DTwo

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Player Information
Name:
Daniel Ikuta
Nationality:
Approx. Total Winnings:
$16,580
Links
History
2013-12-11 — 2014-11-01
2014-11-01 — 2015-01-26
2015-03-06 — 2015-08-06
2015-11-12 —

Daniel "DTwo" Ikuta is a Hearthstone player born in USA and lives in Nara, Japan. He is playing for Nuit Blanche

Biography[edit]

Dtwo was born in New York USA and Raised in southern California. He is currently residing in Japan.[1] Dtwo began playing Hearthstone during closed beta. He quickly became a staple in weekly tournaments and eventually signed with grass roots team Don't Kick My Robot in late 2013. Dtwo is known for his success in the Blizzard World Championship where he finished 3-4th overall. During the second stage of the qualifying tournaments Dtwo made his first major "televised" tournament debut.

In Beta[edit]

Dtwo played in many weekly tournaments in closed and open beta, such as the managrind weekly swiss, topdeck, as well as NESL and Zotac cups. He also signed with DKMR.

Post Release[edit]

Dtwo continued to play in weekly tournaments. This led to a victory in the weekly NESL tournament, earning him a qualify spot in the North American Server Blizzard world championship qualifying tournament and a spot in the weekly KOTH showmatch, His first major "TV" showmatch debut. He then went on to then Qualify through both the first and second stage of qualifiers to earn a spot to play in the world championship at Blizzcon. In November 2014 Dtwo transferred to team IhearthU with the rest of DKMR. Continuing under the I hearthU banner, Dtwo made it all the way to the semifinals, losing to eventual champion, and former DKMR decktester, firebat. [2] Continuing on his success Dtwo went on to win the battle of the best tournament.

Dtwo also made his casting debut. He hosted many of the DKMR Invitational Showmatch Series, Along side Kobayashimaru. The Duo also hosted DKMR's weekly Series the DKMR roundup which featured all the weekly reoccurring hearthstone tournaments and ranked the best weekly players.

Trivia[edit]

- Dtwo was the longest reigning member of DKMR making the transfer to Team IHearthu upon the disbanding of DKMR

- Dtwo is also active in competitive tennis

- Dtwo is known for missed lethal during his run through the second blizzard world championship qualifier in New York. This was reference by blizzard in their coverage leading up to the world championship. [3]

Achievements[edit]

DatePlaceTierTournamentTeamResultPrize
2015-08-222ndB-TierJCG Hearthstone Pro League 2015 - Season 3JCG Hearthstone Pro League 2015 - Season 32 : 3$80
2015-04-199th - 16thA-TierKinguin For Charity - Easter Edition 2015Kinguin For Charity - Easter Edition 2015
Trig EsportsTrig Esports
1 : 3-
2014-12-293rd - 4thA-TierThe Pinnacle 1The Pinnacle 1
Team IHEARTHUTeam IHEARTHU
1 : 3$500
2014-12-219th - 16thB-TierTavern Takeover III
Team IHEARTHUTeam IHEARTHU
0 : 3-
2014-12-205th - 6thB-TierBattle of the Best Invitational #2 2014Battle of the Best Invitational #2 2014
Team IHEARTHUTeam IHEARTHU
-
2014-12-149th - 16thA-TierKinguin For Charity - Christmas Edition 2014Kinguin For Charity - Christmas Edition 2014
Team IHEARTHUTeam IHEARTHU
1 : 3-
2014-12-053rd - 4thWeeklyHLS - Match Day #3
Team IHEARTHUTeam IHEARTHU
2 : 3
CanadaSilentStorm (Canadian player)|SilentStorm
-
2014-11-282ndWeeklyHLS - Match Day #2
Team IHEARTHUTeam IHEARTHU
2 : 3-
2014-11-083rd - 4thS-Tier2014 Hearthstone World Championship2014 Hearthstone World Championship
Team IHEARTHUTeam IHEARTHU
2 : 3$15,000
2014-10-261stB-TierBattle of the Best Invitational #1 2014Battle of the Best Invitational #1 2014
Don't Kick My RobotDon't Kick My Robot
3 : 1$1,000
Extended list of results

Interviews[edit]

2014[edit]

References[edit]

  1. [1], 2p.com interview.
  2. [2], Blizzard, Bracket.
  3. [3], Duelist cards.