakuho, Dylan
2017-03-26	10	NA LCS 2017 Spring	3 - 15⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠NV	Seraph, Ninja, LirA, AlexIch, Apollo, Hakuho, Dylan
2016-09-05	3	NA Regional Finals 2016	0 : 3⁠⁠C9	⁠⁠NV	Seraph, Procxin, Ninja, LOD, Hakuho, Miracle