Xero

Xero
Retired as Player
Xero
Background Information
Name	Sin Hyeok (신혁)
Country of Birth	; South Korea
Birthday	July 19, 1988 (age 37)
Residency	KRKorea
Competitive
Team	⁠⁠paiN Gaming
Contract Expires	Day After Worlds 2025
Role	; Manager
Competitive IDs	5cean, Gosu
Soloqueue IDs	BR: Xeroo11#br1
Social Media & Links

Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Sin "Xero" Hyeok (Hangul: 신혁) is a League of Legends esports personality, currently general manager for paiN Gaming. He was previously known as 5cean and Gosu.

For the Canadian streamer, see Gosu.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End
KR	⁠⁠StarTale	May 20122012-05-10^[2]	Aug 20122012-08-26^[1]	3mo 16d ejel
CN	⁠⁠Hyper Youth Gaming	Dec 20152015-12-29^[4]	May 20162016-05-17^[3]	4mo 19d ejel
CN	⁠⁠Saint Gaming	May 20162016-05-17^[6]	May 20162016-05-18^[5]	1d ejel
CN	⁠⁠Royal Club	May 20162016-05-18^[8]	Dec 20162016-12-19^[7]	7mo 1d ejel
KR	⁠⁠ROX Tigers	Jan 20172017-01-11^[10]	Dec 20172017-12-05^[9]	10mo 25d ejel
KR	⁠⁠bbq Olivers	Dec 20172017-12-10^[12]	Nov 20182018-11-19^[11]	11mo 9d ejel
BR	⁠⁠paiN Gaming	Dec 20192019-12-02^[13]	Present	6yr 1mo ej

	Team	Start	End
KR	⁠⁠StarTale	May 20122012-05-10^[2]	May 20122012-05-22^[14]	12d ejel
KR	⁠⁠StarTale	May 20122012-05-22^[14]	Aug 20122012-08-26^[1]	3mo 4d ejel
CN	⁠⁠Hyper Youth Gaming	Dec 20152015-12-29^[4]	May 20162016-05-17^[3]	4mo 19d ejel
CN	⁠⁠Saint Gaming	May 20162016-05-17^[6]	May 20162016-05-18^[5]	1d ejel
CN	⁠⁠Star Horn Royal Club	May 20162016-05-18^[8]	Dec 20162016-12-17	6mo 30d ejel
CN	⁠⁠Royal Club	Dec 20162016-12-17	Dec 20162016-12-19^[7]	2d ejel
KR	⁠⁠ROX Tigers	Jan 20172017-01-11^[10]	Dec 20172017-12-05^[9]	10mo 25d ejel
KR	⁠⁠bbq Olivers	Dec 20172017-12-10^[12]	Nov 20182018-11-19^[11]	11mo 9d ejel
BR	⁠⁠paiN Gaming	Dec 20192019-12-02^[13]	Dec 20202020-12-18^[15]	1yr 16d ejel
BR	⁠⁠paiN Gaming	Dec 20202020-12-18^[15]	Jun 20212021-06-18^[16]	6mo ejel
BR	⁠⁠paiN Gaming	Jun 20212021-06-18^[16]	Jan 20242024-01-09^[17]	2yr 6mo ejel
BR	⁠⁠paiN Gaming	Jan 20242024-01-09^[17]	Jan 20262026-01-15^[18]	2yr 6d ejel
BR	⁠⁠paiN Gaming	Jan 20262026-01-15^[18]	Present	1d ej

News

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KR	⁠⁠ST	May 10, inSec and 5cean join.^[2] e
KR	⁠⁠ST	May 22, Fine joins. Joker (Bot to Top), Ryu (Mid to Jungle), and 5cean (Bot to Mid) change positions. inSec leaves.^[14] e
KR	⁠⁠ST	August 26, ⁠⁠StarTale is disbanded. Joker, Ryu, 5cean, Locodoco, Mafa, and Fruitdealer (Head Coach) leave.^[1] e

CN

⁠

⁠HYG

December 29,
gosu joins.
JoJo moves to substitute.
ZangAo leaves.^[4]

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CN	⁠⁠HYG	May 17, 17, chimin, march, gosu, xQ, x1u, and JoJo leave.^[3] e
CN	⁠⁠SAT	May 17, Acorn, chimin, March, gosu, xQ, and x1u join. JoJo joins as substitute.^[6] e
CN	⁠⁠SAT	May 18, gosu leaves.^[5] e
CN	⁠⁠SHR	May 18, Bvoy, Gosu (Coach), and Pianzhi (Analyst) join. LetMe, inSec, and Ley join from main roster. Lies and fate leave.^[8] e
CN	⁠⁠RYL	December 17, ⁠⁠Star Horn Royal Club rebrands as ⁠⁠Royal Club. e
CN	⁠⁠RYL	December 19, Sky, xiaoxi, and K (Coach) join. sask rejoins. hu1, BoBo, Bvoy, SouthWind, Wei, Gosu (Coach), and Pianzhi (Analyst) leave.^[7] e

KR	⁠⁠ROX	January 11, Gosu (Coach) joins.^[10] e
KR	⁠⁠ROX	May 23, Gosu renames to Xero. e
KR	⁠⁠ROX	December 5, Xero (Coach) leaves.^[9] e
KR	⁠⁠bbq	December 10, Xero (Coach) joins.^[12] e

KR	⁠⁠bbq	November 19, Crazy, Kim Ga-ram (Head Coach), Xero (Coach), and Ares (Strategic Coach)'s contracts expire but departure is not confirmed.^[11] e
KR	⁠⁠bbq	November 23, Kim Ga-ram (Head Coach), Xero (Coach), and Ares (Strategic Coach)'s departures are confirmed.^[19] e

BR

⁠

⁠PAIN

December 2, Xero (Head Coach) joins.^[13]

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BR	⁠⁠PAIN	January 7, Yang and Kami's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2021. SeongHwan, brTT, and Key's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2020. Xero (Head Coach)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 30 May 2020.^[20] e
BR	⁠⁠PAIN	January 29, Xero (Head Coach)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2020.^[21] e
BR	⁠⁠PAIN	December 18, Xero (Head Coach to Consultant) changes position.^[15] e

BR	⁠⁠PAIN	June 18, Xero (Consultant to Coach) changes position.^[16] e
BR	⁠⁠PAIN	July 15, Xero (Coach)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2021.^[22] e

BR	⁠⁠PAIN	January 11, Wizer's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2022. CarioK's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2023. dyNquedo, Trigo, Damage, and Dionrray (Coach,Analyst)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 20 November 2023. Xero (Coach)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2022.^[23] e
BR	⁠⁠PAIN	November 24, Wizer and Xero (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 20 November 2023.^[24] e

BR	⁠⁠PAIN	January 22, Xero (Coach)'s contract is extended through 2024.^[25] e
BR	⁠⁠PAIN	June 1, Xero (Coach)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2024.^[26] e

BR	⁠⁠PAIN	January 9, Sarkis (Assistant Coach) joins from academy roster. Xero (Coach to Head Coach) changes position. Djoko (Coach) leaves.^[17] e
BR	⁠⁠PAIN	February 15, Wizer and Xero (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2024. TitaN and Sarkis (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2025.^[27] e

AME

⁠

⁠PAIN

January 19, Sarkis (Coach)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on Day After Worlds 2026. Xero (Coach)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on Day After Worlds 2025.^[28]

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BR

⁠

⁠PAIN

January 15, Sarkis (Assistant Coach to Head Coach) and Xero (Head Coach to General Manager) change positions.^[18]

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Biography

Trivia

His ID Xero is a reference to a Hollow Knight boss.
He married a Brazilian in 2024.^[29]
He can comprehend and speak Portuguese very well, as seen in some of his participations in Brazilian podcasts.

Tournament Results

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

Xero Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2025-09-13	5 - 6	LTA 2025 Championship	0 : 3⁠⁠100T	⁠⁠PAIN	Wizer, CarioK, Roamer, TitaN, Kuri, Sarkis, Xero
2025-09-06	3	LTA South 2025 Split 3	0 : 3⁠⁠RED	⁠⁠PAIN	Wizer, CarioK, Roamer, TitaN, Kuri, Sarkis, Xero
2025-06-15	2	LTA South 2025 Split 2 Playoffs	0 : 3⁠⁠FUR	⁠⁠PAIN	Wizer, CarioK, Roamer, TitaN, Kuri, Sarkis, Xero
2025-05-17	1	LTA South 2025 Split 2	2 : 1⁠⁠FUR	⁠⁠PAIN	Wizer, CarioK, Roamer, TitaN, Kuri, Sarkis, Xero
2025-02-15	5 - 8	LTA 2025 Split 1 Playoffs	0 : 2⁠⁠100T	⁠⁠PAIN	Wizer, CarioK, dyNquedo, TitaN, Kuri, Sarkis, Xero
2025-02-09	4	LTA South 2025 Split 1	0 : 1⁠⁠LOUD	⁠⁠PAIN	Wizer, CarioK, dyNquedo, TitaN, Kuri, Sarkis, Xero
2024-10-07	15 - 16	Worlds 2024	0 : 2⁠⁠TL	⁠⁠PAIN	Wizer, CarioK, dyNquedo, TitaN, Kuri, Sarkis, Xero
2024-09-07	1	CBLOL 2024 Split 2 Playoffs	3 : 1⁠⁠VKS	⁠⁠PAIN	Wizer, CarioK, dyNquedo, TitaN, Kuri, Sarkis, Xero
2024-07-29	2	CBLOL 2024 Split 2	14 - 4⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠PAIN	Wizer, CarioK, dyNquedo, TitaN, Kuri, Sarkis, Xero
2024-04-20	2	CBLOL 2024 Split 1 Playoffs	2 : 3⁠⁠LLL	⁠⁠PAIN	Wizer, CarioK, dyNquedo, TitaN, Kuri, Sarkis, Xero